Timeline of Toulouse

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

Prior to 18th century[]

106 BCE - Romans in power.^[1]
3rd century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.^[2]
250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse.
413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.^[3]^[4]
419 - Toulouse becomes capital of Visigothic Kingdom.^[3]
439 - Battle of Toulouse (439)
458 - Battle of Toulouse (458)
508 - Clovis I in power.^[3]
631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.^[5]
721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
767 - Siege of Toulouse (767)
778
- Torson becomes count of Toulouse.^[4]
- Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.^[3]
844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).^[5]
1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.^[6]
1180 - [fr] opens (approximate date).^[7]
1215 - Saint Dominic creates a community of friars in Toulouse, approved by the pope in 1216 which gives it the name of Order of Preachers.
1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
1219 - [fr].
1229
- University of Toulouse established.^[5]
- Inquisition begins.^[5]
1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse.
1302 - Parliament established.^[5]
1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.^[8]
1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).^[7]
1347 - Black Death plague.^[8]
1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins.
1443 - Creation of the Parliament of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France.
1463 - Fire.^[9]^[8]
1529 - [fr] housed in a tower at the Capitole.^[10]
1562 - 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.^[11]
1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.^[12]

18th-19th centuries[]

1726 - Art school opens.^[13]
1746 - [fr] established.^[14]
1754 - Jardin Royal and [fr] parks created.
1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.^[12]
1772 - [fr] (library) established.^[15]^[16]
1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
1781
- [fr] created.
- Brouilhet's reading room opens.^[13]
1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.^[17]
1793 - Population: 52,612.^[17]
1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.^[18]
1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.^[19]
1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).^[5]
1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.^[20]
1844 - [fr] (bridge) built.
1851 - Population: 95,277.^[21]
1852 - [fr] (bridge) built.
1862 - [fr] begins operating.^[21]
1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.^[18]
1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.^[20]
1874 - [fr] cafe established.^[22]
1876 - Population: 131,642.^[23]
1886 - Population: 147,617.^[17]
1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.^[24]
1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.^[18]
1895 - [fr] newspaper begins publication.

20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

1903
- July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse.
- Toulouse Business School established.
1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune.^[25]
1907 - [fr] founded.^[18]
1910 - [fr] built.
1911 - Population: 149,576.^[26]
1935 - [fr] (library) built.^[16]
1936 - Population: 213,220.^[17]
1937
- Toulouse Football Club formed.
- Stadium Municipal opens.

1950s-2000[]

1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
1962
- Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.^[27]
- Population: 323,724.^[17]
1964 - [fr] and [fr] established.
1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed.
1971 - [fr] becomes mayor.
1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.^[27]
1978 - [fr] established.
1981
- Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active.^[28]
- [fr] established.
- Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain.^[27]
1982 - [fr] established.
1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
1988 - [fr] opens.
1993
- Toulouse Metro begins operating.
- [fr] opens.
1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
1999
- Zénith de Toulouse [fr] auditorium opens.
- Population: 390,350.^[17]

21st century[]

2000s[]

2001
- 21 September: Toulouse chemical factory explosion.
- Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created.
2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens.
2009
- Urban community of Greater Toulouse created.
- Aeronautical literary festival begins.

2010s[]

2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating.
2011 - Population: 447,340.^[29]
2012
- March: 2012 Toulouse shootings.^[30]
- October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
- Population: 461,190.
2014
- March: [fr] held.
- Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
2015 - December: [fr] held.^[29]
2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.

References[]

^ Overall 1870.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Goyau 1912.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Clémencet 1750.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Haydn 1910.
^ John Tavenor Perry (1893). Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture. London: J. Murray.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Mundy 1997.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Schneider 1989.
^ Hourihane 2012.
^ "Pour mieux connaître les Archives" (in French). Archives municipales de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ring 1995.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Darnton 2014.
^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
^ Lapierre 1890.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Coulouma 1982.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Toulouse, EHESS. (in French)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "(Toulouse)". [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication [fr]. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ 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 Ariste 1898, p. 876+.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ariste 1898, pp. 827–875.
^ Petit Futé 2010.
^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ Britannica 1910.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Les villes jumelées". Toulouse.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Données du Monde: Toulouse", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
^ France Profile: Timeline, BBC News, retrieved 30 January 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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in English[]

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in French[]

Charles Clémencet; et al., eds. (1750). "Liste chronologique et historique des comtes ou ducs de Toulouse". [fr] (in French). Paris.
"Toulouse". Almanach général des marchands, négocians, armateurs et fabricans. Almanach Général des Marchands, Négocians et Commerçans de la France et de l'Europe (in French). Paris: L. Cellot. 1779. ISSN 1954-6521.
Jean Florent Baour (1782). Almanach historique de la ville de Toulouse (in French). (began annual publication in the 1750s)
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Toulouse". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Perisse frères.
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Louis Ariste; Louis Braud (1898). Histoire populaire de Toulouse (in French). Toulouse: Midi Républicain.
L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Haute-Garonne: Toulouse". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier. + contents
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External links[]

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[FOOTNOTEOverall1870-1] Overall 1870.

[katolsk-2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[FOOTNOTEGoyau1912-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Goyau 1912.

[FOOTNOTEClémencet1750-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Clémencet 1750.

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

[Perry1893-6] John Tavenor Perry (1893). Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture. London: J. Murray.

[FOOTNOTEMundy1997-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Mundy 1997.

[FOOTNOTESchneider1989-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Schneider 1989.

[FOOTNOTEHourihane2012-9] Hourihane 2012.

[10] "Pour mieux connaître les Archives" (in French). Archives municipales de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[Dixhoorn2008-11] Arjan Van Dixhoorn; Susie Speakman Sutch, eds. (2008). The Reach of the Republic of Letters: Literary and Learned Societies in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16955-5.

[FOOTNOTERing1995-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ring 1995.

[FOOTNOTEDarnton2014-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b Darnton 2014.

[McClellan1985-14] James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.

[FOOTNOTELapierre1890-15] Lapierre 1890.

[FOOTNOTECoulouma1982-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b Coulouma 1982.

[Cassini-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Toulouse, EHESS. (in French)

[Museofile-18] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "(Toulouse)". [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication [fr]. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[wolfe1915-19] United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.

[FOOTNOTEAriste1898876+-20] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ariste 1898, p. 876+.

[FOOTNOTEAriste1898827–875-21] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ariste 1898, pp. 827–875.

[FOOTNOTEPetit_Futé2010-22] Petit Futé 2010.

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

[botanic-24] "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-25] Britannica 1910.

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

[twins-27] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Les villes jumelées". Toulouse.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulouse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[Lawson2003-20th-28] Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.

[LeMonde-29] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Données du Monde: Toulouse", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

[30] France Profile: Timeline, BBC News, retrieved 30 January 2015

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Timeline of Toulouse

Contents

Prior to 18th century[]

18th-19th centuries[]

20th century[]

1900s-1940s[]

1950s-2000[]

21st century[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

in English[]

in French[]

External links[]