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.
• 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.
• 1651 - City Hall built.
• 1655 - Premiere of Molière's L'Étourdi ou les Contretemps.
• 1700 - Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon 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 - Saint-Clair (quarter) development begins.
• 1761 - Veterinary School of Lyon 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
  • Société linnéenne de Lyon formed.
  • Catholic Society for the Propagation of the Faith founded in Lyon.
• 1825 - Statue of Louis XIV installed in the Place Bellecour.
• 1830 - Société académique d'architecture de Lyon 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
  • Le Salut public 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.[1]
• 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 - Le Monde lyonnais newspaper begins publication.
• 1883
  • Trial of Lyon anarchists
  • Église du Bon-Pasteur (church) built.
• 1884 - Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière built.
• 1886 - Population: 401,930.
• 1888 - Association générale des étudiants 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 Théâtre de l’Eldorado 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.[2]
• 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.[3]
• 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 Battle of the Rhône Valley.
• 1941 - Odeon of Lyon excavation begins.
• 1944 - 2 September: Allied forces take city from Germans.

1945-1990s

• 1952
  • Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse opens.
  • SaintéLyon Saint-Étienne-Lyon footrace begins.
  • Positif film magazine begins publication.
• 1959 - 8th arrondissement of Lyon created.[4]
• 1964
  • 9th arrondissement of Lyon created.[5]
  • Printing Museum established.
• 1968 - Population: 527,800.
• 1969 - Urban Community of Lyon and Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon 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
  • PLM Law 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: Lyon municipal election, 2001 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: Lyon municipal election, 2014 held.
  • Musée des Confluences opens.
• 2015
  • Metropolis of Lyon established per MAPAM Law.
  • 26 June: Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack occurs in vicinity of Lyon.
  • December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 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
• List of mayors of Lyon
• List of heritage sites in Lyon
• Other names of Lyon
• History of Rhône department

Other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

• Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
• Timeline of Grenoble
• Timeline of St Etienne
• Timeline of Vienne