Timeline of Amiens
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amiens, France.
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Prior to 20th century
- 3rd century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens established.[1]
- 1117 - Charter of commune granted to Amiens by the bishop.
- 1185 - Amiens becomes part of the crown lands of France per Treaty of Boves.
- 1220 - Amiens Cathedral construction begins.
- 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
- 1435 - Philip the Good of Burgundy in power per Congress of Arras.
- 1477 - Amiens again becomes part of the crown lands of France.
- 1496 - Amiens customary laws codified.
- 1550 - Town Hall construction begins.
- 1597 - Siege of Amiens (1597).
- 1750 - Amiens Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[5]
- 1751 - Jardin des Plantes, Amiens (garden) created.
- 1761 - Amiens Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1790 - Amiens becomes part of the Somme souveraineté.[6]
- 1791 - Amiens Public Library founded.[7]
- 1796 - Archives départementales de la Somme established in the Hôtel des Feuillants.[8][9]
- 1800 - Population: 41,279.[6]
- 1802
- 1817 - Madeleine Cemetery, Amiens established.
- 1837 - Antiquarian Society established.[10]
- 1848 - Longueau–Boulogne railway begins operating.
- 1849 - Statue of Du Cange erected in the Square Saint-Denis d'Amiens.
- 1863 - Saint-Acheul cemetery established.
- 1865 - Linnean Society of North-Picardy active.[5]
- 1870 - November: Battle of Amiens (1870); Prussians in power.
- 1886 - Population: 80,288.[11]
- 1889 - Cirque Jules-Verne (assembly hall) opens.[12]
- 1891 - Amiens tramway begins operating.
20th century
21st century
See also
- Amiens history
- History of Amiens
- List of mayors of Amiens
- List of bishops of Amiens
- List of heritage sites in Amiens
- History of the Somme department
- History of Picardy region
Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- 1 2 Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Notice communale: Amiens". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
- ↑ Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Somme", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
- ↑ "Historique et missions des Archives". Archives de la Somme (in French). Amiens. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ "Sociétés savantes de France (Amiens)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ↑ "Patrimoine et histoire: La ville". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 62, OL 6112221M
- ↑ "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- 1 2 3 4 "Coopération avec les villes jumelées". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- 1 2 "Données du Monde: Amiens", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
- ↑ "French Leader Promises Order After Youths Riot in a Northern City", New York Times, 14 August 2012
- ↑ "French police on high alert after riots in Amiens", BBC News, 19 August 2012
- ↑ "French workers at Goodyear tyre plant take bosses captive", The Guardian, 6 January 2014
- ↑ "Labor Tactic Raises Fear for France", New York Times, 7 January 2014
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Amiens". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Amiens", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Amiens", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1861
- "Amiens", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- "Amiens". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Amiens", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Amiens", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Amiens Before and During the War, Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin, 1919, OCLC 887914
- Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Amiens". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Amiens". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
in French
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