Chronology

Key events in France and in the region:

 

FRANCE

 

CLERMONT

 

MONTFERRAND

-52

Arverne de Gergovie Victory

-52

Gergovie Victory
 

-50

Arvenie becomes a Roman province

-51.50

Arvenie becomes a Roman province
Year 0
   

18

Nemossos, town mentioned for the first time
 

50

Augustonemetum

250

Decline of the Roman Empire

250

Arvernis-Arvernos-Arverna

IVth century

Urban decline. Ramparts with 5 gates

355

Wide scale Invasions
 
Town besieged by Visigoths

507

Battle of Vouillé
 
Auvergne conquered by the Franks

800-814

Charlemagne, Emperor of the West
 
The town becomes Clairmont

820

The Norsemen in France
 
Consecration of the Cathedral of Etienne II

987

Hugues Capet

1095

Council of Clermont. Announcement of the 1st Crusade

1095

Council of Clermont. Announcement of the 1st Crusade

1120

Creation of Montferrand

1132

Saint-Denis 1st

XIIth century

Construction of Notre Dame du Port

1144

Gothic construction

1180

Philippe Auguste, King

1196

Probable destruction by Philippe Auguste

1198

Charter of Franchise

1202

The count leaves the town to the bishop as a deposit

1226

Louis IX

1248

Beginning of construction of the cathedral by Jean Deschamps

1285

Philippe IV le Bel (the fair)

1292

Montferrand, Royal City

1337

Beginning of the hundred years war

1425

Installation of Baillar

1355

Work on the cathedral stops
Construction of the Great Wall

1515

François Ist

1533

Henri II marries Catherine de Medici

1551

Clermont, royal city. Creation of a Seneschal’s court

1557

Creation of the Court of Aids

1589

Henri IV

1610

Louis XIII, king of France

1610

Clermont becomes inseparable Crown property

1623

Birth of Blaise Pascal

1630

15 April: Edict of Union (Troyes) of the cities of Clermont and of Montferrand - the 1st Edict of Union

1630

Edict of Troyes - 1st Edict of Union

1665-1666

Holding of the Grands Jours d’Auvergne
   

1715

Death of Louis XIV
   

1731

2nd Edict of Union of the cities of Clermont and Montferrand

1731

2nd Edict of Union

HISTORY OF CLERMONT-FERRAND

1774

Louis XVI
     
Montferrand a suburb of Clermont

1789

Convening of the Estates General. Fall of the Bastille

1789

Call for Independence

1804

Napoleon, Emperor
   

1830

Revolution

1848

IIIrd Republic

1848

Call for Independence

1852

Second Empire

1863

Call for Independence

1875

Constitution of the IIIrd Republic
 

 

 

1914-1918

1st World War

1919

Philippe Marcombes, Mayor

1920

Tours Congress

1920

Clermont: 100,000 inhabitants

1930

Development of the Michelin city gardens

1936

Popular Front

1936

Long strikes

1939-1945

2nd World War

1946

Foundation of the IV Republic

1948

Major strikes at Michelin

1958

Foundation of the V Republic

1961

Construction of the "wall of China"

1964

Renaissance district saved

1968

Student uprising. General strike

1969

Referendum. Election of Georges Pompidou

1970

Construction of towers in Flamina

1972

Michelin: 30,000 employees

1973

Oil crisis

1974

Election of Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

1975-1976

Beginning of work on the Mazet quarter

1980

Opening of the Jaude Centre

1981

Election of François Mitterrand

1982

Regionalisation legislation

1982

 Ville d’Art

1982

 Ville d’Art