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-1180: Beginning of reign of Philip Augustus
- 1180: February 5: Philip Augustus condemns the leaders of the Jewish
community to pay a fine of 15,000 silver 'marcs'( currency o he time)
- 1181: The king buys back the market which was near the leper colony of
Saint-Lazaire, and moves it to the 'Champeaux', where the Halles are today
- 1182: Expulsion of the Jews. They could return on condition that they
pay heavy taxes in 1198.
May 19: Consecration of the main altar of the cathedral of Notre-Dame
- 1183: Construction of the first Halles: two buildings at
'Champeaux'
- 1185: Rue St. Denis, creation of Saint Catherine hospital
(Saint-Opportune)
- 1186: start of street paving
- 1187: a wall now separates the Champeaux market from the cemetery of
Saints Innocents
- 1190: Philip Augustus leaves on a crusade
Creation of bailiffs and senechals, royal officers to whom he gives great
power
- 1194: The royal archives are lost. Philip Augustus has them rebuilt in
two copies. One will stay in Paris.
- 1197: Flood
- 1200: Appearance of the first signs for private homes
July: Philip Augustus accords privileges to the university
- 1202: Completion of the construction of the Louvre
Creation of the Hospital of the Trinity
- New flooding of the Seine
- Start of construction of the wall on the left bank
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