Timeline of Marseille

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

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Prior to 17th century

  • 17th-18th centuries 600 BC – Massalia founded by Phocaean Greeks (approximate date). [1]
  • 49 BC – Siege of Massilia . [1]
  • 1st century AD – Roman Catholic Diocese of Marseille established. [2]
  • 415 AD – Abbey of St. Victor Founded (approximate date).
  • 470 – Town taken by forces of Visigoth Euric . [3]
  • 6th century – Port in operation.
  • 839 – Town “sacked by Saracens.” [3]
  • 1214
    • Town becomes a republic. [3]
    • Our Lady of the Guard built.
  • 1252 – Town “taken by Charles of Anjou .” [1]
  • 1262 – Revolt against Angevins .
  • 1348 – Bubonic plague outbreak. [4]
  • 1365 – Abbey of St. Victor building constructed.
  • 1423 – Sack of Marseille (fr) by Aragonese.[5]
  • 1453 – Fortifications constructed.
  • 1481 – Marseille united with Provence .
  • 1486 – Marseille becomes part of France. [1]
  • 1524 – Town besieged by Forces of Francis I . [5]
  • 1531 – If Castle built.
  • 1542 – Saint Ferreol the Augustins Church (church) dedicated.
  • 1593 – Hotel Dieu (hospital) founded.
  • 1599 – Marseille Chamber of Commerce ( en ) founded. [6]
  • 1619 – Church of St. Cannat (church) dedicated.
  • 1640 – Refuge House established. [7]
  • 1649 – Plague. [3]
  • 1660 – Fort Saint-Jean built.
  • 1672 – Coffee in business. [8]
  • 1673 – Marseille City Hall ( en ) built. [9]
  • 1702 – Marseille Observatory built. [10]
  • 1720-21 – Great Plague of Marseille . [3]
  • 1726 – Academy of Science established. [11]
  • 1749 – Almshouse built.
  • 1770 – City directory published. [12]
  • 1778
    • Chateau Borely built. [5]
    • Fossati fountain ( fr ) erected. [13]
  • 1781 – Marseille Shuttle ( en ) created.
  • 1787 – Grand Theater opens. [13]
  • 1789 – April: “Revolutionary concotions” occur. [3]
  • 1790
    • Marseille becomes part of the Bouches du Rhône sovereignty . [14]
    • Jacobin Club founded. [15]
  • 1793 – August: “Marseilles opposes the revolutionary government, and is reduced.” [3]
  • 1796 – Public library founded. [16]

19th century

1800s-1840s

  • 1800 – Population: 96,413. [14]
  • 1801
    • Canton of Marseille-1 , 2, 3, 4, 5 , and 6 created. [14]
    • Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille founded. [17]
  • 1802 – Lycée Thiers ( fr ) (school) and Botanical Garden EM Heckel (garden) [18] established.
  • 1803
    • Santon Fair ( fr ) begins.
    • Cabinet of Natural History founded. [10]
  • 1808 – 26 February: Birth of Honoré Daumier .
  • 1810 – Marseille Medical Society established. [19]
  • 1811 – Obelisk erected in the Place Castellane .
  • 1819 – Museum of Natural History of Marseille founded.
  • 1820 – Population: 101,217. [20]
  • 1827
    • The Semaphore ( en ) newspaper begins publication. [21]
    • Statistical Society of Marseille established. [19] [1]
  • 1836 – Population: 148,597. [20]
  • 1837 – Aix Gate (arch) inaugurated.
  • 1846 – Journal of Marseilles newspaper begins publication. [21]
  • 1848
    • Paris-Marseille railway begins operating.
    • Station Marseille-Saint-Charles opens.
  • 1849 – Canal of Marseille opens.

1850s-1890s

  • 1851
    • Messageries Maritimes shipping company in business. [22]
    • Population: 195,258. [14]
  • 1852 – Chave Prison ( en ) built on Chave Boulevard . [13]
  • 1853 – The Joliette dock constructed. [5]
  • 1854 – Zoological Garden of Marseille ( fr ) (zoo) opens.
  • 1855 – Lighthouse of Sainte Marie built.
  • 1856
    • Population: 233,817. [20]
    • St. Peter Cemetery established.
  • 1857 – Alcazar (Marseille) ( fr ) theater opens.
  • 1858
    • Marseilles-Ventimiglia railway begins initial operation.
    • Palais du Pharo built.
  • 1860
    • Exchange built. [23]
    • Race track in business.
  • 1862 – Marseille Courthouse ( en ) built. [23]
  • 1863 – Great Synagogue of Marseille ( en ) built. [9]
  • 1864
    • Rue de la Republique (Marseille) ( en ) opens. [24]
    • Our Lady of the Guard rebuilt.[23]
  • 1865 – Marseilles Credit Society (bank) [25] and Priory of St. Madeleine [ citation needed ] founded.
  • 1866 – Population: 300,131. [26]
  • 1868 – The Petit Marseillais newspaper begins publication. [21]
  • 1869 – Palais Longchamp built. [23]
  • 1872 – Business school established.
  • 1876
    • The Little Provencal newspaper begins publication. [21]
    • Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
  • 1877 – Geography Society of Marseille established. [19] [2]
  • 1878 – Saint-Lazare Convent ( en ) consecrated.
  • 1881
    • Italian-French ethnic unrest. [3]
    • Population: 360,099. [14]
  • 1883 – Marseille coat of arms ( en ) design adopted.
  • 1884 – Marseille cholera epidemic ( fr ) .
  • 1885 – Sun of the Midi newspaper begins publication. [21]
  • 1891 – Marseille School of Engineering ( fr ) (school) founded.
  • 1892 – Funicular of the Our Lady of the Guard church begins operating.
  • 1893
    • Marseille Cathedral consecrated. [3]
    • Colonial Institute of Marseille founded.
  • 1894 – Monument to the Mobiles erected. ( fr ) [23]
  • 1897 – Excursionnistes Marseillais ( fr ) (hiking club) formed. [27]
  • 1899
    • Olympique de Marseille soccer team formed.
    • 2500th anniversary of founding of Marseille. [23]

20th century

1900s-1940s

  • 1901
    • “Dock strike.” [3]
    • Population: 491,161. [14]
  • 1902 – “Strike of sailors.” [3]
  • 1903
    • July: 1903 Tour de France cycling race passes through Marseille.
    • September: Bubonic plague outbreak. [3]
  • 1906 – Colonial Exhibition of Marseille (1906) ( fr ) held.
  • 1909
    • ” Tigeress escapes, terrorises the town.” [3]
    • Linnaean Society of Provence ( fr ) founded. [19]
  • 1911 – Population: 550,619. [28]
  • 1913 – Fountain installed in the Place Castellane.
  • 1916 – Cantini Museum founded. [17]
  • 1917 – Le Petit Nice ( en ) restaurant in business. [29]
  • 1919 – 13 November: Grand Théâtre burns down. ( en )
  • 1922
    • Marseille Provence Airport opens.
    • Colonial exhibition held.
  • 1923 – Monument to heroes and victims of the sea ( en ) erected. [9]
  • 1924 – Opera House built.
  • 1926 – Grobet-Labadié Museum opens.
  • 1927 – Monument to the dead of the Army of the East and distant lands ( fr ) erected. [9]
  • 1931 – Population: 800,881. [14]
  • 1933 – Film Studios Pagnol established. [30]
  • 1934 – October 9: King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou murdered by Bulgarian terrorist Velicko Kerin . [31]
  • 1936 – Population: 914,232. [14]
  • 1937 – Stade Vélodrome opens.
  • 1938
    • September 21st: Marseille train robbery ( en ) .
    • October 28: Marseille fire (1938) ( fr ) .
  • 1939 – Baumettes Prison built.
  • 1940 – Bombing by German and Italian forces.
  • 1941 – Active Combat (French Resistance) . [32]
  • 1942 – November: German occupation begins.
  • 1943 – Old Port Area evacuated and demolished . [33]
  • 1944
    • Bombing by Allied forces .
    • August: Battle of Marseille ; German occupation ends.
    • The Marseillaise ( fr ) newspaper in publication.
    • Gaston Defferre becomes mayor .
  • 1946
    • Arrondissements of Marseille created.
    • Jean Cristofol becomes mayor.
  • Population: 636,264. [14]
  • 1947
    • November: Labor unrest. [34]
    • Michel Carlini becomes mayor.

1950s-1990s

  • 1952 – Radiant city housing complex built. [4]
  • 1953
    • Gaston Defferre becomes mayor again (remains in office until 1986). [4]
    • The Tourette housing complex built.
  • 1955 – Case of the Combinatie ( fr ) vendetta killings of the criminal Marseille middle ( fr ) occur.
  • 1958 – Marseille twinned with Abidjan , Ivory Coast; Antwerp , Belgium; Copenhagen , Denmark; Genoa , Italy; Haifa , Israel; and Hamburg , Germany. [35]
  • 1960s – La Castellane neighborhood built.
  • 1961 – Marseille twinned with Kobe , Japan. [35]
  • 1962
    • A50 motorway opens. [36]
    • Golden Thora Synagogue established.
    • Population: 778,071. [14]
  • 1965 – March: Marseille municipal election, 1965 ( en ) held.
  • 1967 – Marseille Old Port Tunnel ( fr ) opens. [36]
  • 1968
    • A7 motorway opens. [36]
    • Marseille twinned with Dakar , Senegal. [35]
    • Population: 889,029. [14]
  • 1970 – University of Provence established. [37]
  • 1972
    • A55 motorway opens. [36]
    • National Ballet of Marseille founded.
    • Marseille twinned with Odessa , Ukraine. [35]
  • 1973 – December 14: Algerian consulate bombed. [38]
  • 1975
    • Er Rahmaniyyà group formed. [39] [40]
    • Population: 908,600. [14]
  • 1977
    • Marseille Metro Line 1 begins operating. [36]
    • CMA CGM shipping company established.
  • 1979 – Marseille-Cassis Classical International footrace begins.
  • 1981 – Rodeo (riot) .
  • 1982
    • PLM Law ( en ) effected.
    • Marseille becomes part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region .
  • 1983
    • SNCF TGV Sud-Est train begins operating. [36]
    • Marseille History Museum opens. [32]
  • 1984
    • Marseille Metro Line 2 ( en ) begins operating. [36]
    • Marseille twinned with Piraeus , Greece. [35]
  • 1986
    • March: Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Regional Election, 1986 ( en ) held.
    • Robert Vigouroux becomes mayor .
  • 1987
    • Magalone Garden becomes property of the city.
    • Marseille twinned with Shanghai , China. [35]
  • 1989 – Marseilles Festival of Documentary Film begins.
  • 1991 – The Commandery opens.
  • 1993 – Tunnel Prado-Carénage ( fr ) opens. [36]
  • 1995
    • June: Marseille municipal election, 1995 ( en ) held.
    • Jean-Claude Gaudin becomes mayor. [41]
    • Center for Research and Documentation on Oceania founded.
    • Museum of Earthenware Marseille opens. [42]
  • 1997 – The Provence newspaper in publication.
  • 1999 – Population: 795,518. [14]

21st century

2000s

  • 2001
    • 26th Centennial Park inaugurated.
    • Municipal Archives of Marseille ( en ) moves to the Tobacco Factory of Marseille ( fr ) . [43]
  • 2004 – Marseille twinned with Marrakech , Morocco. [35]
  • 2006
    • Central School of Marseille created.
    • Marseille twinned with Glasgow , UK. [35]
  • 2007
    • Marseille tram begins operating.
    • Labor strike. [4]
    • Construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor begins in Cadarache , in vicinity of Marseille.
  • 2008 – Population: 851,420.
  • 2009 – Ibn Khaldoun College opens.

2010s

  • 2010
    • March: Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Regional Election, 2010 ( en ) held.
    • Garbage strike occurs.
  • 2011
    • Cornerstone of Great Mosque of Marseille ( en ) ugly. [44] [45]
    • Population: 850,636. [46]
  • 2012 – Place des Capucines ( en ) pedestrianized.
  • 2013
    • Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations opens.
    • City designated a European Capital of Culture . [47]
  • 2014 – March: Marseille municipal election, 2014 ( en ) held.
  • 2015
    • 9 February: Shooting occurs in La Castellane .
    • September: Drug ring trial begins. [48]
    • December: Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Regional Election, 2015 ( en ) held. [46]
    • Marseille tram line 3 ( fr ) begins operating.
    • Cantons 1 ( en ) , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 ( fr ) created by 2014 France cantonal redistricting ( en ) .
  • 2016 – Metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence established.
  • 2017 – Stabbing occurs in Saint Charles train station.

See also

  • History of Marseille
  • Urban planning in Marseille ( en )
  • List of mayors of Marseille ( en )
  • List of mayors of Marseille Sectors ( en )
  • List of heritage sites in Marseille ( en )
  • History of Provence region
  • Timeline of Provence ( fr ) region

Other cities in Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region:

  • Timeline of Aix-en-Provence
  • Timeline of Arles ( en )
  • Timeline of Avignon
  • Timeline of Nice
  • Timeline of Toulon

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