Timeline of Toulouse

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

Prior to 18th century

• 106 BCE - Romans in power.

• 3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.
• 250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse.
• 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.
• 419 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom.
• 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439)
• 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458)
• 508 - Clovis I in power.
• 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.
• 715-720 - Besieged by the Saracens.
• 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
• 767 - Siege of Toulouse (767)
• 778
• Torson becomes count of Toulouse.
• Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.
• 780/781 - Charlemagne appoints his little son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine, with Toulouse for his chief city.
• Late 9th C - Counts of Toulouse in power.
• 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
• 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).
• 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.
• 1180 - opens (approximate date).
• 1215 - Saint Dominic creates a community of friars in Toulouse, approved by the pope in 1216 which gives it the name of Order of Preachers.
• 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
• 1219 - .
• 1229
• University of Toulouse established.
• Inquisition begins.
• 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
• 1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse.
• 1302 - Parliament established.
• 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
• 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.
• 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).
• 1347 - Black Death plague.
• 1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins.
• 1443 - Creation of the Parlement of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France.
• 1463 - Fire.
• 1529 - housed in a tower at the Capitole.
• 1549 - Château Narbonnais dismantled.
• 1562
• 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
• Hôtel d'Assézat completed.
• 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
• 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.
• 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.

18th-19th centuries

• 1726 - Art school opens.
• 1746 - established.
• 1754 - Jardin Royal and parks created.
• 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.
• 1772 - (library) established.
• 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
• 1781
• created.
• Brouilhet's reading room opens.
• 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.
• 1793 - Population: 52,612.
• 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
• 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.

• 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).
• 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
• 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.
• 1844 - (bridge) built.
• 1851 - Population: 95,277.
• 1852 - (bridge) built.
• 1856 - Toulouse railway network established.
• 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
• 1862 - begins operating.
• 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.
• 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.
• 1874 - cafe established.
• 1876 - Population: 131,642.
• 1886 - Population: 147,617.
• 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.
• 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.
• 1895 - ' newspaper begins publication.