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

Prior to 20th century

5th C. – Catholic diocese of Toulon established.^[1]
1096 – Toulon Cathedral construction begins.
1259 – Charles of Anjou in power.^[1]
14th C. - Toulon coat of arms [fr] in use.
1524
- Tour Royale, Toulon (fort) built.
- Tour Royale seized by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.^[1]
1543/44 - Ottoman wintering in Toulon offered by Francis I of France.
1599 – Naval arsenal and shipyard built.
18th C. - Toulon Cathedral construction completed.^[1]
1707 – Battle of Toulon (1707).^[1]
1720 – Plague.^[1]
1738 – Porte du Musée de la Marine (Toulon) [fr] (gate) built.
1744 – February: Battle of Toulon fought near city.^[1]
1748 – Bagne of Toulon (prison) begins operating.^[1]
1788 – Saint Louis Church, Toulon [fr] built.^[2]
1790 – Toulon becomes part of the Var souveraineté.^[3]
1793 – Siege of Toulon.^[1] As a punishment, the Convention changes the name of the city to Port-la-Montagne,.^[4]
1800 – Société des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Toulon [fr] founded.^[5]
1801 – Catholic diocese disestablished, per Concordat of 1801.^[6]
1806 – Population: 28,170.^[3]
1833 – Var Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.^[7]
1841 – Population: 45,449.^[3]
1846 – Population: 62,941.^[3]
1853 – Shipbuilder Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée established in nearby La Seyne-sur-Mer.
1859 – Toulon station opens.
1862 – Toulon Opera hall opens on the Boulevard de Strasbourg (Toulon) [fr].
1873
- République du Var newspaper begins publication.^[8]
- Bagne of Toulon (prison) closes.^[1]
1879 – Le Petit Var [fr] newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1884 – Cholera epidemic.^[1]
1886
- Tram [fr] begins operating.
- Société de géographie de Toulon founded.^[9]
- Population: 70,122.^[10]
1888 – Musée d'art de Toulon [fr] opens.^[1]
1890 – Fountain installed in the Place de la Liberté (Toulon) [fr].^[11]

20th century

1900s–1940s

1901
- Canton de Toulon-1 [fr], Canton de Toulon-2 [fr], Canton de Toulon-3 [fr], and Canton de Toulon-4 [fr] created.^[3]
- Population: 101,602.^[1]
1908 – Société des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Toulon et du Var founded.^[9]
1911 – Population: 104,582.^[12]
1912 – Société des Amis du Vieux Toulon et de sa Région established.
1920 – Stade Mayol (stadium) opens.
1935 – August: Violent uprisings by shipyard workers against the government's restrictive austerity policy is resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries.
1936 – Population: 150,310.^[3]
1940 – 12–13 June: Bombing of Toulon [fr] by Italian forces.
1942 – 27 November: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon.
1944 – Sporting Toulon Var football club formed.
1948 – Bazeille apartment building constructed in Port Marchand.^[13]
1949 – Toulon trolleybus [fr] begins operating.

1950s–1990s

1950 – 12 February: Communist demonstration.^[14]
1957 – Lycée Dumont-d'Urville (Toulon) [fr; Lycée Dumont-d'Urville] (school) founded.
1959 – Maurice Arreckx becomes mayor.
1961 – Musée des arts asiatiques de Toulon [fr] opens.^[15]
1964
- A57 autoroute opens.
- Canton de Toulon-5 [fr] created.^[3]
1966 – Toulon–Hyères Airport opens.
1967 – Toulon Tournament of football begins.
1968 - University of Toulon founded.
1970 - Hôtel de Ville completed.^[16]
1973
- August: Racial unrest.^[17]
- Canton de Toulon-6 [fr], Canton de Toulon-7 [fr], Canton de Toulon-8 [fr], and Canton de Toulon-9 [fr] created.^[3]
1975 – Population: 181,801.^[3]
1979 – University of the South, Toulon-Var established.
1980 – Toulon Book Fair begins.^[18]
1982 – Toulon becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
1986 – March: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986 [fr] held.
1989 – 15 February: Maison des Têtes de Toulon [fr] explosion occurs.^[19]
1990 – Population: 167,619.^[3]
1992 – 16 December: Toulon bank robbery [fr] occurs.
1995 – Jean-Marie Le Chevallier becomes mayor.^[20]
1997 – Fête du livre du Var [fr] (book fair) begins.^[21]^[22]

21st century

2001 – Hubert Falco becomes mayor.
2002
- Toulon tunnel [fr] opens on the A50 autoroute.
- Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Toulon [fr] (school) established.
2003
- Regional Réseau Mistral [fr] bus begins operating.
- Mosque established.
2006 – Palais des Sports de Toulon opens.
2010 – June: 2010 Var floods occur in vicinity of Toulon.^[23]
2011
- Théâtre Liberté [fr] opens.
- Population: 163,974.
2014 – 23 March: Toulon municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.^[24]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.
^ "Patrimoine de caractère". Toulon.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulon. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Toulon, EHESS (in French).
^ Table alphabetique et analytique des archives parlementaires, LXXXII (in French). Archives Parlementaires. p. 789. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Port-la-Montagne (Commune de). La Convention décrète que la commune de Toulon portera désormais le nom de Port-la-Montagne (4 nivôse an II — 24 décembre 1793, t. LXXXII, p. 259).
^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
^ ^a ^b A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
^ ^a ^b "Sociétés savantes de France (Toulon)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
^ Baedeker 1914.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ Jean-Charles Bruno (ed.). "Chronologie". Ensembles et résidences de la période 1945/1975 sur le territoire de Toulon Provence Méditerranée (in French). France: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "2–15 February 1950". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 6. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1950. JSTOR 40545261.
^ "Musées et galeries". Toulon.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulon. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Avec l'hôtel de ville de Toulon, De Mailly prend de la hauteur". Var-martin. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
^ Mahfoud Bennoune (January 1975). "Maghribin Workers in France". MERIP Reports (34). USA: Middle East Research and Information Project: 1–30. doi:10.2307/3011470. JSTOR 3011470.
^ "French Book Fair Writhes, Poisoned by Politics", New York Times, 22 November 1996
^ Police say 13 die in explosion, United Press International, 16 February 1989
^ "French Cold-Shoulder Riviera City", New York Times, 26 August 1995
^ "Historique" (in French). Fête du livre du Var. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011.
^ "Annuaire des structures (Ville: Toulon)" (in French). Aix-en-Provence: Agence régionale du Livre Paca. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ French storms and floods kill 15, Reuters, 16 June 2010
^ "Résultats élections: Toulon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Toulon". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026824.
Abraham Rees (1819), "Toulon", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068382954
"Toulon", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Toulon". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
C. B. Black (1896), "Toulon", The Riviera (9th ed.), London: Adam & Charles Black
"Toulon". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t56d64f6t.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Hannay, David McDowall (1910). "Toulon" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). pp. 98–99.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Toulon", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
"Toulon", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
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: Toulon
Malcolm Crook (1991). Toulon in War and Revolution: From the Ancien Régime to the Restoration, 1750–1820. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-3567-8.

in French

Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Toulon". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 665. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
Octave Teissier [in French] (1869). Histoire de Toulon au moyen âge (in French). Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Toulon". Provence. Guides Joanne (in French). 1906. hdl:2027/uc1.$b192331.
"Toulon". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.

External links

Map of Toulon, 1999
Items related to Toulon, various dates (via Europeana).
Items related to Toulon, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Britannica 1910.

[Patrimoine-2] "Patrimoine de caractère". Toulon.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulon. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[Cassini-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Toulon, EHESS (in French).

[Archives-4] Table alphabetique et analytique des archives parlementaires, LXXXII (in French). Archives Parlementaires. p. 789. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Port-la-Montagne (Commune de). La Convention décrète que la commune de Toulon portera désormais le nom de Port-la-Montagne (4 nivôse an II — 24 décembre 1793, t. LXXXII, p. 259).

[parrott-5] Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[katolsk-6] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[wolfe1915-7] United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.

[Chambure1914-8] A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.

[savantes-9] "Sociétés savantes de France (Toulon)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[10] "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1914-11] Baedeker 1914.

[12] "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[Bruno-13] Jean-Charles Bruno (ed.). "Chronologie". Ensembles et résidences de la période 1945/1975 sur le territoire de Toulon Provence Méditerranée (in French). France: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[14] "2–15 February 1950". Chronology of International Events and Documents. 6. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1950. JSTOR 40545261.

[musees-15] "Musées et galeries". Toulon.fr (in French). Mairie de Toulon. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[16] "Avec l'hôtel de ville de Toulon, De Mailly prend de la hauteur". Var-martin. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

[17] Mahfoud Bennoune (January 1975). "Maghribin Workers in France". MERIP Reports (34). USA: Middle East Research and Information Project: 1–30. doi:10.2307/3011470. JSTOR 3011470.

[18] "French Book Fair Writhes, Poisoned by Politics", New York Times, 22 November 1996

[19] Police say 13 die in explosion, United Press International, 16 February 1989

[20] "French Cold-Shoulder Riviera City", New York Times, 26 August 1995

[21] "Historique" (in French). Fête du livre du Var. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011.

[paca-22] "Annuaire des structures (Ville: Toulon)" (in French). Aix-en-Provence: Agence régionale du Livre Paca. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[23] French storms and floods kill 15, Reuters, 16 June 2010

[LeMonde-24] "Résultats élections: Toulon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

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Timeline of Toulon

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See also

References

Bibliography

in English

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