Timeline of Bourges
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bourges, France.
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Prior to 20th century
- 475 CE - Visigoths in power.
- 2nd-3rd century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.[2]
- 1195 - Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
- 1225 - Religious Council of Bourges held.
- 1312 - Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).
- 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
- 1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412) during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
- 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.[4]
- 1438 - Religious council held.
- 1463 - University of Bourges founded.
- 1487 - Bourges fire of 1487.
- 1492 - Hôtel des Échevins (town hall) built.[5]
- 1510 - Hôtel Lallemant built.[6]
- 1528 - Religious council held.
- 1573 - Collège des jésuites de Bourges founded.
- 1584 - Religious council held.[7]
- 1645 - Hôtel de Bourbon built.[5]
- 1790 - Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.[8]
- 1793 - Population: 15,964.[8]
- 1796 - Archives départementales du Cher established.[9]
- 1831 - Canal de Berry constructed.
- 1834 - Musée du Berry (museum) founded.[6]
- 1866 - Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.[10]
- 1875 - Société de géographie de Bourges formed.[10]
- 1886 - Population: 42,829.[11]
- 1893 - Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1898 - Tramway de Bourges begins operating.
20th century
- 1911 - Population: 45,735.[13]
- 1927 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges opens.[6]
- 1928 - Bourges Airport opens.
- 1961 - Comédie de Bourges (theatre group) formed.
- 1963 - Maison de la culture de Bourges opens.
- 1964 - Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.[10]
- 1966 - Bourges 18 football club formed.
- 1975 - Population: 77,300.[8]
- 1977 - Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
- 1985 - Hôtel de ville de Bourges (city hall) built.
- 1986 - Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.[14]
- 1989 - Transports en commun de Bourges (transit entity) established.
- 1991 - Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
- 1995 - Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2006 - Auditorium de Bourges opens.
- 2014 - Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.
See also
Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Eugène-Oscar Lami (1881). "Bourges". Dictionnaire encyclopédique et biographique de l'industrie et des arts industriels (in French). 1. Paris. OCLC 26948816.
- Alphonse Buhot de Kersers (1883). Histoire et statistique monumentale du Cher (in French). Pigelet & Tardy.
- Edmond Charlemagne (1889). Les anciennes institutions municipales de Bourges (in French). Tardy-Pigelet.
- "Bourges". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Bourges", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
- "Bourges", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- Caswell, Jean; Sipkov, Ivan (1977). "Berry". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. (+ Bourges)
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bourges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
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