Timeline of Nîmes
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.
Prior to 18th century
- 3rd century BCE – Tour Magne (tower) in existence.
- 121 BCE – Romans in power.[1]
- 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée (Roman temple), Porte de France (Nîmes) (gate), and Porte d'Auguste (gate) built.[citation needed]
- 1st century CE – Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard (aqueduct) built (approximate date).[2]
- 394 – First Council of Nîmes
- 5th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.[3]
- 407 – Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."[1]
- 737 – Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel".[1]
- 1096 – Third Council of Nîmes
- 1185 – Count of Toulouse in power.[1][2]
- 1207 - City took part in the Albigensian Crusade.[2]
- 1567 – Religious unrest ("Michelade"); Catholics killed.[2]
- 1682 – Royal Academy of Nîmes active.[4]
18th–19th centuries
- 1703
- April: Agau massacre of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.[5]
- August: Hôtel de Ville completed.[6]
- 1790
- Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.[7]
- June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the Bagarre de Nîmes.[8][9]
- 1800 - Population: 39,594.[7]
- 1801 - Canton de Nîmes-1, Canton de Nîmes-2, Canton de Nîmes-3 created.[7]
- 1803
- Nîmes Chamber of Commerce established.
- Nîmes Municipal Theatre opens.
- 1815
- Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
- White Terror occurs.
- 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
- 1846 – Nîmes courthouse built.
- 1851 – Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle (Nîmes) created.[10]
- 1852 – Railway Tarascon-Sète-Ville line construction completed.[11]
- 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.[4]
- 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the Square Antonin.
- 1876 – Population: 63,001.[12]
- 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1880 – Nîmes Tramway begins operating.
- 1886 – Population: 69,898.[14]
- 1895 – Nîmes Natural History Museum founded.[15]
20th century
- 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.[16]
- 1911 – Population: 80,437.[17]
- 1920 – Musée du Vieux Nîmes established.
- 1952 – Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
- 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city;[7] 309,549 in arrondissement.
- 1973 – Canton de Nîmes-4 and Canton de Nîmes-5 created.[7]
- 1982
- Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
- Canton de Nîmes-6 created.[7]
- 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of Languedoc-Roussillon regional council.
- 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city;[7] 457,769 in arrondissement.
21st century
- 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
- 2012
- Nîmes BRT Line T1 begins operating.
- Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
- 2014 – March: Nîmes municipal election, 2014 held.
- 2015
- March: Gard department election, 2015 held.
- December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.[18]
- Musée de la Romanité de Nîmes construction begins.
- 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.
See also
- Nîmes history
- History of Nîmes
- Nemausus (town) (Roman-era)
- List of mayors in Nîmes
- List of heritage sites in Nîmes
- History of Gard department
Other cities in the Occitanie region:
References
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