Timeline of Nantes

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 374 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes established. ^[1]
• 445 CE - Nantes besieged by Huns. ^[2]
• 453 - Desiderius becomes Roman Catholic Bishop of Nantes  [ fr ]. ^[3]
• 548 - Félix of Nantes  [ fr ] becomes Catholic bishop. ^[3]
• 843-936 - The Normans held the town. ^[4]
• 992 - Nantes taken by forces of the Duke of Brittany. ^[2]
• 1118 - Fire. ^[2]
• 1207 - Château des ducs de Bretagne constructed, a large castle in Nantes. ^[4]
• 1434 - Nantes Cathedral construction begins. ^[4]
• 1460 - University of Nantes founded.
• 1468 - Château des ducs de Bretagne rebuilt. ^[4]
• 1493 - Printing press in operation. ^[5]
• 1560 - Francis II of France grants Nantes a communal constitution. ^[4]
• 1598 - Edict of Nantes, granting rights to Protestants, signed in the Château des ducs de Bretagne. ^[4]
• 1606 - Hôtel de Ville completed. ^[6]
• 1626 - Henry de Talleyrand punished for plotting against Cardinal Richelieu. ^[4]
• 1640 - Nantes Stock Exchange established.
• 1685 - Revocation of Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV. ^[4]
• 1720 - Street signs introduced.^(fr)
• 1753 - Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes  [ fr ] (library) opens. ^[7]
• 1788 - Théâtre Graslin inaugurated.
• 1790 - Nantes becomes part of the Loire-Inférieure souveraineté. ^[8]
• 1793 - 29 June: Battle of Nantes.
• 1800 - Population: 77,162. ^[8]

19th century

Further information (in French): History of Nantes in the 19th century  [ fr ]

• 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established. ^[9]
• 1806 - Municipal botanical garden established.
• 1808 - Lycée of Nantes inaugurated.
• 1815 - Palais de la Bourse (Nantes) built.
• 1817 - Slave trade officially banned. ^[10]
• 1827 - Passage d'Orléans  [ fr ] shopping arcade built.
• 1830 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes opens.
• 1832 - Duchess of Berry arrested for trying to stir up La Vendée against Louis Philippe I. ^[4]
• 1843 - Passage Pommeraye shopping arcade built. ^[4]
• 1846
  • Lefèvre-Utile biscuit company in business.
  • Notre-Dame de Bon-Port church built.
• 1848 - Labor unrest; crackdown. ^[2]
• 1851 - Angers-Nantes railway begins operating. ^[11]
• 1852 - Nantes Courthouse  [ fr ] built. ^[12]
• 1856 - Population: 108,530. ^[8]
• 1858 - Nantes-Brest canal opens.
• 1869 - Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes  [ fr ] (church) built.
• 1875 - Natural History Museum of Nantes opens.
• 1876 - Population: 122,247. ^[8]
• 1881 - Societe Nantaise de Photographie founded. ^[13]
• 1891 - Nantes Cathedral construction completed. ^[4]
• 1894 - Musée Dobrée left to the town. ^[4]
• 1895 - La Cigale (brasserie) in business.
• 1900 - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Nantes established.

20th century

Further information (in French): History of Nantes in the 20th century  [ fr ]

• 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Nantes.
• 1906 - Population: 118,244 town; 133,247 commune. ^[4]
• 1911 - Population: 170,535. ^[14]
• 1937 - Stade Malakoff (stadium) opens.
• 1941 - Pont de la Rotonde  [ fr ] (bridge) rebuilt.
• 1943
  • Bombing of Nantes  [ fr ]. ^[15]
  • Football Club de Nantes formed.
• 1946
  • Post-war rebuilding begins. ^[15]
  • Population: 200,265. ^[8]
• 1951 - Nantes Atlantique Airport begins commercial flights.
• 1955 - Unité d'Habitation of Nantes-Rezé (apartment building) constructed.
• 1965 - André Morice becomes mayor.
• 1966 - Pont Aristide-Briand  [ fr ] (bridge) built.
• 1968 - Gare de Nantes (rail station) opens.
• 1971 - Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire established.
• 1973 - Palais des Sports de Beaulieu (arena) built.
• 1975 - Pont Anne-de-Bretagne  [ fr ] (bridge) built.
• 1976 - Tour Bretagne built.
• 1977
  • Socialist Alain Chénard  [ fr ] becomes mayor.
  • Socialist Party national congress held in Nantes.
• 1978 - Jules Verne Museum founded.
• 1979
  • Pont Haudaudine  [ fr ] (bridge) built.
  • Three Continents Festival of film begins.
• 1980
  • Planetarium of Nantes established.
  • Sister city relationship established with Seattle, USA. ^[16]
• 1982 - Nantes becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
• 1983 - Michel Chauty  [ fr ] becomes mayor. ^[17]
• 1984 - Stade de la Beaujoire (stadium) opens.
• 1985 - Nantes tramway begins operating.
• 1988 - École de design Nantes Atlantique and Théâtre de Poche Graslin  [ fr ] established.
• 1989
  • Royal de Luxe marionette street theatre active.
  • Jean-Marc Ayrault becomes mayor.
• 1990 - École des mines de Nantes established.
• 1991
  • École centrale de Nantes active.
  • Les Anneaux de la Mémoire nonprofit headquartered in Nantes.
• 1992 - Nantes Events Center  [ fr ] opens.
• 1995 - La Folle Journée music festival begins.
• 1998 - Théâtre du Cyclope  [ fr ] established.
• 1999 - Population: 270,251. ^[8]
• 2000 - Utopiales science fiction festival begins.

21st century

• 2001
  • Nantes.fr municipal website in operation. ^[18]
  • Soy Festival of music begins.
• 2005 - Navibus (water bus) begins operating.
• 2006 - Nantes Busway begins operating.
• 2007
  • Machines of the Isle of Nantes exhibit opens.
  • Estuaire (biennale) art exhibit begins in Nantes vicinity.
• 2009 - Nantes Derby Girls (rollerderby league) formed.
• 2011 - Population: 287,845.
• 2014
  • March: Nantes municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
  • Johanna Rolland becomes mayor.
  • 22 December: 2014 Nantes attack.
• 2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015  [ fr ] held. ^[19]
• 2018- July 03- Police Officer shoots and kills 22 year old Aboubakar Fofana after he reverses his car towards another officer and 2 kids forcing one officer to shoot him in which the bullet hit him in the neck and hit an artery. The car was suspected of being used in drug dealing and Fofana had given police a false name prior to the shooting occurring. Following the shooting wide spread riots and protest occurred in the streets of Nantes. ^{[20] [21]}

See also

• Nantes history
• History of Nantes  [ fr ]
• List of mayors of Nantes
• Urban planning in Nantes  [ fr ]
• History of Loire-Atlantique  [ fr ] department
• History of Pays de la Loire  [ fr ] region.

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

• Timeline of Angers
• Timeline of Le Mans

References

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2. Townsend 1867.
3. Goyau 1911.
4. Britannica 1910.
5. Malcolm Walsby (2011). The Printed Book in Brittany, 1484-1600. Brill. ISBN   978-90-04-20451-5.
6. "Hôtel-de-Ville – Hôtel de Derval". PSS Architecture. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
7. "Historique de la bibliothèque". Bibliothèque municipale de Nantes (in French). Ville de Nantes. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Nantes , EHESS (in French).
9. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
10. "Nantes Journal; Unhappily, a Port Confronts Its Past: Slave Trade". New York Times. 17 December 1993.
11. "Railways of France", Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, New York, pp. 19 v, December 1853, hdl:2027/hvd.32044095072377
12. Murray 1861.
13. "Continental Photographic Societies", International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin, New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company, 1890
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, OL   6112221M
16. "Seattle's 21 Sister Cities". USA: City of Seattle. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. "French Provinces Turn Noses Up at Left's Culture". New York Times. 10 October 1983.
18. "A Focus on Attracting Residents". New York Times. 29 September 2011.
19. "Résultats élections: Nantes", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
20. Nossiter, Adam (4 July 2018). "French Police Killing Unleashes Familiar Riots and Recrimination". The New York Times.
21. "French riots: Masked thugs' riot in Nantes after Aboubakar Fofana shot by police". 5 July 2018.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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in English

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in French

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