The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Angers, France.
Prior to 19th century
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- 372 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Angers established.[1]
- 471 – Merovingians in power.[2]
- 8th century – Angers becomes part of Anjou province.[2]
- 851 – Frankish-Breton treaty signed in Angers.
- 870 – Duke of Anjou centered in Angers.[3]
- 1025 – Angers Cathedral built.[4]
- 1028 – Abbaye du Ronceray d'Angers founded.
- 1059 – Abbaye Saint-Serge d'Angers rebuilt.
- 12th century – Trinity Church, Angers construction begins.[5]
- 1151 – Henry Plantagenet becomes count of Anjou and Maine (and king of England in 1154).[2]
- 1184 – Hôpital Saint-Jean built.[6]
- 13th century – Château d'Angers (castle) enlarged.[5]
- 1288 – Jews expelled from Anjou.[7]
- 1364 – Universitas Andegavensis active.[2]
- 1380 – Apocalypse Tapestry created.[2]
- 1384 – Public clock installed.[8]
- 1487 - Logis Barrault mansion built.[2]
- 1508 - Anjou customary laws published.[9]
- 1516 - Grand jour (judicial proceeding) takes place.
- 1539 – Grand jour (judicial proceeding) takes place.
- 1585 – Huguenots in power.[6]
- 1589 – Catholic League active, then quashed.[10]
- 1685 - Académie des sciences, belles lettres et arts d'Angers founded.[11]
- 1790 – Angers becomes part of the Maine-et-Loire souveraineté.[12]
- 1791 – Angers Public Library founded.[13]
- 1793
- February: Liberty pole erected in the Place du Ralliement.
- December: Siege of Angers.[5]
- 1796 – Archives départementales de Maine-et-Loire established.[14]
- 1797 – Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers established.[15]
19th century
- 1806 – Population: 29,187.[12]
- 1839 – Basse-Chaine Bridge built.
- 1849 – Cointreau distillery in business.[4]
- 1850 – 16 April: Collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.[4]
- 1855 – Chamber of Commerce established.[16]
- 1856 – Population: 50,726.[12]
- 1859 – Café Serin in business.[17]
- 1869 – Patriote de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1871 – Grand Théâtre (Angers) opens.
- 1873 – Journal de Maine-et-Loire newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1875 – Catholic University of Angers active.
- 1876 – Population: 56,846.[19]
- 1878 – Gare d'Angers-Saint-Serge (rail station) opens.
- 1883 – Petit Courrier newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1886 – Population: 73,044.[20]
- 1889 – Musée Pincé opens.[15]
- 1895 – Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie d'Angers (garden) established.[21]
- 1896 – Angers tramway (1896) begins operating.
20th century
- 1901 – Galeries Lafayette (Angers) built on Rue d'Alsace (Angers).
- 1911 – Population: 83,786.[22]
- 1914 – Avrillé airfield begins operating.[17]
- 1919 – Angers SCO (sport club) formed.[17]
- 1937
- 1940 – June: German occupation begins.[2]
- 1944
- 1964 – Angers twinned with Haarlem, Netherlands.[24]
- 1967 – 1967 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
- 1968 – Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine opens.[25]
- 1971 – University of Angers and Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire established.
- 1972 – 1972 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
- 1973
- Pont de l'Atlantique (Angers) (bridge) built.
- Association généalogique de l'Anjou formed.[11]
- 1974 – Angers twinned with Bamako, Mali.[24]
- 1980 – Association des musulmans d'Angers founded.[26]
- 1982
- Angers becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
- Ducs d'Angers ice hockey team formed.
- Angers twinned with Pisa, Italy.[24]
- 1983 – Centre de congrès d'Angers (assembly hall) built.
- 1985 – Parc des expositions d'Angers developed.
- 1986 – Nouveau théâtre d'Angers established.
- 1988
- 1991 – Amphitéa assembly hall built.
- 1994 – Théâtre de la Comédie d'Angers opens.
- 1999 – Population: 151,279.[12]
21st century
- 2005 – Angers child sexual abuse case tried.[27][28]
- 2007
- Le Quai cultural space opens.
- Angers 7 television begins broadcasting.
- 2011
- Angers tramway begins operating.
- City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.[29]
- Population: 148,803.
- 2014
- March: Angers municipal election, 2014 held.
- Christophe Béchu becomes mayor.
- Mosque construction begins.[26]
- 2015 – December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.[30]
See also
- Angers history
- History of Angers
- Juliomagus (Roman era settlement)
- List of heritage sites in Angers
- List of mayors of Angers
- List of counts of Anjou (residing in Angers beginning in 9th c.)[2]
- History of Anjou
- History of Maine-et-Loire department
- other cities in the Pays de la Loire region
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Huebner 1995.
- 1 2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 71, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 4 "Almanach d'Angers". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015. (chronology)
- 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 Overall 1870.
- ↑ Lévi 1901.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ Caswell 1977.
- ↑ Robert Harding (1981). "Revolution and Reform in the Holy League: Angers, Rennes, Nantes". Journal of Modern History. 53 (3): 380–416. doi:10.1086/242323. JSTOR 1880274. S2CID 143630895.
- 1 2 "Sociétés savantes de France (Angers)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Angers, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577, see page 564, para 6.
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- ↑ Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein [in French] (1891), "Archives départementales: Maine-et-Loire", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
- 1 2 "(Angers)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
- 1 2 3 "Chroniques historiques". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
- ↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ↑ André 1938.
- 1 2 3 4 "Relations internationales: Les villes partenaires". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Musées d'Angers" (in French). Ville d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Angers: La future mosquée sort de terre aux Capucins", Courrier de l'Ouest (in French), Angers, 15 May 2015
- ↑ "A Shaken France Watches as a Vast Pedophile Trial Begins", New York Times, 4 March 2005
- ↑ "65 convicted in French child abuse trial", The Guardian, 27 June 2005
- ↑ "Sister and Friendship Cities Program". USA: City of Austin. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Résultats élections: Angers", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Angers", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015012312156
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Angers". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
- "Angers". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312868.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Israël Lévi [in French] (1901), "Anjou", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 1, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282318
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 8–9.
- R. Edouard André (1938). "Horticulture in Town Planning: The Formation of a Park System at Angers, France". Town Planning Review. 18 (1): 51–55. doi:10.3828/tpr.18.1.41464w846k0q6233. JSTOR 40101790.
- Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Anjou". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
- Jeff W. Huebner (1995). "Angers". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Angers". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 72+. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
in French
- Jean-François Bodin [in French] (1847). Recherches historiques sur l'Anjou (in French) (2nd ed.).
- Ch. Brossard (1901). "Anjou: Maine-et-Loire: Description des villes: Angers". La France de l'Ouest. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/nyp.33433066581129. (+ table of contents)
- "Angers". Basse-Loire. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1901. OCLC 457600236.
- "Angers". La Loire. Guides Joanne (in French). 1903. hdl:2027/hvd.hxnvkh.
- "Angers". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
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