• Source: Timeline of Bourges

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




Prior to 20th century



ca.250 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.
475 CE – Visigoths in power (until ca.507).
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).
1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412) during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.
1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges issued by Charles VII of France.
1453 - Palais Jacques Coeur completed.
1463 – University of Bourges founded by Louis XI.
1487 – Bourges fire of 1487.
1492 – Hôtel des Échevins (town hall) built.
1510 – Hôtel Lallemant built.
1528 – Religious council held.
1573 – Collège des jésuites de Bourges founded.
1584 – Religious council held.
1645 – Hôtel de Bourbon built.
1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.
1793 – Population: 15,964.
1796 – Archives départementales du Cher established.
1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded.
1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.[1]
1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed.[2]
1886 – Population: 42,829.
1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.
1898 – Tramway de Bourges begins operating.




20th century


1911 – Population: 45,735.
1927 – Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges opens.
1928 – Bourges Airport opens.
1940 – The 5th Fighter Group was formed.
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.
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.
1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
1975 – Population: 77,300.
1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
1985 – Hôtel de ville de Bourges (city hall) built.
1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.
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



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




Bibliography






External links



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

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• Timeline of Bourges
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bourges
• Bourges (disambiguation)
• Timeline of Tours
• Timeline of Orléans
• Bourges Cathedral
• Timeline of the Suez Crisis
• Google Street View coverage
• Timeline of French history
• List of World Heritage Sites by year of inscription