title: Timeline of Reims
text: # Timeline of Reims
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reims, France.
  
  ## Prior to the 20th century
  
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  Ancient Prehistory   Greek colonies 600 BC – 49 BC Celtic Gaul   until 50 BC Roman Gaul 50 BC – 486 AD :
  
  Middle Ages Francia and the Franks   Merovingians 481–751 Carolingians 751–987 Direct Capetians 987–1328 Valois 1328–1498 :
  
  Early modernAncien Régime
  
  Valois-Orléans kings 1498–1515 Valois-Angoulême kings 1515–1589 Bourbon kings 1589–1792 :
  
  Long 19th century French Revolution 1789–1799 Kingdom of France 1791–1792 First Republic 1792–1804 First Empire 1804–1814 Restoration 1814–1830 July Monarchy 1830–1848 Second Republic 1848–1852 Second Empire 1852–1870 Third Republic 1870–1940     Belle Époque 1871–1914 :
  
  20th century Third Republic 1870–1940     Interwar period 1919–1939         Années folles 1920–1929 Free FranceVichy France 1940–1944 Provisional Republic 1944–1946 Fourth Republic 1946–1958 Fifth Republic 1958–present :
  
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  * 3rd century CE
     * Roman Catholic diocese of Reims established.
     * Porte de Mars built.
  * 356 – Battle of Durocortorum.
  * 496 – Clovis I baptized in Reims.
  * 1139 – "Communal charter" granted by Louis VII of France.
  * 1179 – Coronation of Philip II of France.
  * 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
  * 1429 – Coronation of Charles VII of France.
  * 1461 - A revolt caused by the salt tax.
  * 1481 - Fire destroyed the roof and the spires of Reims Cathedral.
  * 1509 – Palace of Tau rebuilt.
  * 1547 – Reims University founded.
  * 1582 – New Testament of the Douay–Rheims Bible printed in Reims.
  * 1729 – Ruinart champagne house in business.
  * 1733 – Parc de la Patte d'Oie [fr] laid out.
  * 1770 – Fontaine des Boucheries [fr] erected.
  * 1787 – Northern Cemetery established.
  * 1792 – September massacres.
  * 1793 – Population: 32,334.
  * 1809 – Bibliothèque de la ville (library) founded.
  * 1814 – Battle of Reims (1814).
  * 1817 – Chamber of Commerce established.
  * 1833 – Roederer champagne house in business.
  * 1843 – Southern Cemetery established.
  * 1853 – Courrier de la Champagne newspaper begins publication.
  * 1867 – Reims Circus built.
  * 1868 – Indépendant Rémois newspaper begins publication.
  * 1873 – Reims Opera House opens on Rue de Vesle [fr].
  * 1876 – Population: 81,328.
  * 1884 – Société de géographie de Reims established.
  * 1886 – Population: 97,903.
  * 1887 – Avenir de Reims newspaper begins publication.
  * 1891 – Eastern Cemetery established on Avenue Jean-Jaurès [fr].
  * 1893 – Western Cemetery established.
  * 1896 – Joan of Arc statue erected in Place du Cardinal-Luçon [fr].
  * 1897 – Hôtel de Brimont [fr] (mansion) built on Boulevard Lundy [fr].
  * 1899 – Bégot & Mazurié [de] automotive company in business.
  * 1900 – Bégot & Cail [de] automotive company in business.
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1901 – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia attends in Reims the military review ending the French maneuvers of 1901 upon French president Émile Loubet's invitation
  * 1906 - Population: 102,800.
  * 1908 – Henri Farman makes the first cross-country flight from Châlons to Reims.
  * 1909 – August: Week of Aviation held near Reims.
  * 1911 – Population: 115,178.
  * 1913 – Museum of Fine Arts opens.
  * 1914 – World War I begins.
  * 1918 – July: Reims besieged by German forces.
  * 1922 – Galeries Lafayette [fr] built.
  * 1923 – Protestant Church of Reims rebuilt.
  * 1926 – Annual Grand Prix de la Marne motor race begins on the Reims-Gueux circuit.
  * 1928
     * Reims – Champagne Air Base begins operating.
     * Carnegie Library of Reims opens.
  * 1929 – Reims Central Market Hall [fr] built.
  * 1930 – Monument aux Morts [fr] erected in Place de la République [fr].
  * 1931 – Stade de Reims football club formed.
  * 1935 – City Stadium opens.
  * 1937 – Gare de Reims built.
  * 1940 – Battle of France; Germans in power.
  * 1946 – Reims Aviation in business.
  * 1953 – 12 Hours of Reims motor race begins.
  * 1968 – Population: 152,967.
  * 1971 – University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne established.
  * 1977 – Murigny [fr] district established.
  * 1979 – Comédie de Reims [fr] national drama centre active.
  * 1992 – ESAD de Reims (art school) active.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 – Reims Métropole [fr] established.
  * 2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims.
  * 2009 – Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe [fr] begins.
  * 2011 – Reims tramway begins operating.
  * 2012 – Population: 181,893.
  * 2014
     * March: Reims municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
     * Arnaud Robinet [fr] becomes mayor.
  * 2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.
  