Timeline of Limoges

• 11 BCE – Settlement renamed "Augustoritum." • 1st C. CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoges established. • 2nd C. CE – built. • 4th C. CE - It was again called Lemovices • 5th C. CE - Devastated by the Vandals and the Visigoths • 848 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges founded. • 1029 & 1031 – Ecclesiastical councils held in Limoges. • 1095 – Pope Urban II held a "Synod of bishops". • 13th C. – and built. • 1273 – Limoges Cathedral construction begins. • 1370 – Siege of Limoges. • 1495 – Printing press in operation. • 1525 – (school) founded. • 1589 – Limoges becomes seat of Limousin province. • 1611 – Catholic "white" and "gray" confraternities of penitents established. • 1615 – installed. • 1626 – University of Limoges, School of Medicine established. • 1630 – Plague. • 1712 – created. • 1759 – Société royale d'agriculture de Limoges established. • 1768 – built. • 1771 – Manufacture of Limoges porcelain begins. • 1790 • Fire. • Limoges becomes part of the Haute-Vienne souveraineté. • 1791 - Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges dissolved. • 1793 – Population: 20,864. • 1846 – Population: 38,119. • 1858 – established. • 1861 – Population: 51,053. • 1883 – Hôtel de Ville built. • 1886 – Population: 68,477. • 1888 – Limoges Cathedral construction completed. • 1891 – Société des archives historiques du Limousin founded. ==20th century==

• 1905 • take place. • '''' newspaper begins publication. • 1929 – Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins rebuilt. • 1933 – Airfield in use. • 1943 • Trolleybus begins operating. • '''' newspaper begins publication. • 1946 – Population: 107,857. • 1968 – University of Limoges established. • 1970 • 1970 Tour de France cycling race departs from Limoges. • Renaissance du vieux Limoges (historic preservation group) founded. • 1972 – Limoges – Bellegarde Airport built. • 1984 – established. • 1990 – Alain Rodet becomes mayor. • 1993 – opens on . • 1998 – established. • 1999 • TER Limousin train begins operating. • Population: 133,968. ==21st century==

• 2001 – established. • 2007 – Limoges Concert Hall opens. • 2012 – Population: 136,221. • 2014 • March: held. • Emile-Roger Lombertie becomes mayor. • 2016 – Limoges becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. ==See also==