Timeline of Limoges

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 11 BCE - Settlement renamed "Augustoritum."^[1]
• 1st century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established.^[2]
• 2nd century - Limoges amphitheatre built.
• 1029 - Ecclesiastical council held in Limoges.^[1]
• 1031 - Ecclesiastical council held in Limoges.^[1]
• 1095 - "Synod of bishops" held in Limoges.^[1]
• 13th century - Saint-Étienne Bridge and Saint-Martial Bridge built.
• 1273 - Limoges Cathedral construction begins.^[1]
• 1370 - Siege of Limoges.^[1]
• 1495 - Printing press in operation.^[3]
• 1525 - Lycée Gay-Lussac (Limoges) (school) founded.
• 1589 - Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province.^[4]
• 1611 - Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established.
• 1615 - Fontaine des Barres installed.
• 1626 - School of Medicine established.
• 1630 - Plague.^[1]
• 1712 - Place Dauphine created.
• 1759 - Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established.^[5]
• 1768 - Château de Beauvais (Limoges) built.
• 1771 - Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins.^[6]
• 1790
  • Fire.^[1]
  • Limoges becomes part of the Haute-Vienne souveraineté.^[7]
• 1793 - Population: 20,864.^[7]
• 1806 - Cimetière de Louyat (cemetery) established.
• 1838 - Pont Neuf (Limoges) (bridge) built.
• 1841 - Population: 29,870.^[7]
• 1845 - Limousin Archaeological and Historical Society founded.^[8]
• 1846 - Population: 38,119.^[7]
• 1851 - Courrier du Centre newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1858 - Limoges Chamber of Commerce established.^[10]
• 1861 - Population: 51,053.^[7]
• 1864 - Fire.^[1](fr)
• 1876 - Population: 59,011.^[11]
• 1883 - Limoges City Hall built.
• 1886 - Population: 68,477.^[12]
• 1891 - Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded.^[5]

20th century

• 1905
  • Limoges strikes of 1905 take place.
  • Le Populaire du Centre newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1911 - Population: 92,181.^[13]
• 1929 - Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt.
• 1933 - Airfield in use.
• 1943
  • Trolleybus begins operating.
  • L'Écho du Centre newspaper begins publication.
• 1946 - Population: 107,857.^[7]
• 1956 - Louis Longequeue becomes mayor.
• 1958 - Botanical garden created.^[14]
• 1968 - University of Limoges established.
• 1970
  • 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges.
  • Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded.^[5]
• 1972 - Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built.
• 1984 - Festival des francophonies en Limousin established.
• 1990 - Alain Rodet becomes mayor.
• 1993 - Aquarium du Limousin opens on Boulevard Gambetta (Limoges).
• 1998 - French multimedia library, Limoges established.
• 1999
  • TER Limousin train begins operating.
  • Population: 133,968.^[7]

21st century

• 2001 - Limoges-Métropole established.
• 2007 - Limoges Concert Hall opens.
• 2012 - Population: 136,221.
• 2014
  • March: Limoges municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Émile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor.
• 2016 - Limoges becomes part of the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region.

See also

• Limoges history
• History of Limoges
• List of mayors of Limoges
• List of heritage sites in Limoges
• History of Haute-Vienne

other cities in the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region

• Timeline of Bordeaux
• Timeline of La Rochelle

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 2015.
3. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
4. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1056, OL 6112221M
5. "Sociétés savantes de France (Limoges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
6. "Limoges". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved December 2015.
7. "Notice communale: Limoges". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
8. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Retrieved December 2015.
9. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
10. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
11. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
14. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Limoges". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
• "Limoges", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• "Limoges", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Limoges", 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: Limoges
• John M. Merriman (1985). The Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536518-4.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Limoges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• J.J. Juge (1817). Changemens survenus dans les moeurs des habitans de Limoges, depuis une cinquantaine d'années (in French) (2nd ed.).
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Limoges". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Limoges". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 674.
• Célestin Port (1867). "Limoges". De Paris a Agen. Guides Joanne (in French). Hachette.
• Paul Ducourtieux (1884). Limoges d'après ses anciens plans (in French).
• Alfred Leroux (1895). Les sources de l'histoire du Limousin (Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze) (in French). Limoges: Ducourtieux. (coverage includes Limoges)
• Ulysse Chevalier (1900). "Limoges". Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (in French) 2. Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie Montbéliardaise.
• Ch. Brossard (1903). "Limousin: Haute-Vienne: Description des villes: Limoges". La France du Sud-Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. (Table of contents)

External links

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