Timeline of Troyes

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

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Prior to 14th century

• 330–344 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes established (approximate date). ^[1]
• 426 – Lupus of Troyes becomes bishop. ^[2]
• 9th C. – Abbey of Saint Loup, Troyes founded.
• 867 – Religious Council held. ^[3]
• 878 – Religious Council held. ^[3]
• 892 – Troyes sacked by Norman forces. ^[2]
• 898 – Troyes sacked by Norman forces again. ^[2]
• 1107 – Religious Council held.
• 1129 – Religious Council held.
• 1152 – Henry I, Count of Champagne in power. ^[4]
• 1188 – Fire. ^[2]
• 1208 – Rebuilding of Troyes Cathedral begins. ^[2]
• 1242 - Theobald I of Navarre grants charters to the inhabitants. ^[2]
• 1262 – Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes founded. ^[4]

14th–19th centuries

• 1304 – "Union of Champagne with the domains of the king of France." ^[2]
• 1359 – Couvent des Cordeliers de Troyes  [ fr ] (convent) construction begins.
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[5]
• 1419/25 - Troyes becomes temporary seat of government of Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War. ^[2]
• 1429 – July: Siege of Troyes  [ fr ] by forces of Dauphin of France Charles VII. ^[6]
• ca.1500 - Population: 40,000. (approximate date) ^[2]
• 1508 – Église de la Madeleine de Troyes  [ fr ] (church) rebuilt. ^[4]
• 1518 – Plague. ^[7]
• 1524 – Fire destroys large part of city. ^{[7] [2]}
• 1550 – Hôtel de Mauroy  [ fr ] and Église Saint-Pantaléon de Troyes  [ fr ] (church) built. ^[4]
• 1562 - Short occupation by Calvinist troops. ^[2]
• 1651 – Public library founded. ^{[8] [9]}
• 1670 – Hôtel de Ville completed. ^[10]
• 1790 – Troyes becomes part of the Aube souveraineté. ^[11]
• 1793 – Population: 26,751. ^{[11] [2]}
• 1798 – Société académique d'agriculture, des sciences, arts et belles-lettres du département de l'Aube  [ fr ] founded. ^[12]
• 1801 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created. ^[11]
• 1830 – Journal de l'Aube newspaper in publication. ^[13]
• 1831 – Archaeology museum opens in the former Abbey of Saint Loup.
• 1846 – Canal de la Haute-Seine opens.
• 1861 – Cirque de Troyes built.
• 1886 – Population: 46,972. ^[14]
• 1899 – Tramway de Troyes  [ fr ] begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 – La Tribune de l'Aube  [ fr ] newspaper begins publication. ^[13]
• 1905 – Cirque municipal de Troyes  [ fr ] rebuilt. ^[15]
• 1906 - Population: 51,228. ^[2]
• 1911 – Population: 55,486. ^[16]
• 1912 – Gare de Troyes (train station) rebuilt.
• 1925
  • Stade de l'Aube (stadium) opens.
  • Société archéologique du département de l'Aube founded. ^[12]
• 1931 – Association sportive Troyes Sainte-Savine  [ fr ] (football club) formed.
• 1933 – Troyes – Barberey Airport established.
• 1945 – Regional L'Est-Éclair  [ fr ] newspaper begins publication.
• 1948 – Musée de Vauluisant  [ fr ] (museum) founded. ^[17]
• 1963 – Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes (preservation society) founded. ^[18]
• 1973 – Cantons 4, 5, 6, and 7 created. ^[11]
• 1982 – Musée d'art moderne de Troyes (museum) opens. ^[17]
• 1984 – Centre Troyen de Recherches et d'Études Pierre et Nicolas Pithou established. ^[19]
• 1986 – Troyes AC (football club) formed.
• 1987 – Nogent Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in vicinity of Troyes.
• 1988 – Nuits de Champagne  [ fr ] festival begins.
• 1993
  • Marques Avenue  [ fr ] (shopping centre) in business.
  • Agglomeration community Grand Troyes  [ fr ] (regional government) created.
• 1994 – University of Technology of Troyes established.
• 1995 – François Baroin becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2002 – Médiathèque du Grand Troyes  [ fr ] (library) opens.
• 2009 – "Le Beau xvie Siècle  [ fr ]" art exhibition held.
• 2012 – Population: 60,009.
• 2016 – Troyes becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• Troyes history (fr)
• List of mayors of Troyes  [ fr ]
• List of bishops of Troyes
• List of counts of Champagne
• List of heritage sites in Troyes  [ fr ]
• Aube department history

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

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

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Champagnac 1839.
4. Hourihane 2012.
5. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN   978-0-226-15510-4.
6. "Troyes". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
7. "Historique de la ville de Troyes" (in French). Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
8. "Médiathèque du Grand Troyes". Data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
9. "Mille ans de livres à Troyes" (in French). Médiathèque du Grand Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
10. Actes du 101e Congrès national des sociétés savantes, Section d'histoire moderne et contemporaine (2) : La France du Nord de 1610 à nos jours. Questions diverses Lille 1976. Congrès national des sociétés savantes. 1977. p. 182. ISBN   978-2-402-41052-6.
11. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Troyes , EHESS (in French).
12. "Sociétés savantes de France (Troyes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
13. "Presse locale ancienne" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
14. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1890). "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
15. Base Mérimée : Ancien cirque municipal, puis Palais des congrès , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
16. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
17. "(Troyes)". Muséofile  [ fr ]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication . Retrieved 4 November 2016.
18. "Historique de l'association" (in French). Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
19. "Présentation" (in French). Troyes: Centre Pithou. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Troyes". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Émile Socard, ed. (1881). Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Troyes: Ouvrages intéressant l'histoire de Troyes et du départment de l'Aube (in French). Bertrand-Hu. v.2
• Truslove, Roland (1910). "Troyes"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 27 (11th ed.). pp. 319–320.
• La vie a Troyes sous Louis XIII: une ville de province pendant la premiere moitie du XVIIe siecle (in French), Centre Troyen de Recherche et d'Etudes Pierre et Nicolas Pithou, 1984
• A. Bouisseau; et al. (1999), Histoire de Troyes (in French)
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Troyes". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-539536-5.

External links

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