Timeline of Nice explained

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

Prior to 19th century

• 262 CE - Nice taken by Goth forces.
• 859 - Nice sacked by Saracens.
• 880 - Nice sacked by Saracens again.
• 1388 - effected.
• 1538 - signed in Nice.
• 1543 - Siege of Nice by Turkish forces.
• 1545 - (bridge) rebuilt.
• 1561 - Italian replaces Latin as official language of Nice.
• 1564 - Major earthquake.^[1]
• 1650/85 - Nice Cathedral constructed.
• 1706 - Castle of Nice demolished by Duke of Berwick by command of Louis XIV.
• 1720
  • Nice becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • Medical school established.
• 1724 - church built.
• 1770 - Quai des Ponchettes built.
• 1772 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1780 - paved.
• 1783 - Cimetière du Château (cemetery) established.
• 1784 - built.
• 1790 - Public library founded.^[2]
• 1792 - Conquered by French Revolutionary troops in September, annexed in November.
• 1793
  • Nice becomes part of the Alpes-Maritimes department of France.
  • Population: 24,117.
• 1800 - May: Nice occupied briefly by Austrian forces.^(fr)

19th century

• 1812 - (school) opens.
• 1814 - Nice is returned to and thus becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia per Congress of Vienna.
• 1822 - Promenade des Anglais construction begins.
• 1832 - 25 April: Religious taken in response to cholera epidemic.
• 1846 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice founded.
• 1852
  • (church) built.
  • English circulating library active.^[3]
• 1854 - (park) opens.
• 1855 - Maritime trade flourishes.^[4]
• 1856 - Population: 44,091.
• 1860 - .^[5]
• 1861 - Francization begins.
• 1863 - Phare du Littoral newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1864
  • Avenue Jean Médecin laid out.
  • Nice-Ville station opened.
• 1867 - Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice, established.
• 1870 - Swiss and Nice Times newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1871 - Niçard Vespers, three days of popular uprising in support of the union of the County of Nice with the Kingdom of Italy.^[8]
• 1879
  • Horsecar tramway begins operating.
  • newspaper begins publication.
• 1881 - 23 March: Opéra de Nice burns down.
• 1882
  • built.
  • (bridge) demolished.
• 1883 - L'Éclaireur newspaper begins publication.
• 1884 - built.
• 1885 - Opéra de Nice rebuilt.
• 1886 - built.
• 1887 - Nice Observatory inaugurated.
• 1890 - Nice Lawn Tennis Club established.
• 1891
  • 4 October: unveiled in .^[9]
  • Population: 88,273.
• 1892
  • Gare du Sud built.
  • Grasse-Nice Chemins de Fer de Provence (railway) begins operating.
• 1896 - erected in the Jardin Albert 1er.
• 1900 - Electric tramway begins operating.

20th century

1901-1944

• 1901 - Population: 105,109.
• 1903 - A la mieu bella Nissa popular song written.
• 1904
  • Gymnaste Club de Nice formed.
  • Promenade des Anglais extended to the river Var.
• 1911 - Population: 142,940.^[10]
• 1912 - Russian Orthodox Cathedral opens, funded by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
• 1913 - Hotel Negresco in business.
• 1916 - Conservatory of Nice founded.
• 1919
  • Canton of Nice-1, 2, 3, and 4 created.
  • Victorine Studios of film established.
• 1927 - Stade du Ray (stadium) opens.
• 1928 - Palais des Arts opens.^[11]
• 1929 - Palais de la Méditerranée casino opens.
• 1931 - Population: 219,549.
• 1933 - (church) built.
• 1942 - 11 November: Italian occupation begins.
• 1943 - 8 September: Italian occupation ends.
• 1944
  • 26 May: Bombing by Allied forces.^(fr)
  • 28 August: .

1945-1990s

• 1945 - Nice-matin newspaper begins publication.^[12]
• 1948 - Nice Jazz Festival begins.
• 1954
  • Centre International de Formation Européenne headquartered in Nice.
  • Population: 244,360.
• 1955 - Canton of Nice-5 and 6 created.
• 1956 - Fountain installed in the Place Masséna.
• 1963 - Musée Matisse opens.
• 1968 - Population: 322,442.
• 1970 - Palais Lascaris (musical instrument museum) opened.
• 1973
  • established.
  • Canton of Nice-7, 8, 9,, and created.
• 1979 - 16 October: Weather-related 1979 Nice events occur.
• 1981 - June: 1981 Tour de France cycling race departs from Nice.^(fr)
• 1982
  • ,, and created.
  • Nice becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
• 1984 - Palais des Congrès Acropolis built.
• 1988 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1991 - Gare de Nice CP opens.
• 1995 - Jacques Peyrat becomes mayor.
• 1999
  • established.
  • Population: 342,738.

21st century .

2000s

• 2001 - 26 February: European Treaty of Nice signed in city.
• 2002 - Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur created.
• 2003 - Bombing.
• 2007 - Nice tramway opens.
• 2008 - Christian Estrosi becomes mayor.

2010s

• 2011
  • Metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur created.
  • Population: 344,064.
• 2013
  • Allianz Riviera stadium opens.
  • 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie held in Nice.
• 2014 - March: held.
• 2015
  • February: Stabbing.
  • October: occurs.
  • December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.
• 2016 - July: Terrorist attack kills 86 and injures 434.

2020s

• 2020 - October: Terrorist attack kills three, with one victim being beheaded.

See also

• Nice history
  • • • Other names of Nice
  • department
• region

Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:

• Timeline of Aix-en-Provence
  • Timeline of Avignon
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Toulon

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Edinburgh Encyclopaedia . David Brewster . Philadelphia . Joseph and Edward Parker . 1832. Nice . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t2x352b0z?urlappend=%3Bseq=499 . Edinburgh Encyclopaedia . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t2x352b0z?urlappend=%3Bseq=499 .
  • Book: . London . Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy . 10th. 1866. https://archive.org/stream/handbookfortrav07firgoog#page/n123/mode/2up . Nice.
• Book: Karl Baedeker . Coblenz . Italy . 2nd. 1870. https://archive.org/stream/italyhandbookfor04karl#page/100/mode/2up . Nice.
• Book: William Henry Overall. William Henry Overall. Dictionary of Chronology. 1870. William Tegg . London . Nice . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=618. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=618. .
• Book: The Riviera. 1896. 9th . . London . https://archive.org/stream/rivieraorcoastfr00blac#page/66/mode/2up . Nice.
• Book: J. Pott . New York . T. G. Bonney. The Mediterranean, its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins. 1904. https://archive.org/stream/mediterraneanits00bonnrich#page/124/mode/2up . Nice . etal.
• Book: Nice, Beaulieu and Monaco. Guides Joanne. 1906. Hachette.
  • Book: Practical Guide to Nice. Lyon . Guides Pol. Société des guides Pol . circa 1907
• Nice (France) . 19 . 646 - 647 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Catholic Encyclopedia. Nice . Georges Goyau . https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop11herbuoft#page/48/mode/1up. New York. 1911. Catholic Encyclopedia . Georges Goyau . New York, The Encyclopedia Press .
• Book: . Leipzig . Southern France . 1914. 6th . https://archive.org/stream/southernfrancein00karl#page/n781/mode/2up . Nice.

in French

• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. Nice. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1378. . Dictionnaire Bouillet. Paris. 2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1378.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Moroni, Andrea, and Massimiliano Stucchi. "Materials for the investigation of the 1564, Maritime Alps earthquake." (1989). online
2. Libraries . 16 . Tedder . Henry Richard . Henry Richard Tedder . Brown . James Duff . James Duff Brown . 545 - 577 . see page 565-France..
3. Web site: History . English American Library Nice . 30 January 2015 .
4. Colonel Sykes, "Statistics of Nice Maritime." Journal of the Statistical Society of London 18.1 (1855): 34-73. online
5. Book: Gino Raymond. Historical Dictionary of France . 2008. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6256-2 .
6. Book: A. de Chambure. A travers la presse . 1914. Fert, Albouy & cie. . Paris . fr .
7. Book: Die Schweizer Presse . 1896. Jent & Co. . de . Bern .
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=24ouAAAAYAAJ&dq=%C2%ABI+vespri+nizzardi%C2%BB&pg=PA11 Vespri Nizzardi, di Giuseppe Andre'
9. Web site: Liste des Fontaines et des Statues . 30 December 2015 . fr . Ville de Nice .
10. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 .
11. Web site: (Nice) .

    Répertoire des musées français

    . fr . . 30 December 2015 .
12. Web site: Nice (France) -- Newspapers . . Chicago, USA . Global Resources Network . 30 January 2015 .