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
  • 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

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:

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.

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