Timeline of Toulouse

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

Prior to 18th century

 * 106 BCE - Romans in power.


 * 3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Toulouse established.
 * 250 - Martyrdom of Saint Saturnin, first bishop of Toulouse.
 * 413 - Toulouse taken by forces of Visigoth Ataulf.
 * 419 - Wallia makes Toulouse the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom.
 * 439 - Battle of Toulouse (439)
 * 458 - Battle of Toulouse (458)
 * 508 - Clovis I in power.
 * 631 - Toulouse becomes capital of the Duchy of Aquitaine.
 * 715-720 - Besieged by the Saracens.
 * 721 - Battle of Toulouse (721).
 * 767 - Siege of Toulouse (767)
 * 778
 * Torson becomes count of Toulouse.
 * Toulouse becomes capital of the County of Toulouse.
 * 780/781 - Charlemagne appoints his little son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine, with Toulouse for his chief city.
 * Late 9th C - Counts of Toulouse in power.
 * 844 - Battle of Toulouse (844)
 * 850 - Troubadours active (approximate date).
 * 1060 - Basilica of St. Sernin construction begins.
 * 1180 - opens (approximate date).
 * 1215 - Saint Dominic creates a community of friars in Toulouse, approved by the pope in 1216 which gives it the name of Order of Preachers.
 * 1218 - Siege of Toulouse (1217–18).
 * 1219 -.
 * 1229
 * University of Toulouse established.
 * Inquisition begins.
 * 1286 - Augustinian convent (Toulouse) founded.
 * 1295 - Creation of the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse.
 * 1302 - Parliament established.
 * 1323 - Consistori del Gay Saber founded.
 * 1324 - Floral Games poetry contest begins.
 * 1332 - Population: 45,000 (approximate).
 * 1347 - Black Death plague.
 * 1369 - Translation of the relics of Saint Thomas Aquinas in the Church of the Jacobins.
 * 1443 - Creation of the Parlement of Toulouse by king Charles VII of France.
 * 1463 - Fire.
 * 1529 - housed in a tower at the Capitole.
 * 1549 - Château Narbonnais dismantled.
 * 1562
 * 1562 Riots of Toulouse.
 * Hôtel d'Assézat completed.
 * 1632 - Pont Neuf (bridge) built.
 * 1640 - Société des Lanternistes formed.
 * 1681 - Canal du Midi begins operating.

18th-19th centuries

 * 1726 - Art school opens.
 * 1746 - established.
 * 1754 - Jardin Royal and Grand Rond (Toulouse) parks created.
 * 1760 - Capitole de Toulouse rebuilt.
 * 1772 - (library) established.
 * 1776 - Canal de Brienne begins operating.
 * 1781
 * created.
 * Brouilhet's reading room opens.
 * 1790 - Toulouse becomes part of the Haute-Garonne souveraineté.
 * 1793 - Population: 52,612.
 * 1794 - Jardin des Plantes established.
 * 1795 - Musée des Augustins opens.


 * 1803 - Chamber of Commerce established.
 * 1814 - 10 April: Battle of Toulouse (1814).
 * 1818 - Théâtre du Capitole opens.
 * 1828 - France Meridionale newspaper begins publication.
 * 1844 - (bridge) built.
 * 1851 - Population: 95,277.
 * 1852 - (bridge) built.
 * 1856 - Toulouse railway network established.
 * 1860 - Basilica of Saint-Sernin restored by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
 * 1862 - begins operating.
 * 1865 - Natural history Muséum de Toulouse opens.
 * 1870 - La Dépêche de Toulouse newspaper begins publication.
 * 1874 - cafe established.
 * 1876 - Population: 131,642.
 * 1886 - Population: 147,617.
 * 1887 - Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen (garden) established.
 * 1892 - Musée Saint-Raymond opens.
 * 1895 -  newspaper begins publication.

1900s-1940s

 * 1903
 * July: 1903 Tour de France bicycle race passes through Toulouse.
 * Toulouse Business School established.
 * 1906 - Population: 125,856 town; 149,438 commune.
 * 1907 - founded.
 * 1910 - built.
 * 1911 - Population: 149,576.
 * 1935 - (library) built.
 * 1936 - Population: 213,220.
 * 1937
 * Toulouse Football Club formed.
 * Stadium Municipal opens.

1950s-2000

 * 1953 - Toulouse–Blagnac Airport terminal opens.
 * 1962
 * Toulouse twinned with Tel Aviv, Israel.
 * Population: 323,724.
 * 1964 - and  established.
 * 1968 - Toulouse Space Center established in nearby Montaudran.
 * 1970 - Toulouse FC (football team) formed, and Airbus (Airbus Industrie) has been founded
 * 1971 - Pierre Baudis becomes mayor.
 * 1975 - Toulouse twinned with Atlanta, United States; and Kiev, Ukraine.
 * 1978 - established.
 * 1981
 * Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse active.
 * established.
 * Toulouse twinned with Bologna, Italy; Chongqing, China; and Elche, Spain.
 * 1982 - established.
 * 1983 - Dominique Baudis becomes mayor.
 * 1985 - Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse.
 * 1988 - opens.
 * 1993
 * Toulouse Metro begins operating.
 * opens.
 * 1994 - Bemberg Foundation moves into the Hôtel d'Assézat.
 * 1997 - Cité de l'espace theme park opens.
 * 1999
 * auditorium opens.
 * Population: 390,350.

2000s

 * 2001
 * 21 September: Toulouse chemical factory explosion.
 * Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse created.
 * 2004 - Médiathèque José Cabanis (library) opens.
 * 2009
 * Urban community of Greater Toulouse created.
 * Aeronautical literary festival begins.

2010s

 * 2010 - Toulouse tramway begins operating.
 * 2012
 * March: 2012 Toulouse shootings.
 * October: Socialist Party national congress held in Toulouse again.
 * Population: 461,190.
 * 2014
 * March: held.
 * Jean-Luc Moudenc becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - December: held.
 * 2016 - Toulouse becomes part of the Occitanie region.

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