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

Prior to 19th century

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• 737 - Charles Martel destroyed Maguelonne.
• 986 - Lords of Montpellier begin with William I of Montpellier
• 10th C. Town consisted of two portions, Montpellier and Montpelliéret.
• 1160 - Law school active.
• 1204 - Grande Charte de Montpellier [fr] issued.
• 1220 - University of Montpellier established.
• 1293 - Philip IV of France buys part of Montpellieret
• 1349 - Philip VI of France buys other part of Montpellieret.
• 1364 - Monastery of Saint-Benoît founded.
• 1394 - Jews expelled.
• 1536 - Catholic Diocese of Maguelonne renamed Diocese of Montpellier & Montpellier Cathedral status elevated.
• 1567 - Montpellier taken by Protestants.
• 1593 - Jardin des plantes de Montpellier (historic botanical garden and arboretum) established.
• 1622 - Siege of Montpellier.
• 1624 - Citadel of Montpellier built.
• 1628 - City walls demolished.
• 1641 - Sainte-Ursule convent founded.
• 1693 - Porte du Peyrou built.
• 1704 - Montpellier Chamber of Commerce [fr] founded.
• 1706 - Société royale des sciences de Montpellier [fr] established.
• 1755 - Place de la Comédie first mentioned.
• 1766 - Birth of François-Xavier Fabre, painter.
• 1789 - Population: 29,500.
• 1790 - Montpellier becomes part of the Hérault souveraineté.
• 1793 - Population: 32,897.

19th century

• 1801 - Canton de Montpellier-1 [fr], Canton de Montpellier-2 [fr], and Canton de Montpellier-3 [fr] created.
• 1816 - City hall moves to the Hôtel de Belleval [fr]
• 1819 - Bibliothèque Montpellier opens.
• 1825 - Musée Fabre opens.
• 1829 - Louis XVI statue erected in the Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs [fr].
• 1833 - Société Archéologique de Montpellier founded.
• 1837 - Grisettes de Montpellier [fr] confectionery in production.
• 1845 - Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch opens.
• 1861 - Population: 51,865.
• 1876 - Petit Méridional newspaper begins publication.
• 1886 - Archives of the City of Montpellier moves to the Tour des Pins (Montpellier) [fr].
• 1888 - Opéra Comédie (opera hall) (fr) opens.
• 1891 - Pavillon populaire [fr] built.
• 1896 - Population: 73,950.

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 80,230.
• 1923 - Parc des Sports de l'avenue Pont Juvénal opens.
• 1928 - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium opens.
• 1930 - Sabathé Stadium opens.
• 1946 - Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport opens.
• 1954 - Population: 97,501.
• 1962 - Population: 118,864.
• 1965 - Montpellier District [fr] created.
• 1967 - Richter Stadium opens.
• 1968 - Population: 161,910.
• 1973 - Canton de Montpellier-4 [fr], Canton de Montpellier-5 [fr], Canton de Montpellier-6 [fr], Canton de Montpellier-7 [fr], Canton de Montpellier-8 [fr], and Canton de Montpellier-9 [fr] created.
• 1975 - Population: 191,354.
• 1977 - Georges Frêche becomes mayor.
• 1981 - Festival Montpellier Danse [fr] begins.
• 1982 - Bulletin historique de la Ville de Montpellier in publication.
• 1985
  • Canton de Montpellier-10 [fr] created.
  • Music Festival de Radio France et Montpellier begins.
• 1986 - Montpellier Hérault Rugby founded.
• 1988 - Languedoc-Roussillon regional council [fr] headquartered in the Hôtel de Région in Montpellier.
• 1999 - Population: 225,392.
• 2000 - Montpellier tramway begins operating.

21st century

• 2001 - Montpellier Agglomération and Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon established.
• 2004 - Hélène Mandroux becomes mayor.
• 2007
  • Vélomagg bikeshare (fr) begins operating.
  • La Serre Amazonienne (greenhouse) opens.
• 2009 - En Traits Libres art space opens.
• 2010 - Agora dance center established.
• 2011
  • Hôtel de Ville de Montpellier built.
  • Population: 264,538.
• 2013 - 29 May: First official same-sex marriage in France takes place.
• 2014
  • March: Montpellier municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
  • Philippe Saurel becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
  • Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole created.
• 2016 - Montpellier becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• Montpellier history
• History of Montpellier [fr]
• List of mayors of Montpellier [fr]
• List of Catholic bishops of Montpellier
• List of heritage sites in Montpellier [fr]
• History of Languedoc-Roussillon [fr] region

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Perpignan
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. ^ James D. Tracy, ed. (2000). City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65221-6.
3. Kahn 1907.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
5. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
6. Charles E. Little (1900), "France", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
7. ^ "L'Agora" (in French). Montpellier Danse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
8. "Sociétés savantes de France (Montpellier)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
10. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Montpellier, EHESS (in French).
11. Saturnin Leotard (1867), Notice sur la bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier (in French)
12. Gaudin 1902.
13. ^ "Archives municipales" (in French). Mairie de Montpellier. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. "Hundreds Celebrate France's First Gay Marriage", New York Times, 29 May 2013
16. "Résultats élections: Montpellier", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Montpelier", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• "Montpellier", South of France (4th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1885
• S. Kahn (1907), "Montpellier", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752870{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Montpellier" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 789.
• Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26, hdl:2027/mdp.39015035117657, Local history: Montpellier
• Robert Darnton (2009). "A bourgeois puts his world in order: the city as a text". The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01048-6. (Montpellier in 1768)
• Kathryn Reyerson (2016). "Gender and Community in Montpellier, 1300-1350". Women's Networks in Medieval France. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-38942-4.

in French

• Chronicle of Montpellier (pre-1364 history of Montpellier)
• "Montpellier". Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France (in French). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. 1838.
• Histoire de la commune de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1851.
• Eugène Thomas (1857). Montpellier; tableau historique et descriptif, pour servir de guide à l'étranger (in French). Montpellier: Seguin.
• Histoire du commerce de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1861.
• Histoire de la ville de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier. 1875-1882
• L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Arrondissement de Montpellier". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier.
• "Montpellier". Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC 457600236.
• "Montpellier". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
• "Montpellier". Cévennes, Languedoc. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914. hdl:2027/njp.32101064992173.

External links

• Items related to Montpellier, various dates (via Europeana).
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