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

Prior to 20th century

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• 11 BCE – Settlement renamed "Augustoritum."
• 1st C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established.
• 2nd C. CE – Limoges amphitheatre [fr] built.
• 4th C. CE - It was again called Lemovices
• 5th C. CE - Devastated by the Vandals and the Visigoths
• 848 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges founded.
• 1029 & 1031 – Ecclesiastical councils held in Limoges.
• 1095 – Pope Urban II held a "Synod of bishops".
• 13th C. – Saint-Étienne Bridge [fr] and Saint-Martial Bridge [fr] built.
• 1273 – Limoges Cathedral construction begins.
• 1370 – Siege of Limoges.
• 1495 – Printing press in operation.
• 1525 – Lycée Gay-Lussac (Limoges) [fr] (school) founded.
• 1589 – Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province.
• 1611 – Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established.
• 1615 – Fontaine des Barres [fr] installed.
• 1626 – University of Limoges, School of Medicine established.
• 1630 – Plague.
• 1712 – Place Dauphine [fr] created.
• 1759 – Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established.
• 1768 – Château de Beauvais (Limoges) [fr] built.
• 1771 – Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins.
• 1790
  • Fire.
  • Limoges becomes part of the Haute-Vienne souveraineté.
• 1791 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges dissolved.
• 1793 – Population: 20,864.
• 1787 - Royal Limoges A porcelain factory created.
• 1806 – Cimetière de Louyat [fr] (cemetery) established.
• 1838 – Pont Neuf (Limoges) [fr] (bridge) built.
• 1841 – Population: 29,870.
• 1845 – Limousin Archaeological and Historical Society [fr] founded.
• 1846 – Population: 38,119.
• 1851 – Courrier du Centre newspaper begins publication.
• 1858 – Limoges Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.
• 1861 – Population: 51,053.
• 1864 – Fire.
• 1876 – Population: 59,011.
• 1883 – Hôtel de Ville built.
• 1886 – Population: 68,477.
• 1888 – Limoges Cathedral construction completed.
• 1891 – Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded.

20th century

• 1905
  • Limoges strikes of 1905 [fr] take place.
  • Le Populaire du Centre [fr] newspaper begins publication.
• 1906 - Population: 75,906.
• 1911 – Population: 92,181.
• 1929 – Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt.
• 1933 – Airfield in use.
• 1943
  • Trolleybus begins operating.
  • L'Écho du Centre [fr] newspaper begins publication.
• 1946 – Population: 107,857.
• 1956 – Louis Longequeue becomes mayor.
• 1958 – Botanical garden created.
• 1968 – University of Limoges established.
• 1970
  • 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges.
  • Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded.
• 1972 – Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built.
• 1984 – Festival des francophonies en Limousin [fr] established.
• 1990 – Alain Rodet becomes mayor.
• 1993 – Aquarium du Limousin [fr] opens on Boulevard Gambetta (Limoges) [fr].
• 1998 – French multimedia library, Limoges [fr] established.
• 1999
  • TER Limousin train begins operating.
  • Population: 133,968.

21st century

• 2001 – Limoges-Métropole [fr] established.
• 2007 – Limoges Concert Hall opens.
• 2012 – Population: 136,221.
• 2014
  • March: Limoges municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
  • Emile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor.
• 2016 – Limoges becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

See also

• Limoges history
• History of Limoges [fr]
• List of mayors of Limoges [fr]
• List of heritage sites in Limoges [fr]
• History of Haute-Vienne [fr]

Other cities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:

• Timeline of Bordeaux
• Timeline of La Rochelle
• Timeline of Poitiers

References

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3. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
4. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1056, OL 6112221M
5. ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Limoges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
6. "Limoges". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Limoges, EHESS (in French).
8. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
9. ^ A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
10. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
11. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1882). "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
12. "l'Hôtel de Ville". Histoire de Limoges. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
13. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1890). "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Limoges". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026816.
• "Limoges", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• "Limoges" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 699–700.
• "Limoges", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
• Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26, hdl:2027/mdp.39015035117657, Local history: Limoges
• John M. Merriman (1985). The Red City: Limoges and the French Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536518-4.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Limoges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• J.J. Juge (1817). Changemens survenus dans les moeurs des habitans de Limoges, depuis une cinquantaine d'années (in French) (2nd ed.). J.B. Bargeas.
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Limoges". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Limoges". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères [fr]. p. 674. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Célestin Port (1867). "Limoges". De Paris a Agen. Guides Joanne (in French). Hachette.
• Paul Ducourtieux (1884). Limoges d'après ses anciens plans (in French). V. Ducourtieux.
• Alfred Leroux (1895). Les sources de l'histoire du Limousin (Creuse, Haute-Vienne, Corrèze) (in French). Limoges: Ducourtieux. (coverage includes Limoges)
• Ulysse Chevalier (1900). "Limoges". Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (in French). Vol. 2. Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie Montbéliardaise. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t49p43r5m.
• Ch. Brossard (1903). "Limousin: Haute-Vienne: Description des villes: Limoges". La France du Sud-Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/nyp.33433066581137. (Table of contents)

External links

• Items related to Limoges, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Limoges, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

• History of Limousin
• Limoges
• Timelines of cities in France