Timeline of Toulon
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulon, France.
Prior to 20th century
- 5th C. – Catholic diocese of Toulon established.
- 1096 – Toulon Cathedral construction begins.
- 1259 – Charles of Anjou in power.
- 14th C. - in use.
- 1524
- * Tour Royale, Toulon built.
- * Tour Royale seized by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1543/44 - Ottoman wintering in Toulon offered by Francis I of France.
- 1599 – Naval arsenal and shipyard built.
- 18th C. - Toulon Cathedral construction completed.
- 1707 – Battle of Toulon (1707).
- 1720 – Plague.
- 1738 – built.
- 1744 – February: Battle of Toulon fought near city.
- 1748 – Bagne of Toulon begins operating.
- 1788 – built.
- 1790 – Toulon becomes part of the Var souveraineté.
- 1793 – Siege of Toulon. As a punishment, the Convention changes the name of the city to Port-la-Montagne,.
- 1800 – founded.
- 1801 – Catholic diocese disestablished, per Concordat of 1801.
- 1806 – Population: 28,170.
- 1833 – established.
- 1841 – Population: 45,449.
- 1846 – Population: 62,941.
- 1853 – Shipbuilder Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée established in nearby La Seyne-sur-Mer.
- 1859 – Toulon station opens.
- 1862 – Toulon Opera hall opens on the.
- 1873
- * République du Var newspaper begins publication.
- * Bagne of Toulon closes.
- 1879 – newspaper begins publication.
- 1884 – Cholera epidemic.
- 1886
- * begins operating.
- * Société de géographie de Toulon founded.
- * Population: 70,122.
- 1888 – opens.
- 1890 – Fountain installed in the.
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1901
- *,,, and created.
- * Population: 101,602.
- 1908 – Société des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Toulon et du Var founded.
- 1911 – Population: 104,582.
- 1912 – Société des Amis du Vieux Toulon et de sa Région established.
- 1920 – Stade Mayol opens.
- 1935 – August: Violent uprisings by shipyard workers against the government's restrictive austerity policy is resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
- 1936 – Population: 150,310.
- 1940 – 12–13 June: by Italian forces.
- 1942 – 27 November: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
- 1944 – Sporting Toulon Var football club formed.
- 1948 – Bazeille apartment building constructed in Port Marchand.
- 1949 – begins operating.
1950s–1990s
- 1950 – 12 February: Communist demonstration.
- 1957 – founded.
- 1959 – Maurice Arreckx becomes mayor.
- 1961 – opens.
- 1964
- * A57 autoroute opens.
- * created.
- 1966 – Toulon–Hyères Airport opens.
- 1967 – Toulon Tournament of football begins.
- 1968 - University of Toulon founded.
- 1970 - Hôtel de Ville completed.
- 1973
- * August: Racial unrest.
- *,,, and created.
- 1975 – Population: 181,801.
- 1979 – University of the South, Toulon-Var established.
- 1980 – Toulon Book Fair begins.
- 1982 – Toulon becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
- 1986 – March: held.
- 1989 – 15 February: explosion occurs.
- 1990 – Population: 167,619.
- 1992 – 16 December: occurs.
- 1995 – Jean-Marie Le Chevallier becomes mayor.
- 1997 – begins.
21st century
- 2001 – Hubert Falco becomes mayor.
- 2002
- * opens on the A50 autoroute.
- * established.
- 2003
- * Regional bus begins operating.
- * Mosque established.
- 2006 – Palais des Sports de Toulon opens.
- 2010 – June: 2010 Var floods occur in vicinity of Toulon.
- 2011
- * opens.
- * Population: 163,974.
- 2014 – 23 March: held.
- 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.