Timeline of Reims

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 3rd century CE
  • 356 - Battle of Durocortorum.
  • 496 - Clovis I baptized in Reims.[2]
  • 1139 - "Communal charter" granted.[3]
  • 1179 - Coronation of Philip II of France.[2]
  • 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
  • 1429 - Coronation of Charles VII of France.[2]
  • 1509 - Palace of Tau rebuilt.
  • 1547 - Reims University founded.[5]
  • 1729 - Ruinart champagne house in business.
  • 1733 - Parc de la Patte d'oie laid out.
  • 1770 - Fontaine des Boucheries erected.[6]
  • 1787 - Northern Cemetery established.(fr)
  • 1792 - September Massacres.[2]
  • 1793 - Population: 32,334.
  • 1809 - Bibliothèque de la ville (library) founded.[7]
  • 1814 - Battle of Reims (1814).[2]
  • 1817 - Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
  • 1833 - Roederer champagne house in business.
  • 1843 - Southern Cemetery established.(fr)
  • 1853 - Courrier de la Champagne newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1867 - Cirque de Reims (assembly hall) built.
  • 1868 - Indépendant Rémois newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1873 - Opéra de Reims opens on the Rue de Vesle.
  • 1876 - Population: 81,328.[10]
  • 1884 - Société de géographie de Reims established.[11]
  • 1886 - Population: 97,903.[12]
  • 1887 - Avenir de Reims newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1891 - Eastern Cemetery established on Avenue Jean-Jaurès (Reims).(fr)
  • 1893 - Western Cemetery established.(fr)
  • 1896 - Joan of Arc statue erected in the Place du Cardinal-Luçon.[5][13]
  • 1897 - Hôtel de Brimont (mansion) built on the Boulevard Lundy.
  • 1899 - Bégot & Mazurié automotive company in business.
  • 1900 - Bégot & Cail automotive company in business.

20th century

21st century

  • 2005 - Reims Métropole established.
  • 2008 - November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims.
  • 2009 - Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe begins.
  • 2011 - Reims tramway begins operating.
  • 2012 - Population: 181,893.
  • 2014
    • March: Reims municipal election, 2014 held.
    • Arnaud Robinet becomes mayor.
  • 2016 - Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

  • Reims history
  • History of Reims
  • Urban planning in Reims
  • List of mayors of Reims
  • List of heritage sites in Reims
  • History of Champagne-Ardenne region

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

References

  1. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Overall 1870.
  3. ↑ Britannica 1910.
  4. ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  5. 1 2 3 Haydn 1910.
  6. ↑ "Fontaines et bassins". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
  8. ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  9. 1 2 3 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
  10. ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
  11. ↑ "Sociétés savantes de France (Reims)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
  13. ↑ Matot 1901.
  14. ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  15. ↑ Archives municipales. "Guerre 1914-1918". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  16. ↑ Nicole Dombrowski Risser (2012). France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-53696-7.
  17. ↑ "Vie des quartiers". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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

Bibliography

in English

  • Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Rheims". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
  • "Reims", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
  • William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Rheims". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
  • C.B. Black (1876), "Reims", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
  • Augustus J. C. Hare (1890), "Reims", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC 1737047
  • "Rheims", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
  • "Reims", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rheims", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Reims". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
  • Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Reims". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Reims". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
  • Guillaume Marlot (1843). Histoire de la ville, cité et université de Reims (in French). 4 vols. Written in 17th c.
  • Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Reims". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 515.
  • Histoire de la ville de Reims (in French) (2nd ed.). Reims: Brissart-Binet. 1864.
  • A. Hannesse (1879). Histoire populaire de la ville de Reims (in French).
  • Guide de l'étranger à Reims (in French). Reims: Matot-Braine. 1901.
  • "Marne: Description des villes: Reims". Champagne. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. OCLC 2170997. circa 1904
  • "Reims". Champagne et Ardennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
  • Gaston Hubert (1910). Institutions municipales & administratives de la ville de Reims sous l'ancien régime (in French).

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