Timeline of Montpellier

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 1160 - Law school active.[1]
• 1204 - Grande Charte de Montpellier issued.
• 1293 - Philip IV of France buys part of Montpellieret[2]
• 1349 - Philip VI of France buys other part of Montpellieret.[2]
• 1364 - Monastery of Saint-Benoît founded.
• 1394 - Jews expelled.[3]
• 1536 - Catholic Diocese of Maguelonne renamed Diocese of Montpellier.[4]
• 1567 - Montpellier taken by Protestants.[1]
• 1593 - Botanical garden established.[5]
• 1622 - Siege of Montpellier.[6]
• 1624 - Citadel of Montpellier built.[1]
• 1628 - City walls demolished.[1]
• 1641 - Sainte-Ursule convent founded.[7]
• 1693 - Porte du Peyrou built.
• 1704 - Montpellier Chamber of Commerce founded.
• 1706 - Société royale des sciences de Montpellier established.[8][9]
• 1789 - Population: 29,500.
• 1790 - Montpellier becomes part of the Hérault souveraineté.[10]
• 1793 - Population: 32,897.[10]

19th century

• 1801 - Canton de Montpellier-1, Canton de Montpellier-2, and Canton de Montpellier-3 created.[10]
• 1816 - City hall moves to the Hôtel de Belleval
• 1819 - Bibliothèque Montpellier opens.[11]
• 1828 - Musée Fabre opens.
• 1829 - Louis XVI statue erected in the Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs.
• 1833 - Société Archéologique de Montpellier founded.
• 1837 - Grisettes de Montpellier confectionery in production.
• 1845 - Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch opens.
• 1861 - Population: 51,865.[10]
• 1876 - Petit Méridional newspaper begins publication.[12]
• 1886 - Archives of the City of Montpellier moves to the Tour des Pins (Montpellier).[13]
• 1888 - Opéra Comédie (opera hall) (fr) opens.
• 1891 - Pavillon populaire built.
• 1896 - Population: 73,950.[10]

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 80,230.[14]
• 1923 - Parc des Sports de l'avenue Pont Juvénal opens.
• 1928 - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium opens.
• 1930 - Sabathé Stadium opens.
• 1954 - Population: 97,501.[10]
• 1962 - Population: 118,864.[10]
• 1965 - Montpellier District created.
• 1967 - Richter Stadium opens.
• 1968 - Population: 161,910.[10]
• 1973 - Canton de Montpellier-4, Canton de Montpellier-5, Canton de Montpellier-6, Canton de Montpellier-7, Canton de Montpellier-8, and Canton de Montpellier-9 created.[10]
• 1975 - Population: 191,354.[10]
• 1977 - Georges Frêche becomes mayor.
• 1981 - Festival Montpellier Danse begins.
• 1982 - Bulletin historique de la Ville de Montpellier in publication.[13]
• 1985
  • Canton de Montpellier-10 created.[10]
  • Music Festival de Radio France et Montpellier begins.
• 1988 - Languedoc-Roussillon regional council headquartered in the Hôtel de Région in Montpellier.^(fr)
• 1999 - Population: 225,392.[10]
• 2000 - Montpellier tramway begins operating.

21st century

• 2001 - Montpellier Agglomération and Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon established.
• 2004 - Hélène Mandroux becomes mayor.
• 2007
  • Vélomagg bikeshare (fr) begins operating.
  • La Serre Amazonienne (greenhouse) opens.
• 2009 - En Traits Libres art space opens.
• 2010 - Agora dance center established.[7]
• 2011
  • Montpellier city hall built.
  • Population: 264,538.[15]
• 2013 - 29 May: First official same-sex marriage in France takes place.[16]
• 2014
  • March: Montpellier municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Philippe Saurel becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.[15]
  • Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole created.
• 2016 - Montpellier becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• Montpellier history
• History of Montpellier
• List of mayors of Montpellier
• List of Catholic bishops of Montpellier
• List of heritage sites in Montpellier
• History of Languedoc-Roussillon region

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Perpignan
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. James D. Tracy, ed. (2000). City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65221-6.
3. Kahn 1907.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
5. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
6. Charles E. Little (1900), "France", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
7. "L'Agora" (in French). Montpellier Danse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
8. "Sociétés savantes de France (Montpellier)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
10. "Notice communale: Montpellier". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
11. Saturnin Leotard (1867), Notice sur la bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier (in French)
12. Gaudin 1902.
13. "Archives municipales" (in French). Mairie de Montpellier. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
15. "Données du Monde: Montpellier", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
16. "Hundreds Celebrate France's First Gay Marriage", New York Times, 29 May 2013

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Montpelier", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• "Montpellier", South of France (4th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1885
• S. Kahn (1907), "Montpellier", Jewish Encyclopedia, 8, New York
• "Montpellier", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• 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: Montpellier
• Robert Darnton (2009). "A bourgeois puts his world in order: the city as a text". The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01048-6. (Montpellier in 1768)
• Kathryn Reyerson (2016). "Gender and Community in Montpellier, 1300-1350". Women's Networks in Medieval France. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-38942-4.

in French

• Chronicle of Montpellier (pre-1364 history of Montpellier)
• "Montpellier". Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France (in French). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. 1838.
• Histoire de la commune de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1851.
• Eugène Thomas (1857). Montpellier; tableau historique et descriptif, pour servir de guide à l'étranger (in French). Montpellier: Seguin.
• Histoire du commerce de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1861.
• Histoire de la ville de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier. 1875-1882
• L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Arrondissement de Montpellier". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier.
• "Montpellier". Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC 457600236.
• "Montpellier". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
• "Montpellier". Cévennes, Languedoc. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914.

External links

• Items related to Montpellier, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Montpellier, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).