Timeline of Nîmes

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.
• 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.

• 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703
• April: of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.
• August: Hôtel de Ville completed.
• 1790
• Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
• June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the .
• 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.
• 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
• 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the .
• 1876 – Population: 63,001.
• 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
• 1880 – begins operating.
• 1886 – Population: 69,898.
• 1895 – founded.

20th century

• 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
• 1911 – Population: 80,437.
• 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

in French

External links

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