Timeline of Angers

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 372 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers established.^[1]
• 471 - Merovingians in power.^[2]
• 8th century - Angers becomes part of Anjou province.^[2]
• 851 - Frankish-Breton treaty signed in Angers.
• 870 - Duke of Anjou centered in Angers.^[3]
• 1025 - Angers Cathedral built.^[4]
• 1028 - Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers founded.
• 1059 - Abbaye Saint-Serge d'Angers rebuilt.
• 12th century - Trinity Church, Angers construction begins.^[5]
• 1151 - Henry Plantagenet becomes count of Anjou and Maine (and king of England in 1154).^[2]
• 1184 - Hôpital Saint-Jean built.^[6]
• 13th century - Château d'Angers (castle) enlarged.^[5]
• 1288 - Jews expelled from Anjou.^[7]
• 1364 - Universitas Andegavensis active.^[2]
• 1380 - Apocalypse Tapestry created.^[2]
• 1384 - Public clock installed.^[8]
• 1487 - Logis Barrault mansion built.^[2]
• 1508 - Anjou customary laws published.^[9]
• 1516 - Grand jour (judicial proceeding) takes place.
• 1539 - Grand jour (judicial proceeding) takes place.
• 1585 - Huguenots in power.^[6]
• 1589 - Catholic League active, then quashed.^[10]
• 1685 - Académie des sciences, belles lettres et arts d'Angers founded.^[11]
• 1790 - Angers becomes part of the Maine-et-Loire souveraineté.^[12]
• 1791 - Angers Public Library founded.^[13]
• 1793
  • February: Liberty pole erected in the Place du Ralliement.
  • December: Siege of Angers.^[5]
• 1797 - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers established.^[14]

19th century

• 1806 - Population: 29,187.^[12]
• 1839 - Basse-Chaine Bridge built.
• 1849 - Cointreau distillery in business.^[4]
• 1850 - 16 April: Collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.^[4]
• 1855 - Chamber of Commerce established.^[15]
• 1856 - Population: 50,726.^[12]
• 1859 - Café Serin in business.^[16]
• 1869 - Patriote de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1871 - Grand Théâtre (Angers) opens.
• 1873 - Journal de Maine-et-Loire newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1875 - Catholic University of Angers active.
• 1876 - Population: 56,846.^[18]
• 1878 - Gare d'Angers-Saint-Serge (rail station) opens.
• 1883 - Petit Courrier newspaper begins publication.^[17]
• 1886 - Population: 73,044.^[19]
• 1889 - Musée Pincé opens.^[14]
• 1895 - Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie d'Angers (garden) established.^[20]
• 1896 - Angers tramway (1896) begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 - Galeries Lafayette (Angers) built on Rue d'Alsace (Angers).
• 1911 - Population: 83,786.^[21]
• 1914 - Avrillé airfield begins operating.^[16]
• 1919 - Angers SCO (sport club) formed.^[16]
• 1937
  • Parc de la Garenne created.^[22]
  • Roman-era archaeological remains found.^[3]
• 1940 - June: German occupation begins.^[2]
• 1944
  • May: Bombing by Allied forces.
  • August: German occupation ends.^[2]
  • Le Courrier de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1964 - Angers twinned with Haarlem, Netherlands.^[23]
• 1967 - 1967 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
• 1968 - Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine opens.^[24]
• 1971 - University of Angers and Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire established.
• 1972 - 1972 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
• 1973
  • Pont de l'Atlantique (Angers) (bridge) built.
  • Association généalogique de l'Anjou formed.^[11]
• 1974 - Angers twinned with Bamako, Mali.^[23]
• 1980 - Association des musulmans d’Angers founded.^[25]
• 1982
  • Angers becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
  • Ducs d'Angers ice hockey team formed.
  • Angers twinned with Pisa, Italy.^[23]
• 1983 - Centre de congrès d'Angers (assembly hall) built.
• 1985 - Parc des expositions d'Angers developed.
• 1986 - Nouveau théâtre d'Angers established.
• 1988
  • TV10 Angers begins broadcasting.
  • Angers twinned with Wigan, United Kingdom.^[23]
• 1991 - Amphitéa assembly hall built.
• 1994 - Théâtre de la Comédie d'Angers opens.
• 1999 - Population: 151,279.^[12]

21st century

• 2005 - Angers child sexual abuse case tried.^[26][27]
• 2007
  • Le Quai cultural space opens.
  • Angers 7 television begins broadcasting.
• 2011
  • Angers tramway begins operating.
  • City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[28]
  • Population: 148,803.^[29]
• 2014
  • March: Angers municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Christophe Béchu becomes mayor.
  • Mosque construction begins.^[25]
• 2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.^[29]

See also

• Angers history
• History of Angers
• Juliomagus (Roman era settlement)
• List of heritage sites in Angers
• List of mayors of Angers
• List of counts of Anjou (residing in Angers beginning in 9th c.)^[2]
• History of Anjou
• History of Maine-et-Loire department

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

• Timeline of Le Mans
• Timeline of Nantes

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 2015.
2. Huebner 1995.
3. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 71, OL 6112221M
4. "Almanach d'Angers". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved December 2015. (chronology)
5. Britannica 1910.
6. Overall 1870.
7. Lévi 1901.
8. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
9. Caswell 1977.
10. Robert Harding (1981). "Revolution and Reform in the Holy League: Angers, Rennes, Nantes". Journal of Modern History 53. JSTOR 1880274.
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Angers)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
12. "Notice communale: Angers". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
13. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
14. "(Angers)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved December 2015.
15. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
16. "Chroniques historiques". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved December 2015.
17. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
18. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
19. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
20. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 2015.
21. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
22. André 1938.
23. "Relations internationales: Les villes partenaires". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved December 2015.
24. "Musées d'Angers" (in French). Ville d'Angers. Retrieved December 2015.
25. "Angers: La future mosquée sort de terre aux Capucins", Courrier de l'Ouest (in French) (Angers), 15 May 2015
26. "A Shaken France Watches as a Vast Pedophile Trial Begins", New York Times, 4 March 2005
27. "65 convicted in French child abuse trial", The Guardian, 27 June 2005
28. "Sister and Friendship Cities Program". USA: City of Austin. Retrieved December 2015.
29. "Données du Monde: Angers", Le Monde (in French), retrieved December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Angers", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Angers". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
• "Angers". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• Israël Lévi (1901), "Anjou", Jewish Encyclopedia 1, New York
• "Angers", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• R. Edouard André (1938). "Horticulture in Town Planning: The Formation of a Park System at Angers, France". Town Planning Review 18. JSTOR 40101790.
• Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Anjou". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress.
• Jeff W. Huebner (1995). "Angers". In Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Angers". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 72+. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• Jean-François Bodin (1766-1829) (1847). Recherches historiques sur l'Anjou (in French) (2nd ed.).
• Ch. Brossard (1901). "Anjou: Maine-et-Loire: Description des villes: Angers". La France de l'Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. (+ table of contents)
• "Angers". Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1901. OCLC 457600236.
• "Angers". La Loire. Guides Joanne (in French). 1903.
• "Angers". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.

External links

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