Timeline of Bourges

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

Prior to 20th century

• 2nd-3rd century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.[1]
• 475 CE - Visigoths in power.[2]
• 762 - Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
• 1195 - Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
• 1225 - Religious Council of Bourges held.
• 1312 - Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).[3]
• 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412) during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
• 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.[4]
• 7 July 1438 - Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges.[2]
• 1463 - University of Bourges founded.[2]
• 1487 - Bourges fire of 1487.
• 1492 - Hôtel des Échevins (town hall) built.[5]
• 1510 - Hôtel Lallemant built.[6]
• 1528 - Religious council held.[2]
• 1573 - Collège des jésuites de Bourges founded.
• 1584 - Religious council held.[7]
• 1645 - Hôtel de Bourbon built.[5]
• 1790 - Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.[8]
• 1793 - Population: 15,964.[8]
• 1796 - Archives départementales du Cher established.[9]
• 1831 - Canal de Berry constructed.
• 1834 - Musée du Berry (museum) founded.[6]
• 1866 - Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.[10]
• 1875 - Société de géographie de Bourges formed.[10]
• 1886 - Population: 42,829.[11]
• 1893 - Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.[12]
• 1898 - Tramway de Bourges begins operating.

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 45,735.[13]
• 1927 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges opens.[6]
• 1928 - Bourges Airport opens.
• 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.[14]
• 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.[10]
• 1966 - Bourges 18 football club formed.
• 1975 - Population: 77,300.[8]
• 1977 - Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
• 1985 - Hôtel de ville de Bourges (city hall) built.
• 1986 - Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.[15]
• 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

• Bourges history (fr)
• List of mayors of Bourges
• List of bishops of Bourges
• List of heritage sites in Bourges

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Orléans
• Timeline of Tours

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Caswell 1977.
4. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. "Patrimoine architectural (Bourges)". Base Mérimée (in French). France: Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
6. "(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. "Notice communale: Bourges". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
9. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Cher", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse PicardCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
10. "Sociétés savantes de France (Bourges)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
11. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
12. "Villes, villages: Bourges". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
14. Ousby, Ian Occupation The Ordeal of France, 1940–1944, New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000 page 275.
15. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Eugène-Oscar Lami (1881). "Bourges". Dictionnaire encyclopédique et biographique de l'industrie et des arts industriels (in French). 1. Paris. OCLC 26948816.
• Alphonse Buhot de Kersers (1883). Histoire et statistique monumentale du Cher (in French). Pigelet & Tardy.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Edmond Charlemagne (1889). Les anciennes institutions municipales de Bourges (in French). Tardy-Pigelet.
• "Bourges". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Bourges", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
• "Bourges", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Caswell, Jean; Sipkov, Ivan (1977). "Berry". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. (+ Bourges)
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bourges". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

External links

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