Timeline of Reims

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to the 20th century

• 3rd century CE
  • Roman Catholic diocese of Reims established. ^[1]
  • Porte de Mars built.
• 356 – Battle of Durocortorum.
• 496 – Clovis I baptized in Reims. ^[2]
• 1139 – "Communal charter" granted by Louis VII of France. ^[3]
• 1179 – Coronation of Philip II of France. ^[2]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[4]
• 1429 – Coronation of Charles VII of France. ^[2]
• 1461 - A revolt caused by the salt tax. ^[3]
• 1481 - Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral. ^[3]
• 1509 – Palace of Tau rebuilt.
• 1547 – Reims University founded. ^[5]
• 1582 – New Testament of the Douay–Rheims Bible printed in Reims.
• 1729 – Ruinart champagne house in business.
• 1733 – Parc de la Patte d'Oie  [ fr ] laid out.
• 1770 – Fontaine des Boucheries  [ fr ] erected. ^[6]
• 1787 – Northern Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1792 – September massacres. ^[2]
• 1793 – Population: 32,334.
• 1809 – Bibliothèque de la ville (library) founded. ^[7]
• 1814 – Battle of Reims (1814). ^[2]
• 1817 – Chamber of Commerce established. ^[8]
• 1833 – Roederer champagne house in business.
• 1843 – Southern Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1853 – Courrier de la Champagne newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1867 – Reims Circus built.
• 1868 – Indépendant Rémois newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1873 – Reims Opera House opens on Rue de Vesle  [ fr ].
• 1876 – Population: 81,328. ^[10]
• 1884 – Société de géographie de Reims established. ^[11]
• 1886 – Population: 97,903. ^[12]
• 1887 – Avenir de Reims newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1891 – Eastern Cemetery established on Avenue Jean-Jaurès  [ fr ].^(fr)
• 1893 – Western Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1896 – Joan of Arc statue erected in Place du Cardinal-Luçon  [ fr ]. ^{[5] [13]}
• 1897 – Hôtel de Brimont  [ fr ] (mansion) built on Boulevard Lundy  [ fr ].
• 1899 – Bégot & Mazurié  [ de ] automotive company in business.
• 1900 – Bégot & Cail  [ de ] automotive company in business.

20th century

• 1901 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia attends in Reims the military review ending the French maneuvers of 1901 upon French president Émile Loubet's invitation
• 1906 - Population: 102,800. ^[3]
• 1908 – Henri Farman makes the first cross-country flight from Châlons to Reims. ^[14]
• 1909 – August: Week of Aviation held near Reims. ^[5]
• 1911 – Population: 115,178. ^[15]
• 1913 – Museum of Fine Arts opens.
• 1914 – World War I begins. ^[16]
• 1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces. ^[17]
• 1922 – Galeries Lafayette  [ fr ] built.
• 1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt.
• 1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit.
• 1928
  • Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating.
  • Carnegie Library of Reims opens.
• 1929 – Reims Central Market Hall  [ fr ] built.
• 1930 – Monument aux Morts  [ fr ] erected in Place de la République  [ fr ].
• 1931 – Stade de Reims football club formed.
• 1935 – City Stadium opens.
• 1937 – Gare de Reims built.
• 1940 – Battle of France; Germans in power.
• 1946 – Reims Aviation in business.
• 1953 – 12 Hours of Reims motor race begins.
• 1968 – Population: 152,967.
• 1971 – University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne established.
• 1977 – Murigny  [ fr ] district established. ^[18]
• 1979 – Comédie de Reims  [ fr ] national drama centre active.
• 1992 – ESAD de Reims (art school) active.

21st century

• 2005 – Reims Métropole  [ fr ] established.
• 2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims.
• 2009 – Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe  [ fr ] begins.
• 2011 – Reims tramway begins operating.
• 2012 – Population: 181,893.
• 2014
  • March: Reims municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
  • Arnaud Robinet becomes mayor.
• 2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• Reims history
• History of Reims  [ fr ]
• Urban planning in Reims  [ fr ]
• List of mayors of Reims  [ fr ]
• List of heritage sites in Reims  [ fr ]
• History of Champagne-Ardenne  [ fr ] region

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

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

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Overall 1870.
3. Britannica 1910.
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. Haydn 1910.
6. "Fontaines et bassins". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries"  . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.
8. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
9. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
10. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Reims)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
13. Matot 1901.
14. Scientific American . 21 November 1908. p. cover.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
16. Archives municipales. "Guerre 1914–1918". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. Nicole Dombrowski Risser (2012). France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-139-53696-7.
18. "Vie des quartiers". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Rheims". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026824.
• "Reims", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Rheims". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
• C.B. Black (1876), "Reims", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
• Augustus J. C. Hare (1890), "Reims", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC   1737047
• "Rheims", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC   2229516
• "Reims"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 54.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rheims", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
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in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Reims". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Guillaume Marlot (1843). Histoire de la ville, cité et université de Reims (in French). 4 vols. Written in 17th c.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Reims". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères  [ fr ]. p. 515. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Histoire de la ville de Reims (in French) (2nd ed.). Reims: Brissart-Binet. 1864.
• A. Hannesse (1879). Histoire populaire de la ville de Reims (in French).
• Guide de l'étranger à Reims (in French). Reims: Matot-Braine. 1901.
• "Marne: Description des villes: Reims". Champagne. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039821072. OCLC   2170997. circa 1904
• "Reims". Champagne et Ardennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC   457600236.
• Gaston Hubert (1910). Institutions municipales & administratives de la ville de Reims sous l'ancien régime (in French).

External links

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