page_title: Timeline of Paris
section_title: 12th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Paris / The Middle Ages / 12th century
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue du coeur de la basilique. This building is classé au titre des Monuments Historiques. It is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA00079952 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Paris, France.
context_section_description: 1100s The Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris is established, becoming home to mass graves.
  1100
  The celebrated scholar Abélard begins teaching at the school of Notre-Dame.
  1112
  King Louis VI gives special privileges to the Basilica of Saint-Denis, raising the status of Paris over Orléans as the capital of the Capetian Kings.
  1113
  Construction begins of a new Grand Pont, later called the pont au Change, completed in 1116. The Petit Pont is also rebuilt.
  1116
  The scholar Abélard begins what becomes a legendary romance with the nun Héloïse in about 1116. In 1117 is punished for his relationship by castration. He retires to the monastery of Saint-Denis and then to Saint-Ayoul, but later returns to Paris and to Héloïse.
  c. 1120
  Teachers and students begin taking up residence on the left bank, around the montagne Sainte-Geneviève, since the cloister of Notre-Dame is not large enough to house them all. This is the beginning of the Latin Quarter and the future University of Paris.
  1131
  13 October – Death of Philippe, the eldest son of king Louis VI, who died the day after being thrown from his horse, which panicked when he encountered a pig. As a result, it is forbidden to let pigs go freely on the city streets.
  1132
  The Bishop of Paris punishes the teachers and students on the montagne Sainte-Geneviève for the growing number of conflicts between the students and the townspeople.
  Abbot Suger begins the reconstruction of the Basilica of Saint-Denis in the new Gothic style. The new Basilica is consecrated on 11 June 1144, and becomes a model for cathedrals and churches across Europe.
  1134
  King Louis VI grants to the merchants of Paris the right to seize the property of their debtors and to form associations, the first steps toward a municipality.
  1137
  A new market is installed at Champeaux, which gradually replaces the market on the place de Grève and becomes the central market of Les Halles.
  1139
  Establishment of the Templars in the old Temple, near the church of Saint-Gervais.
  1146
  First mention in documents of the corporation of butchers in the city.
  1147
  The Templars occupy their new building in Paris, in the presence of king Louis VII and of the Pope. When he departs for the Crusades, the king leaves the royal treasury in the care of the Templars, and the regency with Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis.
  21 April – Pope Eugene III consecrates the new church of Saint-Pierre-de-Montmartre.
  1163
  21 April – Consecration of the choir of the abbey church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés by Pope Alexander III.
  Beginning of the reconstruction of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris in the Gothic style.
  1170
  King Louis VII confirms the privileges of the corporation of water merchants, whose water-bearers carry water from the Seine to residences.
  1176
  First mention in documents of the Fair of Saint-Germain. Half of the profits were reserved for King Louis VII.
  1180
  Founding of the collège des Dix-Huit by Messire Josse de Londres, an Englishman. This was the first college in Paris, established for eighteen poor clerical students in a room within the Hôtel-Dieu.
  5 February – King Philip Augustus (Philippe Auguste) arrests the leaders of the Jewish community, and requires them to pay 15,000 silver marcs.
  1182
  Philip Augustus expels the Jews from the Île de la Cité, and their synagogue is turned into a church. They are allowed to return in 1198, in return for paying heavy taxes.
  19 May – Consecration of the altar of the cathedral of Notre Dame.
  1183
  Two market buildings are constructed at the small hamlet Les Champeaux meaning ("little fields"), the beginning of Les Halles.
  1186
  Philip Augustus orders the paving of the major streets of the city with cobblestones (pavés).
  1190
  Philip Augustus departs for the Third Crusade. Six Paris merchants are assigned to act as a council of the regency in his absence, each with a key to the treasury. Before departing, he orders the construction of the first wall around the entire city. The wall on the right bank is finished in 1208, and on the left bank between 1209 and 1213. He also begins construction of the fortress 
caption: Choir of the Basilica of St-Denis, rebuilt by Suger in the new style of Gothic architecture, flooding the church with light.(Consecrated in 1144)
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