Timeline of Nîmes explained

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

Prior to 18th century

• 3rd century BCE – (tower) in existence.
• 121 BCE – Romans in power.
• 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée (Roman temple), (gate), and (gate) built.
• 1st century CE – Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard (aqueduct) built (approximate date).
• 394 – First Council of Nîmes
• 5th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.^[1]
• 407 – Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."
• 737 – Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel".
• 1096 – Third Council of Nîmes
• 1185 – Count of Toulouse in power.
• 1207 - City took part in the Albigensian Crusade.
• 1567 – Religious unrest ("Michelade"); Catholics killed.
• 1682 – active.^[2]

• 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703 – April: of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.^[3]
• 1790
  • Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
  • June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the .^[4]
• 1800 - Population: 39,594.
• 1801 -,, created.
• 1803
  • established.
  • opens.
• 1815
  • Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
  • White Terror occurs.
• 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
• 1846 – built.
• 1851 – created.
• 1852 – Railway construction completed.^[5]
• 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
• 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the .
• 1876 – Population: 63,001.^[6]
• 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1880 – begins operating.
• 1886 – Population: 69,898.^[8]
• 1895 – founded.

20th century

• 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
• 1911 – Population: 80,437.^[9]
• 1920 – established.
• 1952 – Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
• 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
• 1973 – and created.
• 1982
  • Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.https://web.archive.org/web/20150905084146/http://www.laregion.fr/13-le-fonctionnement-de-la-region.htm
  • created.
• 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of .
• 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city; 457,769 in arrondissement.

21st century

• 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
• 2012
  • begins operating.
  • Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
• 2014 – March: held.
• 2015
  • March: held.
  • December: held.
  • construction begins.
• 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• Nîmes history
  • (Roman-era)
    • department

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Montpellier
• Timeline of Perpignan
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Gazetteer of France. Clement Cruttwell. Clement Cruttwell. G.G.J. and J. Robinson. London. 1793. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072026816?urlappend=%3Bseq=293. Nimes. 2027/njp.32101072026816?urlappend=%3Bseq=293.
  • Nîmes . 19 . 701 - 702 . 1910 . . 1.
    • • Book: Trudy Ring. Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 1995. Fitzroy Dearborn. 978-1-136-63944-9. Nimes. .
• Book: Robert Zaretsky. Nimes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938-1944. 1995. Pennsylvania State University Press. 0-271-04332-6. .

in French

• Book: Adolphe de Pontécoulant. Louis Adolphe le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant. Histoire des révolutions des villes de Nimes et d'Uzès. fr. 1820. Gaude. .
• Book: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac.

  fr:Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

  . Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Fr. 1839. Perisse frères. Nimes. https://books.google.com/books?id=F-2Gg2ffyKkC&pg=PA243. .
• 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. Nimes. 80. 2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Book: L. Gaudin. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc. 1902. Louis Grollier. Fr. Departements Languedociens: Gard: Nimes. https://books.google.com/books?id=897jXuel6LEC&pg=PA592. .
• Book: Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1902. Nimes. https://books.google.com/books?id=9o43AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19.
• Book: Ch. Brossard. Languedoc. fr. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France. 1903. Flammarion. Gard: Description des villes: Nimes. 2027/mdp.39015039821098?urlappend=%3Bseq=221. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039821098?urlappend=%3Bseq=221. .
• Book: Roger Peyre. Nîmes, Arles, Orange, Saint-Rémy. Les Villes d'Art célèbres. 1903. H. Laurens. Paris. .
• Book: Jules Charles-Roux.

  fr:Jules Charles-Roux

  . Nîmes. fr. 1908. 4th. Bloud et Cie. Paris. .
• Book: Cévennes, Languedoc. fr. Guides Joanne. 1914. Nimes. 2027/njp.32101064992173?urlappend=%3Bseq=507. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101064992173?urlappend=%3Bseq=507.

External links

• Items related to Nîmes, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Nîmes, 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: Sociétés savantes de France (Nîmes) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
3. Book: W. Gregory Monahan . Let God Arise: The War and Rebellion of the Camisards . 2014 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-100212-0.
4. Book: Paul R. Hanson . Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution. registration . 2015 . 2nd . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-8108-7892-1.
5. Book: Ministère des travaux publics .

   fr:Liste des ministres français des Travaux publics

   . Statistique des chemins de fer français . 1893 . . fr . Paris .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1882 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France . 2027/nyp.33433081590428?urlappend=%3Bseq=106 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590428?urlappend=%3Bseq=106 .
7. Book: A. de Chambure. A travers la presse . 1914. Fert, Albouy & cie. . Paris . fr .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 .
9. 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 .