Timeline of Limoges

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 11 BCE - Settlement renamed "Augustoritum."[1]
  • 1st century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established.[2]
  • 2nd century - Limoges amphitheatre built.
  • 1029 - Ecclesiastical council held in Limoges.[1]
  • 1031 - Ecclesiastical council held in Limoges.[1]
  • 1095 - "Synod of bishops" held in Limoges.[1]
  • 13th century - Saint-Étienne Bridge and Saint-Martial Bridge built.
  • 1273 - Limoges Cathedral construction begins.[1]
  • 1370 - Siege of Limoges.[1]
  • 1495 - Printing press in operation.[3]
  • 1525 - Lycée Gay-Lussac (Limoges) (school) founded.
  • 1589 - Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province.[4]
  • 1611 - Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established.
  • 1615 - Fontaine des Barres installed.
  • 1626 - School of Medicine established.
  • 1630 - Plague.[1]
  • 1712 - Place Dauphine created.
  • 1759 - Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established.[5]
  • 1768 - Château de Beauvais (Limoges) built.
  • 1771 - Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins.[6]
  • 1790
  • 1793 - Population: 20,864.[7]
  • 1806 - Cimetière de Louyat (cemetery) established.
  • 1838 - Pont Neuf (Limoges) (bridge) built.
  • 1841 - Population: 29,870.[7]
  • 1845 - Limousin Archaeological and Historical Society founded.[8]
  • 1846 - Population: 38,119.[7]
  • 1851 - Courrier du Centre newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1858 - Limoges Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
  • 1861 - Population: 51,053.[7]
  • 1864 - Fire.[1](fr)
  • 1876 - Population: 59,011.[11]
  • 1883 - Limoges City Hall built.
  • 1886 - Population: 68,477.[12]
  • 1891 - Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded.[5]

20th century

  • 1905
    • Limoges strikes of 1905 take place.
    • Le Populaire du Centre newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1911 - Population: 92,181.[13]
  • 1929 - Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt.
  • 1933 - Airfield in use.
  • 1943
    • Trolleybus begins operating.
    • L'Écho du Centre newspaper begins publication.
  • 1946 - Population: 107,857.[7]
  • 1956 - Louis Longequeue becomes mayor.
  • 1958 - Botanical garden created.[14]
  • 1968 - University of Limoges established.
  • 1970
    • 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges.
    • Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded.[5]
  • 1972 - Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built.
  • 1984 - Festival des francophonies en Limousin established.
  • 1990 - Alain Rodet becomes mayor.
  • 1993 - Aquarium du Limousin opens on Boulevard Gambetta (Limoges).
  • 1998 - French multimedia library, Limoges established.
  • 1999

21st century

  • 2001 - Limoges-Métropole established.
  • 2007 - Limoges Concert Hall opens.
  • 2012 - Population: 136,221.
  • 2014
    • March: Limoges municipal election, 2014 held.
    • Émile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor.
  • 2016 - Limoges becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

See also

Other cities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
  4. ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1056, OL 6112221M
  5. 1 2 3 "Sociétés savantes de France (Limoges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Limoges". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Notice communale: Limoges". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. ↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
  10. ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  11. ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
  12. ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
  13. ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  14. ↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Limoges". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
  • "Limoges", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
  • "Limoges", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • "Limoges", 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: Limoges
  • John M. Merriman (1985). The Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536518-4.
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Limoges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

  • J.J. Juge (1817). Changemens survenus dans les moeurs des habitans de Limoges, depuis une cinquantaine d'années (in French) (2nd ed.).
  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Limoges". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
  • Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Limoges". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 674.
  • Célestin Port (1867). "Limoges". De Paris a Agen. Guides Joanne (in French). Hachette.
  • Paul Ducourtieux (1884). Limoges d'après ses anciens plans (in French).
  • Alfred Leroux (1895). Les sources de l'histoire du Limousin (Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze) (in French). Limoges: Ducourtieux. (coverage includes Limoges)
  • Ulysse Chevalier (1900). "Limoges". Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (in French). 2. Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie Montbéliardaise.
  • Ch. Brossard (1903). "Limousin: Haute-Vienne: Description des villes: Limoges". La France du Sud-Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. (Table of contents)

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