Timeline of Nîmes
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.
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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).
- 5th century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.[3]
- 407 - Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."
- 737 - Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel."
- 1185 - Count of Toulouse in power.
- 1567 - Religious unrest ("Michelade"); Catholics killed.
- 1682 - Royal Academy of Nîmes active.[4]
Nîmes in the 16th century
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.[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
- 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.[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.
20th century
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 Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées 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 Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées region
References
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", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- 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 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
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