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

Prior to 20th century

20th century

  • 1911 – Population: 45,735.[14]
  • 1927 – Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges opens.[6]
  • 1928 – Bourges Airport opens.
  • 1940 – The 5th Fighter Group was formed.
  • 1944 – 36 Jews are taken from Bourges by the Milice in a rafle under the command of Joseph Lécussan and buried alive in the countryside.[15]
  • 1961 – Comédie de Bourges (theatre group) formed.
  • 1963 – Maison de la culture de Bourges opens.
  • 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.[11]
  • 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
  • 1975 – Population: 77,300.[9]
  • 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
  • 1985 – Hôtel de ville de Bourges (city hall) built.
  • 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.[16]
  • 1989 – Transports en commun de Bourges (transit entity) established.
  • 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
  • 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

21st century

  • 2006 – Auditorium de Bourges opens.
  • 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.

See also

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

References

  1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
  3. Caswell 1977.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. Base Mérimée: Hôtel des Echevins (ancien Hôtel de ville), Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  6. 1 2 3 "(Bourges)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  7. Charles Daniel (1903). "Conciles particuliers". Manuel des sciences sacrées (in French). Paris: Delhomme & Briguet. (chronological list)
  8. Base Mérimée: Ancienne abbaye Saint-Ambroix, puis hôtel de Bourbon, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  9. 1 2 3 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bourges, EHESS (in French).
  10. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein [in French] (1891), "Archives départementales: Cher", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
  11. 1 2 3 "Sociétés savantes de France (Bourges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  13. "Villes, villages: Bourges". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. Ousby, Ian Occupation The Ordeal of France, 1940–1944, New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000 page 275.
  16. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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