Timeline of Dijon

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

Prior to 20th century

 * c.274 - Roman emperor Aurelian surrounds the town with ramparts.
 * c.500 – 500 Battle of Dijon
 * c.580 – Description of Dijon by Gregory of Tours in Historia Francorum (Book III, Chapter 19).
 * 1098 – Cîteaux Abbey founded near Dijon.
 * 1137 – Fire.
 * 1182 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy confers communal privileges on the town.
 * 1183 - Philip II of France confirms the communal privileges.
 * 1200 – Dijon mustard introduced (approximate date).
 * 1334 - Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon consecrated.
 * 1364 - built.
 * 1382 - Public clock installed.
 * 1383 - Carthusian Champmol monastery founded near Dijon.
 * 1393 - Dijon Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1405 - "Well of Moses" sculpture created for the Champmol monastery near Dijon.
 * 1460 – built.
 * 1491 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1513 – Siege of Dijon by 50,000 Swiss and Germans.
 * 1595 - The town opened is gates to Henry IV of France
 * 1683 - Birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau, later a composer and music theorist.
 * 1708 – Public library opens. (fr)
 * 1709 – built.
 * 1722 – University of Dijon founded.
 * 1731 – Roman Catholic diocese of Dijon established.
 * 1740 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon constituted.
 * 1763 – Jesuits expelled.
 * 1784 - Birth of François Rude, later a sculptor.
 * 1787 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon established.
 * 1790 – Dijon becomes part of the Côte-d'Or department.
 * 1793 – Population: 20,760.
 * 1802 – demolished.
 * 1828 – Grand Theatre built.
 * 1832 – Burgundy Canal and open.
 * 1833 – Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (garden) established.
 * 1858 – Dijon Exhibition held.
 * 1863 – in business.
 * 1868 – Le Bien Public newspaper in publication.
 * 1870 – October:.
 * 1879 – built.
 * 1886 – Population: 60,855.
 * 1893 – (school) opens.
 * 1899 – Carnot monument erected in the.

20th century

 * 1911 – Population: 76,847.
 * 1914 – opens.
 * 1920 – opens.
 * 1934 – Stade Gaston Gérard (stadium) opens.
 * 1938 – Magnin Museum established.
 * 1946 – Population: 100,664.
 * 1947 – Rude Museum established.
 * 1956 – opens.
 * 1962 – Gare de Dijon-Ville rebuilt.
 * 1970 – University of Burgundy established.
 * 1973 -, etc. created.
 * 1975 – Population: 151,705.
 * 1977 – Palais des Sports de Dijon (arena) opens.
 * 1980
 * Florissimo flower show begins.
 * Musée d'art sacré de Dijon opens.
 * 1981 – built in Dijon for the .(fr)
 * 1990 – (amusement park) opens.
 * 1995 – begins.
 * 1998
 * opens.
 * Dijon FCO football club formed.

21st century

 * 2003 – May: Socialist Party national congress held in Dijon.
 * 2005 – Zénith de Dijon assembly hall opens.
 * 2009 – Elithis tower office building constructed.
 * 2010 – November: Hostel fire.
 * 2012
 * Dijon tramway begins operating.
 * Population: 152,071.
 * 2014
 * March: held.
 * 21 December: 2014 Dijon attack.
 * 2015
 * François Rebsamen becomes mayor.
 * December: held.
 * 2016 – Dijon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
 * 2020 – 11–17 June: 2020 Dijon riots

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