See also: Lugdunum, Lyon in the High Middle Ages and Lyon in the Late Middle Ages
43 BCE - Roman colony of Lugdunum founded.15 BCE - Ancient Theatre of Fourvière built (approximate date).10 BCE - Birth of Claudius.197 CE - Battle of Lugdunum.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.1320 - "Citizens obtained self-rule."1381 - Public clock installed.1383 - Lyon astronomical clock in operation in the cathedral (approximate date).See also: Renaissance in Lyon and Lyon in the French Revolution
1420 - Trade fairs authorized.1454 - Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon (hospital) in operation.1473 - Printing press in operation.1480 - Lyon Cathedral building 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'Etourdi.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.177520 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 souveraineté.1793Revolt of Lyon against the National Convention; crackdown.City becomes part of the Rhône (department).Population: 102,167.See also: Lyon in the French First Republic and Lyon in the French Third Republic
1802 - Jacquard loom invented in Lyon.1803Museum 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: 115,841.1822Société 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.1848Le Salut public newspaper begins publication.Église Saint-Georges (church) rebuilt.1849 - June: Canut revolt.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.1856Flood.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.1860Philharmonic Society founded.Palais de la Bourse built.1861African 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. 1883Trial of Lyon anarchistsÉglise 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.189429 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.See also: Lyon during World War II
1900 - Statue of Carnot erected in the Place de la République.1902 - Revue d'histoire de Lyon journal begins publication.[2]1903July: 1903 Tour de France passes through Lyon.Revue musicale de Lyon begins publication.1905Orchestre 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.See also: Lyon since 1944
1952Tunnel de la Croix-Rousse opens.SaintéLyon Saint-Étienne-Lyon footrace begins.Positif film magazine begins publication.1959 - 8th arrondissement of Lyon created.[4]19649th 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.1975Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon building opens.Population: 456,716.1978 - Lyon Metro Line A begins operating.1980 - Conservatory of Music and Dance established.1982PLM Law effected.Population: 413,095.1983TGV 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.1995Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon building opens.Raymond Barre becomes mayor.1997 - Gare de Lyon-Vaise rebuilt.1999 - Population: 445,452.2001March: Lyon municipal election, 2001 held.Gérard Collomb becomes mayor.2005 - Vélo'v bikeshare begins operating.2008 - Pathe Vaise cinema opens.2011 - Population: 491,268.2012 - Tram-train de l'ouest lyonnais begins operating.2014March: Lyon municipal election, 2014 held.Musée des Confluences opens.2015Metropolis 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.