Timeline of Limoges

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

Prior to 20th century

* 11 BCE – Settlement renamed " Augustoritum."
* 1st C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established.
* 2nd C. CE – built.
* 4th C. CE - It was again called ''Lemovices''
* 5th C. CE - Devastated by the Vandals and the Visigoths
* 848 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges founded.
* 1029 & 1031 – Ecclesiastical councils held in Limoges.
* 1095 – Pope Urban II held a "Synod of bishops".
* 13th C. – and built.
* 1273 – Limoges Cathedral construction begins.
* 1370 – Siege of Limoges.
* 1495 – Printing press in operation.
* 1525 – (school) founded.
* 1589 – Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province.
* 1611 – Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established.
* 1615 – installed.
* 1626 – University of Limoges, School of Medicine established.
* 1630 – Plague.
* 1712 – created.
* 1759 – Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established.
* 1768 – built.
* 1771 – Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins.
* 1790
** Fire.
** Limoges becomes part of the Haute-Vienne souveraineté.
* 1791 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges dissolved.
* 1793 – Population: 20,864.
* 1787 - Royal Limoges A porcelain factory created.
* 1806 – (cemetery) established.
* 1838 – (bridge) built.
* 1841 – Population: 29,870.
* 1845 – founded.
* 1846 – Population: 38,119.
* 1851 – ''Courrier du Centre'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1858 – established.
* 1861 – Population: 51,053.
* 1864 – Fire.^{( fr)}
* 1876 – Population: 59,011.
* 1883 – built.
* 1886 – Population: 68,477.
* 1888 - Limoges Cathedral construction completed.
* 1891 – Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded.

20th century

* 1905
** take place.
** ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1906 - Population: 75,906.
* 1911 – Population: 92,181.
* 1929 – Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt.
* 1933 – Airfield in use.
* 1943
** Trolleybus begins operating.
** ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1946 – Population: 107,857.
* 1956 – Louis Longequeue becomes mayor.
* 1958 – Botanical garden created.
* 1968 – University of Limoges established.
* 1970
** 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges.
** Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded.
* 1972 – Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built.
* 1984 – established.
* 1990 – Alain Rodet becomes mayor.
* 1993 – opens on .
* 1998 – established.
* 1999
** TER Limousin train begins operating.
** Population: 133,968.

21st century

* 2001 – established.
* 2007 – Limoges Concert Hall opens.
* 2012 – Population: 136,221.
* 2014
** March: held.
** Emile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor.
* 2016 – Limoges becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

See also

* Limoges history
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Other cities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:
* Timeline of Bordeaux
* Timeline of La Rochelle
* Timeline of Poitiers

References

''This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.''

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