Timeline of Lyon

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

Prior to 15th century

43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded. 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. 177 CE - Persecution in Lyon.Eusebius, Church History, Book 5, Chapter 1Gregory of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs 197 - Battle of Lugdunum. 478 - Became the capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians. 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 under Philip the Fair . 1320 - "Citizens obtained self-rule." 1381 - Public clock installed. 1383 - Lyon astronomical clock in operation in the cathedral (approximate date).

15th-18th centuries

1420 - Trade fairs authorized. 1454 - Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (hospital) in operation. 1473 - Printing press in operation. 1476 - Lyon Cathedral completed. 1498 - Maison du Chamarier built. 1506 - Stock exchange opens. 1515 - Silk industry in Lyon 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. 1652 - Hôtel de Ville 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-et-Loire 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

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 - Union générale bank and Catholic University of Lyon established. 1876 - Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul opens. 1877 - Théâtre des Célestins opens. 1879 - Le Nouvelliste de Lyon 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

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

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 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: 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. 31 August: Mass stabbing kills one and injures eight.

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