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of the city of

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

Prior to 19th century

* 262 CE - Nice taken by Goth forces. * 859 - Nice sacked by Saracens. * 880 - Nice sacked by Saracens again. * 1388 - effected. * 1538 - signed in Nice. * 1543 -

Siege of Nice The siege of Nice occurred in 1543 and was part of the Italian War of 1542–46 in which Francis I and Suleiman the Magnificent collaborated as part of the Franco-Ottoman alliance against the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and Henry VIII of Eng ...

by Turkish forces. * 1545 - (bridge) rebuilt. * 1561 - Italian replaces Latin as official language of Nice. * 1564 - Major earthquake. * 1650/85 -

Nice Cathedral Nice Cathedral (french: Basilique-Cathédrale Sainte-Marie et Sainte-Réparate de Nice) is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Nice in southern France. The cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Nice. The construction of the main part of ...

constructed. * 1706 - Castle of Nice demolished by

Duke of Berwick Duke of Berwick () ''()'' is a title that was created in the Peerage of England on 19 March 1687 for James FitzJames, the illegitimate son of James II and VII, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland and Arabella Churchill. The title's name ...

by command of

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ...

. * 1720 ** Nice becomes part of the

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

. ** Medical school established. * 1724 - church built. * 1770 - Quai des Ponchettes built. * 1772 - ' newspaper begins publication. * 1780 - paved. * 1783 - Cimetière du Château (cemetery) established. * 1784 - built. * 1790 - Public library founded. * 1792 - Conquered by French Revolutionary troops in September, annexed in November. * 1793 ** Nice becomes part of the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. ** Population: 24,117. * 1800 - May: Nice occupied briefly by Austrian forces.^{( fr)}

19th century

* 1812 - (school) opens. * 1814 - Nice is returned to and thus becomes part of the

per

Congress of Vienna The Congress of Vienna (, ) of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon B ...

. * 1822 -

Promenade des Anglais The ''Promenade des Anglais'' (; Niçard: ''Camin dei Anglés''; meaning "English Walkway") is a wikt:en:promenade, promenade along the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Nice, France. It extends from the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, airp ...

construction begins. * 1832 - 25 April: Religious taken in response to

cholera epidemic Seven cholera pandemics have occurred in the past 200 years, with the first pandemic originating in India in 1817. The seventh cholera pandemic is officially a current pandemic and has been ongoing since 1961, according to a World Health Organiz ...

. * 1846 - Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Nice founded. * 1852 ** (church) built. ** English circulating library active. * 1854 - (park) opens. * 1855 - Maritime trade flourishes. * 1856 - Population: 44,091. * 1860 - . * 1861 -

Francization Francization (in American English, Canadian English, and Oxford English) or Francisation (in other British English), Frenchification, or Gallicization is the expansion of French language use—either through willful adoption or coercion—by more ...

begins. * 1863 - ''Phare du Littoral'' newspaper begins publication. * 1864 **

Avenue Jean Médecin The Avenue Jean Médecin is a street located in the center of Nice, one of the city's main north-south traffic arteries. In Niçard, it is officially named the "avenguda Jouan-Medecin, consòu de Nissa". It constitutes the city's main shopping str ...

laid out. **

Nice-Ville station Nice-Ville station (French: ''Gare de Nice-Ville''), also known as Nice-Thiers station (''Gare de Nice-Thiers''), is the main railway station of Nice, France. It is situated on the Marseille–Ventimiglia railway and constitutes the southwestern ...

opened. * 1867 -

Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice (french: Cimetière orthodoxe de Caucade) also known as the Orthodox cemetery in Caucade, is a cemetery located southwest of Nice, France . History and description The cemetery was established on a plot bought ...

, established. * 1870 - ''Swiss and Nice Times'' newspaper begins publication. * 1879 ** Horsecar tramway begins operating. ** ' newspaper begins publication. * 1881 - 23 March:

Opéra de Nice The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France, which houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra. It offers three types of performances: operas, ballets and classical music concerts. History The ...

burns down. * 1882 ** built. ** (bridge) demolished. * 1883 - ''L'Éclaireur'' newspaper begins publication. * 1884 - built. * 1885 - Opéra de Nice rebuilt. * 1886 - built. * 1887 -

Nice Observatory The Nice Observatory (french: Observatoire de Nice) is an astronomical observatory located in Nice, France on the summit of Mount Gros. The observatory was founded in 1879, by the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim. The architect was Charles Garni ...

inaugurated. * 1890 -

Nice Lawn Tennis Club The Nice Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis complex in Nice, France. It is the home venue of the ATP World Tour's Nice Open as of 2010. History The complex opened in 1890. It is located at 5 Avenue Suzanne Lenglen. The club is home to 18 clay courts, ...

established. * 1891 ** 4 October: unveiled in . ** Population: 88,273. * 1892 **

Gare du Sud The Gare du Sud is a food court in the ''Libération'' quarter of the city of Nice in south-east France. It has been constructed within the buildings of the former railway station that bore the same name. The station was the terminus of the metr ...

built. **

Grasse Grasse (; Provençal oc, Grassa in classical norm or in Mistralian norm ; traditional it, Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the c ...

-Nice Chemins de Fer de Provence (railway) begins operating. * 1896 - erected in the Jardin Albert 1er. * 1900 - Electric tramway begins operating.

20th century

1901-1944

* 1901 - Population: 105,109. * 1903 - '' A la mieu bella Nissa'' popular song written. * 1904 ** Gymnaste Club de Nice formed. **

extended to the river

Var Var or VAR may refer to: Places * Var (department), a department of France * Var (river), France * Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran * Vár, a village in Obreja commune, Ca ...

. * 1911 - Population: 142,940. * 1912 - Russian Orthodox Cathedral opens, funded by Tsar

Nicholas II of Russia Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Polan ...

. * 1913 -

Hotel Negresco The Hotel Negresco is a hotel and site of the restaurant ''Le Chantecler'', located on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France. It was named after Henri Negresco (1868–1920), who had the palatial hotel constructed in 191 ...

in business. * 1916 -

Conservatory of Nice The Conservatoire Pierre Cochereau à rayonnement régional de Nice (C.R.R. de Nice) is a state-run regional music and dance conservatoire which serves the French city of Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). It was founded by Adeline Ballet, a pianist, in 1916. ...

founded. * 1919 **

Canton of Nice-1 Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

, 2, 3, and 4 created. **

Victorine Studios Victorine Studios (French: Studios de la Victorine) are a film studio in the French city of Nice. They are also known as the Nice Studios. Several small studios have also existed in the city. Originally built in 1921 in an attempt to create a H ...

of film established. * 1927 -

Stade du Ray Stade Municipal du Ray was a football stadium in Nice, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas an ...

(stadium) opens. * 1928 - Palais des Arts opens. * 1929 -

Palais de la Méditerranée Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée is a nine-floor luxury casino hotel complex located on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It was built in 1929 by architects Charles and Marcel Dalmas, and partly rebuilt and modernized in 199 ...

casino opens. * 1931 - Population: 219,549. * 1933 - (church) built. * 1942 - 11 November: Italian occupation begins. * 1943 - 8 September: Italian occupation ends. * 1944 ** 26 May: Bombing by Allied forces.^{( fr)} ** 28 August: .

1945-1990s

* 1945 - ''Nice-matin'' newspaper begins publication. * 1948 -

Nice Jazz Festival The Nice Jazz Festival (, ), held annually since 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera, is "the first jazz festival of international significance." At the inaugural festival, Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were the headliners. Frommer's calls i ...

begins. * 1954 **

Centre International de Formation Européenne CIFE - the Centre international de formation européenne is a not-for-profit European institution of higher education and research established in 1954. CIFE encompasses educational and research activities promoting European integration and governa ...

headquartered in Nice. ** Population: 244,360. * 1955 -

Canton of Nice-5 The canton of Nice-5 is an administrative division of the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Nice. It consists of the ...

and 6 created. * 1956 - Fountain installed in the Place Masséna. * 1963 - Musée Matisse opens. * 1968 - Population: 322,442. * 1970 - Palais Lascaris (musical instrument museum) opened. * 1973 ** established. **

Canton of Nice-7 The canton of Nice-7 is an administrative division of the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Nice. It consists of the ...

, 8, 9, , and created. * 1979 - 16 October: Weather-related

1979 Nice events The Nice tsunami of 1979 came on October 16. Two tsunamis struck the coast near Nice, accompanied by a landslide at the Nice Airport, and an aseismic submarine landslide. The two waves struck the coast between the Italian border and the town of Ant ...

occur. * 1981 - June:

1981 Tour de France The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th edition of the Tour de France, taking place between 25 June and 19 July. The total race distance was 24 stages over . It was dominated by Bernard Hinault, who led the race from the sixth stage on, increasing h ...

cycling race departs from Nice.^{( fr)} * 1982 ** , , and created. ** Nice becomes part of the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. * 1984 -

Palais des Congrès Acropolis The Palais des Congrès Acropolis (formerly known as Parc Expo) is a convention center located in Nice, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Over ...

built. * 1988 - ' newspaper begins publication. * 1991 - Gare de Nice CP opens. * 1995 -

Jacques Peyrat Jacques Peyrat (born 18 October 1931 in Belfort) is a French politician and lawyer who was Mayor (France), mayor of Nice from 1995 to 2008 and has been Senate of France, senator from the Alpes-Maritimes from 1998 to 2008. Jacques Peyrat came fro ...

becomes mayor. * 1999 ** established. ** Population: 342,738.

21st century

2000s

* 2001 - 26 February: European

Treaty of Nice The Treaty of Nice was signed by European leaders on 26 February 2001 and came into force on 1 February 2003. It amended the Maastricht Treaty (or the Treaty on European Union) and the Treaty of Rome (or the Treaty establishing the European C ...

signed in city. * 2002 -

Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur The Urban community of Nice Côte d'Azur ( French: ''communauté urbaine Nice Côte d'Azur''), is the former intercommunal structure gathering the city of Nice (France) and some of its suburbs. It was created in December 2008.

created. * 2003 - Bombing. * 2007 -

Nice tramway The Nice tramway (french: Tramway de Nice) is a , triple-line tramway in the city of Nice in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is operated by the ''Société nouvelle des transports de l'agglomération niçoise'' division of Transdev under ...

opens. * 2008 -

Christian Estrosi Christian Paul Gilbert Estrosi (born 1 July 1955) is a French sportsman and politician who has served as Mayor of Nice since 2017, previously holding the office from 2008 to 2016. A former professional motorcyclist, he served as a government m ...

becomes mayor.

2010s

* 2011 ** Metropolis Nice Côte d'Azur created. ** Population: 344,064. * 2013 ** Allianz Riviera stadium opens. **

2013 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' (French for ''7th Francophone Games''), were held in Nice, France, from September 6-15. This was the second edition of the games to be hosted in France and the f ...

held in Nice. * 2014 - March: held. * 2015 ** February: Stabbing. ** October: occurs. ** December:

2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election The 2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election took place on 6 (first round) and 13 December (second round) to renew the 123 members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. On the first round, the Front National, led by M ...

held. * 2016 - July:

Terrorist attack Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

kills 86 and injures 434.

2020s

* 2020 - October:

kills three, with one victim being beheaded.

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