Timeline of Tours
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tours, France.
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Prior to 18th century
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- 1st century - Construction of the Tours amphitheatre. Population approx. 6,000. [1]
- 2nd century - Tours amphitheatre expanded
- 3rd century - Roman Catholic diocese of Tours established.[2]
- 250 - Tours Amphitheatre turned into a fortification
- 4th century - Cathedral built by Litorius (bishop).[3]
- 360 - Castrum added to the area around the fortified amphitheatre.
- 371 - Martin of Tours becomes bishop.[4]
- 5th century - Caesarodunum renamed "Civitas Turonorum."[3]
- 435 - Tours "affiliated to the Armorican confederation."[3]
- 461 - Religious Council of Tours held.[5]
- 473 - Visigoths in power.[3]
- 567 - Council of Tours held.[5]
- 573 - Gregory of Tours becomes bishop.[6]
- 732 - Battle of Tours fought nearby.[7]
- 796 - Marmoutier Abbey scriptorium active (approximate date).[6]
- 813 - Council of Tours (813) held.[4]
- 998 - Fire.[3]
- 11th century - Château de Tours built.
- 1034 - Pont d'Eudes (bridge) built (approximate date).[8]
- 1055 - Council of Tours held.[5]
- 1163 - Council of Tours (1163) held.[5]
- 1170 - Tours Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1236 - Council of Tours (1236) held.[5]
- 1460 - Touraine customary laws codified.[9]
- 1562 - Religious unrest.[3]
18th century
- 1761 - Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine established.[10]
- 1778 - Stone Bridge built.
- 1790 - Tours becomes part of the Indre-et-Loire souveraineté.[11]
- 1799 - 20 May: Birth of Honoré de Balzac.
- 1800 - Population: 20,240.[11]
- 1801 - Canton of Tours-Sud, -Centre, and -Nord created.[11]
- 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.[12]
- 1840 - Société archéologique de Touraine founded.[10]
- 1843 - Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.[13]
- 1858 - Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 41,061.[11]
- 1867 - Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1870 - Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."[7]
- 1872 - Tours Municipal Theatre built.[8]
- 1877 - Tours tramway (1877) begins operating.
- 1886 - Population: 59,585.[15]
- 1889 - Grand Théâtre de Tours rebuilt.[8]
- 1898 - Gare de Tours (rail station) built.
20th century
- 1904 - Tours City Hall built.
- 1911 - Population: 73,398.[16]
- 1917 - American Expeditionary Forces' "chief supply base" set up at Tours (approximate date), during World War I.[7]
- 1924 - Basilica of St. Martin, Tours built.
- 1949 - Tours trolleybus begins operating.
- 1957 - Bibliothèque municipale de Tours (library) built.
- 1962 - Population: 92,944.[11]
- 1968 - Musée du Compagnonnage established.[17]
- 1969 - François Rabelais University founded.
- 1978
- April: Collapse of Wilson Bridge (Tours).(fr)
- Stade de la Vallée du Cher (stadium) opens.
- Musée des Equipages Militaires et du Train (museum) established.[17]
- 1982 - Tours becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
- 1999 - Population: 132,820.[11]
21st century
- 2011 - Population: 134,633.[18]
- 2013 - Tours tramway begins operating.
- 2014
- March: Tours municipal election, 2014 held.[18]
- Serge Babary becomes mayor.
See also
- Tours history
- Caesarodunum (Roman-era settlement)
- List of mayors of Tours
- List of heritage sites in Tours
- History of Centre-Val de Loire region
- other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region
References
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|title=(help) - ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 "Tours: Chronologie". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Charles Daniel (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
- 1 2 "France, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 "Patrimoine architectural (Tours)". Base Mérimée (in French). France: Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ Caswell 1977.
- 1 2 "Sociétés savantes de France (Tours)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Notice communale: Tours". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
- ↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- 1 2 "(Tours)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 "Données du Monde: Tours", Le Monde (in French), retrieved December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Tours", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
- C.B. Black (1876), "Tours", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
- "Tours", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- "Tours". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Tours", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Tours", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Touraine". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Tours". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
in French
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Tours". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Perisse frères.
- Alexandre Giraudet (1844). Tours; ses monuments, son industrie, ses grands hommes. Guide de l'étranger dans cette ville (in French).
- "Tours". Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1901. OCLC 457600236.
- Tours. Guides Joanne (in French). 1905.
- Paul Vitry (1907). Tours et les châteaux de Touraine (in French).
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