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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
  • Maryse Joissains-Masini 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.

See also

• History of Aix-en-Provence [fr]
• List of mayors of Aix-en-Provence
• List of heritage sites in Aix-en-Provence [fr]
• History of Provence region
• Timeline of Provence [fr] region

Other cities in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region:

• Timeline of Arles [fr]
• Timeline of Avignon
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Nice
• Timeline of Toulon

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. Catholic Encyclopedia 1913.
4. Champagnac 1839.
5. Roux-Alpheran, François Ambroise Thomas (1846). Les rues d'Aix ou, Recherches historiques sur l'ancienne capitale de la Provence. Vol. 1. Aubin. p. 85.
6. Base Mérimée: Théâtre municipal, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
7. Base Mérimée: Bastide d'Orcel, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
8. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aix-en-Provence, EHESS (in French).
9. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
10. Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577, see page 564, para 6. France...French libraries (other than those in private hands) belong either to the state...
11. ^ "(Aix-en-Provence)". Muséofile [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
12. Chambers 1901.
13. ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Aix-en-Provence)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
14. "Historique de l'Académie" (in French). Académie d’Aix. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
15. ^ "Les jumelages". Aixenprovence.fr (in French). Mairie d’Aix-en-Provence. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
16. "Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer". Archives nationales. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. Vincent Confer (1969). "Depot in Aix and Archival Sources for France Outre-Mer". French Historical Studies. 6 (1): 120–126. doi:10.2307/286248. JSTOR 286248.
18. "Résultats élections: Aix-en-Provence", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Aix", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015012313022
• "Aix", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• "Aix". South-Eastern France (3rd ed.). Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1898.
• "Aix". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jl.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Aix" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 448.
• Herbermann, Charles George; Pace, Edward Aloysius (1913). "Aix-en-Provence". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

in French

• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (1839). "Aix". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• "Aix". Provence. Guides Joanne (in French). 1906. hdl:2027/uc1.$b192331.
• "Aix-en-Provence". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.

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