Timeline of Montpellier explained

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

Prior to 19th century

• 737 - Charles Martel destroyed Maguelonne.
• 986 - Lords of Montpellier begin with William I of Montpellier
• 10th C. Town consisted of two portions, Montpellier and Montpelliéret.
• 1160 - Law school active.
• 1204 - issued.
• 1220 - University of Montpellier established.
• 1293 - Philip IV of France buys part of Montpellieret^[1]
• 1349 - Philip VI of France buys other part of Montpellieret.
• 1364 - Monastery of Saint-Benoît founded.
• 1394 - Jews expelled.
• 1536 - Catholic Diocese of Maguelonne renamed Diocese of Montpellier & Montpellier Cathedral status elevated.^[2]
• 1567 - Montpellier taken by Protestants.
• 1593 - Jardin des plantes de Montpellier (historic botanical garden and arboretum) established.^[3]
• 1622 - Siege of Montpellier.
• 1624 - Citadel of Montpellier built.
• 1628 - City walls demolished.
• 1641 - Sainte-Ursule convent founded.
• 1693 - Porte du Peyrou built.
• 1704 - founded.
• 1706 - established.^{[4] [5]}
• 1755 - Place de la Comédie first mentioned.
• 1766 - Birth of François-Xavier Fabre, painter.
• 1789 - Population: 29,500.
• 1790 - Montpellier becomes part of the Hérault souveraineté.
• 1793 - Population: 32,897.

19th century

• 1801 -,, and created.
• 1816 - City hall moves to the
• 1819 - Bibliothèque Montpellier opens.
• 1825 - Musée Fabre opens.
• 1829 - Louis XVI statue erected in the .
• 1833 - Société Archéologique de Montpellier founded.http://www.musee-languedocien.com/#6-0
• 1837 - confectionery in production.
• 1845 - Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch opens.
• 1861 - Population: 51,865.
• 1876 - Petit Méridional newspaper begins publication.
• 1886 - Archives of the City of Montpellier moves to the .^[6]
• 1888 - Opéra Comédie (opera hall) (fr) opens.
• 1891 - built.
• 1896 - Population: 73,950.

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 80,230.^[7]
• 1923 - Parc des Sports de l'avenue Pont Juvénal opens.
• 1928 - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium opens.
• 1930 - Sabathé Stadium opens.
• 1946 - Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport opens.
• 1954 - Population: 97,501.
• 1962 - Population: 118,864.
• 1965 - created.
• 1967 - Richter Stadium opens.
• 1968 - Population: 161,910.
• 1973 -,,,,, and created.
• 1975 - Population: 191,354.
• 1977 - Georges Frêche becomes mayor.
• 1981 - begins.
• 1982 - Bulletin historique de la Ville de Montpellier in publication.
• 1985
  • created.
  • Music Festival de Radio France et Montpellier begins.
• 1986 - Montpellier Hérault Rugby founded.
• 1988 - headquartered in the Hôtel de Région in Montpellier.^(fr)
• 1999 - Population: 225,392.
• 2000 - Montpellier tramway begins operating.

21st century

• 2001 - Montpellier Agglomération and Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon established.
• 2004 - Hélène Mandroux becomes mayor.
• 2007
  • Vélomagg bikeshare (fr) begins operating.
  • La Serre Amazonienne (greenhouse) opens.
• 2009 - En Traits Libres art space opens.http://entraitslibres.blogspot.com/p/bienvenu-welcome.html
• 2010 - Agora dance center established.^[8]
• 2011
  • built.
  • Population: 264,538.
• 2013 - 29 May: First official same-sex marriage in France takes place.
• 2014
  • March: held.
  • Philippe Saurel becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • December: held.
  • Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole created.
• 2016 - Montpellier becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• Montpellier history
  • • List of Catholic bishops of Montpellier
  • region

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Perpignan
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• • • • Montpellier . 18 . 789 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Robert Darnton. Robert Darnton. The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. 2009. Basic Books. 978-0-465-01048-6 . A bourgeois puts his world in order: the city as a text . https://books.google.com/books?id=f-taE3FLTlMC&pg=PA107. (Montpellier in 1768)
• Book: Kathryn Reyerson. Women's Networks in Medieval France. 2016. Springer. 978-3-319-38942-4. Gender and Community in Montpellier, 1300-1350. https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319389417.

in French

• Chronicle of Montpellier (pre-1364 history of Montpellier)
• Book: Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France. 1838. Firmin Didot frères . Paris . Montpellier . https://books.google.com/books?id=Qbd3ZYh0Ns0C&pg=PA56-IA29 . fr.
• Book: Histoire de la commune de Montpellier. 1851. Montpellier. fr. J. Martel.
• Book: Montpellier; tableau historique et descriptif, pour servir de guide à l'étranger. Eugène Thomas . Montpellier. Seguin. 1857. fr.
• Book: Histoire du commerce de Montpellier. 1861. Montpellier. fr. J. Martel.
• Book: Histoire de la ville de Montpellier. Montpellier. fr. 1875-1882
• Book: L. Gaudin. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc. 1902. Louis Grollier. fr. Departements Languedociens: Arrondissement de Montpellier. https://books.google.com/books?id=897jXuel6LEC&pg=PA356. .
• Book: Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1902. Montpellier.
• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. Montpellier. 2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1319. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1319. .
• Book: Cévennes, Languedoc. fr. Guides Joanne. 1914. Montpellier. 2027/njp.32101064992173?urlappend=%3Bseq=545. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101064992173?urlappend=%3Bseq=545.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: James D. Tracy. City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective . 2000. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-65221-6 .
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France . www.katolsk.no . Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese) . Norway . 30 January 2015 .
3. Web site: Garden Search: France . . London . 30 December 2015 .
4. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Montpellier) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
5. Web site: Chronology of Scholarly Societies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115228/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html . dead . 4 March 2016 . Jim Parrott . Scholarly Societies Project . . Canada .
6. Web site: Archives municipales . fr . Mairie de Montpellier . 30 January 2015 .
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 .
8. Web site: L'Agora . fr . Montpellier Danse . 30 January 2015 .