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Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

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

Prior to 18th century

{{further ill|History of Aix-en-Provence in the middle ages|fr|Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence au Moyen Âge}}

{{further ill|History of Aix-en-Provence during the Ancien Régime|fr|Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence sous l'Ancien Régime}}

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  • 123 BCE – {{Ill|Aquae Sextiae|fr}} founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/france |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 30 December 2015 }}
  • 477 – Visigoths in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 731 – Saracens in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.{{sfn|Catholic Encyclopedia|1913}}
  • 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
  • 1409 – University founded.{{sfn|Champagnac|1839}}
  • 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1505 – Clock tower built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
  • 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.
  • 1668 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=W0AbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PT82 |title= Les rues d'Aix ou, Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence |volume= 1 |first=François Ambroise Thomas|last= Roux-Alpheran |year= 1846|publisher=Aubin|page=85}}

18th–19th centuries

{{further ill|History of Aix-en-Provence during the revolution|fr|Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence sous la Révolution}}

{{further ill|History of Aix-en-Provence in the 19th century|fr|Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence au xixe siècle}}

  • 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
  • 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1756 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Théâtre du Jeu de Paume|fr|3=Théâtre du Jeu de Paume|lt=Theatre}} built.{{Base Mérimée|PA00081107|Théâtre municipal}}
  • 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.{{Base Mérimée|PA00080977|Bastide d'Orcel}}
  • 1790
  • Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
  • Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.{{Cassini-Ehess|320 |Aix-en-Provence}}
  • 1807 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Académie des sciences, agriculture, arts et belles-lettres d'Aix|fr}} founded.{{cite web |url= http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115228/http://www.scholarly-societies.org/chronology_soc.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Chronology of Scholarly Societies |editor=Jim Parrott |work=Scholarly Societies Project |publisher=University of Waterloo |location=Canada }}
  • 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Libraries |volume= 16 |last1= Tedder |first1= Henry Richard |author1-link= Henry Richard Tedder |last2= Brown |first2= James Duff |author2-link= James Duff Brown | pages = 545–577; see page 564, para 6 |quote=France...French libraries (other than those in private hands) belong either to the state...}}
  • 1838
  • October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
  • Musée Granet opens.{{cite web |url= http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/museo/index.htm |title= (Aix-en-Provence) |work={{Interlanguage link multi|Muséofile|fr}}: Répertoire des musées français |language=fr |publisher=Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication |access-date= 30 December 2015 }}
  • 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.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}

20th century

{{further ill|History of Aix-en-Provence in the 20th century|fr|Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence au xxe siècle}}

  • 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.{{cite web |url= http://cths.fr/an/liste.php?sc=ss&nom=&dissoute=&ville=Aix-en-Provence&departement=®ion=0&pays=0&description=&annee_creation=&domaine=0&periode=0 |title= Sociétés savantes de France (Aix-en-Provence) |publisher=Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques |language=fr |location=Paris |access-date= 30 December 2015 }}
  • 1906 – Population: 19,433.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.
  • 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.academiedaix.org/academiedaix.fr/historique.html |publisher=Académie d’Aix |language=fr |access-date=30 December 2015 |title=Historique de l'Académie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110315/http://www.academiedaix.org/academiedaix.fr/historique.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 }}[https://archive.org/details/sancepublique05unkngoog]
  • 1912 – Fountain installed in the {{Interlanguage link multi|Place d'Albertas|fr}}.
  • 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
  • 1946 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Aix-en-Provence Military School|fr|3=Lycée militaire d'Aix-en-Provence}} active.
  • 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
  • 1954 – Population: 54,217.
  • 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.{{cite web |url= http://www.aixenprovence.fr/Les-jumelages |title= Les jumelages |work= Aixenprovence.fr |publisher= Mairie d’Aix-en-Provence |language= fr |access-date= 30 December 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151211135752/http://www.aixenprovence.fr/Les-jumelages |archive-date= 11 December 2015 }}
  • 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.{{cite web |url=http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/anom/en/Presentation/Historique.html |title=Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer |access-date= 30 December 2015 |publisher= Archives nationales }}{{cite journal |title=Depot in Aix and Archival Sources for France Outre-Mer |author= Vincent Confer |journal =French Historical Studies |volume=6 |year= 1969 |issue= 1 |pages= 120–126 |doi= 10.2307/286248 |jstor= 286248 }}
  • 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.[http://www.cdha.fr/node/29]
  • 1975 – Population: 110,659.
  • 1976 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Café-Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Argent|fr}} opens.
  • 1977
  • Fountain installed in the {{Interlanguage link multi|Place des Cardeurs|fr}}.
  • 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: {{Interlanguage link multi|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986|fr|3=Élection régionale de 1986 en Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}} 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

See also

  • {{Ill|History of Aix-en-Provence|fr|3=Histoire d'Aix-en-Provence}}
  • List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
  • {{Ill|List of heritage sites in Aix-en-Provence|fr|3=Liste des monuments historiques d'Aix-en-Provence}}
  • History of Provence region
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Timeline of Provence|fr|3=Chronologie de la Provence}} region

Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:

References

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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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=in English=

  • {{Citation

|publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown

|date = 1819

|location = London

|title = The Cyclopaedia

|author= Abraham Rees

|title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia

|chapter= Aix

|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015012313022?urlappend=%3Bseq=506

|chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012313022?urlappend=%3Bseq=506

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  • {{Citation

|publisher = John Murray

|location = London

|title = Handbook for Travellers in France

|date = 1861

|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/handbookfortrave1861john#page/492/mode/2up

|chapter=Aix

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=South-Eastern France

|publisher=Karl Baedeker

|location=Leipsic

|year=1898

|edition=3rd

|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/southeasternfra00firgoog#page/n282/mode/2up

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  • {{cite book

|title= Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|title-link= Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|location= London

|year= 1901

|chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn52jl?urlappend=%3Bseq=135

|chapter= Aix

|hdl= 2027/hvd.hn52jl?urlappend=%3Bseq=135

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  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Aix |volume= 1 | page= 448 | date= 1910 | ref = {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{cite book

|title=Catholic Encyclopedia

|title-link= Catholic Encyclopedia

|chapter= Aix-en-Provence

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FmgQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA237

|location=New York

|year=1913

| ref = {{harvid|Catholic Encyclopedia|1913}}

|last1= Herbermann

|first1= Charles George

|last2= Pace

|first2= Edward Aloysius

}}

=in French=

  • {{cite book

|author=Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

|author-link=:fr:Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

|title=Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire

|language = fr

|year=1839

|publisher=Perisse frères

|chapter= Aix

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=F-2Gg2ffyKkC&pg=PA7

| ref = {{harvid|Champagnac|1839}}

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  • {{cite book

|title= Provence

|language =fr

|series = Guides Joanne

|year =1906

|chapter= Aix

|hdl =2027/uc1.$b192331?urlappend=%3Bseq=371

|chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b192331?urlappend=%3Bseq=371

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Dictionnaire Bouillet

|title-link=Dictionnaire Bouillet

|language=fr

|year=1914

|edition= 34th

|chapter= Aix-en-Provence

|hdl=2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=60

|chapter-url = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=60

| ref = {{harvid|Bouillet|1914}}

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External links

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  • [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=Aix+Provence+France&rows=96 Items related to Aix], various dates (via Europeana).
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