Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence.

Prior to 18th century

 * 123 BCE – Aquae Sextiae founded.
 * 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.
 * 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.
 * 477 – Visigoths in power.
 * 731 – Saracens in power.
 * 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.
 * 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
 * 1409 – University founded.
 * 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.
 * 1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established.
 * 1505 – Clock tower built.
 * 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
 * 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
 * 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.
 * 1756 – built.
 * 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.
 * 1790
 * Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
 * Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.
 * 1807 – founded.
 * 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.
 * 1838
 * October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
 * Musée Granet opens.
 * Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded.
 * 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne.
 * 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed.
 * 1881 – Population: 23,887.

20th century

 * 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.
 * 1906 – Population: 19,433.
 * 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.
 * 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.
 * 1912 – Fountain installed in the.
 * 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
 * 1946 – active.
 * 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
 * 1954 – Population: 54,217.
 * 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.
 * 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.
 * 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor.
 * 1968 - Population: 89,566.
 * 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded.
 * 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy.
 * 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix.
 * 1975 – Population: 110,659.
 * 1976 – opens.
 * 1977
 * Fountain installed in the.
 * Aix twinned with Bath, England.
 * 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor.
 * 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain.
 * 1982
 * Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created.
 * Aix becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
 * 1983 – Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca becomes mayor.
 * 1985 – Aix twinned with Coimbra, Portugal.
 * 1986 – March: held.
 * 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor.
 * 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia.
 * 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel.
 * 1999 – Population: 133,018.

21st century

 * 2001
 * Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor.
 * created.
 * 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
 * 2011 – Population: 140,684.
 * 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.
 * 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.