Timeline of Angers

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

Prior to 19th century

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• 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]
• 1796 - Archives départementales de Maine-et-Loire established.^[14]
• 1797 - Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers established.^[15]

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.^[16]
• 1856 - Population: 50,726.^[12]
• 1859 - Café Serin in business.^[17]
• 1869 - Patriote de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.^[18]
• 1871 - Grand Théâtre (Angers) opens.
• 1873 - Journal de Maine-et-Loire newspaper begins publication.^[18]
• 1875 - Catholic University of Angers active.
• 1876 - Population: 56,846.^[19]
• 1878 - Gare d'Angers-Saint-Serge (rail station) opens.
• 1883 - Petit Courrier newspaper begins publication.^[18]
• 1886 - Population: 73,044.^[20]
• 1889 - Musée Pincé opens.^[15]
• 1895 - Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie d'Angers (garden) established.^[21]
• 1896 - Angers tramway (1896) begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 - Galeries Lafayette (Angers) built on Rue d'Alsace (Angers).
• 1911 - Population: 83,786.^[22]
• 1914 - Avrillé airfield begins operating.^[17]
• 1919 - Angers SCO (sport club) formed.^[17]
• 1937
  • Parc de la Garenne created.^[23]
  • 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.^[24]
• 1967 - 1967 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
• 1968 - Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine opens.^[25]
• 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.^[24]
• 1980 - Association des musulmans d’Angers founded.^[26]
• 1982
  • Angers becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
  • Ducs d'Angers ice hockey team formed.
  • Angers twinned with Pisa, Italy.^[24]
• 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.^[24]
• 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.^[27][28]
• 2007
  • Le Quai cultural space opens.
  • Angers 7 television begins broadcasting.
• 2011
  • Angers tramway begins operating.
  • City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[29]
  • Population: 148,803.^[30]
• 2014
  • March: Angers municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Christophe Béchu becomes mayor.
  • Mosque construction begins.^[26]
• 2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.^[30]

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

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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