Timeline of Perpignan

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

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Prior to 17th century

• 990s-1110s CE - Seat of Count of Roussillon relocated to Perpignan from Ruscino.
• 1172 - Aragonese in power.[1]
• 1276 - Perpignan becomes capital of the Kingdom of Majorca.[2]
• 1309 - Palace of the Kings of Majorca built.
• 1324 - Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist construction begins.[1]
• 1349 - University of Perpignan established.[1]
• 1360 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[3]
• 1388 - Consulate of the Sea established.[4]
• 1475 - French in power.[1]
• 1500 - Printing press in use.[5]
• 1509 - Cathedral building completed.[1]
• 1542 - Siege of Perpignan (1542) by forces of Francis I of France.[1]

17th-19th centuries

• 1601 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne established.[6]
• 1642 - Siege of Perpignan (1642); French win.[1]
• 1659 - City becomes part of France per Treaty of the Pyrenees.[1]
• 1790 - Perpignan becomes part of the Pyrénées-Orientales souveraineté.[7]
• 1793
  • 17 July: Battle of Perpignan (1793).
  • Population: 9,134.[7]
• 1804 - Municipal library active.[8][9]
• 1819 - Journal de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales newspaper in publication.[10]
• 1833 - Musée de Perpignan (museum) established.[11]
• 1840 - Musée d’Histoire naturelle de Perpignan (museum) established.[12][13]
• 1846 - L'Indépendant newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1870 - Le Roussillon newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1872 - Hôtel Pams (house) built.
• 1900 - Tramway de Perpignan begins operating.

20th century

• 1911
  • Cinéma Le Castillet opens.
  • Population: 39,510.[14]
• 1921 - Population: 53,742.[7]
• 1923 - Aérodrome de la Llabanère begins operating.
• 1934 - Canet Roussillon FC (football club) formed.
• 1940 - Stade Aimé Giral (stadium) opens.
• 1946 - Roussillon Grand Prix motor race begins.
• 1952 - Trolleybus de Perpignan begins operating.
• 1962 - Stade Gilbert Brutus (stadium) opens.
• 1964 - Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport terminal rebuilt.
• 1968 - Population: 102,191.[7]
• 1982 - Association archéologique des Pyrénées-Orientales headquartered in Perpignan.[15]^(fr)
• 1996 - La Semaine du Roussillon newspaper begins publication.

21st century

• 2004 - Compagnie de transports Perpignan Méditerranée (transit entity) active.
• 2006 - Population: 114,000.[7]
• 2013 - Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
• 2014 - March: Perpignan municipal election, 2014 held.
• 2020 - June: the first time that the Marine Le Pen’s party has won a city of more than 100,000 people. Louis Aliot becomes Mayor.[16][17]

See also

• Perpignan history (fr)
• History of Pyrénées-Orientales department

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Montpellier
• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Perpignan". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
3. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
5. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
7. "Notice communale: Perpignan". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
8. "Les bibliothèques: Médiathèque centrale". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
9. Pierre Vidal (1897). Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque publique de la ville de Perpignan (in French). Paris.
10. "Villes, villages: Perpignan". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
11. Joseph Crouchandeu (1884). Catalogue raisonné des objets d'art et d'archéologie du Musée de Perpignan (in French). Pergignan: L'Eclaireur des Pyrénées-Orientales.
12. "Culture: Musées". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
13. Robert Bourgat (1995), "Perpignan Museum", Journal of the History of Collections, Oxford University Press, 7, ISSN 0954-6650
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
15. "Sociétés savantes de France (Perpignan)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
16. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-perpignan/far-right-to-win-southern-french-town-of-perpignan-exit-poll-idUSKBN23Z0PM
17. https://www.france24.com/en/20200628-france-s-greens-makes-gains-macron-loses-ground-in-low-turnout-local-elections

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

Bibliography

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Perpignan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Perpignan". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• "Perpignan". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). 1842.
• Pierre Vidal (1897). Histoire de la ville de Perpignan depuis les origines jusqu'au Traité des Pyrénées (in French). Paris.
• "Perpignan", Jewish Encyclopedia, 9, New York, 1905
• "Perpignan", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Perpignan". Pyrénées. Guides Joanne (in French). 1912. + 1858 ed.
• "Perpignan", 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: Perpignan

External links

• Archives de la ville de Perpignan, Achat de livres (in French) (bibliography)
• Items related to Perpignan, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Perpignan, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).