• Source: Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

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




Prior to 18th century



123 BCE – Aquae Sextiae founded.
102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.
1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.
477 – Visigoths in power.
731 – Saracens in power.
12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
1112 – Religious council held in Aix.
1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
1409 – University founded.
1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.
1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established.
1505 – Clock tower built.
1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.
1668 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.




18th–19th centuries



1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.
1756 – Theatre built.
1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.
1790
Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.
1807 – Académie des sciences, agriculture, arts et belles-lettres d'Aix founded.
1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.
1838
October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
Musée Granet opens.
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.




20th century



1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.
1906 – Population: 19,433.
1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.
1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.[1]
1912 – Fountain installed in the Place d'Albertas.
1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
1946 – Aix-en-Provence Military School active.
1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
1954 – Population: 54,217.
1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.
1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.
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.[2]
1975 – Population: 110,659.
1976 – Café-Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Argent opens.
1977
Fountain installed in the Place des Cardeurs.
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: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986 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


2001
Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor.
Communauté d'agglomération du pays d'Aix created.
2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
2011 – Population: 140,684.
2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.
2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.




See also


History of Aix-en-Provence
List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
List of heritage sites in Aix-en-Provence
History of Provence region
Timeline of Provence region
Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:

Timeline of Arles
Timeline of Avignon
Timeline of Marseille
Timeline of Nice
Timeline of Toulon




References



This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



Items related to Aix, various dates (via Europeana).
Items related to Aix, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Pierre Gassendi
• Timeline of Aix-en-Provence
• List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
• History of Provence
• Timeline of Toulon
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Nice
• Aix-les-Bains
• Paul Cézanne
• Archives nationales d'outre-mer
• Louis Thomassin