Timeline of Perpignan
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perpignan, France.
Prior to 17th century
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- 990s-1110s CE - Seat of Count of Roussillon relocated to Perpignan from Ruscino.
- 1172 - Aragonese in power.[1]
- 1276 - Perpignan becomes capital of the Kingdom of Majorca.[2]
- 1309 - Palace of the Kings of Majorca built.
- 1324 - Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist construction begins.[1]
- 1349 - University of Perpignan established.[1]
- 1360 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
- 1388 - Consulate of the Sea established.[4]
- 1475 - French in power.[1]
- 1500 - Printing press in use.[5]
- 1509 - Cathedral building completed.[1]
- 1542 - Siege of Perpignan (1542) by forces of Francis I of France.[1]
17th-19th centuries
- 1601 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne established.[6]
- 1642 - Siege of Perpignan (1642); French win.[1]
- 1659 - City becomes part of France per Treaty of the Pyrenees.[1]
- 1790 - Perpignan becomes part of the Pyrénées-Orientales souveraineté.[7]
- 1793
- 17 July: Battle of Perpignan (1793).
- Population: 9,134.[7]
- 1804 - Municipal library active.[8][9]
- 1819 - Journal de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales newspaper in publication.[10]
- 1833 - Musée de Perpignan (museum) established.[11]
- 1840 - Musée d’Histoire naturelle de Perpignan (museum) established.[12][13]
- 1846 - L'Indépendant newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1870 - Le Roussillon newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1872 - Hôtel Pams (house) built.
- 1900 - Tramway de Perpignan begins operating.
20th century
- 1911
- Cinéma Le Castillet opens.
- Population: 39,510.[14]
- 1921 - Population: 53,742.[7]
- 1923 - Aérodrome de la Llabanère begins operating.
- 1934 - Canet Roussillon FC (football club) formed.
- 1940 - Stade Aimé Giral (stadium) opens.
- 1946 - Roussillon Grand Prix motor race begins.
- 1952 - Trolleybus de Perpignan begins operating.
- 1962 - Stade Gilbert Brutus (stadium) opens.
- 1964 - Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport terminal rebuilt.
- 1968 - Population: 102,191.[7]
- 1982 - Association archéologique des Pyrénées-Orientales headquartered in Perpignan.[15](fr)
- 1996 - La Semaine du Roussillon newspaper begins publication.
21st century
- 2004 - Compagnie de transports Perpignan Méditerranée (transit entity) active.
- 2006 - Population: 114,000.[7]
- 2013 - Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
- 2014 - March: Perpignan municipal election, 2014 held.
See also
- Perpignan history (fr)
- History of Pyrénées-Orientales department
Other cities in the Occitanie region:
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Perpignan". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
{{cite book}}: Check|author=value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Notice communale: Perpignan". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Les bibliothèques: Médiathèque centrale". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Pierre Vidal (1897). Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque publique de la ville de Perpignan (in French). Paris.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c "Villes, villages: Perpignan". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Joseph Crouchandeu (1884). Catalogue raisonné des objets d'art et d'archéologie du Musée de Perpignan (in French). Pergignan: L'Eclaireur des Pyrénées-Orientales.
- ^ "Culture: Musées". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ Robert Bourgat (1995), "Perpignan Museum", Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 7, Oxford University Press, ISSN 0954-6650
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Perpignan)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Perpignan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Perpignan". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Perpignan". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). 1842.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Pierre Vidal (1897). Histoire de la ville de Perpignan depuis les origines jusqu'au Traité des Pyrénées (in French). Paris.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Perpignan", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1905
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Perpignan", 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) - "Perpignan". Pyrénées. Guides Joanne (in French). 1912.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) + 1858 ed. - "Perpignan", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - 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: Perpignan
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