Timeline of Nantes

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 374 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes established.^[1]
• 445 - Nantes besieged by Huns.^[2]
• 453 - Desiderius becomes Roman Catholic Bishop of Nantes.^[3]
• 548 - Félix of Nantes becomes Catholic bishop.^[3]
• 992 - Nantes taken by forces of the Duke of Brittany.^[2]
• 1118 - Fire.^[2]
• 1434 - Nantes Cathedral construction begins.
• 1460 - University of Nantes founded.
• 1466 - Château des ducs de Bretagne rebuilt.
• 1493 - Printing press in operation.^[4]
• 1598 - Edict of Nantes, granting rights to Protestants, signed in the Château des ducs de Bretagne.
• 1640 - Nantes Stock Exchange established.
• 1720 - Street signs introduced.^(fr)
• 1753 - Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes (library) opens.^[5]
• 1788 - Théâtre Graslin inaugurated.
• 1790 - Nantes becomes part of the Loire-Inférieure souveraineté.^[6]
• 1793 - 29 June: Battle of Nantes.

19th century

See also: History of Nantes in the 19th century (in French)

• 1800 - Population: 77,162.^[6]
• 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.^[7]
• 1806 - Municipal botanical garden established.
• 1808 - Lycée of Nantes inaugurated.
• 1815 - Palais de la Bourse (Nantes) built.
• 1817 - Slave trade officially banned.^[8]
• 1827 - Passage d'Orléans shopping arcade built.
• 1830 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes opens.
• 1843 - Passage Pommeraye shopping arcade built.
• 1846
  • Lefèvre-Utile biscuit company in business.
  • Notre-Dame de Bon-Port church built.
• 1848 - Labor unrest; crackdown.^[2]
• 1851 - Angers-Nantes railway begins operating.^[9]
• 1852 - Nantes Courthouse built.^[10]
• 1856 - Population: 108,530.^[6]
• 1858 - Nantes-Brest canal opens.
• 1869 - Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes (church) built.
• 1875 - Natural History Museum of Nantes opens.
• 1876 - Population: 122,247.^[6]
• 1881 - Societe Nantaise de Photographie founded.^[11]
• 1895 - La Cigale (brasserie) in business.

20th century

See also: History of Nantes in the 20th century (in French)

• 1900 - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes established.
• 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Nantes.
• 1906 - Population: 118,244 town; 133,247 commune.^[12]
• 1911 - Population: 170,535.^[13]
• 1937 - Stade Malakoff (stadium) opens.
• 1941 - Pont de la Rotonde (bridge) rebuilt.
• 1943
  • Bombing of Nantes.^[14]
  • Football Club de Nantes formed.
• 1946
  • Post-war rebuilding begins.^[14]
  • Population: 200,265.^[6]
• 1951 - Nantes Atlantique Airport begins commercial flights.
• 1955 - Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé (apartment building) constructed.
• 1965 - André Morice becomes mayor.
• 1966 - Pont Aristide-Briand (bridge) built.
• 1968 - Gare de Nantes (rail station) opens.
• 1971 - Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire established.
• 1973 - Palais des Sports de Beaulieu (arena) built.
• 1975 - Pont Anne-de-Bretagne (bridge) built.
• 1976 - Tour Bretagne built.
• 1977 - Socialist Alain Chénard becomes mayor.
• 1978 - Jules Verne Museum founded.
• 1979
  • Pont Haudaudine (bridge) built.
  • Three Continents Festival of film begins.
• 1980
  • Planetarium of Nantes established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.^[15]
• 1982 - Nantes becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
• 1983 - Michel Chauty becomes mayor.^[16]
• 1984 - Stade de la Beaujoire (stadium) opens.
• 1985 - Nantes tramway begins operating.
• 1988 - École de design Nantes Atlantique and Théâtre de Poche Graslin established.
• 1989
  • Royal de Luxe marionette street theatre active.
  • Jean-Marc Ayrault becomes mayor.
• 1990 - École des mines de Nantes established.
• 1991
  • École centrale de Nantes active.
  • Les Anneaux de la Mémoire nonprofit headquartered in Nantes.
• 1992 - Nantes Events Center opens.
• 1995 - La Folle Journée music festival begins.
• 1998 - Théâtre du Cyclope established.
• 1999 - Population: 270,251.^[6]

21st century

• 2000 - Utopiales science fiction festival begins.
• 2001
  • Nantes.fr municipal website in operation.^[17]
  • Soy Festival of music begins.
• 2005 - Navibus (water bus) begins operating.
• 2006 - Nantes Busway begins operating.
• 2007
  • Machines of the Isle of Nantes exhibit opens.
  • Estuaire (biennale) art exhibit begins in Nantes vicinity.
• 2009 - Nantes Derby Girls (rollerderby league) formed.
• 2011 - Population: 287,845.^[18]
• 2014
  • March: Nantes municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Johanna Rolland becomes mayor.
  • 22 December: 2014 Nantes attack.
• 2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.^[18]

See also

• Nantes history
• History of Nantes
• List of mayors of Nantes
• Urban planning in Nantes
• History of Loire-Atlantique department
• History of Pays de la Loire region.

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

• Timeline of Angers
• Timeline of Le Mans

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 2015.
2. Townsend 1867.
3. Goyau 1911.
4. Malcolm Walsby (2011). The Printed Book in Brittany, 1484-1600. Brill. ISBN 90-04-20451-2.
5. "Historique de la bibliothèque". Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes (in French). Ville de Nantes. Retrieved December 2015.
6. "Notice communale: Nantes". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
7. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
8. "Nantes Journal; Unhappily, a Port Confronts Its Past: Slave Trade". New York Times. 17 December 1993.
9. "Railways of France", Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review (New York), December 1853
10. Murray 1861.
11. "Continental Photographic Societies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1890
12. Britannica 1910.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
14. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, OL 6112221M
15. "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved December 2015.
16. "French Provinces Turn Noses Up at Left's Culture". New York Times. 10 October 1983.
17. "A Focus on Attracting Residents". New York Times. 29 September 2011.
18. "Données du Monde: Nantes", Le Monde (in French), retrieved December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard (1816), "Nantes", An Itinerary of France and Belgium, London: Samuel Leigh
• "Nantes". Handbook for Travellers in France. London: John Murray. 1861.
• George Henry Townsend (1867), "Nantes", Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Nantes". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
• "Nantes". Guide to the North of France. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. 1876.
• John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Nantes", in Hugh G. Reid, A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
• "Nantes". Northern France. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1899. OCLC 2229516.
• "Nantes", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Georges Goyau (1911). "Nantes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nantes". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• Angela Fahy (2002). "Demographic change and social structure: the workers and the bourgeoisie in Nantes, 1830-1848". In Richard Lawton and W. Robert Lee. Population and Society in Western European Port Cities, c.1650-1939. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-435-7.

in French

• Jacques Savary des Brûlons (1723). "Commerce de Nantes". Dictionnaire universel du commerce (in French). Paris: Jacques Estienne.
• "Nantes". De Paris à Nantes. Guides Joanne (in French). circa 1856
• "Nantes". Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1901. OCLC 457600236.

External links

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