Timeline of Nantes
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nantes, France.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 374 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes established.[1]
- 445 - Nantes besieged by Huns.[2]
- 453 - Desiderius becomes fr.[3]
- 548 - fr becomes Catholic bishop.[3]
- 992 - Nantes taken by forces of the Duke of Brittany.[2]
- 1118 - Fire.[2]
- 1434 - Nantes Cathedral construction begins.
- 1460 - University of Nantes founded.
- 1466 - Château des ducs de Bretagne rebuilt.
- 1493 - Printing press in operation.[4]
- 1598 - Edict of Nantes, granting rights to Protestants, signed in the Château des ducs de Bretagne.
- 1640 - Nantes Stock Exchange established.
- 1720 - Street signs introduced.(fr)
- 1753 - fr (library) opens.[5]
- 1788 - Théâtre Graslin inaugurated.
- 1790 - Nantes becomes part of the Loire-Inférieure souveraineté.[6]
- 1793 - 29 June: Battle of Nantes.
19th century
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- 1800 - Population: 77,162.[6]
- 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.[7]
- 1806 - Municipal botanical garden established.
- 1808 - Lycée of Nantes inaugurated.
- 1815 - Palais de la Bourse (Nantes) built.
- 1817 - Slave trade officially banned.[8]
- 1827 - fr shopping arcade built.
- 1830 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes opens.
- 1843 - Passage Pommeraye shopping arcade built.
- 1846
- Lefèvre-Utile biscuit company in business.
- Notre-Dame de Bon-Port church built.
- 1848 - Labor unrest; crackdown.[2]
- 1851 - Angers-Nantes railway begins operating.[9]
- 1852 - fr built.[10]
- 1856 - Population: 108,530.[6]
- 1858 - Nantes-Brest canal opens.
- 1869 - fr (church) built.
- 1875 - Natural History Museum of Nantes opens.
- 1876 - Population: 122,247.[6]
- 1881 - Societe Nantaise de Photographie founded.[11]
- 1895 - La Cigale (brasserie) in business.
20th century
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- 1900 - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes established.
- 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Nantes.
- 1906 - Population: 118,244 town; 133,247 commune.[12]
- 1911 - Population: 170,535.[13]
- 1937 - Stade Malakoff (stadium) opens.
- 1941 - fr (bridge) rebuilt.
- 1943
- fr.[14]
- Football Club de Nantes formed.
- 1946
- 1951 - Nantes Atlantique Airport begins commercial flights.
- 1955 - Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé (apartment building) constructed.
- 1965 - André Morice becomes mayor.
- 1966 - fr (bridge) built.
- 1968 - Gare de Nantes (rail station) opens.
- 1971 - Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire established.
- 1973 - Palais des Sports de Beaulieu (arena) built.
- 1975 - fr (bridge) built.
- 1976 - Tour Bretagne built.
- 1977 - Socialist fr becomes mayor.
- 1978 - Jules Verne Museum founded.
- 1979
- fr (bridge) built.
- Three Continents Festival of film begins.
- 1980
- Planetarium of Nantes established.
- Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA.[15]
- 1982 - Nantes becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
- 1983 - fr becomes mayor.[16]
- 1984 - Stade de la Beaujoire (stadium) opens.
- 1985 - Nantes tramway begins operating.
- 1988 - École de design Nantes Atlantique and fr established.
- 1989
- Royal de Luxe marionette street theatre active.
- Jean-Marc Ayrault becomes mayor.
- 1990 - École des mines de Nantes established.
- 1991
- École centrale de Nantes active.
- Les Anneaux de la Mémoire nonprofit headquartered in Nantes.
- 1992 - fr opens.
- 1995 - La Folle Journée music festival begins.
- 1998 - fr established.
- 1999 - Population: 270,251.[6]
21st century
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- 2000 - Utopiales science fiction festival begins.
- 2001
- Nantes.fr municipal website in operation.[17]
- Soy Festival of music begins.
- 2005 - Navibus (water bus) begins operating.
- 2006 - Nantes Busway begins operating.
- 2007
- Machines of the Isle of Nantes exhibit opens.
- Estuaire (biennale) art exhibit begins in Nantes vicinity.
- 2009 - Nantes Derby Girls (rollerderby league) formed.
- 2011 - Population: 287,845.[18]
- 2014
- March: fr held.
- fr becomes mayor.
- 22 December: 2014 Nantes attack.
- 2015 - December: fr held.[18]
See also
- Nantes history
- fr
- List of mayors of Nantes
- fr
- fr department
- fr region.
- other cities in the Pays de la Loire region
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Townsend 1867.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Goyau 1911.
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- ↑ Murray 1861.
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- ↑ Britannica 1910.
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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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