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 - 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-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.

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 -  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.
 * 1900 - Statue of Carnot erected in the Place de la République.

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.

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.