Timeline of Bourges

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• ca.250 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.[1][2]
• 475 CE – Visigoths in power (until ca.507).[2]
• 762 – Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
• 1195 – Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).[2]
• 1225 – Religious Council of Bourges held.
• 1312 – Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).[3]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
• 1412 - Siege of Bourges (1412) during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
• 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.[4]
• 1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges issued by Charles VII of France.[2]
• 1453 - Palais Jacques Coeur completed.[2]
• 1463 – University of Bourges founded by Louis XI.[2]
• 1487 – Bourges fire of 1487.
• 1492 – Hôtel des Échevins (town hall) built.[5]
• 1510 – Hôtel Lallemant built.[6]
• 1528 – Religious council held.[2]
• 1573 – Collège des jésuites de Bourges founded.
• 1584 – Religious council held.[7]
• 1645 – Hôtel de Bourbon built.[8]
• 1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.[9]
• 1793 – Population: 15,964.[9]
• 1796 – Archives départementales du Cher established.[10]
• 1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
• 1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded.[6]
• 1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.[11]
• 1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed.[11]
• 1886 – Population: 42,829.[12]
• 1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.[13]
• 1898 – Tramway de Bourges begins operating.

• 1911 – Population: 45,735.[14]
• 1927 – Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Bourges opens.[6]
• 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.[15]
• 1961 – Comédie de Bourges (theatre group) formed.
• 1963 – Maison de la culture de Bourges opens.
• 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.[11]
• 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
• 1975 – Population: 77,300.[9]
• 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
• 1985 – Hôtel de ville de Bourges (city hall) built.
• 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.[16]
• 1989 – Transports en commun de Bourges (transit entity) established.
• 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
• 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

• 2006 – Auditorium de Bourges opens.
• 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.

• Bourges history (fr)
• List of mayors of Bourges
• List of bishops of Bourges
• List of heritage sites in Bourges

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Orléans
• Timeline of Tours

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