Timeline of Bordeaux
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bordeaux, France.
Prior to 19th century
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- 107 BC - Battle of Burdigala
- 412 CE - Bordeaux taken by forces of Goth Adolphus.[1]
- 1096 - Bordeaux Cathedral consecrated.
- 1137 - 25 July: Wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in Bordeaux Cathedral.
- 1152 - Weddind of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England, in 1154, Aquitaine pass under English domination
- 1441 - University of Bordeaux founded.[2]
- 1453 - Battle of Castillon, Bordeaux and Aquitaine pass under French control
- 1460 - Hâ Fort built.[3]
- 1486 - Printing press in operation.[4]
- 1494 - Porte du Caillau (gate) built.[5]
- 1500 - Tour Pey-Berland built.
- 1533 - College of Guienne founded.[6]
- 1581 - Michel de Montaigne becomes mayor.
- 1676 - Église Saint-Paul-Saint-François-Xavier de Bordeaux consecrated.[3]
- 1712 - Bordeaux Academy established.[7]
- 1740 - Bordeaux municipal library opens.
- 1775 - Place de la Bourse built.
- 1780 - Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux inaugurated.
- 1784 - Palais Rohan built.
- 1790 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Gironde souveraineté.[8]
- 1793 - Population: 104,676.
- 1796 - Archives départementales de la Gironde established.[9]
19th century
- 1801 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux established.
- 1802 - Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
- 1818 - Linnean Society of Bordeaux founded.[11]
- 1820 - Population: 92,375.[12]
- 1822 - Pont de pierre (bridge) opens.[13]
- 1831 - Maurel & Prom in business.
- 1834 - Société de Pharmacie de Bordeaux founded.[11]
- 1835 - City hall moves to the Palais Rohan.[14]
- 1841 - Population: 104,686.
- 1858 - Jardin botanique de Bordeaux established.
- 1860 - Passerelle Eiffel (bridge) built.
- 1861 - Population: 162,750.[12]
- 1862 - 13 July: City hall burns down.[14]
- 1866 - Population: 194,241.[12]
- 1872 - Petite Gironde newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1874 - Société de géographie commerciale de Bordeaux (geographical society) founded.
- 1876 - Population: 215,140.
- 1880 - Société bordelaise de Crédit Industriel et Commercial established.[16]
- 1898 - Bontou's cuisine bordelaise cookbook published.[17][18]
20th century
- 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Bordeaux.
- 1906 - Population: 237,707.[19]
- 1911 - Population: 261,678.[20]
- 1932 - Rex cinema opens.[21]
- 1938 - Stade du Parc Lescure opens.
- 1940 - BETASOM submarine base established by Italian forces.
- 1944 - Sud-Ouest newspaper begins publication.[22]
- 1962 - France 3 Aquitaine television begins broadcasting.
- 1963 - Musée d'Aquitaine established.
- 1964 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[23]
- 1965 - Pont Saint-Jean (Bordeaux) (bridge) opens.[24]
- 1967 - Pont d'Aquitaine (bridge) built.[13]
- 1968
- Bordeaux Métropole established.
- Population: 266,662.[25]
- 1970 - Bordeaux Segalen University established.[26]
- 1980 - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine active.[27]
- 1988 - Bordeaux International School established.
- 1992 - Socialist Party national congress held in Bordeaux.
- 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor.[13]
- 1998 - Some 1998 FIFA World Cup football games held in Bordeaux.
21st century
- 2003 - Bordeaux tramway begins operating.[13]
- 2004
- Station Hôtel de Ville (Tram de Bordeaux) opens.
- Hugues Martin becomes mayor.[13]
- 2006 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor again.[13]
- 2007 - Port of the Moon designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.[28]
- 2009 - Population: 236,725.[25]
- 2011 - Population: 239,399.[29]
- 2013 - Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas (bridge) opens.
- 2015 - December: Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes regional election, 2015 held.[29]
- 2016 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
See also
Other cities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:
References
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- ^ Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Gironde", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
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- ^ a b "History". Archives municipales de Bordeaux. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Bordeaux (France) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
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- ^ "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
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- ^ "Bordeaux". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Évolution et structure de la population: Bordeaux (33063 - Commune)" (PDF) (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
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- ^ a b "Données du Monde: Bordeaux", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Richard Brookes (1786), "Bourdeaux", The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Bordeaux", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Frederick Martin (1867), "The Four Great Cities of France: Bordeaux", Commercial Handbook of France, London: Longmans, Green, OCLC 4471325
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - George Henry Townsend (1867), "Bordeaux", Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Bordeaux". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Bordeaux", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Bordeaux". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Georges Goyau (1907). "Bordeaux". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Bordeaux", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Bordeaux", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
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Local history: Bordeaux
- Robert E. Dickinson (1961). "Structure of the French City: Bordeaux". The West European City (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-25970-8.
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{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - François Hubert, Christian Block and Jacques de Cauna (2018). Bordeaux in the 18th century : trans-Atlantic trading and slavery (2nd ed.). Bordeaux: Le Festin. ISBN 978-2-36062-009-8.
- Chantal Callais and Thierry Jeanmonod (2019). Bordeaux : a history of architecture. La Crèche: La Geste. ISBN 979-10-353-0188-0.
in French
- Almanach général, civil, militaire, commercial et maritime de la sénatorerie de Bordeaux (in French). Foulquier. 1807.
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Bordeaux". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Bordeaux". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 184. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
- Bordeaux. Guides Joanne (in French). 1902. hdl:2027/uc1.c105602300.
- Ch. Brossard (1903). "Guyenne-Gascone: Gironde: Description des villes: Bordeaux". La France du Sud-Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) (Table of contents) - "Bordeaux". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
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External links
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