Timeline of Amiens
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Amiens, France.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
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- 3rd century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Amiens established.[1]
- 1117 – Charter of commune granted to Amiens by the bishop.[2]
- 1185 – Amiens becomes part of the crown lands of France per Treaty of Boves.[3]
- 1220 – Amiens Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
- 1435 - Philip the Good of Burgundy in power per Congress of Arras.[3]
- 1477 - Amiens again becomes part of the crown lands of France.[3]
- 1496 – Amiens customary laws codified.[2]
- 1550 – Town Hall construction begins.[3]
- 1597 – Siege of Amiens (1597).[3]
- 1750 – Amiens Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[5]
- 1751 – Jardin des Plantes, Amiens (garden) created.
- 1761 – Amiens Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1790 – Amiens becomes part of the Somme souveraineté.[6]
- 1791 – Amiens Public Library founded.[7]
- 1796 – Archives départementales de la Somme established in the Hôtel des Feuillants.[8][9]
- 1800 – Population: 41,279.[6]
- 1802
- 25 March: International peace treaty signed in Amiens.[3]
- Picardy Museum founded.
- 1817 – Madeleine Cemetery, Amiens established.
- 1837 – Antiquarian Society established.[10]
- 1848 – Longueau–Boulogne railway begins operating.
- 1849 – Statue of Du Cange erected in the Square Saint-Denis d'Amiens.
- 1863 – Saint-Acheul cemetery established.
- 1865 – Linnean Society of North-Picardy active.[5]
- 1870 – November: Battle of Amiens (1870); Prussians in power.[3]
- 1886 – Population: 80,288.[11]
- 1889 – Cirque Jules-Verne (assembly hall) opens.[12]
- 1891 – Amiens tramway begins operating.
20th century[edit]
- 1901 – Amiens Sporting Club formed.
- 1902 – Devred shop in business.
- 1911 – Population: 93,207.[13]
- 1913 – French Grand Prix automotive race held in Amiens.
- 1914 – City "taken and lost by Germans."[14]
- 1918 – August: Battle of Amiens (1918) fought near city.
- 1940 – May–June: Battle of Amiens (1940).
- 1944 – Le Courrier picard newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1946 - Amiens trolleybus begins operating.
- 1952 - Amiens Zoo established.
- 1954 – Tour Perret (Amiens) hi-rise built.
- 1958 – Gare d'Amiens rebuilt.
- 1960 – Amiens twinned with Dortmund, Germany.[16]
- 1962 – Population: 105,433.[6]
- 1966 – Maison de la culture d'Amiens inaugurated.
- 1970 – University of Picardie Jules Verne established.[17]
- 1971 - Amiens twinned with Görlitz, Germany.[16]
- 1973 - Amiens twinned with Darlington, United Kingdom.[16]
- 1981 – Amiens Conservatory active.
- 1999
- Stade de la Licorne (stadium) opens.
- Fakir newspaper begins publication.
- Population: 135,501.[6]
- 2000 – Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole created.
21st century[edit]
- 2006 – Amiens twinned with Tulsa, USA.[16]
- 2011 – Population: 133,327.
- 2012 – August: Youth unrest.[18][19]
- 2014
- January: Labour unrest at Goodyear factory.[20][21]
- March: Amiens municipal election, 2014 held.
- Brigitte Fouré becomes mayor.
- 2015 – December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.[22]
- 2016 – Amiens becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.
See also[edit]
- History of Amiens
- List of mayors of Amiens
- List of bishops of Amiens
- List of heritage sites in Amiens
- History of the Somme department
- History of Picardy region
Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:
References[edit]
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b Caswell 1977.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Amiens, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577, see page 564, para 6.
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- ^ Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein [in French] (1891), "Archives départementales: Somme", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
- ^ "Historique et missions des Archives". Archives de la Somme (in French). Amiens. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Amiens)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
- ^ "Patrimoine et histoire: La ville". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 62, OL 6112221M
- ^ "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ a b c d "Coopération avec les villes jumelées". Amiens.fr (in French). Amiens Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ "French Leader Promises Order After Youths Riot in a Northern City", New York Times, 14 August 2012
- ^ "French police on high alert after riots in Amiens", BBC News, 19 August 2012
- ^ "French workers at Goodyear tyre plant take bosses captive", The Guardian, 6 January 2014
- ^ "Labor Tactic Raises Fear for France", New York Times, 7 January 2014
- ^ "Résultats élections: Amiens", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
in English[edit]
- Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Amiens". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026808.
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Amiens", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015012312156
- "Amiens", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1861
- "Amiens", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- "Amiens". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312868.
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- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Amiens", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
- Amiens Before and During the War, Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin, 1919, OCLC 887914, OL 13521961M
- Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Amiens". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
- Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Amiens". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
in French[edit]
- "Amiens". Dictionnaire géographique portatif de la France (in French). Paris: Desaint. 1765.
- Hyacinthe Dusevel (1848). Histoire de la ville d'Amiens (2nd ed.). Caron et Lambert.
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Amiens". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 259. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
- Ch. Brossard (1900). "Picardie: Somme: Description des villes: Amiens". La France du Nord. Géographie pittoresque et monumentale de la France (in French). Flammarion. hdl:2027/nyp.33433066581111. (Table of contents)
- Albéric de Calonne (1906). Histoire de la ville d'Amiens (in French). Amiens: Piteux Frères.
- "Amiens". Le Nord. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
- "Amiens". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
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