Timeline of Metz

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Prior to 19th century

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  • 1st-2nd century CE - Gorze-Metz aqueduct built.[1]
  • 2nd century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz active (approximate date).[2]
  • 407(?) - Metz is attacked by the Vandals and Alans after crossing the Rhine.
  • 451 - Metz is sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun during his campaign into Gaul.
  • 6th century: Metz becomes capital of Austrasia.[3]
  • 768 - Metz becomes part of the Carolingian Empire.
  • 843 - Metz becomes part of Middle Francia.[4]
  • 863 - Religious council held in Metz.[5]
  • 1130 - Notre Dame de la Ronde church built.[6]
  • 13th century
    • Metz becomes a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire.[4]
    • Metz rampart and Porte des Allemands (gate)[1] construction begins.
  • 1220 - Templars' Chapel, Metz built.
  • 1343 - Grand pont des Morts (bridge) built.[7]
  • 1356 - Diet of Metz (1356/57) held; Golden Bull issued.[3]
  • 1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[8]
  • 1427 - Metz Cathedral spire built.[6]
  • 1437 - Tour Camoufle (tower) construction begins.
  • 1444 - Siege of Metz (1444) by forces of Charles VII of France.[9]
  • 1482 - Printing press in operation.[10]
  • 1552
  • 1560 - Magasin aux vivres de Metz (military building) constructed.
  • 1561 - Porte Serpenoise (gate) demolished.[7]
  • 1564 - Metz Citadel built.
  • 1613 - City customary laws published.[11]
  • 1633 - Parliament of Metz established.
  • 1648 - Metz officially becomes part of France per Treaty of Westphalia.[3]
  • 1731 - Fort de Bellecroix construction begins.[6]
  • 1733 - Fort Moselle military hospital built.
  • 1743 - Hôtel de l’Intendance (mansion) built.
  • 1744 - Louis XV of France visits Metz.[12]
  • 1752 - Opera opens on the Place de la Comédie (Metz).
  • 1757 - Académie nationale de Metz founded, as the Société Royale des Sciences et des Arts de Metz.[13]
  • 1777 - Metz Courthouse built.
  • 1787 - Église des Trinitaires (church) built.
  • 1790 - Metz becomes part of the Moselle souveraineté.[14]
  • 1793 - Population: 36,878.[14]
  • 1794 - École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie (military school) established.(fr)

19th century

20th century

  • 1901 - Metz power plant built in Pontiffroy.
  • 1903
  • 1905
    • Governor's Palace, Metz built.
    • Population: 60,419.[16]
  • 1906 - Plantières Queuleu becomes part of Metz.[14]
  • 1907 - Devant-les-Ponts becomes part of Metz.[14]
  • 1908 - Gare de Metz-Ville (rail station) and Feste Kaiserin (fort) built.
  • 1910 - Le Sablon (Moselle) becomes part of Metz.[14]
  • 1911
    • Post office built.[1]
    • Population: 68,598.[17]
  • 1918 - Metz becomes part of France.[18]
  • 1919 - Le Républicain Lorrain newspaper begins publication.
  • 1923 - Stade Saint-Symphorien (stadium) opens.
  • 1932 - Football Club de Metz formed.
  • 1936 - Population: 83,119.[14]
  • 1940 - Annexation of the Moselle (1940) by Germany.
  • 1944
  • 1947 - December: Flood.[12]
  • 1954 - Population: 85,701.[14]
  • 1960 - Les Trinitaires cultural venue created.
  • 1961 - Borny, Magny (Moselle), and Vallières-lès-Metz become part of Metz.[14]
  • 1962 - Population: 102,771.[14]
  • 1970 - Renaissance du vieux Metz (historical society) founded.[20]
  • 1971 - Jean-Marie Rausch becomes mayor.
  • 1973 - Lorraine Marthon begins.
  • 1975 - Groupe Histoire et patrimoine lorrains (historical society) founded.[20]
  • 1977 - Metz library-media centre built in Pontiffroy.
  • 1979 - Socialist Party national congress held in Metz.
  • 1980 - Moselle Open tennis tournament begins.
  • 1982 - Metz becomes part of the Lorraine region.
  • 1983 - Metz Science Park opens.
  • 1989 - Arsenal de Metz concert hall opens.
  • 1991 - Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport opens.
  • 1999 - Population: 123,776.[14]

21st century

  • 2002 - Arènes de Metz (arena) opens.
  • 2006 - May: European Trampoline Championships, 2006 held in Metz.
  • 2007 - TGV hi-speed train begins operating.[18]
  • 2008 - Dominique Gros becomes mayor.
  • 2010
  • 2011 - Population: 119,962.[21]
  • 2012 - 6 July: 2012 Tour de France cycling race passes through Metz.
  • 2014 - March: Metz municipal election, 2014 held.
  • 2015
    • Canton of Metz-1, 2, and 3 created per 2014 France cantonal redistricting.
    • December: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine regional election, 2015 held.[21]
  • 2016 - Metz becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Patrimoine architectural (Metz)". Base Mérimée (in French). France: Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1192, OL 6112221M
  4. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  5. ↑ Charles Daniel (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
  6. 1 2 3 Murray 1861.
  7. 1 2 Chabert 1878.
  8. ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  9. 1 2 3 Haydn 1910.
  10. ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Germany: Metz". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust. + contents
  11. ↑ Caswell 1977.
  12. 1 2 3 "Thesaurus Historique" (in French). Archives Municipales de Metz. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Notice communale: Metz". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1868.
  16. ↑ "German Empire: States of Germany: Alsace-Lorraine". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908.
  17. ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  18. 1 2 "Metz". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  19. ↑ David T. Zabecki, ed. (2015) [First published 1999]. "Chronology of World War II in Europe". World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-81242-3.
  20. 1 2 "Sociétés savantes de France (Metz)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  21. 1 2 "Données du Monde: Metz", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • Abraham Rees (1819), "Metz", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
  • "Metz", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
  • William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Metz, France". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
  • George Henry Townsend (1877), "Metz, Germany", Manual of Dates (5th ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
  • "Metz". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
  • "Metz", Jewish Encyclopedia, 8, New York, 1906
  • "Metz", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Metz", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • "Metz", The Rhine, Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, OCLC 21888483
  • Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Metz". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress.

in French

  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Metz". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
  • François Michel Chabert (1855). Les croniques de la noble ville et cité de Metz (in French).
  • François Michel Chabert (1878). Dictionnaire topographique, historique et étymologique des rues, places, ponts, et quais de la ville de Metz (in French) (3rd ed.) – via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  • "Monographies locales: Metz". Catalogue des livres et documents imprimés du fonds lorrain de la bibliothèque municipale de Nancy (in French). 1898. (bibliography)
  • "Metz". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
  • "Metz". Nancy, Toul, Luneville, Metz. Guides Diamant (in French). Paris: Hachette. 1914.

in German

  • "Metz". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896.
  • Johann Heinrich Albers (1902). Geschichte der stadt Metz (in German).
  • P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Metz". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas [Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.
  • "Bibliographie lorraine" (in French). Académie nationale de Metz.
  • Items related to Metz, various dates (via Europeana).
  • Items related to Metz, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
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