# Timeline of Bourges

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* ca.250 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.
* 475 CE – Visigoths in power (until ca.507).
* 762 – Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
* 1195 – Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
* 1225 – Religious Council of Bourges held.
* 1312 – Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).
* 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412) [fr] during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
* 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.
* 1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges issued by Charles VII of France.
* 1453 - Palais Jacques Coeur completed.
* 1463 – University of Bourges founded by Louis XI.
* 1487 – Bourges fire of 1487 [fr].
* 1492 – Hôtel des Échevins [fr] (town hall) built.
* 1510 – Hôtel Lallemant [fr] built.
* 1528 – Religious council held.
* 1573 – Collège des jésuites de Bourges [fr] founded.
* 1584 – Religious council held.
* 1645 – Hôtel de Bourbon [fr] built.
* 1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.
* 1793 – Population: 15,964.
* 1796 – Archives départementales du Cher [fr] established.
* 1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
* 1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded.
* 1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.
* 1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed.
* 1886 – Population: 42,829.
* 1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.
* 1898 – Tramway de Bourges [fr] begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1911 – Population: 45,735.
* 1927 – Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges [fr] opens.
* 1928 – Bourges Airport opens.
* 1940 – The 5th Fighter Group was formed.
* 1944 – 36 Jews are taken from Bourges by the Milice in a rafle under the command of Joseph Lécussan and buried alive in the countryside.
* 1961 – Comédie de Bourges [fr] (theatre group) formed.
* 1963 – Maison de la culture de Bourges [fr] opens.
* 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.
* 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
* 1975 – Population: 77,300.
* 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
* 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.
* 1989 – Transports en commun de Bourges [fr] (transit entity) established.
* 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
* 1992 – Hôtel de Ville (city hall) opens.
* 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2006 – Auditorium de Bourges [fr] opens.
* 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.