Timeline of Nancy explained

The history of Nancy, France, the capital city of Lorraine, dates back to at least 800 BC with the earliest signs of human settlement in the area. Early settlers were likely attracted by easily mined iron ore and a ford in the Meurthe River. A small fortified town named Nanciacum (Nancy) was built by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine around 1050.

Prior to 19th century

• 1140 – (tower, oldest building of Nancy) built.
• 1228 – Castle burns down.
• 1382 – (gate) built.
• 1476 – Charles of Burgundy in power.
• 1477 – 5 January: Battle of Nancy; René II, Duke of Lorraine in power again.
• 1487 – built.
• 1496 – Palace of the Dukes of Lorraine construction begins.
• 1633 – Town "taken by the French."
• 1697 – Peace of Ryswick & Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in power.
• 1731 – built.
• 1736 – Stanisław Leszczyński becomes Duke of Lorraine.
• 1750 – Royal Society of Science and Humanities of Nancy^[1] and public library founded.
• 1753 – built (approximate date).
• 1755 – Place Stanislas created, includes a statue of the eponymous Stanisław Leszczyński.
• 1763 – Great organ of Nancy Cathedral installed.
• 1766 – Nancy becomes part of France.
• 1777 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nancy established.^[2]
• 1782 – built.
• 1784 – Porte Désilles (arch) built.
• 1790
  • 31 August: Military mutiny quashed.
  • Nancy becomes part of the Meurthe souveraineté.
• 1792 – Statue of Louis XV removed from the Place Stanislas.^[3]
• 1793 – Museum of Fine Arts of Nancy established.
• 1798 – Journal de la Meurthe newspaper in publication.

19th century

• 1814–1815 – Nancy occupied by allied forces during the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1844 – (school) founded.
• 1848 – established.
• 1852 – opens.
• 1856 – Gare de Nancy-Ville built.
• 1859 – Annual relocated to the .
• 1870 – Nancy "put to ransom by the Prussians."
• 1873 – active.^[4]
• 1874 – Saint-Epvre Basilica built.
• 1879 – Thiers statue erected in the .
• 1884 – Orchestre symphonique et lyrique de Nancy founded.^[5]
• 1886 - Population: 79,038.^[6]
• 1889 – L'Est Républicain newspaper begins publication.

20th century

• 1906 - Population: 98,302.
• 1909 – built on .
• 1911
  • built.
  • Population: 119,949.^[7]
• 1914 – September: Battle of Grand Couronné.^[8]
• 1919 – Opera house rebuilt.
• 1923 – art group formed.
• 1944 – September: Battle of Nancy (1944).
• 1951 – Marriage of Archduke Otto von Habsburg-Lothringen, crown prince of Austria-Hungary and Duke of Lorraine, with Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, at the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers. The marriage was attended by his mother Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma and high nobility.^[9]
• 1964 – Musée de l'École de Nancy opens.
• 1970 – Henri Poincaré University, Nancy 2 University, and School of architecture of Nancy established.^[10]
• 1972 - active.
• 1978 - literary festival begins.
• 1982 – Nancy becomes part of the Lorraine region.
• 1983 – André Rossinot becomes mayor.
• 1988 – begins broadcasting.
• 1991
  • Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport opens.
  • Sister city relationship established with Cincinnati, USA.^[11]
• 1996 – begins.
• December 2012 – Archduke Christoph of Austria, son of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, marries in the Basilica of Saint-Epvre^[12]

21st century

• 2005 – Kinepolis Nancy (cinema) opens.^[13]
• 2006 – begins.
• 2012 – Population: 105,067.
• 2014 – Laurent Hénart becomes mayor.
• 2016 – Nancy becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• Nancy history
  • List of mayors of Nancy (in French)

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

• Timeline of Metz
• Timeline of Mulhouse
• Timeline of Reims
• Timeline of Strasbourg
• Timeline of Troyes

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • • • Nancy . 19 . 160 - 161 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995. Fitzroy Dearborn. 978-1-136-63944-9. Nancy. 511+. .

in French

• Book: J. J. Lionnois. Histoire des villes vieille et neuve de Nancy. fr. Haener. 1811.
• (one year in an ongoing annual)
• Book: Émile Bégin.

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  . Guide de l'étranger à Nancy. fr. 1835. Vidart et Jullien. Nancy. .
• Book: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac.

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  . Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. fr. 1839. Perisse frères. Nancy. https://books.google.com/books?id=F-2Gg2ffyKkC&pg=PA233. .
• Book: Jean Cayon. Histoire physique, civile, morale et politique de Nancy. fr. 1846. Cayon-Liébault. Nancy.
• Book: Nancy; histoire et tableau. Prosper Guerrier de Dumast. Prosper Guerrier de Dumast. Vagner. 1847. 2nd. fr.
• Book: Catalogue de l'histoire de France . Firmin Didot frères . Paris . Bibliothèque impériale . fr. 1863. Localités: Nancy. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=yAg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA423. Bibliothèque nationale de France . (Bibliography)
• Book: Promenade dans Nancy et ses environs. fr. 1866. . Nancy.
• Book: Charles Courbe. Les rues de Nancy du XVIe siècle à nos jours. The streets of Nancy from the 16th century to today. fr. 1886. Imprimerie Lorraine.
• Book: Nancy. fr. Guides Joanne. 1895. Nancy.
• Book: J. Favier. Catalogue des livres et documents imprimés du fonds lorrain de la bibliothèque municipale de Nancy. fr. 1898. Crépin-Leblond. Nancy.
• Book: Christian Pfister. Histoire de Nancy. fr. 1902. . Christian Pfister.
• Book: À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1906. Lorraine. Nancy. 2027/pst.000010229187.
• Book: Guides Diamant. Nancy, Toul, Luneville, Metz. Paris. Hachette. fr. 1914. 2027/mdp.39015069886532.

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France . . Norway . 30 November 2015 .
3. Web site: Trésors d'archives . Archives municipales de Nancy . fr . Ville de Nancy . 30 November 2015 .
4. Web site: Chronology of Scholarly Societies . Jim Parrott . Scholarly Societies Project . . Canada . 30 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151119095937/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html . 19 November 2015 .
5. Book: Colin Lawson. Colin Lawson. Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-00132-8 . Orchestras Founded in the 19th Century (chronological list) . https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA275 .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/njp.32101072368440 . Statesman's Year-Book .
8. Web site: Nancy . fr . Encyclopédie Larousse . . 30 December 2015 .
9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Otto von Habsburg Hochzeit Nancy.mov . YouTube.
10. Book: Walter Rüegg . 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 .
11. Web site: Cincinnati USA Sister City Association . https://web.archive.org/web/20130519061021/http://www.cincinnatisistercity.org/about.html . dead . 19 May 2013 . USA .
12. Web site: PHOTOS: The Last Royal Wedding of 2012!. HuffPost. 31 December 2012.
13. Web site: Movie Theaters in Nancy, France . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 30 November 2015 .