Timeline of Nîmes
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.
Prior to 18th century
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- 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]
- 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]
- 1790
- Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.[6]
- June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the Bagarre de Nîmes.[7][8]
- 1800 - Population: 39,594.[6]
- 1801 - Canton de Nîmes-1, Canton de Nîmes-2, Canton de Nîmes-3 created.[6]
- 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.[9]
- 1852 - Railway Tarascon-Sète-Ville line construction completed.[10]
- 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.[11]
- 1877 - Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1880 - Nîmes Tramway begins operating.
- 1886 - Population: 69,898.[13]
- 1895 - Nîmes Natural History Museum founded.[14]
20th century
- 1910 - Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.[15]
- 1911 - Population: 80,437.[16]
- 1920 - Musée du Vieux Nîmes established.
- 1952 - Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
- 1968 - Population: 123,292 in city;[6] 309,549 in arrondissement.
- 1973 - Canton de Nîmes-4 and Canton de Nîmes-5 created.[6]
- 1982
- Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.[1]
- Canton de Nîmes-6 created.[6]
- 1986 - 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of Languedoc-Roussillon regional council.
- 1999 - Population: 133,424 in city;[6] 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.[17]
- 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
- ^ a b c d Baedeker 1914.
- ^ a b Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Sociétés savantes de France (Nîmes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ W. Gregory Monahan (2014). Let God Arise: The War and Rebellion of the Camisards. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-100212-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Notice communale: Nîmes". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Pontécoulant 1820.
- ^ Paul R. Hanson (2015). Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7892-1.
- ^ Peyre 1903.
- ^ Ministère des travaux publics (France) (1893). Statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale.
{{cite book}}: Check|author=value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
- ^ A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ^ Charles-Roux 1908.
- ^ Zaretsky 1995.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ^ "Données du Monde: Nimes", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Nimes". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
- "Nismes", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1861
- "Nîmes", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Nismes (Nimes)", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- "Nimes", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
- Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26,
Local history: Nimes
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nimes". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- Robert Zaretsky (1995). Nimes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938-1944. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-04332-6.
in French
- Adolphe de Pontécoulant (1820). Histoire des révolutions des villes de Nimes et d'Uzès (in French). Gaude.
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Nimes". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Nimes". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 80. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
- L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Gard: Nimes". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier.
- "Nimes". Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC 457600236.
- Ch. Brossard, ed. (1903). "Gard: Description des villes: Nimes". Languedoc. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion.
- Roger Peyre (1903). Nîmes, Arles, Orange, Saint-Rémy. Les Villes d'Art célèbres. Paris: H. Laurens.
- Jules Charles-Roux [in French] (1908). Nîmes (in French) (4th ed.). Paris: Bloud et Cie.
- "Nimes". Cévennes, Languedoc. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914.
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