Timeline of Aix-en-Provence

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• 123 BCE – Aquae Sextiae founded.[1]
• 102 BCE – Battle of Aquae Sextiae.[1]
• 1st century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Aix established.[2]
• 477 – Visigoths in power.[1]
• 731 – Saracens in power.[1]
• 12th century – Aix Cathedral construction begins.
• 1112 – Religious council held in Aix.[3]
• 1277 – Saint-Jean-de-Malte Church built.
• 1409 – University founded.[4]
• 1487 – Aix becomes part of the Crown lands of France.[1]
• 1501 – Regional Parliament of Aix-en-Provence established.[1]
• 1505 – Clock tower built.[1]
• 1651 – Hôtel de Suffren built on the Cours Mirabeau.
• 1667 – Pavillon Vendôme (residence) built.

• 1703 – Église de la Madeleine (Aix-en-Provence) (church) built.
• 1705 – "Bathing establishment" constructed.[1]
• 1756 – Theatre built.[5]
• 1777 – Completion of Bastide d'Orcel.[6]
• 1790
  • Regional Parliament of Aix-en-Provence dissolved.
  • Aix becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône souveraineté.[7]
• 1807 – Académie des sciences, agriculture, arts et belles-lettres d'Aix founded.[8]
• 1810 – Bibliothèque Méjanes (library) opens.[9]
• 1838
  • October: Religious Council of Aix-en-Provence held.
  • Musée Granet opens.[10]
  • Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Aix-en-Provence founded.[10]
• 1839 – 19 January: Birth of Paul Cézanne.
• 1860 – Fontaine de la Rotonde installed.
• 1881 – Population: 23,887.[11]

• 1903 – Société d'études provençales (learned society) founded.[12]
• 1906 – Population: 19,433.[1]
• 1910 – Musée des Tapisseries d'Aix-en-Provence opens.[10]
• 1911 – Musée Arbaud founded.[13]
• 1912 – Fountain installed in the Place d'Albertas.
• 1945 – Henri Mouret becomes mayor.
• 1946 – Aix-en-Provence Military School active.
• 1948 – Aix-en-Provence Festival of music begins.
• 1954 – Population: 54,217.[7]
• 1960 – Aix twinned with Tübingen, Germany.[14]
• 1966 – Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer established in Aix.[15][16]
• 1967 - Félix Ciccolini becomes mayor.
• 1968 - Population: 89,566.[7]
• 1969 - Société aixoise d'études historiques (historical society) founded.[12]
• 1970 - Aix twinned with Perugia, Italy.[14]
• 1974 – Centre de Documentation Historique sur l'Algérie headquartered in Aix.
• 1975 – Population: 110,659.[7]
• 1976 – Café-Théâtre de la Fontaine d'Argent opens.
• 1977
  • Fountain installed in the Place des Cardeurs.
  • Aix twinned with Bath, England.[14]
• 1978 – Alain Joissains becomes mayor.
• 1979 – Aix twinned with Granada, Spain.[14]
• 1982
  • Canton of Aix-en-Provence-Centre created.[7]
  • 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.[14]
• 1986 – March: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election, 1986 held.
• 1989 – Jean-François Picheral becomes mayor.
• 1992 – Aix twinned with Carthage, Tunisia.[14]
• 1995 – Aix twinned with Ashkelon, Israel.[14]
• 1999 – Population: 133,018.[7]

• 2001
  • Maryse Joissains-Masini becomes mayor.
  • Communauté d'agglomération du pays d'Aix created.
• 2007 – Grand Théâtre de Provence opens.
• 2011 – Population: 140,684.[17]
• 2015 – December: 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election held.[17]
• 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.

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

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

• Timeline of Arles
• Timeline of Avignon
• Timeline of Marseille
• Timeline of Nice
• Timeline of Toulon

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