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

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Prehistory

Ancient

Greek colonies
Celtic Gaul	until 50 BC
Roman Gaul	50 BC – 486 AD

Early Middle Ages

Franks
Merovingians	481–751
Carolingians	751–987

Middle Ages

Direct Capetians	987–1328
Valois	1328–1498

Early modern

Ancien Régime

Valois-Orléans	1498–1515
Valois-Angoulême	1515–89
Bourbon	1589–1792

Long 19th century

French Revolution	1789–1799
Kingdom of France	1791–92
First Republic	1792–1804
First Empire	1804–14
Restoration	1814–30
July Monarchy	1830–1848
Second Republic	1848–52
Second Empire	1852–70
Third Republic	1870–1940

20th century

Third Republic	1870–1940
Free France Vichy France	1940–44
Provisional Republic	1944–46
Fourth Republic	1946–58
Fifth Republic	1958–present

Timeline

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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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ 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.
↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1056, OL 6112221M
1 2 3 "Sociétés savantes de France (Limoges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "Limoges". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 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 30 December 2015.
↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
1 2 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
↑ "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.
↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 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)

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Years in France

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Timeline of Limoges

Prior to 20th century

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

in English

in French

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