Timeline of Tours

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

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 Litorius (bishop).^[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] Ecclesiastical province of Tours established.
• 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 – Council of Tours (813) held.^[4]
• 10th century – City walls of Châteauneuf built around basilica of St. Martin.
• 998 – Fire.^[3]
• 11th century – Château de Tours built.
• 11th–12th century – Church of St Martin built.^[8]
• 1034 – Pont d'Eudes (bridge) built (approximate date).^[9]
• 1055 – Council of Tours held.^[5]
• 1163 – Council of Tours (1163) held.^[5]
• 1170 – Tours Cathedral construction begins.^[3]
• 1203 – Livre tournois became the official currency of the kingdom.
• 1236 – Council of Tours (1236) held.^[5]
• 1308 – Estates General of Tours (1308) held.
• 1444 – Treaty of Tours. Tours became capital de facto of France.
• 1460 – Touraine customary laws codified.^[10]
• 1464 – Louis XI, the "universal spider", created the system of royal postal roads, first roads started from Tours.
• 1468 – Estates General of Tours (1468) held.
• 1484 – Estates General of Tours (1484) held.
• 1506 – Estates General of Tours (1506) held.
• 1542 – Généralité of Tours created (included Touraine, Maine and Anjou).
• 1562 – Religious unrest.^[3]
• 1589 – Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours.
• 1594 – Parliament of Tours returned to Paris. Kings definitely returned to Paris area.

18th century

• 1761 – Académie des sciences, arts et belles-lettres de Touraine established.^[11]
• 1778 – Stone Bridge built.
• 1790 – Tours becomes part of the Indre-et-Loire souveraineté.^[12]
• 1798 – Church of St Martin demolished.^[8]
• 1799 – 20 May: Birth of Honoré de Balzac.

19th century

• 1800 – Population: 20,240.^[12]
• 1801 – Canton of Tours-Sud, -Centre, and -Nord created.^[12]
• 1803 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[13]
• 1840 – Société archéologique de Touraine founded.^[11]
• 1843 – Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.^[14]
• 1858 – Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
• 1861 – Population: 41,061.^[12]
• 1867 – Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.^[15]
• 1870 – Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."^[7]
• 1872 – Tours Municipal Theatre built.^[9]
• 1877 – Tours tramway (1877) begins operating.
• 1886 – Population: 59,585.^[16]
• 1889 – Grand Théâtre de Tours rebuilt.^[9]
• 1898 – Gare de Tours (rail station) built.

20th century

• 1904 – Tours City Hall built.
• 1911 – Population: 73,398.^[17]
• 1917 – American Expeditionary Forces' "chief supply base" set up at Tours (approximate date), during World War I.^[7]
• 1924 – Basilica of St. Martin, Tours rebuilt.
• 1949 – Tours trolleybus begins operating.
• 1957 – Bibliothèque municipale de Tours (library) built.
• 1962 – Population: 92,944.^[12]
• 1968 – Musée du Compagnonnage established.^[18]
• 1969 – François Rabelais University founded.
• 1978
  • April: Collapse of Wilson Bridge (Tours).^(fr)
  • Stade de la Vallée du Cher (stadium) opens.
  • Musée des Equipages Militaires et du Train (museum) established.^[18]
• 1982 – Tours becomes part of the Centre-Val de Loire region.
• 1999 – Population: 132,820.^[12]

21st century

• 2011 – Population: 134,633.^[19]
• 2013 – Tours tramway begins operating.
• 2014
  • March: Tours municipal election, 2014 held.^[19]
  • Serge Babary becomes mayor.

See also

• Tours history
• Caesarodunum (Roman-era settlement)
• List of mayors of Tours
• List of heritage sites in Tours
• History of Centre-Val de Loire region

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Bourges
• Timeline of Orléans

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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