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

Prior to 18th century

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• 3rd century BCE – Tour Magne [fr] (tower) in existence.
• 121 BCE – Romans in power.
• 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée (Roman temple), Porte de France (Nîmes) [fr] (gate), and Porte d'Auguste [fr] (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 – Royal Academy of Nîmes [fr] active.

• 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703
  • April: Agau massacre [fr] 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 Bagarre de Nîmes [fr].
• 1800 - Population: 39,594.
• 1801 - Canton de Nîmes-1 [fr], Canton de Nîmes-2 [fr], Canton de Nîmes-3 [fr] created.
• 1803
  • Nîmes Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.
  • Nîmes Municipal Theatre [fr] opens.
• 1815
  • Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
  • White Terror occurs.
• 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
• 1846 – Nîmes courthouse [fr] built.
• 1851 – Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle (Nîmes) [fr] created.
• 1852 – Railway Tarascon-Sète-Ville line [fr] construction completed.
• 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
• 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the Square Antonin [fr].
• 1876 – Population: 63,001.
• 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
• 1880 – Nîmes Tramway [fr] begins operating.
• 1886 – Population: 69,898.
• 1895 – Nîmes Natural History Museum [fr] founded.

20th century

• 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
• 1911 – Population: 80,437.
• 1920 – Musée du Vieux Nîmes [fr] established.
• 1952 – Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
• 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
• 1973 – Canton de Nîmes-4 [fr] and Canton de Nîmes-5 [fr] created.
• 1982
  • Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
  • Canton de Nîmes-6 [fr] created.
• 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of Languedoc-Roussillon regional council [fr].
• 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city; 457,769 in arrondissement.

21st century

• 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
• 2012
  • Nîmes BRT Line T1 [fr] begins operating.
  • Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
• 2014 – March: Nîmes municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
• 2015
  • March: Gard department election, 2015 [fr] held.
  • December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
  • Musée de la Romanité de Nîmes [fr] construction begins.
• 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.

See also

• Nîmes history
• History of Nîmes [fr]
• Nemausus (town) [fr] (Roman-era)
• List of mayors in Nîmes [fr]
• List of heritage sites in Nîmes [fr]
• History of Gard [fr] department

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Montpellier
• Timeline of Perpignan
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

1. ^ Baedeker 1914.
2. ^ Britannica 1910.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Nîmes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. W. Gregory Monahan (2014). Let God Arise: The War and Rebellion of the Camisards. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-100212-0.
6. Albin, Michel (1876). "Rue de L'Hôtel de Ville" (PDF).
7. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nîmes, EHESS (in French).
8. Pontécoulant 1820.
9. Paul R. Hanson (2015). Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7892-1.
10. Peyre 1903.
11. Ministère des travaux publics (1893). Statistique des chemins de fer français (in French). Paris: Imprimerie nationale.
12. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
13. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
15. Charles-Roux 1908.
16. Zaretsky 1995.
17. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
18. "Résultats élections: Nimes", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Nimes". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026816.
• "Nismes", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1861
• "Nîmes" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 701–702.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Nismes (Nimes)", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• "Nimes", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
• 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: Nimes
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Nimes". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• Robert Zaretsky (1995). Nimes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938-1944. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-04332-6.

in French

• Adolphe de Pontécoulant (1820). Histoire des révolutions des villes de Nimes et d'Uzès (in French). Gaude.
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Nimes". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Nimes". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères [fr]. p. 80. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Gard: Nimes". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier.
• "Nimes". Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC 457600236.
• Ch. Brossard, ed. (1903). "Gard: Description des villes: Nimes". Languedoc. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039821098.
• Roger Peyre (1903). Nîmes, Arles, Orange, Saint-Rémy. Les Villes d'Art célèbres. Paris: H. Laurens.
• Jules Charles-Roux (1908). Nîmes (in French) (4th ed.). Paris: Bloud et Cie.
• "Nimes". Cévennes, Languedoc. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914. hdl:2027/njp.32101064992173.

External links

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

• History of Gard
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• Timelines of cities in France