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

Prior to 20th century

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

20th century

1911 – Population: 45,735. 1927 – opens. 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.Ousby, Ian Occupation The Ordeal of France, 1940–1944, New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000 page 275. 1961 – (theatre group) formed. 1963 – opens. 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded. 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed. 1975 – Population: 77,300. 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins. 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established. 1989 – (transit entity) established. 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens. 1992 – Hôtel de Ville (city hall) opens. 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

21st century

2006 – opens. 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.

See also Bourges history (fr)

List of bishops of Bourges

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region: Timeline of Orléans Timeline of Tours

References

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

Bibliography

(+ Bourges)

External links

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