Timeline of Toulon

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1901
• , , , and created.
• Population: 101,602.
• 1908 – Société des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Toulon et du Var founded.
• 1911 – Population: 104,582.
• 1912 – Société des Amis du Vieux Toulon et de sa Région established.
• 1920 – Stade Mayol (stadium) opens.
• 1935 – August: Violent uprisings by shipyard workers against the government's restrictive austerity policy is resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
• 1936 – Population: 150,310.
• 1940 – 12–13 June: by Italian forces.
• 1942 – 27 November: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
• 1944 – Sporting Toulon Var football club formed.
• 1948 – Bazeille apartment building constructed in Port Marchand.
• 1949 – begins operating.

1950s–1990s

• 1950 – 12 February: Communist demonstration.
• 1957 – (school) founded.
• 1959 – Maurice Arreckx becomes mayor.
• 1961 – opens.
• 1964
• A57 autoroute opens.
• created.
• 1966 – Toulon–Hyères Airport opens.
• 1967 – Toulon Tournament of football begins.
• 1968 - University of Toulon founded.
• 1970 - Hôtel de Ville completed.
• 1973
• August: Racial unrest.
• , , , and created.
• 1975 – Population: 181,801.
• 1979 – University of the South, Toulon-Var established.
• 1980 – Toulon Book Fair begins.
• 1982 – Toulon becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
• 1986 – March: held.
• 1989 – 15 February: explosion occurs.
• 1990 – Population: 167,619.
• 1992 – 16 December: occurs.
• 1995 – Jean-Marie Le Chevallier becomes mayor.
• 1997 – (book fair) begins.

21st century

• 2001 – Hubert Falco becomes mayor.
• 2002
• opens on the A50 autoroute.
• (school) established.
• 2003
• Regional bus begins operating.
• Mosque established.
• 2006 – Palais des Sports de Toulon opens.
• 2010 – June: 2010 Var floods occur in vicinity of Toulon.
• 2011
• opens.
• Population: 163,974.
• 2014 – 23 March: held.
• 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.

See also

• Toulon history
• department
• History of Provence region

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

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

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in French

External links

• Map of Toulon, 1999
• Items related to Toulon, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Toulon, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).