Timeline of Reims

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

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.[3]
• 1179 – Coronation of Philip II of France.[2]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1429 – Coronation of Charles VII of France.[2]
• 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 laid out.
• 1770 – Fontaine des Boucheries 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.
• 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)
• 1893 – Western Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1896 – Joan of Arc statue erected in Place du Cardinal-Luçon.[5][13]
• 1897 – Hôtel de Brimont (mansion) built on Boulevard Lundy.
• 1899 – Bégot & Mazurié automotive company in business.
• 1900 – Bégot & Cail 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
• 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 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 built.
• 1930 – Monument aux Morts erected in Place de la République.
• 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 district established.[18]
• 1979 – Comédie de Reims national drama centre active.
• 1992 – ESAD de Reims (art school) active.

21st century

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

See also

• Reims history
• History of Reims
• Urban planning in Reims
• List of mayors of Reims
• List of heritage sites in Reims
• History of Champagne-Ardenne 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 (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. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
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.
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.
13. Matot 1901.
14. Scientific American. 21 November 1908. p. cover. Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
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.
• "Reims", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Rheims". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
• 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 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rheims", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Reims". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Reims". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (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 (1850). "Reims". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. 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. 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).