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Timeline of Lyon

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lyon, France.

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Prior to 15th century

{{See also|Lugdunum}}

{{further ill|Lyon in the High Middle Ages|fr|Lyon du Haut Moyen Âge à l'an mil}}

{{further ill|Lyon in the Late Middle Ages|fr|Lyon à la fin du Moyen Âge}}

{{History of France}}

  • 43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded.{{cite book|author=Gino Raymond|title=Historical Dictionary of France |year= 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6256-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JVIRzOWyqUAC&pg=PA221 }}
  • 15 BCE - Ancient Theatre of Fourvière built (approximate date).
  • 10 BCE - Birth of Claudius.
  • 59 CE - Town was burned and rebuilt with funding from Nero.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 177 CE - Persecution in Lyon.Eusebius, Church History, Book 5, Chapter 1Gregory of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs
  • 197 - Battle of Lugdunum.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 478 - Became the capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1170s - Religious Waldensians active.
  • 1180 - Lyon Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1245 - First Council of Lyon convenes.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1272-1274 - Second Council of Lyon convenes.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1300 - University of Lyon founded.
  • 1307 - Lyon becomes part of France under Philip the fair .{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1320 - "Citizens obtained self-rule."{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |date = 1952 |ol=6112221M |page= 1103 }}
  • 1381 - Public clock installed.{{cite book|author= Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |author-link= :de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |title=History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders |year= 1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-15510-4 |chapter=Diffusion of Public Clocks |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9Za4jdBEVB4C&pg=PA135 }}
  • 1383 - Lyon astronomical clock in operation in the cathedral (approximate date).

15th-18th centuries

{{further ill|Renaissance in Lyon|fr|Lyon à la Renaissance}}

{{further ill|Lyon in the French Revolution|fr|Lyon sous la Révolution}}

  • 1420 - Trade fairs authorized.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}
  • 1454 - Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (hospital) in operation.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1473 - Printing press in operation.{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot |author-link= :fr: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=PA371 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established }}
  • 1476 - Lyon Cathedral completed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1498 - Maison du Chamarier built.
  • 1506 - Stock exchange opens.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}
  • 1515 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Silk industry in Lyon|fr|3=Histoire de la soierie à Lyon}} begins.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1519 - Collège de la Trinité founded.
  • 1531 - Hospice de la Charite founded.{{sfn|Baedeker|1914}}
  • 1540 - Printers' strike.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}
  • 1548 - Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici visit city.{{cite web |url=http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0013 |title=Entry of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici into Lyons (Lyons: September, 1548) |work=Treasures in Full: Renaissance Festival Books |publisher=British Library |access-date=30 January 2015 }}
  • 1600 - Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}
  • 1617 - Hospice de la Charite church built.{{sfn|Baedeker|1914}}
  • 1652 - Hôtel de Ville built.{{cite web|url=https://www.fondsenligne.archives-lyon.fr/ark:/18811/2ec8c68b89e7fcdc09602599eddc5eb7|publisher=Archives of Lyon|title=Council meetings BB206, folios 417–418|access-date=8 October 2024}}
  • 1655 - Premiere of Molière's L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps.{{Citation |publisher = Funk & Wagnalls |location = New York |title = Cyclopedia of Classified Dates |author = Charles E. Little |date = 1900 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/cyclopediaofclas00littuoft#page/661/mode/1up/search/lyons |chapter= France }}
  • 1700 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon|fr}} established.{{cite book|author=James E. McClellan|title=Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century|year= 1985|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-05996-1 |chapter=Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXrpGZ6zsH8C&pg=PA261 }}{{cite web |url= http://cths.fr/an/liste.php?sc=ss&nom=&dissoute=&ville=Lyon&departement=®ion=0&pays=0&description=&annee_creation=&domaine=0&periode=0 |title= Sociétés savantes de France (Lyon) |publisher=Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques |language=fr |location=Paris |access-date=30 December 2015 }}
  • 1702 - Chamber of Commerce founded.{{sfn|Almanach du Lyonnais|1903}}{{cite book|author1= United States Department of Commerce |author2= Archibald J. Wolfe |title=Commercial Organizations in France |year=1915 |publisher= Government Printing Office |location=USA |chapter= List of Chambers |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 }}
  • 1704 - Currency court established.
  • 1711 - Flood.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1724 - Academy of fine arts established.{{sfn|Rees|1819}}
  • 1731 - Lyon Public Library established.{{cite book|editor=David H. Stam|title=International Dictionary of Library Histories|year= 2001|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-57958-244-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Zoq_TtEN54IC&pg=PA448 }} {{sfn|Chambet|1860}}
  • 1744 - "Silkworkers' revolt."{{sfn|Reynard|2009}}
  • 1750 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Saint-Clair (quarter)|fr|3=Saint-Clair (quartier)}} development begins.{{sfn|Reynard|2009}}
  • 1761 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Veterinary School of Lyon|fr|3=École nationale vétérinaire de Lyon}} founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1771 - Conseil Superieur established.{{sfn|Reynard|2009}}
  • 1775
  • 20 January: Birth of André-Marie Ampère.
  • Saint-Clair bridge opens.{{sfn|Reynard|2009}}
  • 1778 - Masonic Rectified Scottish Rite founded in Lyon.
  • 1784 - Montgolfiere hot air balloon ascends from Brotteaux.{{sfn|Reynard|2009}}
  • 1786 - Weavers' strike.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}
  • 1788 - City directory published.{{cite book |author=A. V. Williams |title= Development and Growth of City Directories |location=Cincinnati, USA |year=1913 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=62QQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6 }}
  • 1790 - City becomes part of the Rhône-et-Loire souveraineté.
  • 1792 - The first version of the Théâtre des Célestins is inaugurated.
  • 1793
  • Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention; crackdown.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • City becomes part of the Rhône department.{{Cassini-Ehess|20464 |Lyon}}
  • Population: 102,167.

19th century

{{further ill|Lyon in the French First Republic|fr|Lyon du Premier au Second Empire}}

{{further ill|Lyon in the French Third Republic|fr|Lyon sous la Troisième République}}

=1800s-1840s=

  • 1802 - Jacquard loom invented in Lyon.
  • 1803
  • Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon opens.{{cite book|title=Catalogue sommaire des Musées de la ville de Lyon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WGgEAAAAYAAJ|year=1887|language=fr }}
  • Temple du Change (church) active.
  • 1806 - Labor court established.
  • 1807 - Cemetery of Loyasse established.
  • 1808 - University established.
  • 1814 - March: Austrians in power.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1815 - 8 March: Napoleon arrives.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1820 - Population: 115,841.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1869 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= France |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590337 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book }}
  • 1822
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Société linnéenne de Lyon|fr}} formed.
  • Catholic Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon.
  • 1825 - Statue of Louis XIV installed in the Place Bellecour.{{sfn|Baedeker|1914}}
  • 1830 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Société académique d'architecture de Lyon|fr}} founded.{{sfn|Annuaire des artistes|1833}}
  • 1831 - November–December: Canut revolt.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1834 - April: Canut revolt.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
  • 1835 - Revue du Lyonnais journal begins publication.
  • 1836 - Brasserie Georges in business.
  • 1840 - 4 November: Flood.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1842 - Courthouse built.{{sfn|Poncet|1906}}
  • 1848
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|Le Salut public|fr}} newspaper begins publication.{{sfn|Almanach du Lyonnais|1903}}
  • Église Saint-Georges (church) rebuilt.
  • 1849 - June: Canut revolt.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}

=1850s-1890s=

20th century

=1900-1944=

{{further ill|Lyon during World War II|fr|Lyon pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale}}

  • 1902 - Revue d'histoire de Lyon journal begins publication.[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000527436]
  • 1903
  • July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Lyon.
  • Revue musicale de Lyon begins publication.
  • 1905
  • Orchestre National de Lyon established.
  • Édouard Herriot becomes mayor.
  • 1906 - Population: 430,186 city; 472,114 commune.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1908 - Gare des Brotteaux opens.
  • 1911 - Population: 523,796.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= France: Area and Population: Principal Towns |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440 }}
  • 1912 - 7th arrondissement of Lyon created.[http://www.mairie7.lyon.fr/page/decouvrir-le-7e/infos-sur-votre-arrondissement/presentation-du-7e-arrondissement_7.html]
  • 1914 - Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon held.
  • 1917 - Berliet automobile manufactory in business.
  • 1921 - Montluc prison built.
  • 1926 - Stade de Gerland (stadium) opens.
  • 1933 - Pathe Bellecour cinema opens.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/france/lyon?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Lyon, France |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date=30 January 2015 }}
  • 1940 - June: City occupied by German forces during the {{Interlanguage link multi|Battle of the Rhône Valley|fr|3=Bataille de la vallée du Rhône (1940)}}.
  • 1941 - Odeon of Lyon excavation begins.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
  • 1944 - 2 September: Allied forces take city from Germans.{{sfn|Ring|1995}}

=1945-1990s=

{{further ill|Lyon since 1944|fr|Lyon depuis 1944}}

21st century

=2000s=

  • 2001
  • March: {{Interlanguage link multi|Lyon municipal election, 2001|fr|3=Élections municipales de 2001 à Lyon}} held.
  • Gérard Collomb becomes mayor.
  • Tram lines T1 and T2 begin operating.
  • 2005 - Vélo'v bikeshare begins operating.
  • 2006 - Tram line T3 begins operating.
  • 2008 - Pathe Vaise cinema opens.
  • 2009 - Tram line T4 begins operating.

=2010s=

  • 2011 - Population: 491,268.
  • 2012
  • Tram-train de l'ouest lyonnais begins operating.
  • Tram line T5 begins operating.
  • 2014
  • March: {{Interlanguage link multi|Lyon municipal election, 2014|fr|3=Élections municipales de 2014 à Lyon}} held.
  • Musée des Confluences opens.
  • 2015
  • Metropolis of Lyon established per {{Interlanguage link multi|MAPAM Law|fr|3=Loi de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation des métropoles}}.
  • 26 June: Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack occurs in vicinity of Lyon.{{citation |date=27 June 2015 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/28/islamic-terror-france-beheading |title=French terrorist attack: mystery of 'calm and gentle' man who beheaded his boss |work=The Guardian }}
  • December: {{Interlanguage link multi|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015|fr|3=Élection régionale de 2015 en Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} held.
  • 2016 - Lyon becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
  • 2019
  • Tram line T6 begins operating.
  • 31 August: Mass stabbing kills one and injures eight.

See also

  • History of Lyon
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|List of mayors of Lyon|fr|3=Liste des maires de Lyon}}
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|List of heritage sites in Lyon|fr|3=Liste des monuments historiques de Lyon}}
  • Other names of Lyon
  • {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Rhône|fr|3=Histoire du Rhône}} department

;Other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

References

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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

{{Refbegin}}

{{main|Bibliography of the history of Lyon}}

=in English=

  • {{Citation

|publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown

|date = 1819

|location = London

|title = The Cyclopaedia

|author= Abraham Rees

|chapter=Lyons

|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/cyclopaediaoruni21rees#page/697/mode/1up

| ref = {{harvid|Rees|1819}}

|title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World

|author= J. Willoughby Rosse

|location= London

|publisher=H.G. Bohn

|year=1859

|chapter= Lyons

|hdl= 2027/hvd.32044098621048

}}

  • {{cite book

|editor= William Henry Overall

|editor-link= William Henry Overall

|title= Dictionary of Chronology

|year=1870

|publisher=William Tegg

|location=London

|chapter= Lyons

| ref = {{harvid|Overall|1870}}

|hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949

}}

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lyons |volume= 17 | pages = 174–176 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation

|publisher = Ward, Lock & Co.

|location = London

|title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates

|author = Benjamin Vincent

|edition = 25th

|date = 1910

|chapter=Lyons

|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/haydnsdictionary00hayd#page/860/mode/1up

| ref = {{harvid|Haydn|1910}}

|title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates

}}

  • {{Citation

| publisher = Karl Baedeker

| date = 1914

| edition = 6th

| title = Southern France

|chapter=Lyons

| ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1914}}

| hdl = 2027/uc1.31822019077254

}}

  • {{citation

|work=Bulletin of the New York Public Library

|title= Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France

|editor=Daniel C. Haskell

|volume= 26

|year= 1922

|quote= Local history: Lyons

|hdl= 2027/mdp.39015035117657

}}

  • {{citation

|work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/10/world/lyons-journal-for-a-staid-city-neo-gaullism-with-gallic-verve.html

|date=10 April 1989

|title= Lyons Journal; For a Staid City, Neo-Gaullism With Gallic Verve

| ref = {{harvid|New York Times|1989}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|editor=Trudy Ring

|title=Northern Europe

|series= International Dictionary of Historic Places

|year=1995

|publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn

|isbn=978-1-136-63944-9

|chapter=Lyons

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA474

| ref = {{harvid|Ring|1995}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|author= Pierre Claude Reynard

|title=Ambitions Tamed: Urban Expansion in Pre-revolutionary Lyon

|year=2009

|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press

|isbn=978-0-7735-7574-5

|chapter= Chronological Landmarks

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wHkHt6OLceIC&pg=PR11

| ref = {{harvid|Reynard|2009}}

}}

=in French=

  • {{cite book

|title= Almanach général des marchands, négocians, armateurs et fabricans

|language=fr

|issn=1954-6521

|year=1779

|location=Paris

|publisher=L. Cellot

|chapter= Lyon

|journal=Almanach Général des Marchands, Négocians et Commerçans de la France et de l'Europe

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tVWcEzJco2wC&pg=PA302

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Almanach astronomique et historique de la ville de Lyon

|language=fr

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=--7l8Sxi4kwC

|year=1788

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Annuaire des artistes français: Statistique des beaux-arts en France

|language=fr

|issn = 2275-6817

|year=1833

|publisher= Guyot de Fère

|location=Paris

|chapter= Rhone: Lyon

|journal=Annuaire des Artistes Français

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NCgGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA298

| ref = {{harvid|Annuaire des artistes|1833}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|author=Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

|author-link=:fr:Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

|title=Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire

|language=fr

|year=1839

|publisher=Perisse frères

|chapter= Lyon

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=F-2Gg2ffyKkC&pg=PA188

| ref = {{harvid|Champagnac|1839}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Dictionnaire-Indicateur, ou le Guide indispensable de l'étranger à Lyon

|language=fr

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXjnkxvnq3QC

|year=1843

|publisher=Nigon

}}

  • {{cite book

|author= Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau

|author-link= :fr:Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau

|title= Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France

|language= fr

|publisher= {{Interlanguage link multi|Firmin Didot frères|fr}}

|location= Paris

|year= 1850

|edition= 3rd

|chapter= Lyon

|page= 441

|hdl= 2027/uiug.30112081968700

}}

  • {{cite book

|author=Charles-Joseph Chambet

|edition=11th

|title=Lyon descriptif, monumental et industriel de la ville de Lyon

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i2w7AAAAcAAJ

|year=1860

|publisher=chez P. Paris

|isbn=978-0-461-84595-2

|language=fr

| ref = {{harvid|Chambet|1860}}

|author-link=Charles-Joseph Chambet

}}

  • {{citation

|title=Annuaire administratif et commercial de Lyon et du département du Rhône

|year=1868

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvI6GKNFUi4C

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Guide-indicateur de Lyon

|language=fr

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OCM7_Lh_LIwC

|year=1881

|publisher= Coste-Labaume

}}

  • {{cite book

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuqctKJ7wjMC

|title=Almanach du Lyonnais

|year=1903

|location=Lyon

|publisher=Legendre

|language=fr

| ref = {{harvid|Almanach du Lyonnais|1903}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|author= Sébastien Charléty

|author-link= :fr:Sébastien Charléty

|title=Bibliographie critique de l'histoire de Lyon, depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CsU-AQAAMAAJ

|year=1903

|language=fr

|series=Annales de l'universite de Lyon

| ref = {{harvid|Charléty|1903}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Lyonnais & Velay

|series=À la France: sites et monuments

|publisher= Touring-Club de France

|oclc=457600236

|location=Paris

|language=fr

|year= 1903

|chapter= Lyon

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=CI83AQAAMAAJ

}}

  • {{cite book

|title=Lyon pittoresque

|publisher= J. Poncet

|author=Syndicat d'initiative de Lyon

|year= 1906

|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100499786

|language=fr

| ref = {{harvid|Poncet|1906}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Bourgogne, Morvan, Nivernais, Lyonnais

|language =fr

|series = Guides Joanne

|year =1907

|chapter=Lyon

|hdl =2027/uc1.$b192332

}}

{{refend}}

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