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Timeline of Nîmes

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Timeline of Nîmes

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 3rd century BCE - Tour Magne (tower) in existence.
  • 121 BCE - Romans in power.
  • 1st century BCE - Maison Carrée (Roman temple), Porte de France (Nîmes) (gate), and Porte d'Auguste (gate) built.
  • 1st century CE - Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard (aqueduct) built (approximate date).
  • 394 - First Council of Nîmes
  • 5th century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.
  • 407 - Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."
  • 737 - Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel."
  • 1096 - Third Council of Nîmes
  • 1185 - Count of Toulouse in power.
  • 1567 - Religious unrest ("Michelade"); Catholics killed.
  • 1682 - Royal Academy of Nîmes active.

    • 18th-19th centuries

  • 1703 - April: Agau massacre of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.
  • 1790
  • Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
  • June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the Bagarre de Nîmes.
  • 1800 - Population: 39,594.
  • 1801 - Canton de Nîmes-1, Canton de Nîmes-2, Canton de Nîmes-3 created.
  • 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.
  • 1852 - Railway Tarascon-Sète-Ville line construction completed.
  • 1871 - Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
  • 1874 - Antoninus sculpture installed in the Square Antonin.
  • 1876 - Population: 63,001.
  • 1877 - Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
  • 1880 - Nîmes Tramway begins operating.
  • 1886 - Population: 69,898.
  • 1895 - Nîmes Natural History Museum founded.

    • 20th century

  • 1910 - Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
  • 1911 - Population: 80,437.
  • 1920 - Musée du Vieux Nîmes established.
  • 1952 - Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
  • 1968 - Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
  • 1973 - Canton de Nîmes-4 and Canton de Nîmes-5 created.
  • 1982
  • Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.[1]
  • Canton de Nîmes-6 created.
  • 1986 - 16 March: French regional elections, 1986 held; Jacques Blanc elected president of Languedoc-Roussillon regional council.
  • 1999 - Population: 133,424 in city; 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.
  • Musée de la Romanité de Nîmes construction begins.
  • 2016 - Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.

    • References

    Timeline of Nîmes Wikipedia
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