Timeline of Perpignan

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

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Before the 17th century

• 990s–1110s CE – Seat of Count of Roussillon relocated to Perpignan from Ruscino [fr].
• 1172 – Power passes from Counts of Roussillon to the Kingdom of Aragon.^[1]
• 1276 – Perpignan becomes capital of the Kingdom of Majorca.^[2]
• 1309 – Palace of the Kings of Majorca built.
• 1324 – Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist construction begins.^[1]
• 1349 – University of Perpignan established by Kings of Aragon.^[1]
• 1360 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[3]
• 1388 - Consulate of the Sea established.^[4]
• 1475 - French take power.^[1]
• 1500 - Printing press in use.^[5]
• 1509 - Perpignan Cathedral completed.^[1]
• 1542 - Siege of Perpignan (1542) by forces of Francis I of France.^[1]

17th–19th centuries

• 1601 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan-Elne established.^[6]
• 1642 – Siege of Perpignan (1642); French win.^[1]
• 1659 – City becomes part of France per Treaty of the Pyrenees.^[1]
• 1790 – Perpignan becomes part of the Pyrénées-Orientales souveraineté.^[7]
• 1793
  • 17 July: Battle of Perpignan (1793).
  • Population: 9,134.^[7]
• 1804 – Municipal library active.^[8][9]
• 1819 – Journal de Perpignan et des Pyrénées-Orientales newspaper in publication.^[10]
• 1833 – Musée de Perpignan [fr] (museum) established.^[11]
• 1840 – Musée d'Histoire naturelle de Perpignan (museum) established.^[12][13]
• 1846 – L'Indépendant newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1870 – Le Roussillon newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1872 – Hôtel Pams (house) built.
• 1900 – Tramway de Perpignan [fr] begins operating.

20th century

• 1911
  • Cinéma Le Castillet [fr] opens.
  • Population: 39,510.^[14]
• 1921 – Population: 53,742.^[7]
• 1923 – Aérodrome de la Llabanère begins operating.
• 1934 – Canet Roussillon FC (football club) formed.
• 1940 – Stade Aimé Giral (stadium) opens.
• 1946 – Roussillon Grand Prix motor race begins.
• 1952 – Trolleybus de Perpignan [fr] begins operating.
• 1962 – Stade Gilbert Brutus (stadium) opens.
• 1964 – Perpignan–Rivesaltes Airport terminal rebuilt.
• 1968 – Population: 102,191.^[7]
• 1982 – Association archéologique des Pyrénées-Orientales headquartered in Perpignan.^[15](fr)
• 1996 – La Semaine du Roussillon newspaper begins publication.

21st century

• 2004 – Compagnie de transports Perpignan Méditerranée [fr] (transit entity) active.
• 2006 – Population: 114,000.^[7]
• 2013 – Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
• 2014 – March: Perpignan municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
• 2020 – June: the first time that the Marine Le Pen's party has won a city of more than 100,000 people. Louis Aliot becomes Mayor.^[16][17]

See also

• Perpignan history (fr)
• History of Pyrénées-Orientales [fr] department

Other cities in the Occitanie region:

• Timeline of Montpellier
• Timeline of Nimes
• Timeline of Toulouse

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Perpignan". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
3. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
4. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
5. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Perpignan, EHESS (in French).
8. "Les bibliothèques: Médiathèque centrale". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
9. Pierre Vidal (1897). Catalogue des incunables de la Bibliothèque publique de la ville de Perpignan (in French). Paris: H. Welter.
10. "Villes, villages: Perpignan". Presse locale ancienne (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
11. Joseph Crouchandeu (1884). Catalogue raisonné des objets d'art et d'archéologie du Musée de Perpignan (in French). Pergignan: L'Eclaireur des Pyrénées-Orientales.
12. "Culture: Musées". Perpignan: le site officiel de la mairie (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
13. Robert Bourgat (1995), "Perpignan Museum", Journal of the History of Collections, Oxford University Press, vol. 7, ISSN 0954-6650
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. "Sociétés savantes de France (Perpignan)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
16. "Far-right to win southern French town of Perpignan: Exit poll". Reuters. 28 June 2020.
17. "France's Greens make gains, Macron loses ground in low-turnout local elections". 28 June 2020.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Perpignan", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Perpignan". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
• Bouillet, Marie Nicolas (1842). "Perpignan". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French).
• Pierre Vidal (1897). Histoire de la ville de Perpignan depuis les origines jusqu'au Traité des Pyrénées (in French). Paris: H. Welter.
• "Perpignan", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1905{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Perpignan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 182–183.
• "Perpignan". Pyrénées. Guides Joanne (in French). Paris. 1912. hdl:2027/njp.32101007980228. + 1858 ed.
• "Perpignan", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914, hdl:2027/uc1.31822019077254
• Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26, hdl:2027/mdp.39015035117657, Local history: Perpignan

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