Timeline of Nîmes
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.
Prior to 18th century
- 3rd century BCE – in existence.
- 121 BCE – Romans in power.
- 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée,, and built.
- 1st century CE – Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard built.
- 394 – First Council of Nîmes
- 5th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.
- 407 – Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."
- 737 – Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel".
- 1096 – Third Council of Nîmes
- 1185 – Count of Toulouse in power.
- 1207 - City took part in the Albigensian Crusade.
- 1567 – Religious unrest ; Catholics killed.
- 1682 – active.
- 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.
18th–19th centuries
- 1703
- *April: of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.
- *August: Hôtel de Ville completed.
- 1790
- * Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
- * June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the.
- 1800 - Population: 39,594.
- 1801 -,, created.
- 1803
- * established.
- * opens.
- 1815
- * Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
- * White Terror occurs.
- 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
- 1846 – built.
- 1851 – created.
- 1852 – Railway construction completed.
- 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
- 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the.
- 1876 – Population: 63,001.
- 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
- 1880 – begins operating.
- 1886 – Population: 69,898.
- 1895 – founded.
20th century
- 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
- 1911 – Population: 80,437.
- 1920 – established.
- 1952 – Feria de Nîmes begins.
- 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
- 1973 – and created.
- 1982
- * Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
- * created.
- 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of.
- 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city; 457,769 in arrondissement.
21st century
- 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
- 2012
- * begins operating.
- * Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
- 2014 – March: held.
- 2015
- * March: held.
- * December: held.
- * construction begins.
- 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.