Timeline of Toulouse
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Prior to 18th century
- 106 BCE - Romans in power.[1]
- 3rd C. 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 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom.[3][5]
- 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.[6]
- 715-720 - Besieged by the Saracens.[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]
- 780/781 - Charlemagne appoints his little son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine, with Toulouse for his chief city.[5]
- Late 9th C - Counts of Toulouse in power.[5]
- 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
- 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).[6]
- 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.[7]
- 1180 - Daurade Bridge opens (approximate date).[8]
- 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 - Siege of Toulouse (1219).
- 1229
- University of Toulouse established.[6]
- Inquisition begins.[6]
- 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
- 1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse.
- 1302 - Parliament established.[6]
- 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
- 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.[9]
- 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).[8]
- 1347 - Black Death plague.[9]
- 1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins.
- 1443 - Creation of the Parlement of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France.[5]
- 1463 - Fire.[10][9]
- 1529 - Toulouse Municipal Archives housed in a tower at the Capitole.[11]
- 1549 - Château Narbonnais dismantled.
- 1562
- 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
- Hôtel d'Assézat completed.[5]
- 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.[5]
- 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.[12]
- 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.[13]
18th-19th centuries
- 1726 - Art school opens.[14]
- 1746 - Académie royale des sciences, inscriptions et belles-lettres established.[15]
- 1754 - Jardin Royal and Grand Rond parks created.
- 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.[13][5]
- 1772 - Bibliothèque du Clergé de Toulouse (library) established.[16][17]
- 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
- 1781
- Parc de Reynerie created.
- Brouilhet's reading room opens.[14]
- 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.[18]
- 1793 - Population: 52,612.[18]
- 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
- 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.[19]
- 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.[20]
- 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).[6]
- 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
- 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1844 - Pont Saint-Michel (Toulouse) (bridge) built.
- 1851 - Population: 95,277.[22]
- 1852 - Pont Saint-Pierre de Toulouse (bridge) built.
- 1856 - Toulouse railway network established.
- 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.[5]
- 1862 - Toulouse tramway (1862) begins operating.[22]
- 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.[19]
- 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.[21]
- 1874 - Le Florida cafe established.[23]
- 1876 - Population: 131,642.[24]
- 1886 - Population: 147,617.[18]
- 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.[25]
- 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.[19]
- 1895 - Croix du Midi 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.[5]
- 1907 - Musée du Vieux Toulouse founded.[19]
- 1910 - Café Bibent built.
- 1911 - Population: 149,576.[26]
- 1935 - Bibliothèque d'étude et du patrimoine (library) built.[17]
- 1936 - Population: 213,220.[18]
- 1937
- Toulouse Football Club formed.
- Stadium Municipal opens.
1950s-2000
- 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
- 1962
- 1964 - Cinémathèque de Toulouse and Théâtre Sorano established.
- 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
- 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed, and Airbus (Airbus Industrie) has been founded
- 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor.
- 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.[27]
- 1978 - Toulouse Graphic Arts Center established.
- 1981
- 1982 - Nouveau théâtre Jules-Julien established.
- 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
- 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
- 1988 - Théâtre Garonne opens.
- 1993
- Toulouse Metro begins operating.
- Utopia (cinema) opens.
- 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
- 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
- 1999
- Zénith de Toulouse auditorium opens.
- Population: 390,350.[18]
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.
- 2012
- March: 2012 Toulouse shootings.[29]
- October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
- Population: 461,190.
- 2014
- March: Toulouse municipal election, 2014 held.
- Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
- 2015 - December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.[30]
- 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.
See also
- History of Toulouse
- Urban planning in Toulouse
- List of counts of Toulouse 770s-1270s
- List of mayors of Toulouse
- List of heritage sites in Toulouse
- History of Haute-Garonne department
- History of Midi-Pyrénées region
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