Timeline of Troyes

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

Prior to 14th century

14th-19th centuries

  • 1304 - "Union of Champagne with the domains of the king of France."[2]
  • 1359 - Couvent des Cordeliers de Troyes (convent) construction begins.
  • 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
  • 1419 - Troyes becomes temporary seat of government of Kingdom of France during the Hundred Years' War.[2]
  • 1429 - July: Siege of Troyes by forces of Dauphin of France Charles VII.[6]
  • 1508 - Église de la Madeleine de Troyes (church) rebuilt.[4]
  • 1518 - Plague.[7]
  • 1524 - Fire destroys large part of city.[7]
  • 1550 - Hôtel de Mauroy and Église Saint-Pantaléon de Troyes (church) built.[4]
  • 1651 - Public library founded.[8][9]
  • 1790 - Troyes becomes part of the Aube souveraineté.[10]
  • 1793 - Population: 26,751.[10]
  • 1798 - Société académique d'agriculture, des sciences, arts et belles-lettres du département de l'Aube founded.[11]
  • 1801 - Cantons 1, 2, and 3 created.[10]
  • 1830 - Journal de l'Aube newspaper in publication.[12]
  • 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.[13]
  • 1899 - Tramway de Troyes begins operating.

20th century

21st century

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

See also

Other cities in the Grand Est region:

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 (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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. "Notice communale: Troyes". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Troyes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  12. "Presse locale ancienne" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
  14. "Patrimoine architectural (Troyes)". Base Mérimée (in French). France: Minister of Culture (France). Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  15. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  16. "(Troyes)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  17. "Historique de l'association" (in French). Sauvegarde et Avenir de Troyes. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  18. "Présentation" (in French). Troyes: Centre Pithou. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

  • Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Troyes". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • 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
  • "Troyes", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  • 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.
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