Timeline of Reims

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

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Prior to the 20th century

• 3rd century CE
  • Roman Catholic diocese of Reims established.[1]
  • Porte de Mars built.
• 356 – Battle of Durocortorum.
• 496 – Clovis I baptized in Reims.[2]
• 1139 – "Communal charter" granted by Louis VII of France.[3]
• 1179 – Coronation of Philip II of France.[2]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1429 – Coronation of Charles VII of France.[2]
• 1461 - A revolt caused by the salt tax.[3]
• 1481 - Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral.[3]
• 1509 – Palace of Tau rebuilt.
• 1547 – Reims University founded.[5]
• 1582 – New Testament of the Douay–Rheims Bible printed in Reims.
• 1628 – Hôtel de Ville completed.[6]
• 1729 – Ruinart champagne house in business.
• 1733 – Parc de la Patte d'Oie [fr] laid out.
• 1770 – Fontaine des Boucheries [fr] erected.[7]
• 1787 – Northern Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1792 – September massacres.[2]
• 1793 – Population: 32,334.
• 1809 – Bibliothèque de la ville (library) founded.[8]
• 1814 – Battle of Reims (1814).[2]
• 1817 – Chamber of Commerce established.[9]
• 1833 – Roederer champagne house in business.
• 1843 – Southern Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1853 – Courrier de la Champagne newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1867 – Reims Circus built.
• 1868 – Indépendant Rémois newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1873 – Reims Opera House opens on Rue de Vesle [fr].
• 1876 – Population: 81,328.[11]
• 1884 – Société de géographie de Reims established.[12]
• 1886 – Population: 97,903.[13]
• 1887 – Avenir de Reims newspaper begins publication.[10]
• 1891 – Eastern Cemetery established on Avenue Jean-Jaurès [fr].^(fr)
• 1893 – Western Cemetery established.^(fr)
• 1896 – Joan of Arc statue erected in Place du Cardinal-Luçon [fr].[5][14]
• 1897 – Hôtel de Brimont [fr] (mansion) built on Boulevard Lundy [fr].
• 1899 – Bégot & Mazurié [de] automotive company in business.
• 1900 – Bégot & Cail [de] automotive company in business.

20th century

• 1901 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia attends in Reims the military review ending the French maneuvers of 1901 upon French president Émile Loubet's invitation
• 1906 - Population: 102,800.[3]
• 1908 – Henri Farman makes the first cross-country flight from Châlons to Reims.[15]
• 1909 – August: Week of Aviation held near Reims.[5]
• 1911 – Population: 115,178.[16]
• 1913 – Museum of Fine Arts opens.
• 1914 – World War I begins.[17]
• 1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces.[18]
• 1922 – Galeries Lafayette [fr] built.
• 1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt.
• 1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit.
• 1928
  • Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating.
  • Carnegie Library of Reims opens.
• 1929 – Reims Central Market Hall [fr] built.
• 1930 – Monument aux Morts [fr] erected in Place de la République [fr].
• 1931 – Stade de Reims football club formed.
• 1935 – City Stadium opens.
• 1937 – Gare de Reims built.
• 1940 – Battle of France; Germans in power.
• 1946 – Reims Aviation in business.
• 1953 – 12 Hours of Reims motor race begins.
• 1968 – Population: 152,967.
• 1971 – University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne established.
• 1977 – Murigny [fr] district established.[19]
• 1979 – Comédie de Reims [fr] national drama centre active.
• 1992 – ESAD de Reims (art school) active.

21st century

• 2005 – Reims Métropole [fr] established.
• 2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims.
• 2009 – Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe [fr] begins.
• 2011 – Reims tramway begins operating.
• 2012 – Population: 181,893.
• 2014
  • March: Reims municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
  • Arnaud Robinet becomes mayor.
• 2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• Reims history
• History of Reims [fr]
• Urban planning in Reims [fr]
• List of mayors of Reims [fr]
• List of heritage sites in Reims [fr]
• History of Champagne-Ardenne [fr] region

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

• Timeline of Metz
• Timeline of Mulhouse
• Timeline of Nancy, France
• Timeline of Strasbourg
• Timeline of Troyes

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Overall 1870.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
5. Haydn 1910.
6. Nouvelle revue de Champagne et de Brie. 1895. p. 67.
7. "Fontaines et bassins". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
8. Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.
9. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
10. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
11. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
12. "Sociétés savantes de France (Reims)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
14. Matot 1901.
15. Scientific American. 21 November 1908. p. cover. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
16. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
17. Archives municipales. "Guerre 1914–1918". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. Nicole Dombrowski Risser (2012). France under Fire: German Invasion, Civilian Flight and Family Survival during World War II. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-53696-7.
19. "Vie des quartiers". Reims.fr (in French). Ville de Reims. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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

Bibliography

in English

• Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Rheims". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026824.
• "Reims", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Rheims". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
• C.B. Black (1876), "Reims", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
• Augustus J. C. Hare (1890), "Reims", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC 1737047
• "Rheims", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
• "Reims" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 54.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rheims", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Reims". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Reims". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Reims". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Guillaume Marlot (1843). Histoire de la ville, cité et université de Reims (in French). 4 vols. Written in 17th c.
• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Reims". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères [fr]. p. 515. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Histoire de la ville de Reims (in French) (2nd ed.). Reims: Brissart-Binet. 1864.
• A. Hannesse (1879). Histoire populaire de la ville de Reims (in French).
• Guide de l'étranger à Reims (in French). Reims: Matot-Braine. 1901.
• "Marne: Description des villes: Reims". Champagne. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/mdp.39015039821072. OCLC 2170997. circa 1904
• "Reims". Champagne et Ardennes. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
• Gaston Hubert (1910). Institutions municipales & administratives de la ville de Reims sous l'ancien régime (in French).

External links

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