Timeline of Angers explained

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

Prior to 19th century

• 372 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers established.^[1]
• 471 – Merovingians in power.
• 8th century – Angers becomes part of Anjou province.
• 851 – Frankish-Breton treaty signed in Angers.
• 870 – Duke of Anjou centered in Angers.
• 1025 – Angers Cathedral built.^[2]
• 1028 – founded.
• 1059 – rebuilt.
• 12th century – construction begins.
• 1151 – Henry Plantagenet becomes count of Anjou and Maine (and king of England in 1154).
• 1184 – built.
• 13th century – Château d'Angers (castle) enlarged.
• 1288 – Jews expelled from Anjou.
• 1364 – Universitas Andegavensis active.
• 1380 – Apocalypse Tapestry created.
• 1384 – Public clock installed.^[3]
• 1487 - mansion built.
• 1508 - Anjou customary laws published.
• 1516 - (judicial proceeding) takes place.
• 1539 – (judicial proceeding) takes place.
• 1585 – Huguenots in power.
• 1589 – Catholic League active, then quashed.^[4]
• 1685 - founded.^[5]
• 1790 – Angers becomes part of the Maine-et-Loire souveraineté.
• 1791 – founded.^[6]
• 1793
  • February: Liberty pole erected in the .
  • December: Siege of Angers.
• 1796 – established.
• 1797 – Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers established.^[7]

19th century

• 1806 – Population: 29,187.
• 1823 – Hôtel de Ville completed.^[8]
• 1839 – Basse-Chaine Bridge built.
• 1849 – Cointreau distillery in business.
• 1850 – 16 April: Collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.
• 1855 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[9]
• 1856 – Population: 50,726.
• 1859 – Café Serin in business.^[10]
• 1869 – Patriote de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1871 – opens.
• 1873 – Journal de Maine-et-Loire newspaper begins publication.
• 1875 – Catholic University of Angers active.
• 1876 – Population: 56,846.^[12]
• 1878 – (rail station) opens.
• 1883 – newspaper begins publication.
• 1886 – Population: 73,044.^[13]
• 1889 – opens.
• 1895 – Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie d'Angers (garden) established.^[14]
• 1896 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 – built on .
• 1911 – Population: 83,786.^[15]
• 1914 – Avrillé airfield begins operating.
• 1919 – Angers SCO (sport club) formed.
• 1937
  • Parc de la Garenne created.
  • Roman-era archaeological remains found.
• 1940 – June: German occupation begins.
• 1944
  • May: Bombing by Allied forces.
  • August: German occupation ends.
  • newspaper begins publication.
• 1964 – Angers twinned with Haarlem, Netherlands.^[16]
• 1967 – 1967 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
• 1968 – opens.^[17]
• 1971 – University of Angers and Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire established.
• 1972 – 1972 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
• 1973
  • (bridge) built.
  • Association généalogique de l'Anjou formed.
• 1974 – Angers twinned with Bamako, Mali.
• 1980 – Association des musulmans d'Angers founded.
• 1982
  • Angers becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
  • Ducs d'Angers ice hockey team formed.
  • Angers twinned with Pisa, Italy.
• 1983 – (assembly hall) built.
• 1985 – developed.
• 1986 – established.
• 1988
  • begins broadcasting.
  • Angers twinned with Wigan, United Kingdom.
• 1991 – assembly hall built.
• 1994 – opens.
• 1999 – Population: 151,279.

21st century

• 2005 – tried.
• 2007
  • cultural space opens.
  • television begins broadcasting.
• 2011
  • Angers tramway begins operating.
  • City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.^[18]
  • Population: 148,803.
• 2014
  • March: held.
  • Christophe Béchu becomes mayor.
  • Mosque construction begins.
• 2015 – December: held.

See also

• Angers history
  • (Roman era settlement)
    • List of counts of Anjou (residing in Angers beginning in 9th c.)
  • 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.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: William Henry Overall. William Henry Overall. Dictionary of Chronology. 1870. William Tegg. London. Angers. . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
• Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. Angers. . 2027/njp.32101065312868. Chambers's Encyclopaedia.
  • Angers . 2 . 8–9 . 1910 . . 1.
• Horticulture in Town Planning: The Formation of a Park System at Angers, France. Town Planning Review. 18. R. Edouard André. 1. 51–55. 1938. 40101790. . 10.3828/tpr.18.1.41464w846k0q6233.
• Book: Jean Caswell . Ivan Sipkov. Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. 1977. Library of Congress. USA. Anjou. . 2027/mdp.39015034753866.
• Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995. Fitzroy Dearborn. 978-1-136-63944-9. Angers. Jeff W. Huebner. https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA42. .
• Book: Colum Hourihane. Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5. Angers. 72+. .

in French

• Book: Recherches historiques sur l'Anjou. Jean-François Bodin .

  fr:Jean-François Bodin (1766–1829)

  . 2nd. 1847. fr.
• Book: Ch. Brossard. La France de l'Ouest. fr. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France. 1901. Flammarion. Anjou: Maine-et-Loire: Description des villes: Angers. . 2027/nyp.33433066581129. (+ table of contents)
• Book: Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1901. Angers. https://books.google.com/books?id=wI43AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA47.
• Book: La Loire. fr. Guides Joanne. 1903. Angers. 2027/hvd.hxnvkh.
• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. Angers. . 2027/mdp.39015074817142. Dictionnaire Bouillet.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France . . Norway . 30 December 2015 .
2. Web site: Almanach d'Angers . Angers.fr . Mairie d'Angers . fr . 30 December 2015 . (chronology)
3. 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 .
4. Revolution and Reform in the Holy League: Angers, Rennes, Nantes . Robert Harding . Journal of Modern History . 53 . 3 . 380–416 . 1981 . 1880274 . 10.1086/242323 . 143630895 .
5. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Angers) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
6. Libraries . 16 . Tedder . Henry Richard . Henry Richard Tedder. Brown . James Duff . James Duff Brown . 545 - 577; see page 564, para 6 . France...French libraries.....
7. Web site: (Angers) . . fr . . 30 December 2015 .
8. Web site: Laissez-vous conter les hôtels de ville. City of Angers. https://web.archive.org/web/20220706165258/https://www.angers.fr/vivre-a-angers/culture/patrimoine/angers-patrimoine/ressources/fiches-patrimoine/laissez-vous-conter-les-hotels-de-ville/index.html. 6 July 2022.
9. Book: United States Department of Commerce . Archibald J. Wolfe . Commercial Organizations in France . 1915 . Government Printing Office . USA . List of Chambers . https://books.google.com/books?id=t3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 .
10. Web site: Chroniques historiques . Angers.fr . Mairie d'Angers . fr . 30 December 2015 .
11. Book: A. de Chambure. A travers la presse . 1914. Fert, Albouy & cie. . Paris . fr .
12. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1882 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France . 2027/nyp.33433081590428 .
13. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527 .
14. Web site: Garden Search: France . . London . 30 December 2015 .
15. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/njp.32101072368440 . Statesman's Year-Book .
16. Web site: fr . Relations internationales: Les villes partenaires . Angers.fr . Mairie d'Angers . 30 December 2015 .
17. Web site: Musées d'Angers . fr . Ville d'Angers . 30 December 2015 .
18. Web site: Sister and Friendship Cities Program . 30 December 2015 . City of Austin . USA .