Timeline of Reims

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

Prior to the 20th century[]

3rd century CE
- Roman Catholic diocese of Reims established.^[1]
- Porte de Mars built.
356 – Battle of Durocortorum.
496 – Clovis I baptized in Reims.^[2]
1139 – "Communal charter" granted.^[3]
1179 – Coronation of Philip II of France.^[2]
1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[4]
1429 – Coronation of Charles VII of France.^[2]
1509 – Palace of Tau rebuilt.
1547 – Reims University founded.^[5]
1582 – New Testament of the Douay–Rheims Bible printed in Reims.
1729 – Ruinart champagne house in business.
1733 – [fr] laid out.
1770 – [fr] erected.^[6]
1787 – Northern Cemetery established.^(fr)
1792 – September massacres.^[2]
1793 – Population: 32,334.
1809 – Bibliothèque de la ville (library) founded.^[7]
1814 – Battle of Reims (1814).^[2]
1817 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[8]
1833 – Roederer champagne house in business.
1843 – Southern Cemetery established.^(fr)
1853 – Courrier de la Champagne newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1867 – Reims Circus built.
1868 – Indépendant Rémois newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1873 – Reims Opera House opens on [fr].
1876 – Population: 81,328.^[10]
1884 – Société de géographie de Reims established.^[11]
1886 – Population: 97,903.^[12]
1887 – Avenir de Reims newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1891 – Eastern Cemetery established on [fr].^(fr)
1893 – Western Cemetery established.^(fr)
1896 – Joan of Arc statue erected in [fr].^[5]^[13]
1897 – [fr] (mansion) built on [fr].
1899 – [de] automotive company in business.
1900 – [de] automotive company in business.

20th century[]

1901 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia attends in Reims the military review ending the French maneuvers of 1901 upon French president Émile Loubet's invitation
1908 – Henri Farman makes the first cross-country flight from Châlons to Reims.^[14]
1909 – August: Week of Aviation held near Reims.^[5]
1911 – Population: 115,178.^[15]
1913 – Museum of Fine Arts opens.
1914 – World War I begins.^[16]
1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces.^[17]
1922 – [fr] built.
1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt.
1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit.
1928
- Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating.
- Carnegie Library of Reims opens.
1929 – [fr] built.
1930 – [fr] erected in [fr].
1931 – Stade de Reims football club formed.
1935 – City Stadium opens.
1937 – Gare de Reims built.
1940 – Battle of France; Germans in power.
1946 – Reims Aviation in business.
1953 – 12 Hours of Reims motor race begins.
1968 – Population: 152,967.
1971 – University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne established.
1977 – [fr] district established.^[18]
1979 – [fr] national drama centre active.
1992 – ESAD de Reims (art school) active.

21st century[]

2005 – [fr] established.
2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims.
2009 – [fr] begins.
2011 – Reims tramway begins operating.
2012 – Population: 181,893.
2014
- March: [fr] held.
- [fr] becomes mayor.
2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.

References[]

^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Overall 1870.
^ Britannica 1910.
^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Haydn 1910.
^ "Fontaines et bassins". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Reims)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
^ Matot 1901.
^ Scientific American. 21 November 1908. p. cover. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ Archives municipales. "Guerre 1914–1918". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Nicole Dombrowski Risser (2012). France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-53696-7.
^ "Vie des quartiers". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Rheims". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
"Reims", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Rheims". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
C.B. Black (1876), "Reims", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
Augustus J. C. Hare (1890), "Reims", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC 1737047
"Rheims", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
"Reims", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rheims", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Reims". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Reims". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French[]

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Reims". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
Guillaume Marlot (1843). Histoire de la ville, cité et université de Reims (in French). 4 vols. Written in 17th c.
Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Reims". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: [fr]. p. 515. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
Histoire de la ville de Reims (in French) (2nd ed.). Reims: Brissart-Binet. 1864.
A. Hannesse (1879). Histoire populaire de la ville de Reims (in French).
Guide de l'étranger à Reims (in French). Reims: Matot-Braine. 1901.
"Marne: Description des villes: Reims". Champagne. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. OCLC 2170997. circa 1904
"Reims". Champagne et Ardennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
Gaston Hubert (1910). Institutions municipales & administratives de la ville de Reims sous l'ancien régime (in French).

External links[]

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

[katolsk-1] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[FOOTNOTEOverall1870-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Overall 1870.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-3] Britannica 1910.

[Rossum1996-4] Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Haydn 1910.

[fountains-6] "Fontaines et bassins". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[7] Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)

[wolfe1915-8] United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.

[Chambure1914-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.

[10] "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.

[savantes-11] "Sociétés savantes de France (Reims)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[12] "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.

[FOOTNOTEMatot1901-13] Matot 1901.

[14] Scientific American. 21 November 1908. p. cover. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[15] "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.

[ww1-16] Archives municipales. "Guerre 1914–1918". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[Risser2012-17] Nicole Dombrowski Risser (2012). France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-53696-7.

[quartiers-18] "Vie des quartiers". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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Timeline of Reims

Contents

Prior to the 20th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

in English[]

in French[]

External links[]