The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lyon, France.
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.
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 souveraineté.
1793
Revolt 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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
See also: Lyon since 1944
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.
1975
Gallo-Roman Museum of Lyon building opens.
Population: 456,716.
1978 - Lyon Metro Line A begins 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.
2001
March: 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.
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.
