Timeline of Toulouse

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

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Prior to 18th century

• 106 BCE - Romans in power.[1]
• 3rd century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.[2]
• 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.[3][4]
• 419 - Toulouse becomes capital of Visigothic Kingdom.[3]
• 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439)
• 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458)
• 508 - Clovis I in power.[3]
• 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.[5]
• 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
• 767 - Siege of Toulouse (767)
• 778
  • Torson becomes count of Toulouse.[4]
  • Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.[3]
• 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
• 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).[5]
• 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.[6]
• 1180 - Daurade Bridge opens (approximate date).[7]
• 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
• 1219 - Siege of Toulouse (1219).
• 1229
  • University of Toulouse established.[5]
  • Inquisition begins.[5]
• 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
• 1302 - Parliament established.[5]
• 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
• 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.[8]
• 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).[7]
• 1347 - Black Death plague.[8]
• 1463 - Fire.[9][8]
• 1529 - Toulouse Municipal Archives housed in a tower at the Capitole.[10]
• 1562 - 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
• 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
• 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.[11]
• 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.[12]

18th-19th centuries

• 1726 - Art school opens.[13]
• 1746 - Académie royale des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres established.[14]
• 1754 - Jardin Royal and Grand Rond parks created.
• 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.[12]
• 1772 - Bibliothèque du Clergé de Toulouse (library) established.[15][16]
• 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
• 1781
  • Parc de Reynerie created.
  • Brouilhet's reading room opens.[13]
• 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.[17]
• 1793 - Population: 52,612.[17]
• 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
• 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.[18]
• 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.[19]
• 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).[5]
• 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
• 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.[20]
• 1844 - Pont Saint-Michel (Toulouse) (bridge) built.
• 1851 - Population: 95,277.[21]
• 1852 - Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse (bridge) built.
• 1862 - Toulouse tramway (1862) begins operating.[21]
• 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.[18]
• 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.[20]
• 1874 - Le Florida cafe established.[22]
• 1876 - Population: 131,642.[23]
• 1886 - Population: 147,617.[17]
• 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.[24]
• 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.[18]
• 1895 - Croix du Midi newspaper begins publication.

20th century

1900s-1940s

• 1903
  • July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse.
  • Toulouse Business School established.
• 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune.[25]
• 1907 - Musée du Vieux Toulouse founded.[18]
• 1910 - Café Bibent built.
• 1911 - Population: 149,576.[26]
• 1935 - Bibliothèque d’étude et du patrimoine (library) built.[16]
• 1936 - Population: 213,220.[17]
• 1937
  • Toulouse Football Club formed.
  • Stadium Municipal opens.

1950s-2000

• 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
• 1962
  • Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.[27]
  • Population: 323,724.[17]
• 1964 - Cinémathèque de Toulouse and Théâtre Sorano established.
• 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
• 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed.
• 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor.
• 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.[27]
• 1978 - Toulouse Graphic Arts Center established.
• 1981
  • Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active.[28]
  • Toulouse Japanese garden established.
  • Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain.[27]
• 1982 - Nouveau théâtre Jules-Julien established.
• 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
• 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
• 1988 - Théâtre Garonne opens.
• 1993
  • Toulouse Metro begins operating.
  • Utopia (cinema) opens.
• 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
• 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
• 1999
  • Zénith de Toulouse auditorium opens.
  • Population: 390,350.[17]

21st century

2000s

• 2001
  • 21 September: Toulouse chemical factory explosion.
  • Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created.
• 2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens.
• 2009
  • Urban community of Greater Toulouse created.
  • Aeronautical literary festival begins.

2010s

• 2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating.
• 2011 - Population: 447,340.[29]
• 2012
  • March: 2012 Toulouse shootings.[30]
  • October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
  • Population: 461,190.
• 2014
  • March: Toulouse municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
• 2015 - December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.[29]
• 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• History of Toulouse
• Urban planning in Toulouse
• List of counts of Toulouse 770s-1270s
• List of mayors of Toulouse
• List of heritage sites in Toulouse
• History of Haute-Garonne department
• History of Midi-Pyrénées region

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Montpellier
• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Perpignan

References

1. Overall 1870.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
3. Goyau 1912.
4. Clémencet 1750.
5. Haydn 1910.
6. John Tavenor Perry (1893). Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture. London: J. Murray.
7. Mundy 1997.
8. Schneider 1989.
9. Hourihane 2012.
10. "Pour mieux connaître les Archives" (in French). Archives municipales de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
11. Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
12. Ring 1995.
13. Darnton 2014.
14. James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
15. Lapierre 1890.
16. Coulouma 1982.
17. "Notice communale: Toulouse". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "(Toulouse)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
19. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
20. Ariste 1898, p. 876+.
21. Ariste 1898, pp. 827-875.
22. Petit Futé 2010.
23. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
24. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
25. Britannica 1910.
26. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
27. "Les villes jumelées". Toulouse.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
28. Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
29. "Données du Monde: Toulouse", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
30. France Profile: Timeline, BBC News, retrieved 30 January 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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in English

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