Timeline of Tours

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

Prior to 18th century

18th century

19th century

  • 1800 – Population: 20,240.[12]
  • 1801 – Canton of Tours-Sud, -Centre, and -Nord created.[12]
  • 1803 – Chamber of Commerce established.[13]
  • 1840 – Société archéologique de Touraine founded.[11]
  • 1843 – Jardin botanique de Tours (garden) founded.[14]
  • 1846 - Tours station opened.
  • 1855 - Tours Amphitheatre rediscovered.
  • 1858 – Tours–Le Mans railway begins operating.
  • 1861 – Population: 41,061.[12]
  • 1867 – Union Libérale newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1870 – Tours becomes temporary "seat of French government, during siege of Paris."[7]
  • 1872 – Tours Municipal Theatre built.[16]
  • 1877 – Tours tramway (1877) begins operating.
  • 1886 – Population: 59,585.[17]
  • 1889 – Tours Municipal Theatre reopened after fire.[16]
  • 1898 – Gare de Tours (rail station) built.

20th century

21st century

  • 2011 – Population: 134,633.
  • 2013 – Tours tramway begins operating.
  • 2014

See also

  • Tours history
  • Caesarodunum (Roman-era settlement)
  • List of mayors of Tours
  • List of heritage sites in Tours
  • History of Centre-Val de Loire region

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

References

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Galinié, Henri; Morin, Thierry; Audin, Pierre (2007). Roman and medieval tours: Land uses and urban fabric : 40 years of urban archaeology. FERACF. ISBN 9782913272156.
  3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  4. "Tours: Chronologie". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  5. Daniel, Charles (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
  6. "France, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  7. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
  8. Barral i Altet 2001, p. 67.
  9. Base Mérimée: Pont d'Eudes dit Vieux Pont, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  10. Caswell 1977.
  11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Tours)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  12. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Tours, EHESS (in French).
  13. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  14. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  15. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
  16. Base Mérimée: Théâtre municipal, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  17. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  18. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  19. "(Tours)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  20. "Résultats élections: Tours", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

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