Perpignan: All Data
Perpignan is a city in France and Monaco. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Perpignan: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
721 AD
Mentioned in Event: Campaign of Septimania
880 AD
Capital of County of Roussillon
1542 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Perpignan (1542), part of Italian War of 1542-1546
1641 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Perpignan, part of Spanish Front (France)
1642 AD
Mentioned in Event: Spanish Front (France)
1789 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Roussillon, part of Kingdom of France
1793 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Perpignan, part of War of the Pyrenees
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales
, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Pyrénées-Orientales, part of First French Empire
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-German Armistice
1942 AD
Mentioned in Event: Case Anton
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Dragoon