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Timeline of Toulouse

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

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 106 BCE - Romans in power.
  • 3rd century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.
  • 413 CE - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.
  • 419 CE - Toulouse becomes capital of Visigothic Kingdom.
  • 508 - Clovis I in power.
  • 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.
  • 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
  • 778
  • Torson becomes count of Toulouse.
  • Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.
  • 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).
  • 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.
  • 1180 - Daurade Bridge opens (approximate date).
  • 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
  • 1219 - Siege of Toulouse (1219).
  • 1229
  • University of Toulouse established.
  • Inquisition begins.
  • 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
  • 1302 - Parliament established.
  • 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
  • 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.
  • 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).
  • 1347 - Black Death plague.
  • 1463 - Fire.
  • 1529 - Toulouse Municipal Archives housed in a tower at the Capitole.
  • 1562 - 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
  • 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
  • 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.
  • 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.

    • 18th-19th centuries

  • 1726 - Art school opens.
  • 1746 - Académie royale des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres established.
  • 1754 - Jardin Royal (Toulouse) and Grand Rond (Toulouse) created.
  • 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.
  • 1772 - Bibliothèque du Clergé de Toulouse (library) established.
  • 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
  • 1781
  • Parc de Reynerie created.
  • Brouilhet's reading room opens.
  • 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.
  • 1793 - Population: 52,612.
  • 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
  • 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.
  • 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).
  • 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
  • 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.
  • 1844 - Pont Saint-Michel (Toulouse) (bridge) built.
  • 1851 - Population: 95,277.
  • 1852 - Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse (bridge) built.
  • 1862 - Toulouse tramway (1862) begins operating.
  • 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.
  • 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.
  • 1874 - Le Florida cafe established.
  • 1876 - Population: 131,642.
  • 1886 - Population: 147,617.
  • 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.
  • 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.
  • 1895 - Croix du Midi newspaper begins publication.

    • 1900s-1940s

  • 1903
  • July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse.
  • Toulouse Business School established.
  • 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune.
  • 1907 - Musée du Vieux Toulouse founded.
  • 1910 - Café Bibent built.
  • 1911 - Population: 149,576.
  • 1935 - Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine (library) built.
  • 1936 - Population: 213,220.
  • 1937
  • Toulouse Football Club formed.
  • Stadium Municipal opens.

    • 1950s-1990s

  • 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
  • 1962
  • Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
  • Population: 323,724.
  • 1964 - Cinémathèque de Toulouse and Théâtre Sorano established.
  • 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
  • 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed.
  • 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor.
  • 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.
  • 1978 - Toulouse Graphic Arts Center established.
  • 1981
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active.
  • Toulouse Japanese garden established.
  • Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain.
  • 1982 - Nouveau théâtre Jules-Julien established.
  • 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
  • 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
  • 1988 - Théâtre Garonne opens.
  • 1993
  • Toulouse Metro begins operating.
  • Utopia (cinema) opens.
  • 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
  • 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
  • 1999
  • Zénith de Toulouse auditorium opens.
  • Population: 390,350.

    • 2000s

  • 2001
  • 21 September: Chemical factory explosion.
  • Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created.
  • 2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens.
  • 2009
  • Urban community of Greater Toulouse created.
  • Aeronautical literary festival begins.

    • 2010s

  • 2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating.
  • 2011 - Population: 447,340.
  • 2012
  • 11 March: 2012 Toulouse shooting.
  • October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
  • Population: 461,190.
  • 2014
  • March: Toulouse municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
  • 2015 - December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.
  • 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.

    • References

    Timeline of Toulouse Wikipedia
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