Timeline of Aix-en-Provence
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence.
Prior to 18th century[]
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- 123 BCE – Aquae Sextiae founded.[1]
- 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.[1]
- 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.[2]
- 477 – Visigoths in power.[1]
- 731 – Saracens in power.[1]
- 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
- 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.[3]
- 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
- 1409 – University founded.[4]
- 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.[1]
- 1501 – Regional Parliament of Aix-en-Provence established.[1]
- 1505 – Clock tower built.[1]
- 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
- 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.
18th–19th centuries[]
- 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
- 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.[1]
- 1756 – [5] built.
- 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.[6]
- 1790
- Regional Parliament of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
- Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.[7]
- 1807 – [8] founded.
- 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.[9]
- 1838
- October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
- Musée Granet opens.[10]
- Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded.[10]
- 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne.
- 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed.
- 1881 – Population: 23,887.[11]
20th century[]
- 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.[12]
- 1906 – Population: 19,433.[1]
- 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.[10]
- 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.[13][1]
- 1912 – Fountain installed in the .
- 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
- 1946 – active.
- 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
- 1954 – Population: 54,217.[7]
- 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.[14]
- 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.[15][16]
- 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor.
- 1968 - Population: 89,566.[7]
- 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded.[12]
- 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy.[14]
- 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix.[2]
- 1975 – Population: 110,659.[7]
- 1976 – opens.
- 1977
- Fountain installed in the .
- Aix twinned with Bath, England.[14]
- 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor.
- 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain.[14]
- 1982
- Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created.[7]
- Aix becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
- 1983 – Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca becomes mayor.
- 1985 – Aix twinned with Coimbra, Portugal.[14]
- 1986 – March: held.
- 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor.
- 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia.[14]
- 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel.[14]
- 1999 – Population: 133,018.[7]
21st century[]
- 2001
- Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor.
- created.
- 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
- 2011 – Population: 140,684.[17]
- 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.[17]
- 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.
See also[]
- History of Aix-en-Provence
- List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
- History of Provence region
- region
Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:
- Timeline of Avignon
- Timeline of Marseille
- Timeline of Nice
- Timeline of Toulon
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia 1913.
- ^ Champagnac 1839.
- ^ Base Mérimée: Théâtre municipal, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Base Mérimée: Bastide d'Orcel, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aix-en-Provence, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "(Aix-en-Provence)". : Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Chambers 1901.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sociétés savantes de France (Aix-en-Provence)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Historique de l'Académie" (in French). Académie d’Aix. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Les jumelages". Aixenprovence.fr (in French). Mairie d’Aix-en-Provence. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer". Archives nationales. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Vincent Confer (1969). "Depot in Aix and Archival Sources for France Outre-Mer". French Historical Studies. 6 (1): 120–126. doi:10.2307/286248. JSTOR 286248.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Données du Monde: Aix-en-Provence", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
in English[]
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Aix", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Aix", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
- "Aix". South-Eastern France (3rd ed.). Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1898.
- "Aix". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Aix", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "Aix-en-Provence". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1913.
in French[]
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Aix". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
- "Aix". Provence. Guides Joanne (in French). 1906.
- "Aix-en-Provence". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
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