# Timeline of Toulon

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 5th C. – Catholic diocese of Toulon established.
* 1096 – Toulon Cathedral construction begins.
* 1259 – Charles of Anjou in power.
* 14th C. - Toulon coat of arms [fr] in use.
* 1524
** Tour Royale, Toulon (fort) built.
** Tour Royale seized by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1543/44 - Ottoman wintering in Toulon offered by Francis I of France.
* 1599 – Naval arsenal and shipyard built.
* 18th C. - Toulon Cathedral construction completed.
* 1707 – Battle of Toulon (1707).
* 1720 – Plague.
* 1738 – Porte du Musée de la Marine (Toulon) [fr] (gate) built.
* 1744 – February: Battle of Toulon fought near city.
* 1748 – Bagne of Toulon (prison) begins operating.
* 1788 – Saint Louis Church, Toulon [fr] built.
* 1790 – Toulon becomes part of the Var souveraineté.
* 1793 – Siege of Toulon. As a punishment, the Convention changes the name of the city to Port-la-Montagne,.
* 1800 – Société des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Toulon [fr] founded.
* 1801 – Catholic diocese disestablished, per Concordat of 1801.
* 1806 – Population: 28,170.
* 1833 – Var Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.
* 1841 – Population: 45,449.
* 1846 – Population: 62,941.
* 1853 – Shipbuilder Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée established in nearby La Seyne-sur-Mer.
* 1859 – Toulon station opens.
* 1862 – Toulon Opera hall opens on the Boulevard de Strasbourg (Toulon) [fr].
* 1873
** République du Var newspaper begins publication.
** Bagne of Toulon (prison) closes.
* 1879 – Le Petit Var [fr] newspaper begins publication.
* 1884 – Cholera epidemic.
* 1886
** Tram [fr] begins operating.
** Société de géographie de Toulon founded.
** Population: 70,122.
* 1888 – Musée d'art de Toulon [fr] opens.
* 1890 – Fountain installed in the Place de la Liberté (Toulon) [fr].

## 20th century
### 1900s–1940s

* 1901
** Canton de Toulon-1 [fr], Canton de Toulon-2 [fr], Canton de Toulon-3 [fr], and Canton de Toulon-4 [fr] created.
** Population: 101,602.
* 1908 – Société des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Toulon et du Var founded.
* 1911 – Population: 104,582.
* 1912 – Société des Amis du Vieux Toulon et de sa Région established.
* 1920 – Stade Mayol (stadium) opens.
* 1935 – August: Violent uprisings by shipyard workers against the government's restrictive austerity policy is resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
* 1936 – Population: 150,310.
* 1940 – 12–13 June: Bombing of Toulon [fr] by Italian forces.
* 1942 – 27 November: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
* 1944 – Sporting Toulon Var football club formed.
* 1948 – Bazeille apartment building constructed in Port Marchand.
* 1949 – Toulon trolleybus [fr] begins operating.

### 1950s–1990s

* 1950 – 12 February: Communist demonstration.
* 1957 – Lycée Dumont-d'Urville (Toulon) [fr; Lycée Dumont-d'Urville] (school) founded.
* 1959 – Maurice Arreckx becomes mayor.
* 1961 – Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon [fr] opens.
* 1964
** A57 autoroute opens.
** Canton de Toulon-5 [fr] created.
* 1966 – Toulon–Hyères Airport opens.
* 1967 – Toulon Tournament of football begins.
* 1968 - University of Toulon founded.
* 1970 - Hôtel de Ville completed.
* 1973
** August: Racial unrest.
** Canton de Toulon-6 [fr], Canton de Toulon-7 [fr], Canton de Toulon-8 [fr], and Canton de Toulon-9 [fr] created.
* 1975 – Population: 181,801.
* 1979 – University of the South, Toulon-Var established.
* 1980 – Toulon Book Fair begins.
* 1982 – Toulon becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
* 1986 – March: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986 [fr] held.
* 1989 – 15 February: Maison des Têtes de Toulon [fr] explosion occurs.
* 1990 – Population: 167,619.
* 1992 – 16 December: Toulon bank robbery [fr] occurs.
* 1995 – Jean-Marie Le Chevallier becomes mayor.
* 1997 – Fête du livre du Var [fr] (book fair) begins.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Hubert Falco becomes mayor.
* 2002
** Toulon tunnel [fr] opens on the A50 autoroute.
** Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Toulon [fr] (school) established.
* 2003
** Regional Réseau Mistral [fr] bus begins operating.
** Mosque established.
* 2006 – Palais des Sports de Toulon opens.
* 2010 – June: 2010 Var floods occur in vicinity of Toulon.
* 2011
** Théâtre Liberté [fr] opens.
** Population: 163,974.
* 2014 – 23 March: Toulon municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
* 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.