Timeline of Nîmes

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

Prior to 18th century

 * 3rd century BCE – (tower) in existence.
 * 121 BCE – Romans in power.
 * 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée (Roman temple), (gate), and  (gate) built.
 * 1st century CE – Arena of Nîmes and Pont du Gard (aqueduct) built (approximate date).
 * 394 – First Council of Nîmes
 * 5th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Nîmes established.
 * 407 – Nîmes "pillaged by the Vandals."
 * 737 – Nîmes "sacked by Charles Martel".
 * 1096 – Third Council of Nîmes
 * 1185 – Count of Toulouse in power.
 * 1207 - City took part in the Albigensian Crusade.
 * 1567 – Religious unrest ("Michelade"); Catholics killed.
 * 1682 – active.
 * 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1703 – April: of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.
 * 1790
 * Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
 * June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the.
 * 1800 - Population: 39,594.
 * 1801 -, , created.
 * 1803
 * established.
 * opens.
 * 1815
 * Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
 * White Terror occurs.
 * 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
 * 1846 – built.
 * 1851 – created.
 * 1852 – Railway construction completed.
 * 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
 * 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the.
 * 1876 – Population: 63,001.
 * 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
 * 1880 – begins operating.
 * 1886 – Population: 69,898.
 * 1895 – founded.

20th century

 * 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
 * 1911 – Population: 80,437.
 * 1920 – established.
 * 1952 – Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
 * 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
 * 1973 – and  created.
 * 1982
 * Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
 * created.
 * 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of.
 * 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city; 457,769 in arrondissement.

21st century

 * 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
 * 2012
 * begins operating.
 * Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
 * 2014 – March: held.
 * 2015
 * March: held.
 * December: held.
 * construction begins.
 * 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.