Timeline of Amiens explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 3rd century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens established.^[1]
• 1117 – Charter of commune granted to Amiens by the bishop.
• 1185 – Amiens becomes part of the crown lands of France per .
• 1220 – Amiens Cathedral construction begins.
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1435 – Philip the Good of Burgundy in power per Congress of Arras.
• 1477 – Amiens again becomes part of the crown lands of France.
• 1496 – Amiens customary laws codified.
• 1550 – Hôtel de Ville construction begins.
• 1597 – Siege of Amiens (1597).
• 1750 – founded.^[3]
• 1751 – (garden) created.
• 1760 – Hôtel de Ville completed.^[4]
• 1761 – established.
• 1790 – Amiens becomes part of the Somme souveraineté.
• 1791 – founded.^[5]
• 1796 – established in the Hôtel des Feuillants.^[6]
• 1800 – Population: 41,279.
• 1802
  • 25 March: International peace treaty signed in Amiens.
  • Picardy Museum founded.
• 1817 – established.
• 1837 – established.^[7]
• 1848 – Longueau–Boulogne railway begins operating.
• 1849 – Statue of Du Cange erected in the .
• 1863 – established.
• 1865 – active.
• 1870 – November: Battle of Amiens (1870); Prussians in power.
• 1886 – Population: 80,288.^[8]
• 1889 – (assembly hall) opens.^[9]
• 1891 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 – Amiens Sporting Club formed.
• 1902 – shop in business.
• 1911 – Population: 93,207.^[10]
• 1913 – French Grand Prix automotive race held in Amiens.
• 1914 – City "taken and lost by Germans."
• 1918 – August: Battle of Amiens (1918) fought near city.
• 1940 – May–June: .
• 1944 – Le Courrier picard newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1946 - begins operating.
• 1952 - established.
• 1954 – Tour Perret (Amiens) hi-rise built.
• 1958 – Gare d'Amiens rebuilt.
• 1960 – Amiens twinned with Dortmund, Germany.^[12]
• 1962 – Population: 105,433.
• 1966 – inaugurated.
• 1970 – University of Picardie Jules Verne established.^[13]
• 1971 - Amiens twinned with Görlitz, Germany.
• 1973 - Amiens twinned with Darlington, United Kingdom.
• 1981 – active.
• 1999
  • Stade de la Licorne (stadium) opens.
  • newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 135,501.
• 2000 – Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole created.

21st century

• 2006 – Amiens twinned with Tulsa, USA.
• 2011 – Population: 133,327.
• 2012 – August: Youth unrest.
• 2014
  • January: Labour unrest at Goodyear factory.
  • March: held.
  • Brigitte Fouré becomes mayor.
• 2015 – December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.
• 2016 – Amiens becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.

See also

• History of Amiens
  • • • department
• region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

• Timeline of Lille
• Timeline of Roubaix

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Gazetteer of France. Clement Cruttwell. G.G.J. and J. Robinson. London. 1793. Amiens. 2027/njp.32101072026808. Clement Cruttwell.
  • • • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. Amiens. . 2027/njp.32101065312868. Chambers's Encyclopaedia.
• Amiens . 1 . 855 - 856 . 1910 . . 1.
  • • Book: Jean Caswell . Ivan Sipkov. Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. 1977. Library of Congress. USA. Amiens. . 2027/mdp.39015034753866.
• Book: Colum Hourihane. Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5. Amiens. https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA55.

in French

• Book: Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France. fr. Desaint. Paris. 1765. https://books.google.com/books?id=iU91AGd11rIC&pg=PA51. Amiens.
• Book: Hyacinthe Dusevel. Histoire de la ville d'Amiens. 1848. 2nd. Caron et Lambert.
• Book: Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau.

  fr:Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau

  . Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France. fr. . Paris. 1850. 3rd. Amiens. 259. 2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Book: Ch. Brossard. La France du Nord. fr. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France. 1900. Flammarion. Picardie: Somme: Description des villes: Amiens. . 2027/nyp.33433066581111. (Table of contents)
• Book: Histoire de la ville d'Amiens. Albéric de Calonne. Piteux Frères. Amiens. 1906. fr.
• Book: Le Nord. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1906. Amiens.
• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. Amiens. . 2027/mdp.39015074817142. Dictionnaire Bouillet.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France . . Norway . 30 November 2015 .
2. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

   de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum

   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-15510-4 .
3. Web site: Chronology of Scholarly Societies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115228/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html . 4 March 2016 . Jim Parrott . Scholarly Societies Project . . Canada .
4. Web site: Amiens – Ancien Hôtel de ville (XVIe siècle). L'Armarium. 11 November 2024.
5. Libraries . 16 . Tedder . Henry Richard . Henry Richard Tedder. Brown . James Duff . James Duff Brown . 545–577; see page 564, para 6 . France...French libraries.....
6. Web site: Historique et missions des Archives . Archives de la Somme . Amiens . 9 November 2016 . fr .
7. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Amiens) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527 .
9. Web site: Patrimoine et histoire: La ville . Amiens.fr . fr . Amiens Métropole . 30 November 2015 .
10. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/njp.32101072368440 . Statesman's Year-Book .
11. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-85743-254-1 . France: Directory . https://books.google.com/books?id=wGA4o-UhAfgC&pg=PA1695 .
12. Web site: Coopération avec les villes jumelées . 30 December 2015 . Amiens.fr . Amiens Métropole . fr .
13. Book: Walter Rüegg .

    de:Walter Rüegg

    . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC&pg=PA578 .