# Timeline of Bordeaux

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

## Prior to 19th century

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* 107 BCE - Battle of Burdigala
* 412 CE - Bordeaux taken by forces of Goth Adolphus.
* 732 CE - Bordeaux taken by Ummayad forces
* 1096 - Bordeaux Cathedral consecrated.
* 1137 - 25 July: Wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in Bordeaux Cathedral.
* 1152 - Wedding of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England
* 1154 - Aquitaine passes under the control of English Kings.
* 1441 - University of Bordeaux founded.
* 1453 - Battle of Castillon, Bordeaux and Aquitaine pass from English to French control.
* 1460 - Hâ Fort built.
* 1486 - Printing press in operation.
* 1494 - Porte du Caillau (gate) built.
* 1500 - Tour Pey-Berland built.
* 1533 - College of Guienne founded.
* 1548 - Locals resist the salt-tax (Gabelle) and were punished by Anne de Montmorency.
* 1581 - Michel de Montaigne becomes mayor.
* 1676 - Église Saint-Paul-Saint-François-Xavier de Bordeaux [fr] consecrated.
* 1712 - Bordeaux Academy [fr] established.
* 1740 - Bordeaux municipal library opens.
* 1775 - Place de la Bourse built.
* 1778 - Palais Rohan completed.
* 1780 - Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux inaugurated.
* 1790 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Gironde souveraineté.
* 1793 - Population: 104,676.
* 1796 - Archives départementales de la Gironde [fr] established.

## 19th century

* 1801 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux established.
* 1802 - Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1814 - Declared itself for the House of Bourbon.
* 1818 - Linnean Society of Bordeaux [fr] founded.
* 1820 - Population: 92,375.
* 1822 - Pont de pierre (bridge) opens.
* 1831 - Maurel & Prom in business.
* 1834 - Société de Pharmacie de Bordeaux founded.
* 1835 - City hall moves to the Palais Rohan.
* 1841 - Population: 104,686.
* 1858 - Jardin botanique de Bordeaux established.
* 1860 - Passerelle Eiffel [fr] (bridge) built.
* 1861 - Population: 162,750.
* 1862 - 13 July: City hall burns down.
* 1866 - Population: 194,241.
* 1872 - Petite Gironde newspaper begins publication.
* 1874 - Société de géographie commerciale de Bordeaux [fr] (geographical society) founded.
* 1876 - Population: 215,140.
* 1880 - Société bordelaise de Crédit Industriel et Commercial established.
* 1898 - Bontou's cuisine bordelaise [fr] cookbook published.

## 20th century

* 1903 - July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Bordeaux.
* 1906 - Population: 237,707.
* 1907 - Construction of new docks was begun.
* 1911 - Population: 261,678.
* 1932 - Rex cinema opens.
* 1938 - Stade du Parc Lescure opens.
* 1940 - BETASOM submarine base established by Italian forces.
* 1944 - Sud-Ouest newspaper begins publication.
* 1962 - France 3 Aquitaine television begins broadcasting.
* 1963 - Musée d'Aquitaine established.
* 1964 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
* 1965 - Pont Saint-Jean (Bordeaux) [fr] (bridge) opens.
* 1967 - Pont d'Aquitaine (bridge) built.
* 1968
** Bordeaux Métropole established.
** Population: 266,662.
* 1970 - Bordeaux Segalen University established.
* 1980 - Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine active.
* 1988 - Bordeaux International School established.
* 1992 - Socialist Party national congress held in Bordeaux.
* 1995 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor.
* 1998 - Some 1998 FIFA World Cup football games held in Bordeaux.

## 21st century

* 2003 - Bordeaux tramway begins operating.
* 2004
** Station Hôtel de Ville (Tram de Bordeaux) opens.
** Hugues Martin [fr] becomes mayor.
* 2006 - Alain Juppé becomes mayor again.
* 2007
** Port of the Moon [fr] designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
** Population: 235,178.
* 2012 - Population: 241,287.
* 2013 - Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas (bridge) opens.
* 2015 - December: Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
* 2016 - Bordeaux becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
* 2017 - Population: 254,436.