Timeline of Metz

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 1st–2nd C. CE – Gorze-Metz aqueduct  [ fr ] built. ^[1]
• 2nd C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz active (approximate date). ^[2]
• 407(?) – Metz is attacked by the Vandals and Alans after crossing the Rhine.
• 451 – Metz is sacked by the hordes of Attila the Hun during his campaign into Gaul.
• 6th C. - Metz becomes capital of Austrasia. ^[3]
• 768 – Metz becomes part of the Carolingian Empire.
• 843 – Metz becomes part of Middle Francia. ^[4]
• 863 – Religious council held in Metz. ^[5]
• 1130 – Notre Dame de la Ronde church built. ^[6]
• 13th C.
  • Metz becomes a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. ^[4]
  • Metz rampart  [ fr ] and Porte des Allemands (gate) ^[7] construction begins.
• 1220 – Templars' Chapel, Metz  [ fr ] built.
• 1343 – Grand pont des Morts  [ fr ] (bridge) built. ^[8]
• 1356 – Diet of Metz (1356/57) held; Golden Bull issued. ^[3]
• 1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[9]
• 1427 – Metz Cathedral spire built. ^[6]
• 1437 – Tour Camoufle  [ fr ] (tower) construction begins.
• 1444 – Siege of Metz (1444)  [ fr ] by forces of Charles VII of France. ^[10]
• 1482 – Printing press in operation. ^[11]
• 1552
  • Metz comes under French rule per Treaty of Chambord. ^[3]
  • Siege of Metz (1552). ^[10]
• 1560 – Magasin aux vivres de Metz  [ fr ] (military building) constructed.
• 1561 – Porte Serpenoise  [ fr ] (gate) demolished. ^[8]
• 1564 – Metz Citadel built.
• 1613 – City customary laws published. ^[12]
• 1633 – Parliament of Metz  [ fr ] established.
• 1648 – Metz officially becomes part of France per Treaty of Westphalia. ^[3]
• 1731 – Fort de Bellecroix  [ fr ] construction begins. ^[6]
• 1733 – Fort Moselle military hospital  [ fr ] built.
• 1743 – Hôtel de l’Intendance  [ fr ] (mansion) built.
• 1744 – Louis XV of France visits Metz. ^[13]
• 1752 – Opera opens on the Place de la Comédie (Metz)  [ fr ].
• 1757 – Académie nationale de Metz  [ fr ] founded, as the Société Royale des Sciences et des Arts de Metz. ^[14]
• 1760 – R. Samuel Hilman b. Israel Halperin (1670-1766) appointed rabbi of Jewish community in Metz.
• 1771 – Hôtel de Ville completed. ^[15]
• 1777 – Metz Courthouse  [ fr ] built.
• 1787 – Église des Trinitaires  [ fr ] (church) built.
• 1790 – Metz becomes part of the Moselle souveraineté. ^[16]
• 1793 – Population: 36,878. ^[16]
• 1794 – École d'application de l'artillerie et du génie  [ fr ] (military school) established.^(fr)

19th century

• 1814 – City successfully defended by the French during the Siege of Metz (1814).
• 1816 – Metz Esplanade  [ fr ] (park) opens.
• 1821 – Population: 42,030. ^[16]
• 1831 – Covered Market, Metz opens.
• 1835 – Metz Conservatory  [ fr ] founded.
• 1844 – 30 March: Birth of Paul Verlaine.
• 1850 – Metz Synagogue  [ fr ] built.
• 1851 – Réding-Metz railway  [ fr ] begins operating.
• 1854 – Metz–Luxembourg railway begins operating.
• 1861 – Metz Exposition Universelle (1861)  [ fr ] held. ^[13]
• 1864 – Arsenal built.
• 1866 – Population: 54,817. ^[17]
• 1868 – Brasserie Amos  [ fr ] (brewery) founded.
• 1870
  • Fort de Plappeville and Fort de Queuleu built.
  • Siege of Metz (1870); Prussians in power. ^[4]
• 1871
  • 10 May: Metz becomes part of Germany per the Treaty of Frankfurt (1871). ^[10]
  • Metz becomes part of the Alsace-Lorraine imperial territory.
• 1872 – Kriegsschule Metz  [ fr ] (military school) established.^(fr)
• 1877 – Lérouville-Metz railway  [ fr ] begins operating.
• 1878 – Train station  [ fr ] built.
• 1881 – Temple de Garnison  [ fr ] (church) built. ^[4]

Metz at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries

20th century

• 1901 – Metz power plant  [ fr ] built in Pontiffroy  [ fr ].
• 1903
  • Porte Serpenoise (gate) rebuilt.
  • Wilhelm II, German Emperor visits Metz.
• 1905
  • Governor's Palace, Metz  [ fr ] built.
  • Population: 60,419. ^[18]
• 1906 – Plantières Queuleu  [ fr ] becomes part of Metz. ^[16]
• 1907 – Devant-les-Ponts  [ fr ] becomes part of Metz. ^[16]
• 1908 – Gare de Metz-Ville (rail station) and Feste Kaiserin (fort) built.
• 1910 – Le Sablon (Moselle)  [ fr ] becomes part of Metz. ^[16]
• 1911
  • Post office  [ fr ] built. ^[19]
  • Population: 68,598. ^[20]

French Army in Metz in 1918

• 1918 – Metz becomes again part of France. ^[21]
• 1919 – Le Républicain Lorrain newspaper begins publication.
• 1923 – Stade Saint-Symphorien (stadium) opens.
• 1932 – Football Club de Metz formed.
• 1936 – Population: 83,119. ^[16]
• 1940
  • Annexation of the Moselle (1940)  [ fr ] by Germany during World War II.
  • July: Frontstalag 212 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans. ^[22]
  • December: Frontstalag 212 POW camp dissolved. ^[22] Stalag XII-E POW camp established. ^[23]
• 1942 – Stalag XII-E POW camp dissolved. ^[23]
• 1944
  • 27 September: Battle of Fort Driant begins near city (part of Battle of Metz). ^[24]
  • 13 December: Battle of Metz ends; Germans ousted.
• 1947 - December: Flood. ^[13]
• 1954 - Population: 85,701. ^[16]
• 1960 – Les Trinitaires  [ fr ] cultural venue created.
• 1961 – Borny  [ fr ], Magny (Moselle)  [ fr ], and Vallières-lès-Metz  [ fr ] become part of Metz. ^[16]
• 1962 – Population: 102,771. ^[16]
• 1970 – Renaissance du vieux Metz (historical society) founded. ^[25]
• 1971 – Jean-Marie Rausch becomes mayor.
• 1973 – Lorraine Marathon begins.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1975 – Groupe Histoire et patrimoine lorrains (historical society) founded. ^[25]
• 1977 – Metz library-media centre  [ fr ] built in Pontiffroy.
• 1979 – Socialist Party national congress held in Metz.
• 1980 – Moselle Open tennis tournament begins.
• 1982 – Metz becomes part of the Lorraine region.
• 1983 – Metz Science Park opens.
• 1989 – Arsenal de Metz concert hall opens.
• 1991 – Metz–Nancy–Lorraine Airport opens.
• 1999 – Population: 123,776. ^[16]

21st century

• 2002 – Arènes de Metz (arena) opens.
• 2006 – May: European Trampoline Championships, 2006  [ fr ] held in Metz.
• 2007 – TGV hi-speed train begins operating. ^[21]
• 2008 – Dominique Gros becomes mayor.
• 2010
  • Centre Pompidou-Metz opens.
  • Metz-Mirabelle Marathon  [ fr ] begins.
• 2011 – Population: 119,962.
• 2012 – 6 July: 2012 Tour de France cycling race passes through Metz.
• 2014 – March: Metz municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
• 2015
  • Canton of Metz-1, 2, and 3 created per 2014 France cantonal redistricting  [ fr ].
  • December: Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine regional election, 2015  [ fr ] held. ^[26]
• 2016 – Metz becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• History of Metz
• Divodurum Mediomatricorum (Roman-era settlement)
• List of mayors of Metz  [ fr ]
• List of historic sites in Metz, France
• List of bridges in Metz  [ fr ]
• List of religious buildings in Metz  [ fr ]
• History of Moselle  [ fr ] department

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

• Timeline of Mulhouse
• Timeline of Nancy, France
• Timeline of Reims
• Timeline of Strasbourg
• Timeline of Troyes

References

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2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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7. Base Mérimée : Vestiges de l'enceinte du Moyen-Age , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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11. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Germany: Metz". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust. + contents
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13. "Thesaurus Historique" (in French). Archives Municipales de Metz. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
14. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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16. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Metz , EHESS (in French).
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18. "German Empire: States of Germany: Alsace-Lorraine". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1908. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592.
19. Base Mérimée : Hôtel des Postes , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Metz", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015054498178
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in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Metz". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
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in German

• "Metz". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064551.
• Johann Heinrich Albers (1902). Geschichte der stadt Metz (in German). G. Scriba.
• P. Krauss und E. Uetrecht, ed. (1913). "Metz". Meyers Deutscher Städteatlas[Meyer's Atlas of German Cities] (in German). Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut.

External links

• "Bibliographie lorraine" (in French). Académie nationale de Metz  [ fr ].
• Items related to Metz, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Metz, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).