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Timeline of Toulon

Timeline of Toulon

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Toulon, 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 20th century

20th century

1900s–1940s

  • 1901
    • Canton de Toulon-1 [fr], Canton de Toulon-2 [fr], Canton de Toulon-3 [fr], and Canton de Toulon-4 [fr] created.[3]
    • Population: 101,602.[1]
  • 1908 – Société des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Toulon et du Var founded.[9]
  • 1911 – Population: 104,582.[12]
  • 1912 – Société des Amis du Vieux Toulon et de sa Région established.
  • 1920 – Stade Mayol (stadium) opens.
  • 1935 – August: Violent uprisings by shipyard workers against the government's restrictive austerity policy is resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
  • 1936 – Population: 150,310.[3]
  • 1940 – 12–13 June: Bombing of Toulon [fr] by Italian forces.
  • 1942 – 27 November: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
  • 1944 – Sporting Toulon Var football club formed.
  • 1948 – Bazeille apartment building constructed in Port Marchand.[13]
  • 1949 – Toulon trolleybus [fr] begins operating.

1950s–1990s

21st century

See also

Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:

References

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    Britannica 1910.
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    Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Toulon, EHESS (in French).
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    Table alphabetique et analytique des archives parlementaires, LXXXII (in French). Archives Parlementaires. p. 789. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Port-la-Montagne (Commune de). La Convention décrète que la commune de Toulon portera désormais le nom de Port-la-Montagne (4 nivôse an II — 24 décembre 1793, t. LXXXII, p. 259).
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    "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
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    Baedeker 1914.
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    "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
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    Jean-Charles Bruno (ed.). "Chronologie". Ensembles et résidences de la période 1945/1975 sur le territoire de Toulon Provence Méditerranée (in French). France: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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    "2–15 February 1950". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 6. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1950. JSTOR 40545261.
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    "French Book Fair Writhes, Poisoned by Politics", New York Times, 22 November 1996
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    "Historique" (in French). Fête du livre du Var. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011.
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    "Annuaire des structures (Ville: Toulon)" (in French). Aix-en-Provence: Agence régionale du Livre Paca. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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    French storms and floods kill 15, Reuters, 16 June 2010
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