Timeline of Troyes

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 14th century

• 330–344 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Troyes established (approximate date).[1]
• 426 – Lupus of Troyes becomes bishop.[2]
• 9th C. – Abbey of Saint Loup, Troyes founded.
• 867 – Religious Council held.[3]
• 878 – Religious Council held.[3]
• 892 – Troyes sacked by Norman forces.[2]
• 898 – Troyes sacked by Norman forces again.[2]
• 1107 – Religious Council held.
• 1129 – Religious Council held.
• 1152 – Henry I, Count of Champagne in power.[4]
• 1188 – Fire.[2]
• 1208 – Rebuilding of Troyes Cathedral begins.[2]
• 1242 - Theobald I of Navarre grants charters to the inhabitants.[2]
• 1262 – Basilica of St. Urbain, Troyes founded.[4]

14th–19th centuries

• 1304 – "Union of Champagne with the domains of the king of France."[2]
• 1359 – Couvent des Cordeliers de Troyes [fr] (convent) construction begins.
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
• 1419/25 - Troyes becomes temporary seat of government of Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War.[2]
• 1429 – July: Siege of Troyes [fr] by forces of Dauphin of France Charles VII.[6]
• ca.1500 - Population: 40,000. (approximate date)[2]
• 1508 – Église de la Madeleine de Troyes [fr] (church) rebuilt.[4]
• 1518 – Plague.[7]
• 1524 – Fire destroys large part of city.[7][2]
• 1550 – Hôtel de Mauroy [fr] and Église Saint-Pantaléon de Troyes [fr] (church) built.[4]
• 1562 - Short occupation by Calvinist troops.[2]
• 1651 – Public library founded.[8][9]
• 1670 – Hôtel de Ville completed.[10]
• 1790 – Troyes becomes part of the Aube souveraineté.[11]
• 1793 – Population: 26,751.[11][2]
• 1798 – Société académique d'agriculture, des sciences, arts et belles-lettres du département de l'Aube [fr] founded.[12]
• 1801 – Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.[11]
• 1830 – Journal de l'Aube newspaper in publication.[13]
• 1831 – Archaeology museum opens in the former Abbey of Saint Loup.
• 1846 – Canal de la Haute-Seine opens.
• 1861 – Cirque de Troyes built.
• 1886 – Population: 46,972.[14]
• 1899 – Tramway de Troyes [fr] begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 – La Tribune de l'Aube [fr] newspaper begins publication.[13]
• 1905 – Cirque municipal de Troyes [fr] rebuilt.[15]
• 1906 - Population: 51,228.[2]
• 1911 – Population: 55,486.[16]
• 1912 – Gare de Troyes (train station) rebuilt.
• 1925
  • Stade de l'Aube (stadium) opens.
  • Société archéologique du département de l'Aube founded.[12]
• 1931 – Association sportive Troyes Sainte-Savine [fr] (football club) formed.
• 1933 – Troyes – Barberey Airport established.
• 1945 – Regional L'Est-Éclair [fr] newspaper begins publication.
• 1948 – Musée de Vauluisant [fr] (museum) founded.[17]
• 1963 – Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes (preservation society) founded.[18]
• 1973 – Cantons 4, 5, 6, and 7 created.[11]
• 1982 – Musée d'art moderne de Troyes (museum) opens.[17]
• 1984 – Centre Troyen de Recherches et d'Études Pierre et Nicolas Pithou established.[19]
• 1986 – Troyes AC (football club) formed.
• 1987 – Nogent Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in vicinity of Troyes.
• 1988 – Nuits de Champagne [fr] festival begins.
• 1993
  • Marques Avenue [fr] (shopping centre) in business.
  • Agglomeration community Grand Troyes [fr] (regional government) created.
• 1994 – University of Technology of Troyes established.
• 1995 – François Baroin becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2002 – Médiathèque du Grand Troyes [fr] (library) opens.
• 2009 – "Le Beau xvie Siècle [fr]" art exhibition held.
• 2012 – Population: 60,009.
• 2016 – Troyes becomes part of the Grand Est region.

See also

• Troyes history (fr)
• List of mayors of Troyes [fr]
• List of bishops of Troyes
• List of counts of Champagne
• List of heritage sites in Troyes [fr]
• Aube department history

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

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

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Champagnac 1839.
4. Hourihane 2012.
5. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
6. "Troyes". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
7. "Historique de la ville de Troyes" (in French). Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
8. "Médiathèque du Grand Troyes". Data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
9. "Mille ans de livres à Troyes" (in French). Médiathèque du Grand Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
10. Actes du 101e Congrès national des sociétés savantes, Section d'histoire moderne et contemporaine (2) : La France du Nord de 1610 à nos jours. Questions diverses Lille 1976. Congrès national des sociétés savantes. 1977. p. 182.
11. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Troyes, EHESS (in French).
12. "Sociétés savantes de France (Troyes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
13. "Presse locale ancienne" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
15. Base Mérimée: Ancien cirque municipal, puis Palais des congrès, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
16. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
17. "(Troyes)". Muséofile [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
18. "Historique de l'association" (in French). Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
19. "Présentation" (in French). Troyes: Centre Pithou. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Troyes". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Émile Socard, ed. (1881). Catalogue de la Bibliothèque de la ville de Troyes: Ouvrages intéressant l'histoire de Troyes et du départment de l'Aube (in French). Bertrand-Hu. v.2
• Truslove, Roland (1910). "Troyes" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). pp. 319–320.
• La vie a Troyes sous Louis XIII: une ville de province pendant la premiere moitie du XVIIe siecle (in French), Centre Troyen de Recherche et d'Etudes Pierre et Nicolas Pithou, 1984
• A. Bouisseau; et al. (1999), Histoire de Troyes (in French)
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Troyes". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

External links

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