Timeline of Limoges

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 11 BCE – Settlement renamed "Augustoritum."
 * 1st C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established.
 * 2nd C. CE – built.
 * 4th C. CE - It was again called Lemovices
 * 5th C. CE - Devastated by the Vandals and the Visigoths
 * 848 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges founded.
 * 1029 & 1031 – Ecclesiastical councils held in Limoges.
 * 1095 – Pope Urban II held a "Synod of bishops".
 * 13th C. – and  built.
 * 1273 – Limoges Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1370 – Siege of Limoges.
 * 1495 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1525 – (school) founded.
 * 1589 – Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province.
 * 1611 – Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established.
 * 1615 – installed.
 * 1626 – University of Limoges, School of Medicine established.
 * 1630 – Plague.
 * 1712 – created.
 * 1759 – Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established.
 * 1768 – built.
 * 1771 – Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins.
 * 1790
 * Fire.
 * Limoges becomes part of the Haute-Vienne souveraineté.
 * 1791 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges dissolved.
 * 1793 – Population: 20,864.
 * 1787 - Royal Limoges A porcelain factory created.
 * 1806 – (cemetery) established.
 * 1838 – (bridge) built.
 * 1841 – Population: 29,870.
 * 1845 – founded.
 * 1846 – Population: 38,119.
 * 1851 – Courrier du Centre newspaper begins publication.
 * 1858 – established.
 * 1861 – Population: 51,053.
 * 1864 – Fire.(fr)
 * 1876 – Population: 59,011.
 * 1883 – built.
 * 1886 – Population: 68,477.
 * 1888 - Limoges Cathedral construction completed.
 * 1891 – Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded.

20th century

 * 1905
 * take place.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1906 - Population: 75,906.
 * 1911 – Population: 92,181.
 * 1929 – Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt.
 * 1933 – Airfield in use.
 * 1943
 * Trolleybus begins operating.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1946 – Population: 107,857.
 * 1956 – Louis Longequeue becomes mayor.
 * 1958 – Botanical garden created.
 * 1968 – University of Limoges established.
 * 1970
 * 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges.
 * Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded.
 * 1972 – Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built.
 * 1984 – established.
 * 1990 – Alain Rodet becomes mayor.
 * 1993 – opens on.
 * 1998 – established.
 * 1999
 * TER Limousin train begins operating.
 * Population: 133,968.

21st century

 * 2001 – established.
 * 2007 – Limoges Concert Hall opens.
 * 2012 – Population: 136,221.
 * 2014
 * March: held.
 * Emile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor.
 * 2016 – Limoges becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

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