Timeline of Montpellier
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montpellier, France.
Prior to 19th century[edit]
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- 737 - Charles Martel destroyed Maguelonne.[1]
- 986 - Lords of Montpellier begin with William I of Montpellier
- 10th C. Town consisted of two portions, Montpellier and Montpelliéret.[1]
- 1160 - Law school active.[1]
- 1204 - Grande Charte de Montpellier issued.
- 1220 - University of Montpellier established.[1]
- 1293 - Philip IV of France buys part of Montpellieret[2]
- 1349 - Philip VI of France buys other part of Montpellieret.[2]
- 1364 - Monastery of Saint-Benoît founded.[citation needed]
- 1394 - Jews expelled.[3]
- 1536 - Catholic Diocese of Maguelonne renamed Diocese of Montpellier & Montpellier Cathedral status elevated.[1][4]
- 1567 - Montpellier taken by Protestants.[1]
- 1593 - Jardin des plantes de Montpellier (historic botanical garden and arboretum) established.[1][5]
- 1622 - Siege of Montpellier.[6]
- 1624 - Citadel of Montpellier built.[1]
- 1628 - City walls demolished.[1]
- 1641 - Sainte-Ursule convent founded.[7]
- 1693 - Porte du Peyrou built.[1]
- 1704 - Montpellier Chamber of Commerce founded.
- 1706 - Société royale des sciences de Montpellier established.[8][9]
- 1755 - Place de la Comédie first mentioned.[1]
- 1766 - Birth of François-Xavier Fabre, painter.[1]
- 1789 - Population: 29,500.
- 1790 - Montpellier becomes part of the Hérault souveraineté.[10]
- 1793 - Population: 32,897.[10]
19th century[edit]
- 1801 - Canton de Montpellier-1, Canton de Montpellier-2, and Canton de Montpellier-3 created.[10]
- 1816 - City hall moves to the Hôtel de Belleval
- 1819 - Bibliothèque Montpellier opens.[11]
- 1825 - Musée Fabre opens.
- 1829 - Louis XVI statue erected in the Place du Marché-aux-Fleurs.
- 1833 - Société Archéologique de Montpellier founded.[1]
- 1837 - Grisettes de Montpellier confectionery in production.
- 1845 - Gare de Montpellier-Saint-Roch opens.
- 1861 - Population: 51,865.[10]
- 1876 - Petit Méridional newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1886 - Archives of the City of Montpellier moves to the Tour des Pins (Montpellier).[13]
- 1888 - Opéra Comédie (opera hall) (fr) opens.
- 1891 - Pavillon populaire built.
- 1896 - Population: 73,950.[10]
20th century[edit]
- 1911 - Population: 80,230.[14]
- 1923 - Parc des Sports de l'avenue Pont Juvénal opens.
- 1928 - Yves-du-Manoir Stadium opens.
- 1930 - Sabathé Stadium opens.
- 1946 - Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport opens.
- 1954 - Population: 97,501.[10]
- 1962 - Population: 118,864.[10]
- 1965 - Montpellier District created.
- 1967 - Richter Stadium opens.
- 1968 - Population: 161,910.[10]
- 1973 - Canton de Montpellier-4, Canton de Montpellier-5, Canton de Montpellier-6, Canton de Montpellier-7, Canton de Montpellier-8, and Canton de Montpellier-9 created.[10]
- 1975 - Population: 191,354.[10]
- 1977 - Georges Frêche becomes mayor.
- 1981 - Festival Montpellier Danse begins.
- 1982 - Bulletin historique de la Ville de Montpellier in publication.[13]
- 1985
- Canton de Montpellier-10 created.[10]
- Music Festival de Radio France et Montpellier begins.
- 1986 - Montpellier Hérault Rugby founded.
- 1988 - Languedoc-Roussillon regional council headquartered in the Hôtel de Région in Montpellier.(fr)
- 1999 - Population: 225,392.[10]
- 2000 - Montpellier tramway begins operating.
21st century[edit]
- 2001 - Montpellier Agglomération and Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon established.
- 2004 - Hélène Mandroux becomes mayor.
- 2007
- Vélomagg bikeshare (fr) begins operating.
- La Serre Amazonienne (greenhouse) opens.
- 2009 - En Traits Libres art space opens.[2]
- 2010 - Agora dance center established.[7]
- 2011
- Montpellier city hall built.
- Population: 264,538.
- 2013 - 29 May: First official same-sex marriage in France takes place.[15]
- 2014
- March: Montpellier municipal election, 2014 held.
- Philippe Saurel becomes mayor.
- 2015
- December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 held.[16]
- Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole created.
- 2016 - Montpellier becomes part of the Occitanie region.
See also[edit]
- Montpellier history
- History of Montpellier
- List of mayors of Montpellier
- List of Catholic bishops of Montpellier
- List of heritage sites in Montpellier
- History of Languedoc-Roussillon region
Other cities in the Occitanie region:
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b James D. Tracy, ed. (2000). City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-65221-6.
- ^ Kahn 1907.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Charles E. Little (1900), "France", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
- ^ a b "L'Agora" (in French). Montpellier Danse. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Montpellier)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Montpellier, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Saturnin Leotard (1867), Notice sur la bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier (in French)
- ^ Gaudin 1902.
- ^ a b "Archives municipales" (in French). Mairie de Montpellier. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "Hundreds Celebrate France's First Gay Marriage", New York Times, 29 May 2013
- ^ "Résultats élections: Montpellier", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Montpelier", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Montpellier", South of France (4th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1885
- S. Kahn (1907), "Montpellier", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752870
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 789.
- Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26, hdl:2027/mdp.39015035117657,
Local history: Montpellier
- Robert Darnton (2009). "A bourgeois puts his world in order: the city as a text". The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-01048-6. (Montpellier in 1768)
- Kathryn Reyerson (2016). "Gender and Community in Montpellier, 1300-1350". Women's Networks in Medieval France. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-38942-4.
in French[edit]
- Chronicle of Montpellier (pre-1364 history of Montpellier)
- "Montpellier". Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France (in French). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. 1838.
- Histoire de la commune de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1851.
- Eugène Thomas (1857). Montpellier; tableau historique et descriptif, pour servir de guide à l'étranger (in French). Montpellier: Seguin.
- Histoire du commerce de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: J. Martel. 1861.
- Histoire de la ville de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier. 1875-1882
- L. Gaudin (1902). "Departements Languedociens: Arrondissement de Montpellier". Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Montpellier: Fonds de Languedoc (in French). Louis Grollier.
- "Montpellier". Les Cévennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC 457600236.
- "Montpellier". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
- "Montpellier". Cévennes, Languedoc. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914. hdl:2027/njp.32101064992173.
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