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History of the Tours city of France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tours, France.
Prior to 18th century
- 1st C. – Construction of the Tours Amphitheatre.[1] Population approx. 6,000.[2]
- 2nd C. – Tours amphitheatre expanded
- 3rd C. – Roman Catholic diocese of Tours established.[3]
- 250 – Tours Amphitheatre turned into a fortification
- 4th C. – Cathedral built by Litorius (bishop).[1]
- 327 - Marmoutier Abbey founded.[1]
- 360 – Castrum added to the area around the fortified amphitheatre.
- 371 – Martin of Tours becomes bishop.[1][4]
- 5th C. – Caesarodunum renamed "Civitas Turonorum."[1]
- 435 – Tours "affiliated to the Armorican confederation."[1] Ecclesiastical province of Tours established.
- 461 – Religious Council of Tours held.[5]
- 473 – Visigoths in power.[1]
- 567 – Second Council of Tours held.[5]
- 573 – Gregory of Tours becomes bishop.[6]
- 732 – Battle of Tours fought nearby.[7]
- 796
- Marmoutier Abbey scriptorium active (approximate date).[6]
- Charlemagne put Marmoutier Abbey into the care of Alcuin of York.[1]
- 813 – Third Council of Tours held.[4]
- 10th C. – City walls of Châteauneuf built around basilica of St. Martin.
- 853 & 903 - Normans pilaged.[1]
- 998 – Fire.[1]
- 11th C. – Château de Tours built.
- 11th–12th C. – Church of St Martin built.[8]
- 1034 – Pont d'Eudes (bridge) built (approximate date).[9]
- 1055 – Council of Tours held.[5]
- 1163 – Council of Tours (1163) held.[5]
- 1170 – Tours Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1203 – Livre tournois became the official currency of the kingdom.
- 1236 – Council of Tours (1236) held.[5]
- 1308 – Estates General of Tours (1308) held.
- ca.1420 - Jean Fouquet, painter, was born in Tours.[1]
- 1444 – Treaty of Tours. Tours became capital de facto of France.
- 1460 – Touraine customary laws codified.[10]
- 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.[1]
- 1562 – Religious unrest.[1]
- 1589 – Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours.
- 1594 – Parliament of Tours returned to Paris. Kings definitely returned to Paris area.
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18th century
- 1761 – Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine established.[11]
- 1778 – Stone Bridge built.
- 1790 – Tours becomes part of the Indre-et-Loire souveraineté.[12]
- 1798 – Church of St Martin demolished.[8]
- 1799 – 20 May: Birth of Honoré de Balzac.
19th century
- 1800 – Population: 20,240.[12]
- 1801 – Canton of Tours-Sud, -Centre, and -Nord created.[12]
- 1803 – Chamber of Commerce established.[13]
- 1840 – Société archéologique de Touraine founded.[11]
- 1843 – Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.[14]
- 1846 - Tours station opened.
- 1855 - Tours Amphitheatre rediscovered.
- 1858 – Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
- 1861 – Population: 41,061.[12]
- 1867 – Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1870 – Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."[7]
- 1872 – Tours Municipal Theatre built.[16]
- 1877 – Tours tramway (1877) begins operating.
- 1886 – Population: 59,585.[17]
- 1889 – Tours Municipal Theatre reopened after fire.[16]
- 1898 – Gare de Tours (rail station) built.
20th century
- 1904 – Hôtel de Ville completed.[18]
- 1906 – Population: 67,601. [1]
- 1911 – Population: 73,398.[19]
- 1917 – American Expeditionary Forces' "chief supply base" set up at Tours (approximate date), during World War I.[7]
- 1924 – Basilica of St. Martin, Tours rebuilt.
- 1949 – Tours trolleybus begins operating.
- 1957 – Bibliothèque municipale de Tours (library) built.
- 1962 – Population: 92,944.[12]
- 1968 – Musée du Compagnonnage established.[20]
- 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.[20]
- 1982 – Tours becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
- 1999 – Population: 132,820.[12]
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21st century
- 2011 – Population: 134,633.
- 2013 – Tours tramway begins operating.
- 2014
- March: Tours municipal election, 2014 held.[21]
- Serge Babary becomes mayor.
See also
- Tours history
- Caesarodunum (Roman-era settlement)
- List of mayors of Tours
- List of heritage sites in Tours
- History of Centre-Val de Loire region
Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:
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