Timeline of Bourges

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

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Prior to 20th century

See also: Avaricum

• ca.250 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established. ^{[1] [2]}
• 475 CE – Visigoths in power (until ca.507). ^[2]
• 762 – Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
• 1195 – Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date). ^[2]
• 1225 – Religious Council of Bourges held.
• 1312 – Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date). ^[3]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[4]
• 1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412)  [ fr ] during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
• 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral. ^[4]
• 1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges issued by Charles VII of France. ^[2]
• 1453 - Palais Jacques Coeur completed. ^[2]
• 1463 – University of Bourges founded by Louis XI. ^[2]
• 1487 – Bourges fire of 1487  [ fr ].
• 1492 – Hôtel des Échevins  [ fr ] (town hall) built. ^[5]
• 1510 – Hôtel Lallemant  [ fr ] built. ^[6]
• 1528 – Religious council held. ^[2]
• 1573 – Collège des jésuites de Bourges  [ fr ] founded.
• 1584 – Religious council held. ^[7]
• 1645 – Hôtel de Bourbon  [ fr ] built. ^[8]
• 1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté. ^[9]
• 1793 – Population: 15,964. ^[9]
• 1796 – Archives départementales du Cher  [ fr ] established. ^[10]
• 1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
• 1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded. ^[6]
• 1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded. ^[11]
• 1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed. [11]
• 1886 – Population: 42,829. [12]
• 1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication. ^[13]
• 1898 – Tramway de Bourges  [ fr ] begins operating.

20th century

• 1911 – Population: 45,735. ^[14]
• 1927 – Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges  [ fr ] opens. ^[6]
• 1928 – Bourges Airport opens.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1940 – The 5th Fighter Group was formed.
• 1944 – 36 Jews are taken from Bourges by the Milice in a rafle under the command of Joseph Lécussan and buried alive in the countryside. ^[15]
• 1961 – Comédie de Bourges  [ fr ] (theatre group) formed.
• 1963 – Maison de la culture de Bourges  [ fr ] opens.
• 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded. ^[11]
• 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
• 1975 – Population: 77,300. ^[9]
• 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
• 1985 – Hôtel de ville de Bourges  [ fr ] (city hall) built.
• 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established. ^[16]
• 1989 – Transports en commun de Bourges  [ fr ] (transit entity) established.
• 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
• 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2006 – Auditorium de Bourges  [ fr ] opens.
• 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.

See also

• Bourges history (fr)
• List of mayors of Bourges  [ fr ]
• List of bishops of Bourges
• List of heritage sites in Bourges  [ fr ]

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Orléans
• Timeline of Tours

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Caswell 1977.
4. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-15510-4.
5. Base Mérimée : Hôtel des Echevins (ancien Hôtel de ville) , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
6. "(Bourges)". Muséofile  [ fr ]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication  [ fr ]. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
7. Charles Daniel (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
8. Base Mérimée : Ancienne abbaye Saint-Ambroix, puis hôtel de Bourbon , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bourges , EHESS . (in French)
10. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein [in French] (1891), "Archives départementales: Cher", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Bourges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
13. "Villes, villages: Bourges". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. Ousby, Ian Occupation The Ordeal of France, 1940–1944, New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000 page 275.
16. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International . Retrieved 3 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Eugène-Oscar Lami (1881). "Bourges". Dictionnaire encyclopédique et biographique de l'industrie et des arts industriels (in French). Vol. 1. Paris. OCLC   26948816.
• Alphonse Buhot de Kersers [in French] (1883). Histoire et statistique monumentale du Cher (in French). Pigelet & Tardy.
• Edmond Charlemagne (1889). Les anciennes institutions municipales de Bourges (in French). Tardy-Pigelet.
• "Bourges". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jk.
• "Bourges", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/mdp.39015031863452, OCLC   01820283
• "Bourges"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 330–331.
• Caswell, Jean; Sipkov, Ivan (1977). "Berry". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866. (+ Bourges)
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bourges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-539536-5.

External links

• Items related to Bourges, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Bourges, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)