# Timeline of Nîmes

"none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nîmes, France.

## Prior to 18th century

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* 3rd century BCE – Tour Magne [fr] (tower) in existence.
* 121 BCE – Romans in power.
* 1st century BCE – Maison Carrée (Roman temple), Porte de France (Nîmes) [fr] (gate), and Porte d'Auguste [fr] (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 – Royal Academy of Nîmes [fr] active.
* 1687 - Louis XIV built a fortress.

## 18th–19th centuries

* 1703
** April: Agau massacre [fr] of Protestants occurs near Nîmes, during the War of the Camisards.
** August: Hôtel de Ville completed.
* 1790
** Nîmes becomes part of the Gard souveraineté.
** June: Religious unrest; Catholics killed during the Bagarre de Nîmes [fr].
* 1800 - Population: 39,594.
* 1801 - Canton de Nîmes-1 [fr], Canton de Nîmes-2 [fr], Canton de Nîmes-3 [fr] created.
* 1803
** Nîmes Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.
** Nîmes Municipal Theatre [fr] opens.
* 1815
** Austrian military under von Neipperg in Nîmes.
** White Terror occurs.
* 1821 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes founded.
* 1846 – Nîmes courthouse [fr] built.
* 1851 – Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle (Nîmes) [fr] created.
* 1852 – Railway Tarascon-Sète-Ville line [fr] construction completed.
* 1871 – Société d'étude des sciences naturelles de Nîmes et du Gard founded.
* 1874 – Antoninus sculpture installed in the Square Antonin [fr].
* 1876 – Population: 63,001.
* 1877 – Journal du Midi newspaper begins publication.
* 1880 – Nîmes Tramway [fr] begins operating.
* 1886 – Population: 69,898.
* 1895 – Nîmes Natural History Museum [fr] founded.

## 20th century

* 1910 – Industrialist and Merchant's Union formed.
* 1911 – Population: 80,437.
* 1920 – Musée du Vieux Nîmes [fr] established.
* 1952 – Feria de Nîmes (festival) begins.
* 1968 – Population: 123,292 in city; 309,549 in arrondissement.
* 1973 – Canton de Nîmes-4 [fr] and Canton de Nîmes-5 [fr] created.
* 1982
** Nîmes becomes part of the Languedoc-Roussillon region.
** Canton de Nîmes-6 [fr] created.
* 1986 – 16 March: 1986 French regional elections held; Jacques Blanc elected president of Languedoc-Roussillon regional council [fr].
* 1999 – Population: 133,424 in city; 457,769 in arrondissement.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Jean-Paul Fournier becomes mayor.
* 2012
** Nîmes BRT Line T1 [fr] begins operating.
** Population: 146,709 in city; 538,211 in arrondissement.
* 2014 – March: Nîmes municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
* 2015
** March: Gard department election, 2015 [fr] held.
** December: Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
** Musée de la Romanité de Nîmes [fr] construction begins.
* 2016 – Nîmes becomes part of the Occitanie region.