# Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence.

## Prior to 18th century

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* 123 BCE – Aquae Sextiae [fr] founded.
* 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.
* 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.
* 477 – Visigoths in power.
* 731 – Saracens in power.
* 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
* 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.
* 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
* 1409 – University founded.
* 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.
* 1501 – Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence established.
* 1505 – Clock tower built.
* 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
* 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.
* 1668 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.

## 18th–19th centuries

* 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
* 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.
* 1756 – Theatre [fr] built.
* 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.
* 1790
** Regional Parlement of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
** Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.
* 1807 – Académie des sciences, agriculture, arts et belles-lettres d'Aix [fr] founded.
* 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.
* 1838
** October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
** Musée Granet opens.
** Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded.
* 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne.
* 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed.
* 1881 – Population: 23,887.

## 20th century

* 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.
* 1906 – Population: 19,433.
* 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.
* 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.
* 1912 – Fountain installed in the Place d'Albertas [fr].
* 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
* 1946 – Aix-en-Provence Military School [fr] active.
* 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
* 1954 – Population: 54,217.
* 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.
* 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.
* 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor.
* 1968 - Population: 89,566.
* 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded.
* 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy.
* 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix.
* 1975 – Population: 110,659.
* 1976 – Café-Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Argent [fr] opens.
* 1977
** Fountain installed in the Place des Cardeurs [fr].
** Aix twinned with Bath, England.
* 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor.
* 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain.
* 1982
** Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created.
** Aix becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
* 1983 – Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca becomes mayor.
* 1985 – Aix twinned with Coimbra, Portugal.
* 1986 – March: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986 [fr] held.
* 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor.
* 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia.
* 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel.
* 1999 – Population: 133,018.

## 21st century

* 2001
** Mary becomes mayor.
** Communauté d'agglomération du pays d'Aix [fr] created.
* 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
* 2011 – Population: 140,684.
* 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.
* 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.