Timeline of Geneva

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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Prior to 19th century

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  • 1st century BCE – Roman camp "Genava" set up.
  • 4th century CE – Catholic diocese established.
  • 426 – Geneva becomes capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 534 – Franks in power.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 563 – Tsunami on Lake Geneva.{{citation |url=https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21565583-millennium-and-half-ago-geneva-was-destroyed-giant-wave-recent-research |newspaper=The Economist |location=UK |date=3 November 2012 |title=Lake Monsters }}
  • 773 - Charlemagne (Charles the Great) holds a council of war. {{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 800 – Geneva becomes part of the Carolingian Empire (approximate date).{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1032 - Geneva reverts to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
  • 1321 – Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1333 – Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1387 – Town charter granted.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1400 – Sources indicate circa. 13 Jewish families living in Geneva.
  • 1420 – The Jews of Geneva are confined to a ghetto (the only one in today's Switzerland).{{Cite web|last=Cranach, Kaufmann, Knoch-Mund, Picard, Weingarten|first=Philipp, Robert Uri, Gaby, Jacques, Ralph|title=«Judentum», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2016|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011376/2016-02-01}}
  • 1430 – Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1478 – Printing press in operation.{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot|author-link= Henri Bouchot|editor=H. Grevel |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established }}{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Switzerland: Genève |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=29 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=29 |via=HathiTrust }}
  • 1490 – The city council orders the expulsion of the Jews.{{Cite web|last=Knoch-Mund, Picard|first=Gaby, Jacques|title=«Antisemitismus», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2009|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011379/2009-11-18}}
  • 1519 – Geneva allies with Freibourg.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1524 – "The Genevese shake off the yoke of Savoy."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1526 – Geneva allies with Bern.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1530 - Geneva became its own mistress within, while allied externally with the Swiss confederation.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1535 – Catholic bishop Pierre de La Baume ousted by Calvinists.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1536
  • 21 May: Grand Council of Geneva adopts Protestant religion.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • Protestant leader John Calvin active in Geneva.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}{{cite book|publisher=Europa Publications|title= Political Chronology of Europe |year= 2003|isbn=978-1-135-35687-3 |chapter=Switzerland |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVNvCz0c_gsC&pg=PA248 |pages=248+ }}
  • Area of city expanded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1541 - The Republic of Geneva and Genevan Consistory established.
  • 1545 – 2 June: Divorce granted.
  • 1553 – 27 October: Michael Servetus executed for heresy.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1559 – Collège de Genève founded.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1560 – English-language Geneva Bible published.
  • 1580 – Population: 17,330.{{citation |title= Genève (commune) |work=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse |url= http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F2903.php |language=fr |access-date=30 October 2015 }}
  • 1584 – "Geneva forms an alliance with the Swiss cantons."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1587 – Watchmaker {{Interlanguage link|Charles Cusin|fr}} active.{{sfn|Baedeker|1922}}
  • 1602 – 12 December: "Savoy fails to conquer Geneva, an event celebrated as the 'Escalade'."
  • 1679 – French embassy established.
  • 1690 – Population: 16,220.
  • 1712 – 28 June: Jean-Jacques Rousseau born.
  • 1738 – "The republic adopts a regular constitution."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1763 – Geneva is "made independent."{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1766 – Théâtre de Rosimond built.
  • 1770 – "Insurrection suppressed."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1781 – February: Geneva Revolution of 1782.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1783 – Théâtre de Neuve built.
  • 1789 – Trade show held.
  • 1794 – July: "Government overthrown;"{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} "executions, etc."{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1798
  • April: Geneva becomes capital of the Léman (department) of the First French Republic (later the First French Empire).{{sfn|Overall|1870}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • Population: 24,331.

19th century

  • 1813 – 31 December: Restoration of the Republic.
  • 1815
  • Canton of Geneva created.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{citation |title= Genève (canton) |work=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/007398/2017-05-30/ |language=fr |access-date=2 April 2022 }}
  • Canton of Geneva becomes part of the Swiss Confederation.{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR21 }}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1816 – Treaty of Turin nearly doubled the size of the Canton of Geneva.{{Cite news |url=http://lenews.ch/2016/03/16/on-this-day-200-years-ago-geneva-nearly-doubled-in-size/ |title=On this day 200 years ago Geneva nearly doubled in size |last=Judd |first=Phillip |date=16 March 2016 |work=le News |access-date=17 May 2017}}
  • 1817 – Botanical garden created in the {{Interlanguage link|Parc des Bastions|fr}}.
  • 1821 – Catholic diocese of Lausanne and Geneva established.{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Switzerland |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/switzerland |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}
  • 1825 – Prison begins operating.{{cite book|author= Mitchel P. Roth |title=Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0-313-32856-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RTH31DgbTzgC&pg=PR31 }}
  • 1826 – Musée Rath built.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1828 – {{Interlanguage link|Société genevoise d'utilité publique|fr}} (public welfare society) founded.
  • 1829 – Töpffer's Adventures of Dr. Festus comic book created.{{cite book |title=Famous First Facts |year=2000 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Co. |editor1=Steven Anzovin |editor2=Janet Podell |isbn=0824209583 |url=https://archive.org/details/famousfirstfacts00anzo }}
  • 1834
  • 5 February: Polish-Sardinian unrest.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • Population: 27,177.
  • 1835 – Conservatoire de Musique de Genève founded.
  • 1837 – Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève founded.{{citation |title=Mémoires et documents |publisher=Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève |language=fr |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009029308 |year=1841 }}
  • 1841 – Jews granted freedom of establishment in the canton of Geneva.{{Cite web|last=Knoch-Mund, Picard|title=«Antisemitismus», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2009|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011379/2009-11-18}}
  • 1842
  • Political unrest.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • Geneva municipality created.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1845 – Gas lighting installed.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1846 – Political unrest;{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} "constitution made more democratic."{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1847 – "Radical party" in power.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • 1848 – Banque de Geneve founded.{{cite book|title=International Banking Directory|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA514 |year=1920|publisher=Bankers Publishing Company |chapter= Switzerland }}
  • 1849 – Fortifications begin to be demolished.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • 1850 – Population: 37,724 in city; 64,146 in canton.
  • 1851 – Watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in business.
  • 1852
  • Union Chrétienne de Jeunes Gens branch established.{{sfn|Weibel|2006}}
  • Communauté Israélite de Genève founded.
  • 1854 – Jardin Anglais (park) laid out.
  • 1856 – Quai Gustave-Ador built.
  • 1858
  • Genève-Cornavin railway station opens.
  • Ecole Saint-Antoine (school) built.{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-geneve.ch/plan-ville/ |title= Plan de Ville |work=Ville de Genève: site officiel |access-date= 30 September 2015 |language=fr }}
  • 1860 – Population: 82,876 in canton.
  • 1863 – International Committee of the Red Cross headquartered in Geneva.
  • 1864
  • August: International "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" signed in Geneva, i.e. "the fundamental rules of war."
  • 22–23 August: "Election riots, with loss of life, through the indiscretion of M. Fazy;"{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} city occupied by federal forces.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • Monument erected in Port-Noir.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
  • 1867
  • September: International "Congress of Peace" held in Geneva.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}
  • Salle de la Réformation inaugurated.{{sfn|Weibel|2006}}
  • 1873
  • University of Geneva active.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • Christian Catholic Church is formally established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1879
  • Grand Théâtre de Genève opens.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}}
  • Brunswick Monument erected.
  • 1880 – Population: 99,712 in canton.
  • 1881 – Société Genevoise de Photographie founded.{{citation |work= International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin |title=Amateur Photographic Societies ... Foreign |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065594080?urlappend=%3Bseq=413 |year=1902 |volume=14 |pages=14 v |location=New York |publisher=E. & H. T. Anthony & Company |hdl=2027/mdp.39015065594080?urlappend=%3Bseq=413 |last1=Scandlin |first1=W. I. |last2=Harrison |first2=Frederick J. |last3=Smith |first3=Francis P. |last4=Elliott |first4=Arthur H. }}[http://www.sgp-geneve.ch/_sgp14_/index.php/2013-05-22-06-26-46/a-propos]
  • 1883 – 23 November: Steamboat collision on Lake Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1886
  • Geneva Seal adopted.
  • Jet d'Eau (fountain) installed.
  • 1891 – International Peace Bureau headquartered in Geneva.{{cite book |title=Patriotic Pacifism: Waging War on War in Europe, 1815–1914 |author=Sandi E. Cooper |year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-536343-2 |chapter=Peace Societies |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fo7UNtZZoCEC&pg=PA213 }}
  • 1892 – 9 July: Steamboat explosion on Lake Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1893 – Piolet Club (hiking group) formed.{{cite journal |title=Mountaineering Clubs, 1857–1907 |author=A.J. Mackintosh |journal=Alpine Journal |location=UK |year=1907 |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 |number=177 |hdl=2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 }}
  • 1894 – Victoria Hall (concert hall) built.
  • 1896 – 1 May: {{Interlanguage link|Swiss National Exposition|de|3=Schweizerische_Landesausstellung}} opens in Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1900 – Population: 97,359 in city; 132,609 in canton.{{citation |url= http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/regionen/22/publ.html?publicationID=743 |title=Evolution de la population des communes 1850–2000 |language=fr |publisher=Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office |format=xls |year=2005 }}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

=1900s–1940s=

=1950s–1990s=

  • 1950
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquartered in Geneva.
  • Population: 202,918 in canton.
  • 1954
  • International conference related to Korea and Indochina held in Geneva.{{cite book|editor=Bernard A. Cook|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia |year= 2013|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-17939-7 |chapter=Chronology of Major Political Events |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kV-2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 }}
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) headquartered in nearby Meyrin.
  • 1955 - L'horloge fleurie flowerbed created in the Jardin Anglais.
  • 1957 – Electric toothbrush invented.{{cite book|author=Patrick Robertson|title= Robertson's Book of Firsts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC|year= 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-60819-738-5}}
  • 1960 - Women's suffrage effected in canton.{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ }}
  • 1961 - {{Interlanguage link|Centre islamique de Genève|fr}} founded.
  • 1963 - United Nations Institute for Training and Research headquartered in Geneva.{{cite book|author=Richard Green|title= Chronology of International Organizations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQQSBAAAQBAJ|year= 2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-35590-6}}
  • 1964 - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development headquartered in Geneva.
  • 1970 - Population: 173,618 in city; 331,599 in canton.
  • 1972 - Tour du Lac rowing contest begins.
  • 1977 – {{Interlanguage link|Geneva Symphony Orchestra|fr|3=Orchestre symphonique genevois}} established.{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA277 }}
  • 1978 - Geneva Mosque built.{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070405003248/http://archnet.org/library/places/places.tcl?country_code=ch |title=Switzerland |publisher=ArchNet |url-status=dead |url= http://archnet.org/library/places/places.tcl?country_code=ch |archive-date= 2007-04-05 }}
  • 1980 – {{Interlanguage link|Banque de Patrimoines Privés Genève|de}} established.
  • 1986 – {{Interlanguage link|Geneva City Archives|fr|3=Archives de la ville de Genève}} established.
  • 1987 – Geneva Airport railway station opens.
  • 1988 – International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum opens.
  • 1989 – March: World Wide Web concept invented by Berners-Lee of CERN.
  • 1997 – Sculpture "Broken Chair" installed in the Place des Nations.
  • 2000 – Population: 177,964 in city; 413,673 in canton.

21st century

  • 2002 – City website online (approximate date).{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20021205094224/http://www.ville-ge.ch/site99/index.html |url= http://www.ville-ge.ch |archive-date= 2002-12-05 |title=Ville de Geneve: Le Site officiel |language= fr |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}}
  • 2004 – Genève-Sécheron railway station opens.
  • 2005 – Geneva Citizens' Movement established.
  • 2007 – RHINO (squat) evicted.
  • 2009
  • November: Anti-WTO protest.{{citation |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto-demonstration-idUSTRE5AR0U020091128 |title=Geneva anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars |date=28 November 2009 }}
  • November–December: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2009 held in Geneva.
  • Calvin Jubilee held.{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/world/europe/05calvin.html |title=A City of Mixed Emotions Observes Calvin's 500th |date= 4 November 2009 }}
  • 2013
  • Revised constitution of the Canton of Geneva effected; created by the {{Interlanguage link|Assemblée constituante de Genève|fr}}.
  • Population: 469,433 in canton.{{citation |url= http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/22/publ.html |title= Cantonal portraits 2015 |publisher=Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office }}
  • 2014 – Nuclear bunkers converted to homeless shelters.{{citation |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/22/new-cold-war-geneva-switzerland-fallout-bunkers-homeless-shelters |title=New cold war: the Geneva fallout bunkers doubling as homeless shelters |date=22 October 2014 |series=Cities }}
  • 2015
  • August: Intern-in-tent reported.{{citation |work=New York Times |date=13 August 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/europe/united-nations-unpaid-intern-david-hyde-slept-in-tent.html?_r=0 |title=U.N. Faces Scrutiny Over Unpaid Intern Who Slept in a Tent in Geneva }}
  • Esther Alder becomes mayor.
  • 2019 - Opening of the CEVA rail line to Annemasse in France, operated by the Léman Express train service.

See also

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=in French=

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|publisher= {{Interlanguage link|Labor et Fides|fr}} |location=Geneva |isbn=978-2-8309-1193-0 |author=Luc Weibel |chapter=Chronologie |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IohT8rcrJfsC&pg=PA201 |page=201+ |language=fr

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}}

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