Timeline of Bourges

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

Prior to 20th century

 * ca.250 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.
 * 475 CE – Visigoths in power (until ca.507).
 * 762 – Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
 * 1195 – Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
 * 1225 – Religious Council of Bourges held.
 * 1312 – Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).
 * 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1412 - during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
 * 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.
 * 1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges issued by Charles VII of France.
 * 1453 - Palais Jacques Coeur completed.
 * 1463 – University of Bourges founded by Louis XI.
 * 1487 –.
 * 1492 – (town hall) built.
 * 1510 – built.
 * 1528 – Religious council held.
 * 1573 – founded.
 * 1584 – Religious council held.
 * 1645 – built.
 * 1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.
 * 1793 – Population: 15,964.
 * 1796 – established.
 * 1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
 * 1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded.
 * 1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.
 * 1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed.
 * 1886 – Population: 42,829.
 * 1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.
 * 1898 – begins operating.

20th century

 * 1911 – Population: 45,735.
 * 1927 – opens.
 * 1928 – Bourges Airport opens.
 * 1940 – The 5th Fighter Group was formed.
 * 1944 – 36 Jews are taken from Bourges by the Milice in a rafle under the command of Joseph Lécussan and buried alive in the countryside.
 * 1961 – (theatre group) formed.
 * 1963 – opens.
 * 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.
 * 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
 * 1975 – Population: 77,300.
 * 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
 * 1985 – (city hall) built.
 * 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.
 * 1989 – (transit entity) established.
 * 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
 * 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2006 – opens.
 * 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.