The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulouse, France.
Prior to 18th century
106 BCE - Romans in power.
3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established. 250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse. 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf. 419 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom. 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439) 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458) 508 - Clovis I in power. 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine. 715-720 - Besieged by the Saracens. 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721). 767 - Siege of Toulouse (767) 778 Torson becomes count of Toulouse. Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse. 780/781 - Charlemagne appoints his little son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine, with Toulouse for his chief city. Late 9th C - Counts of Toulouse in power. 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844) 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date). 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins. 1180 - opens (approximate date). 1215 - Saint Dominic creates a community of friars in Toulouse, approved by the pope in 1216 which gives it the name of Order of Preachers. 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18). 1219 - . 1229 University of Toulouse established. Inquisition begins. 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded. 1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse. 1302 - Parliament established. 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded. 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins. 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate). 1347 - Black Death plague. 1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins. 1443 - Creation of the Parlement of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France. 1463 - Fire. 1529 - housed in a tower at the Capitole. 1549 - Château Narbonnais dismantled. 1562 1562 Riots of Toulouse. Hôtel d'Assézat completed. 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built. 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed. 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.
18th-19th centuries 1726 - Art school opens. 1746 - established. 1754 - Jardin Royal and parks created. 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt. 1772 - (library) established. 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating. 1781 created. Brouilhet's reading room opens. 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté. 1793 - Population: 52,612. 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established. 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.
1803 - Chamber of Commerce established. 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814). 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens. 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication. 1844 - (bridge) built. 1851 - Population: 95,277. 1852 - (bridge) built. 1856 - Toulouse railway network established. 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. 1862 - begins operating. 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens. 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication. 1874 - cafe established. 1876 - Population: 131,642. 1886 - Population: 147,617. 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established. 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens. 1895 - newspaper begins publication.
20th century
1900s-1940s 1903 July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse. Toulouse Business School established. 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune. 1907 - founded. 1910 - built. 1911 - Population: 149,576. 1935 - (library) built. 1936 - Population: 213,220. 1937 Toulouse Football Club formed. Stadium Municipal opens.
1950s-2000 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens. 1962 Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel. Population: 323,724. 1964 - and established. 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran. 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed, and Airbus (Airbus Industrie) has been founded 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor. 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine. 1978 - established. 1981 Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active. established. Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain. 1982 - established. 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor. 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse. 1988 - opens. 1993 Toulouse Metro begins operating. opens. 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat. 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens. 1999 auditorium opens. Population: 390,350.
21st century 2000s 2001 21 September: Toulouse chemical factory explosion. Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created. 2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens. 2009 Urban community of Greater Toulouse created. Aeronautical literary festival begins.
2010s 2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating. 2012 March: 2012 Toulouse shootings. October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again. Population: 461,190. 2014 March: held. Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor. 2015 - December: held. 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.
See also History of Toulouse
List of counts of Toulouse 770s-1270s List of mayors of Toulouse
department region
Other cities in the Occitanie region: Timeline of Montpellier Timeline of Nimes Timeline of Perpignan
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
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