Timeline of Tours
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tours, France.
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Prior to 18th century
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- 1st century - Construction of the Tours amphitheatre. Population approx. 6,000. [1]
- 2nd century - Tours amphitheatre expanded
- 3rd century - Roman Catholic diocese of Tours established.[2]
- 250 - Tours Amphitheatre turned into a fortification
- 4th century - Cathedral built by fr.[3]
- 360 - Castrum added to the area around the fortified amphitheatre.
- 371 - Martin of Tours becomes bishop.[4]
- 5th century - Caesarodunum renamed "Civitas Turonorum."[3]
- 435 - Tours "affiliated to the Armorican confederation."[3]
- 461 - Religious Council of Tours held.[5]
- 473 - Visigoths in power.[3]
- 567 - 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]
- 813 - fr held.[4]
- 998 - Fire.[3]
- 11th century - Château de Tours built.
- 1034 - fr (bridge) built (approximate date).[8]
- 1055 - Council of Tours held.[5]
- 1163 - fr held.[5]
- 1170 - Tours Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1236 - fr held.[5]
- 1460 - Touraine customary laws codified.[9]
- 1562 - Religious unrest.[3]
18th century
- 1761 - fr established.[10]
- 1778 - fr built.
- 1790 - Tours becomes part of the Indre-et-Loire souveraineté.[11]
- 1799 - 20 May: Birth of Honoré de Balzac.
- 1800 - Population: 20,240.[11]
- 1801 - fr, -Centre, and -Nord created.[11]
- 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.[12]
- 1840 - fr founded.[10]
- 1843 - Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.[13]
- 1858 - Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 41,061.[11]
- 1867 - Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1870 - Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."[7]
- 1872 - fr built.[8]
- 1877 - fr begins operating.
- 1886 - Population: 59,585.[15]
- 1889 - fr rebuilt.[8]
- 1898 - Gare de Tours (rail station) built.
20th century
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- 1904 - fr built.
- 1911 - Population: 73,398.[16]
- 1917 - American Expeditionary Forces' "chief supply base" set up at Tours (approximate date), during World War I.[7]
- 1924 - Basilica of St. Martin, Tours built.
- 1949 - fr begins operating.
- 1957 - fr (library) built.
- 1962 - Population: 92,944.[11]
- 1968 - fr established.[17]
- 1969 - François Rabelais University founded.
- 1978
- April: Collapse of fr.(fr)
- Stade de la Vallée du Cher (stadium) opens.
- Musée des Equipages Militaires et du Train (museum) established.[17]
- 1982 - Tours becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
- 1999 - Population: 132,820.[11]
21st century
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- 2011 - Population: 134,633.[18]
- 2013 - Tours tramway begins operating.
- 2014
See also
- Tours history
- fr (Roman-era settlement)
- fr
- fr
- fr region
- other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Britannica 1910.
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- ↑ Caswell 1977.
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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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in French
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