Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence.

Prior to 18th century

123 BCE – founded. 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae. 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established. 477 – Visigoths in power. 731 – Saracens in power. 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins. 1112 – Religious council held in Aix. 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built. 1409 – University founded. 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France. 1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established. 1505 – Clock tower built. 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau. 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built. 1668 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.

18th–19th centuries

1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built. 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed. 1756 – built. 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel. 1790 Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved. Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté. 1807 – founded. 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens. 1838 October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held. Musée Granet opens. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded. 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne. 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed. 1881 – Population: 23,887.

20th century

1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded. 1906 – Population: 19,433. 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens. 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded. 1912 – Fountain installed in the . 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor. 1946 – active. 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins. 1954 – Population: 54,217. 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany. 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix. 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor. 1968 - Population: 89,566. 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded. 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy. 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix. 1975 – Population: 110,659. 1976 – opens. 1977 Fountain installed in the . Aix twinned with Bath, England. 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor. 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain. 1982 Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created. Aix becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. 1983 – Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca becomes mayor. 1985 – Aix twinned with Coimbra, Portugal. 1986 – March: held. 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor. 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia. 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel. 1999 – Population: 133,018.

21st century

2001 Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor. created. 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens. 2011 – Population: 140,684. 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held. 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.

Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

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