Timeline of Angers

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

Prior to 19th century

19th century

  • 1806 - Population: 29,187.[12]
  • 1839 - Basse-Chaine Bridge built.
  • 1849 - Cointreau distillery in business.[4]
  • 1850 - 16 April: Collapse of the Basse-Chaine Bridge.[4]
  • 1855 - Chamber of Commerce established.[16]
  • 1856 - Population: 50,726.[12]
  • 1859 - Café Serin in business.[17]
  • 1869 - Patriote de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.[18]
  • 1871 - Grand Théâtre (Angers) opens.
  • 1873 - Journal de Maine-et-Loire newspaper begins publication.[18]
  • 1875 - Catholic University of Angers active.
  • 1876 - Population: 56,846.[19]
  • 1878 - Gare d'Angers-Saint-Serge (rail station) opens.
  • 1883 - Petit Courrier newspaper begins publication.[18]
  • 1886 - Population: 73,044.[20]
  • 1889 - Musée Pincé opens.[15]
  • 1895 - Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie d'Angers (garden) established.[21]
  • 1896 - Angers tramway (1896) begins operating.

20th century

  • 1901 - Galeries Lafayette (Angers) built on Rue d'Alsace (Angers).
  • 1911 - Population: 83,786.[22]
  • 1914 - Avrillé airfield begins operating.[17]
  • 1919 - Angers SCO (sport club) formed.[17]
  • 1937
    • Parc de la Garenne created.[23]
    • Roman-era archaeological remains found.[3]
  • 1940 - June: German occupation begins.[2]
  • 1944
    • May: Bombing by Allied forces.
    • August: German occupation ends.[2]
    • Le Courrier de l'Ouest newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1964 - Angers twinned with Haarlem, Netherlands.[24]
  • 1967 - 1967 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
  • 1968 - Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine opens.[25]
  • 1971 - University of Angers and Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de la Loire established.
  • 1972 - 1972 Tour de France cycling race departs from Angers.
  • 1973
    • Pont de l'Atlantique (Angers) (bridge) built.
    • Association généalogique de l'Anjou formed.[11]
  • 1974 - Angers twinned with Bamako, Mali.[24]
  • 1980 - Association des musulmans d’Angers founded.[26]
  • 1982
  • 1983 - Centre de congrès d'Angers (assembly hall) built.
  • 1985 - Parc des expositions d'Angers developed.
  • 1986 - Nouveau théâtre d'Angers established.
  • 1988
    • TV10 Angers begins broadcasting.
    • Angers twinned with Wigan, United Kingdom.[24]
  • 1991 - Amphitéa assembly hall built.
  • 1994 - Théâtre de la Comédie d'Angers opens.
  • 1999 - Population: 151,279.[12]

21st century

  • 2005 - Angers child sexual abuse case tried.[27][28]
  • 2007
    • Le Quai cultural space opens.
    • Angers 7 television begins broadcasting.
  • 2011
  • 2014
  • 2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.[30]

See also

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

References

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  2. Huebner 1995.
  3. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 71, OL 6112221M
  4. "Almanach d'Angers". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015. (chronology)
  5. Britannica 1910.
  6. Overall 1870.
  7. Lévi 1901.
  8. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Caswell 1977.
  10. Robert Harding (1981). "Revolution and Reform in the Holy League: Angers, Rennes, Nantes". Journal of Modern History. 53 (3): 380–416. doi:10.1086/242323. JSTOR 1880274.
  11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Angers)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  12. "Notice communale: Angers". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  13. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
  14. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Maine-et-Loire", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse PicardCS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. "(Angers)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  16. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  17. "Chroniques historiques". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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  20. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  21. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  22. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  23. André 1938.
  24. "Relations internationales: Les villes partenaires". Angers.fr (in French). Mairie d'Angers. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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  26. "Angers: La future mosquée sort de terre aux Capucins", Courrier de l'Ouest (in French), Angers, 15 May 2015
  27. "A Shaken France Watches as a Vast Pedophile Trial Begins", New York Times, 4 March 2005
  28. "65 convicted in French child abuse trial", The Guardian, 27 June 2005
  29. "Sister and Friendship Cities Program". USA: City of Austin. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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