Timeline of Amiens

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 3rd century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens established.[1]
• 1117 - Charter of commune granted to Amiens by the bishop.[2]
• 1185 - Amiens becomes part of the crown lands of France per Treaty of Boves.[3]
• 1220 - Amiens Cathedral construction begins.[3]
• 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1435 - Philip the Good of Burgundy in power per Congress of Arras.[3]
• 1477 - Amiens again becomes part of the crown lands of France.[3]
• 1496 - Amiens customary laws codified.[2]
• 1550 - Town Hall construction begins.[3]
• 1597 - Siege of Amiens (1597).[3]
• 1750 - Amiens Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[5]
• 1751 - Jardin des Plantes, Amiens (garden) created.
• 1761 - Amiens Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1790 - Amiens becomes part of the Somme souveraineté.[6]
• 1791 - Amiens Public Library founded.[7]
• 1796 - Archives départementales de la Somme established in the Hôtel des Feuillants.[8][9]
• 1800 - Population: 41,279.[6]
• 1802
  • 25 March: International peace treaty signed in Amiens.[3]
  • Picardy Museum founded.
• 1817 - Madeleine Cemetery, Amiens established.
• 1837 - Antiquarian Society established.[10]
• 1848 - Longueau–Boulogne railway begins operating.
• 1849 - Statue of Du Cange erected in the Square Saint-Denis d'Amiens.
• 1863 - Saint-Acheul cemetery established.
• 1865 - Linnean Society of North-Picardy active.[5]
• 1870 - November: Battle of Amiens (1870); Prussians in power.[3]
• 1886 - Population: 80,288.[11]
• 1889 - Cirque Jules-Verne (assembly hall) opens.[12]
• 1891 - Amiens tramway begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 - Amiens Sporting Club formed.
• 1902 - Devred shop in business.
• 1911 - Population: 93,207.[13]
• 1913 - French Grand Prix automotive race held in Amiens.
• 1914 - City "taken and lost by Germans."[14]
• 1918 - August: Battle of Amiens (1918) fought near city.
• 1940 - May–June: Battle of Amiens (1940).
• 1944 - Le Courrier picard newspaper begins publication.[15]
• 1946 - Amiens trolleybus begins operating.
• 1952 - Amiens Zoo established.
• 1954 - Tour Perret (Amiens) hi-rise built.
• 1958 - Gare d'Amiens rebuilt.
• 1960 - Amiens twinned with Dortmund, Germany.[16]
• 1962 - Population: 105,433.[6]
• 1966 - Maison de la culture d'Amiens inaugurated.
• 1970 - University of Picardie Jules Verne established.[17]
• 1971 - Amiens twinned with Görlitz, Germany.[16]
• 1973 - Amiens twinned with Darlington, United Kingdom.[16]
• 1981 - Amiens Conservatory active.
• 1999
  • Stade de la Licorne (stadium) opens.
  • Fakir newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 135,501.[6]
• 2000 - Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole created.

21st century

• 2006 - Amiens twinned with Tulsa, USA.[16]
• 2011 - Population: 133,327.[18]
• 2012 - August: Youth unrest.[19][20]
• 2014
  • January: Labour unrest at Goodyear factory.[21][22]
  • March: Amiens municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Brigitte Fouré becomes mayor.
• 2015 - December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.[18]
• 2016 - Amiens becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.

See also

• History of Amiens
• List of mayors of Amiens
• List of bishops of Amiens
• List of heritage sites in Amiens
• History of the Somme department
• History of Picardy region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

• Timeline of Lille
• Timeline of Roubaix

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
2. Caswell 1977.
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. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
6. "Notice communale: Amiens". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. 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. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Somme", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse PicardCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. "Historique et missions des Archives". Archives de la Somme (in French). Amiens. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
10. "Sociétés savantes de France (Amiens)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
11. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
12. "Patrimoine et histoire: La ville". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
14. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 62, OL 6112221M
15. "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
16. "Coopération avec les villes jumelées". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
18. "Données du Monde: Amiens", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
19. "French Leader Promises Order After Youths Riot in a Northern City", New York Times, 14 August 2012
20. "French police on high alert after riots in Amiens", BBC News, 19 August 2012
21. "French workers at Goodyear tyre plant take bosses captive", The Guardian, 6 January 2014
22. "Labor Tactic Raises Fear for France", New York Times, 7 January 2014

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Amiens". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026808.
• Abraham Rees (1819), "Amiens", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015012312156
• "Amiens", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1861
• "Amiens", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
• "Amiens". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312868.
• "Amiens", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Amiens", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
• Amiens Before and During the War, Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin, 1919, OCLC 887914, OL 13521961M
• Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Amiens". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Amiens". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• "Amiens". Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France (in French). Paris: Desaint. 1765.
• Hyacinthe Dusevel (1848). Histoire de la ville d'Amiens (2nd ed.). Caron et Lambert.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Amiens". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 259. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Ch. Brossard (1900). "Picardie: Somme: Description des villes: Amiens". La France du Nord. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/nyp.33433066581111. (Table of contents)
• Albéric de Calonne (1906). Histoire de la ville d'Amiens (in French). Amiens: Piteux Frères.
• "Amiens". Le Nord. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
• "Amiens". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.

External links

• Items related to Amiens, various dates (via Europeana).
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