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Timeline of Avignon

Timeline of Avignon

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Avignon in southern 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.

The historic centre with the Palais des Papes

Prior to 14th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

  • 1662–1663 - Opening of three city gates that had been walled up during the Wars of Religion. The gates were: Porte de la Ligne, Porte de l'Oulle and the Porte Saint-Roch.[37]
  • 1662–1664 - Annexation of Avignon by Louis XIV of France.[38]
  • 1669 - Pont Saint-Bénézet abandoned.[39]
  • 1688–1689 - Annexation of Avignon by Louis XIV of France.[38][40]

18th century

19th century

  • 1800 - Population: 21,412.[47]
  • 1801
  • 1802 - Chamber of Commerce established.[53]
  • 1811 - Calvet Museum established.[54]
  • 1815 - Guillaume Brune assassinated.[55]
  • 1819 - Construction completed of a wooden bridge across the Rhône.[56]
  • 1822 - Cimetière Saint-Véran (cemetery) established.[57]
  • 1823 - Demolition of the 10th century Benedictine Convent of Saint-Laurent to make way for a new theatre and to enlarge the Place de l'Horlorge. The convent had been unoccupied since the revolution.[58]
  • 1825 - Théâtre Municipal opens on the Place de l'Horloge.[59]
  • 1828 - L'Écho de Vaucluse begins publication.[60]
  • 1840 - Severe flooding in the town.[61][62]
  • 1843 - Suspension bridge opens linking Avignon to the Île de la Barthelasse.[56]
  • 1844–1845 - Demolition of the 14th century cardinal's palace, la livrée d'Albano, except for the Jacquemart tower, to make way for the construction of a new town hall.[63]
  • 1847 - Théâtre Municipal/Opéra d'Avignon rebuilt.[64]
  • 1849
    • Railway line linking Avignon with Marseille opened.[65]
    • Société d'agriculture founded.[66]
  • 1852 - Final demolition of the Dominican monastery north of the rue d'Annanelle (Le couvent des Dominicains or des Frères prêcheurs) with its large 14th century church. The monastery had been established in 1220 but had been converted into a foundry during the Revolution.[67]
  • 1854
  • 1856 - Severe flooding in the town and the collapse of a section of the city walls.[71][72]
  • 1860 - Gare d'Avignon-Centre (train station) built.
  • 1861 - Inauguration of the rebuilt town hall.[73]
  • 1870 - Morières-lès-Avignon splits from Avignon to form its own commune.[47]
  • 1881 - Le Radical de Vaucluse newspaper begins publication.[60]
  • 1896 - Demolition of the 14th century city gate, La Porte Limbert.[74][75]
  • 1899
    • Electric tram [fr] begins operating.
    • École des Beaux-Arts d'Avignon [fr] and Société avignonnaise des concerts symphoniques founded.

20th century

  • 1901 - Population: 43,453.[47]
  • 1909 - A stone bridge, the Nouveau Pont, replaces the wooden bridge across the Villeneuve branch of the Rhône.[76]
  • 1913 - AC Arles-Avignon (football club) formed.
  • 1925 - Le Pontet is split from Avignon to form a separate commune.[47]
  • 1929 - Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Vaucluse founded.[51]
  • 1935 - Serious flooding of the town by the Rhône.[77][78]
  • 1937 - Avignon-Caumont Aerodrome established.[79]
  • 1944
    • 27 May - Bombs dropped by American aircraft on the south of the town destroy railway lines, some industrial buildings and 600 houses. There are 500 dead and 800 injured.[80]
    • 25 June - Bombs damage the railway viaduct across the Rhône, the suspension bridge, the goods yard of the station and the rue de la République.[81]
  • 1947 - Festival d'Avignon begins.[82]
  • 1973 - Canton of Avignon-Est and Canton of Avignon-Ouest created.[47]
  • 1975
  • 1979 - Transports en Commun de la Région d'Avignon [fr] (transit entity) in operation.
  • 1982 - Avignon becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
  • 1984
  • 1986 - Archives Municipales d’Avignon (city archives) established.[84]
  • 1997 - Main campus of the Université d’Avignon (Campus Hannah Arendt), established on the site of the former Hôpital Sainte-Marthe.[83]

21st century

  • 2001
  • 2003 - Flooding of the Île de la Barthelasse and parts of the town by the Rhône.[85]
  • 2006 - Population: 90,800.[47]
  • 2009 - Vélopop' bikeshare begins.
  • 2013 - Virgule d'Avignon [fr] (train) begins operating.
  • 2014 - Cécile Helle [fr] becomes mayor.

See also

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