The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lille, France.
Prior to 17th century
1030 - Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders "surrounded a little town with walls". 1213 - Town besieged by forces of Philip II of France. 1236 - Hospice Comtesse built. 1297 - Town besieged by forces of Philip IV of France. 1304 - French in power. 1369 - Louis II, Count of Flanders in power. 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date). 1430 - Hotel de Ville built. 1445 - Population: 25,000. 1454 - Feast of the Pheasant. 1459 - Noble Tower built. 1460s - founded. 1473 - built. 1531 - Lille customary laws codified (approximate date). 1535 - Latin school established. 1592 - Municipal college established.
17th-18th centuries 1605 - Military hospital founded. 1617 - (gate) constructed. 1622 - (gate) constructed. 1667 - Siege of Lille. 1668 Lille becomes part of France. Town fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. 1670 - Citadel constructed. 1675 - construction begins. 1692 - (gate) constructed. 1701 Pont-Neuf built. construction begins. 1708 - Siege of Lille. 1717 - Grand' Garde built. 1748 - Church of Saint-Étienne built. 1785 - Opera house built. 1790 Lille becomes part of the Nord souveraineté. Municipal elections begin. Public library founded. 1792 - City besieged by Austrian forces. 1793 - Population: 66,761.
19th century 1802 - founded. 1809 - Art museum opens. 1822 - Natural history museum founded. 1837 - Palais de Justice built. 1839 - Commission historique du Nord founded. 1842 - Lille-Flandres station opened as the Gare de Lille. 1844 - Column of the Goddess erected. 1846 - Paris-Lille railway built. 1852 - Lycée impérial re-built 1854 - Faculty of sciences and École des arts industriels et des mines (École centrale de Lille) established. 1855 - Notre Dame Cathedral construction begins. 1856 - Population: 78,641. 1858 - Esquermes, Fives, and Wazemmes become part of Lille. 1860 - Christ Church, Lille proposed. 1861 - Population: 131,727. 1866 - Population: 154,749. 1870 - Prefecture built. 1872 - Institut industriel du Nord established; Saint-Maurice church restored. 1875 - Catholic University established. 1876 - Population: 162,775. 1878 - built. 1880 - Société de géographie de Lille founded. 1886 - Population: 188,272. 1888 - Musee Commercial et Colonial opens. 1892 Palais des Beaux-Arts built. Gare de Lille Flandres (rail station) rebuilt. 1894 - Institut de chimie founded. 1896 - Population: 216,276. 1899 - Institut Pasteur established.
20th century 1900-1940s
1906 - Population: 205,602. 1909 - Tramway begins operating. 1911 - Population: 217,807. 1913 Roman Catholic diocese of Lille established. Opéra de Lille built. 1914 - German occupation begins (World War I). 1918 - October 17: City liberated by British. 1924 - Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme founded. 1925 - Roger Salengro elected mayor. 1932 - Hôtel de ville de Lille (City Hall) built. 1938 - City co-hosts the 1938 FIFA World Cup. 1940 May: Siege of Lille. German occupation begins (see also: Lille during World War II). August: Frontstalag 186 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans. October: Frontstalag 102 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans. December: Frontstalag 102 POW camp relocated to Amiens. 1941 March: Frontstalag 186 POW camp dissolved. April: Echo du Nord begins publication. 1944 September - City liberated by Allied forces. Lille Olympique Sporting Club formed. 1947 - Lille Airport in operation. 1948 - Jardin des Plantes de Lille established.
1950s-1990s 1967 - Urban Community of Lille Métropole formed. 1968 - built. 1970 - Lille 2 University of Health and Law and Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie established. 1973 - Pierre Mauroy becomes mayor. 1976 - Orchestre national de Lille formed. 1977 - Hellemmes becomes an associated part of Lille. 1981 - City hosts the 1981 European Weightlifting Championships.
1983 - Lille Metro begins operating. 1984 - École de communication visuelle opens. 1987 - Socialist Party national congress held in Lille. 1986 - Lille Marathon begins. 1988 - Advanced European Institute of Management established. 1989 - Transpole formed. 1990 - École Nouvelle d'Ingénieurs en Communication founded. 1991 - Institut d'études politiques de Lille established. 1992 - Institut Lillois d'Ingénierie de la Santé founded. 1993 Paris-Lille TGV train begins operating. Lille-Europe station built. 1994 opens. Eurostar train begins operating. 1999 Lille Cathedral built. Population: 184,657. 2000 - Lomme becomes an associated part of Lille.
21st century
2001 March: held. Martine Aubry becomes mayor. 2003 - Institut technologique européen d'entrepreneuriat et de management established. 2004 - Lille designated a European Capital of Culture. 2006 - Population: 226,014. 2009 - Université Lille Nord de France formed. 2011 - Population: 227,533. 2013 - City co-hosts the EuroBasket Women 2013. 2014 - March: held. 2015 September: City co-hosts the EuroBasket 2015. December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held. 2016 - Lille becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region. 2021 - The historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College is controversially demolished.
See also Lille history History of Lille
region
Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region: Timeline of Amiens Timeline of Roubaix
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
in French (fireworks); also via British Library
External links
Items related to Lille, various dates (via Europeana). Items related to Lille, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).