Timeline of Bordeaux

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

Prior to 19th century

 * 107 BCE - Battle of Burdigala
 * 412 CE - Bordeaux taken by forces of Goth Adolphus.
 * 732 CE - Bordeaux taken by Ummayad forces
 * 1096 - Bordeaux Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1137 - 25 July: Wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in Bordeaux Cathedral.
 * 1152 - Wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England
 * 1154 - Aquitaine passes under the control of English Kings.
 * 1441 - University of Bordeaux founded.
 * 1453 - Battle of Castillon, Bordeaux and Aquitaine pass from English to French control.
 * 1460 - Hâ Fort built.
 * 1486 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1494 - Porte du Caillau (gate) built.
 * 1500 - Tour Pey-Berland built.
 * 1533 - College of Guienne founded.
 * 1548 - Locals resist the salt-tax (Gabelle) and were punished by Anne de Montmorency.
 * 1581 - Michel de Montaigne becomes mayor.
 * 1676 - consecrated.
 * 1712 - established.
 * 1740 - Bordeaux municipal library opens.
 * 1775 - Place de la Bourse built.
 * 1780 - Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux inaugurated.
 * 1784 - Palais Rohan built.
 * 1790 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Gironde souveraineté.
 * 1793 - Population: 104,676.
 * 1796 - established.

19th century

 * 1801 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux established.
 * 1802 - Chamber of Commerce established.
 * 1814 - Declared itself for the House of Bourbon.
 * 1818 - founded.
 * 1820 - Population: 92,375.
 * 1822 - Pont de pierre (bridge) opens.
 * 1831 - Maurel & Prom in business.
 * 1834 - Société de Pharmacie de Bordeaux founded.
 * 1835 - City hall moves to the Palais Rohan.
 * 1841 - Population: 104,686.
 * 1858 - Jardin botanique de Bordeaux established.
 * 1860 - (bridge) built.
 * 1861 - Population: 162,750.
 * 1862 - 13 July: City hall burns down.
 * 1866 - Population: 194,241.
 * 1872 - Petite Gironde newspaper begins publication.
 * 1874 - (geographical society) founded.
 * 1876 - Population: 215,140.
 * 1880 - Société bordelaise de Crédit Industriel et Commercial established.
 * 1898 - Bontou's cookbook published.

20th century

 * 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Bordeaux.
 * 1906 - Population: 237,707.
 * 1907 - Construction of new docks was begun.
 * 1911 - Population: 261,678.
 * 1932 - Rex cinema opens.
 * 1938 - Stade du Parc Lescure opens.
 * 1940 - BETASOM submarine base established by Italian forces.
 * 1944 - Sud-Ouest newspaper begins publication.
 * 1962 - France 3 Aquitaine television begins broadcasting.
 * 1963 - Musée d'Aquitaine established.
 * 1964 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
 * 1965 - (bridge) opens.
 * 1967 - Pont d'Aquitaine (bridge) built.
 * 1968
 * Bordeaux Métropole established.
 * Population: 266,662.
 * 1970 - Bordeaux Segalen University established.
 * 1980 - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine active.
 * 1988 - Bordeaux International School established.
 * 1992 - Socialist Party national congress held in Bordeaux.
 * 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor.
 * 1998 - Some 1998 FIFA World Cup football games held in Bordeaux.

21st century

 * 2003 - Bordeaux tramway begins operating.
 * 2004
 * Station Hôtel de Ville (Tram de Bordeaux) opens.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 2006 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor again.
 * 2007
 * designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * Population: 235,178.
 * 2012 - Population: 241,287.
 * 2013 - Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas (bridge) opens.
 * 2015 - December: held.
 * 2016 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
 * 2017 - Population: 254,436.

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