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

Prior to 18th century

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• 1st C. – Construction of the Tours Amphitheatre. Population approx. 6,000.
• 2nd C. – Tours amphitheatre expanded
• 3rd C. – Roman Catholic diocese of Tours established.
• 250 – Tours Amphitheatre turned into a fortification
• 4th C. – Cathedral built by Litorius (bishop) [fr].
• 327 - Marmoutier Abbey founded.
• 360 – Castrum added to the area around the fortified amphitheatre.
• 371 – Martin of Tours becomes bishop.
• 5th C. – Caesarodunum renamed "Civitas Turonorum."
• 435 – Tours "affiliated to the Armorican confederation." Ecclesiastical province of Tours established.
• 461 – Religious Council of Tours held.
• 473 – Visigoths in power.
• 567 – Second Council of Tours held.
• 573 – Gregory of Tours becomes bishop.
• 732 – Battle of Tours fought nearby.
• 796
  • Marmoutier Abbey scriptorium active (approximate date).
  • Charlemagne put Marmoutier Abbey into the care of Alcuin of York.
• 813 – Third Council of Tours held.
• 10th C. – City walls of Châteauneuf built around basilica of St. Martin.
• 853 & 903 - Normans pilaged.
• 998 – Fire.
• 11th C. – Château de Tours built.
• 11th–12th C. – Church of St Martin built.
• 1034 – Pont d'Eudes [fr] (bridge) built (approximate date).
• 1055 – Council of Tours held.
• 1163 – Council of Tours (1163) held.
• 1170 – Tours Cathedral construction begins.
• 1203 – Livre tournois became the official currency of the kingdom.
• 1236 – Council of Tours (1236) [fr] held.
• 1308 – Estates General of Tours (1308) held.
• ca.1420 - Jean Fouquet, painter, was born in Tours.
• 1444 – Treaty of Tours. Tours became capital de facto of France.
• 1460 – Touraine customary laws codified.
• 1464 – Louis XI, the "universal spider", created the system of royal postal roads, first roads started from Tours.
• 1468 – Estates General of Tours (1468) held.
• 1484 – Estates General of Tours (1484) held.
• 1506 – Estates General of Tours (1506) held.
• 1542 – Généralité of Tours created (included Touraine, Maine and Anjou).
• 1547 - Tours Cathedral building completed.
• 1562 – Religious unrest.
• 1589 – Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours.
• 1594 – Parliament of Tours returned to Paris. Kings definitely returned to Paris area.

18th century

• 1761 – Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine [fr] established.
• 1778 – Stone Bridge [fr] built.
• 1790 – Tours becomes part of the Indre-et-Loire souveraineté.
• 1798 – Church of St Martin demolished.
• 1799 – 20 May: Birth of Honoré de Balzac.

19th century

• 1800 – Population: 20,240.
• 1801 – Canton of Tours-Sud [fr], -Centre, and -Nord created.
• 1803 – Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1840 – Société archéologique de Touraine founded.
• 1843 – Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.
• 1846 - Tours station opened.
• 1855 - Tours Amphitheatre rediscovered.
• 1858 – Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
• 1861 – Population: 41,061.
• 1867 – Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.
• 1870 – Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."
• 1872 – Tours Municipal Theatre [fr] built.
• 1877 – Tours tramway (1877) [fr] begins operating.
• 1886 – Population: 59,585.
• 1889 – Tours Municipal Theatre reopened after fire.
• 1898 – Gare de Tours (rail station) built.

20th century

• 1904 – Hôtel de Ville completed.
• 1906 – Population: 67,601.
• 1911 – Population: 73,398.
• 1917 – American Expeditionary Forces' "chief supply base" set up at Tours (approximate date), during World War I.
• 1924 – Basilica of St. Martin, Tours rebuilt.
• 1949 – Tours trolleybus [fr] begins operating.
• 1957 – Bibliothèque municipale de Tours [fr] (library) built.
• 1962 – Population: 92,944.
• 1968 – Musée du Compagnonnage [fr] established.
• 1969 – François Rabelais University founded.
• 1978
  • April: Collapse of Wilson Bridge (Tours) [fr].
  • Stade de la Vallée du Cher (stadium) opens.
  • Musée des Equipages Militaires et du Train (museum) established.
• 1982 – Tours becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
• 1999 – Population: 132,820.

21st century

• 2011 – Population: 134,633.
• 2013 – Tours tramway begins operating.
• 2014
  • March: Tours municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
  • Serge Babary becomes mayor.

See also

• Tours history
• Caesarodunum [fr] (Roman-era settlement)
• List of mayors of Tours [fr]
• List of heritage sites in Tours [fr]
• History of Centre-Val de Loire [fr] region

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Bourges
• Timeline of Orléans

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. Galinié, Henri; Morin, Thierry; Audin, Pierre (2007). Roman and medieval tours: Land uses and urban fabric : 40 years of urban archaeology. FERACF. ISBN 9782913272156.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
4. ^ "Tours: Chronologie". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
5. ^ Daniel, Charles (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
6. ^ "France, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
7. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
8. ^ Barral i Altet 2001, p. 67.
9. Base Mérimée: Pont d'Eudes dit Vieux Pont, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
10. Caswell 1977.
11. ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Tours)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
12. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tours, EHESS (in French).
13. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
14. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
15. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
16. ^ Base Mérimée: Théâtre municipal, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
17. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
18. "1904 - Hotel de Ville, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France". Archiseek. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
19. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
20. ^ "(Tours)". Muséofile [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
21. "Résultats élections: Tours", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• "Tours", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• "Tours", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
• "Tours". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t56d64f6t.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Tours" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 107–108.
• Barral i Altet, Xavier (2001). The Romanesque: Towns, Cathedrals and Monasteries. Cologne: Taschen. p. 67. ISBN 3-8228-1237-4.
• Black, CB (1876), "Tours", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
• Caswell, Jean; Sipkov, Ivan (1977). "Touraine". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
• Hourihane, Colum, ed. (2012). "Tours". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
• Vincent, Benjamin (1910), "Tours", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t

in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Tours". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Perisse frères.
• Alexandre Giraudet (1844). Tours; ses monuments, son industrie, ses grands hommes. Guide de l'étranger dans cette ville (in French). O. Lecesne.
• "Tours". Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1901. OCLC 457600236.
• Tours. Guides Joanne (in French). 1905.
• Paul Vitry (1907). Tours et les châteaux de Touraine. Les villes d'art célèbres (in French). Librairie Renouard.

External links

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

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