Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

The following is a of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence.

Prior to 18th century

• 123 BCE – founded.
• 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.
• 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.
• 477 – Visigoths in power.
• 731 – Saracens in power.
• 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
• 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.
• 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
• 1409 – University founded.
• 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.
• 1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established.
• 1505 – Clock tower built.
• 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
• 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.
• 1668 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
• 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.
• 1756 – built.
• 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.
• 1790
• Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
• Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.
• 1807 – founded.
• 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.
• 1838
• October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
• Musée Granet opens.
• Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded.
• 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne.
• 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed.
• 1881 – Population: 23,887.

20th century

• 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.
• 1906 – Population: 19,433.
• 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.
• 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.https://archive.org/details/sancepublique05unkngoog
• 1912 – Fountain installed in the .
• 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
• 1946 – active.
• 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
• 1954 – Population: 54,217.
• 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.
• 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.
• 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor.
• 1968 - Population: 89,566.
• 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded.
• 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy.
• 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix.http://www.cdha.fr/node/29
• 1975 – Population: 110,659.
• 1976 – opens.
• 1977
• Fountain installed in the .
• Aix twinned with Bath, England.
• 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor.
• 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain.
• 1982
• Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created.
• Aix becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
• 1983 – Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca becomes mayor.
• 1985 – Aix twinned with Coimbra, Portugal.
• 1986 – March: held.
• 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor.
• 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia.
• 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel.
• 1999 – Population: 133,018.

21st century

• 2001
• Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor.
• created.
• 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
• 2011 – Population: 140,684.
• 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.
• 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.

See also

• List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
• History of Provence region
• region

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

• Timeline of Avignon
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Nice
• Timeline of Toulon

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in French

External links

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