Timeline of Lyon

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

Prior to 15th century
See also: Lugdunum,  and 

 43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded.
 15 BCE - Ancient Theatre of Fourvière built (approximate date).
 10 BCE - Birth of Claudius.
 177 CE - Persecution in Lyon.
 197 - Battle of Lugdunum.
 1170s - Religious Waldensians active.
 1180 - Lyon Cathedral construction begins.
 1245 - First Council of Lyon convenes.
 1272-1274 - Second Council of Lyon convenes.
 1300 - University of Lyon founded.
 1307 - Lyon becomes part of France.
 1320 - "Citizens obtained self-rule."
 1381 - Public clock installed.
 1383 - Lyon astronomical clock in operation in the cathedral (approximate date).

15th-18th centuries
See also:  and 

 1420 - Trade fairs authorized.
 1454 - Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (hospital) in operation.
 1473 - Printing press in operation.
 1480 - Lyon Cathedral building completed.
 1498 - Maison du Chamarier built.
 1506 - Stock exchange opens.
 1515 -  begins.
 1519 - Collège de la Trinité founded.
 1531 - Hospice de la Charite founded.
 1540 - Printers' strike.
 1548 - Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici visit city.
 1600 - Marriage of Henry IV of France and Marie de' Medici.
 1617 - Hospice de la Charite church built.
 1651 - City Hall built.
 1655 - Premiere of Molière's L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps.
 1700 -  established.
 1702 - Chamber of Commerce founded.
 1704 - Currency court established.
 1711 - Flood.
 1724 - Academy of fine arts established.
 1731 - Lyon Public Library established. 
 1744 - "Silkworkers' revolt."
 1750 -  development begins.
 1761 -  founded.
 1771 - Conseil Superieur established.
 1775
 20 January: Birth of André-Marie Ampère.
 Saint-Clair bridge opens.
 1778 - Masonic Rectified Scottish Rite founded in Lyon.
 1784 - Montgolfiere hot air balloon ascends from Brotteaux.
 1786 - Weavers' strike.
 1788 - City directory published.
 1790 - City becomes part of the Rhône souveraineté.
 1792 - The first version of the Théâtre des Célestins is inaugurated. 
 1793
 Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention; crackdown.
 City becomes part of the Rhône (department).
 Population: 102,167.

19th century
See also:  and

1800s-1840s
 1802 - Jacquard loom invented in Lyon.
 1803
 Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon opens.
 Temple du Change (church) active.
 1806 - Labor court established.
 1807 - Cemetery of Loyasse established.
 1808 - University established.
 1814 - March: Austrians in power.
 1815 - 8 March: Napoleon arrives.
 1820 - Population: 115,841.
 1822
  formed.
 Catholic Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon.
 1825 - Statue of Louis XIV installed in the Place Bellecour.
 1830 -  founded.
 1831 - November–December: Canut revolt.
 1834 - April: Canut revolt.
 1835 - Revue du Lyonnais journal begins publication.
 1836 - Brasserie Georges in business.
 1840 - 4 November: Flood.
 1842 - Courthouse built.
 1848
  newspaper begins publication.
 Église Saint-Georges (church) rebuilt.
 1849 - June: Canut revolt.

1850s-1890s
 1850 - 15 August: "Banquet to Louis Napoleon."
 1852 - Arrondissements of Lyon created: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.
 1854 - Gare de Lyon-Vaise opens.
 1855 - Gare de Lyon-Perrache opens.
 1856
 Flood.
 Society of African Missions founded in Lyon.
 Population: 292,721.
 1857 - École centrale de Lyon founded.
 1858 - Lyon–Geneva railway in operation.
 1859 - Le progrès newspaper begins publication.
 1860
 Philharmonic Society founded.
 Palais de la Bourse built.
 1861
 African Museum of Lyon established.
 Population: 318,803.
 1862 - Funicular railway begins operating.
 1863 - Crédit Lyonnais (bank) founded.
 1864 - Grande synagogue de Lyon built.
 1867 - 6th arrondissement of Lyon created.
 1872 - Société botanique de Lyon established.
 1875 -  bank and Catholic University of Lyon established.
 1876 - Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul opens.
 1877 - Théâtre des Célestins opens.
 1879 -  newspaper begins publication. 
 1880 -  newspaper begins publication. 
 1883
 
 Église du Bon-Pasteur (church) built.
 1884 - Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière built.
 1886 - Population: 401,930.
 1888 -  of Lyon established.
 1890 - Republican monument erected in Place Carnot.
 1891 - Croix-Rousse funicular begins operating.
 1892 - Fontaine Bartholdi installed in Place des Terreaux.
 1894
 29 April: Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894) opens.
 24 June: Assassination of French president Carnot.
 25 June: "Anti-Italian riots."
 Metallic tower of Fourvière and  built.
 1899 - Lyon Olympique Universitaire football club formed.
 1900 - Statue of Carnot erected in the Place de la République.

20th century

1900-1944
See also: 
 1902 - Revue d'histoire de Lyon journal begins publication.
 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.
 1908 - Gare des Brotteaux opens.
 1911 - Population: 523,796.
 1912 - 7th arrondissement of Lyon created.
 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.
 1940 - June: City occupied by German forces during the .
 1941 - Odeon of Lyon excavation begins.
 1944 - 2 September: Allied forces take city from Germans.

1945-1990s
See also: 
 1952
 Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse opens.
  Saint-Étienne-Lyon footrace begins.
 Positif film magazine begins publication.
 1959 - 8th arrondissement of Lyon created.
 1964
 9th arrondissement of Lyon created.
 Printing Museum established.
 1968 - Population: 527,800.
 1969 - Urban Community of Lyon and  established.
 1971 - Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 established.
 1973 - Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 established.
 1974 - Lyon metro Line C begins operating.
 1975
Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon building opens.
Airport Lyon Saint-Exupéry opens.
 Population: 456,716.
 1978 - Lyon Metro Line A and Line B begin operating.
 1980 - Conservatory of Music and Dance established.
 1982
  effected.
 Population: 413,095.
 1983
 TGV hi-speed railway begins operating.
 Opéra National de Lyon founded.
 Gare de Lyon-Part-Dieu opens.
 1987 - 11 May: Barbie Trial begins.
 1989 - Michel Noir becomes mayor.
 1991 - Lyon Metro Line D begins operating.
 1993 - Opéra Nouvel opens.
 1995
 Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon building opens.
 Raymond Barre becomes mayor.
 1997 - Gare de Lyon-Vaise rebuilt.
 1999 - Population: 445,452.

21st century

2000s
 2001
 March:  held.
 Gérard Collomb becomes mayor.
Tram lines T1 and T2 begin operting.
 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:  held.
 Musée des Confluences opens.
 2015
 Metropolis of Lyon established per .
 26 June: Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack occurs in vicinity of Lyon.
 December:  held.
 2016 - Lyon becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
2019 - Tram line T6 begins operating.

See also
 History of Lyon
 
 
 Other names of Lyon
  department

other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
 Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
 Timeline of Grenoble
 Timeline of St Etienne

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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in French

External links

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