Timeline of Grenoble

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

Prior to 11th century

• 43 BCE – First mention of Cularo
• 4th century – Roman Catholic diocese of Cularo established.
• 292 – Gallo-Roman wall of Cularo completed
• 381 – Cularo becomes Gratianopolis
• 879 – Grenoble becomes part of the Kingdom of Provence.
• 902 – First reference of Grenoble Cathedral

11th–17th centuries

• 1012 – First mention of Saint-Laurent Church
• 1110 – The son of Count Guigues III of Albon is nicknamed Dauphin (Guigo Delphinus), later Dauphin of France
• 1219 – September: .
• 1337 – (court) founded.
• 1339 – Gratianopolis becomes Gregnoble
• 1381 – Construction start of the
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1453 - created.
• 1539 - expanded.
• 1562 - Sacked by the Protestants under Baron des Adrets
• 1590 - Duke of Lesdiguières took the town in the name of Henry IV.
• 1592 - First Bastille built by Lesdiguières.
• 1625 – built.
• 1627 – General Hospital construction begins.
• 1639 – Construction start of a new wall by François de Bonne de Crequi
• 1647 – Construction start of Sainte-Marie-d'en-Bas
• 1675 – End of the construction of the wall by Crequi
• 1699 – Saint-Louis Church erected

18th century

• 1772 – and Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble founded.
• 1778 – October: Flood ("déluge de Saint-Crépin").
• 1788 – 7 June: Social unrest ("Day of the Tiles").
• 1790 – Grenoble becomes part of the Isère souveraineté.
• 1793 – Population: 20,019.
• 1798 – Museum of Grenoble established.

19th century

• 1810 – Saint Roch Cemetery opened
• 1815 - Opened its gates to Napoleon on his return from Elba on 7 March.
• 1836 – Extension of wall by general Haxo
• 1847 – Bastille rebuilt by general Haxo.
• 1858 – railway begins operating.
• 1859 – 2 November: Grenoble flood.
• 1864
• Grenoble–Montmélian railway begins operating.
• Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1886 – Population: 52,484.
• 1892 – FC Grenoble (football club) formed.
• 1894 – Tram begins operating.⁽⁾
• 1899
• established.
• begins operating.

20th century

• 1906
• Opening of the Musée dauphinois
• Population: 58,641.
• 1911 – Population: 77,438.
• 1925
• International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism held in Grenoble.
• Perret tower (Grenoble) erected.
• 1934 – Grenoble-Bastille cable car begins operating.
• 1945 – Le Dauphiné libéré newspaper begins publication.
• 1946 - Population: 102,161.
• 1956 - First works in Polygone Scientifique
• 1965 - becomes mayor.
• 1966 – opening of Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation
• 1967
• Palais des Sports (Grenoble) opens.
• Foundation of the Institut Laue–Langevin
• Foundation of
• Hôtel de Ville completed.
• 1968
• Gare de Grenoble rebuilt.
• 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble.
• 1970 – Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University established.
• 1973 - Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble.
• 1976 - Population :
• 1982 – Grenoble becomes part of the Rhône-Alpes region.
• 1983 – Alain Carignon becomes mayor.
• 1987 – Grenoble tramway begins operating.
• 1994
• new building for the Museum of Grenoble
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility begins operating.
• 1995 – Michel Destot becomes mayor.
• 1997 – Grenoble Foot 38 (football club) formed.
• 1998
• Musée de l'Ancien Évêché inaugurated
• March: 1998 Rhône-Alpes regional election held.
• 2000 – Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble again.

21st century

• 2001 – Opening of Patinoire Polesud
• 2004 – March: 2004 Rhône-Alpes regional election held.
• 2005 – Launch of téléGrenoble Isère (local television).
• 2006 – Opening of Minatec.
• 2008 – Stade des Alpes (stadium) opens.
• 2011 – Population: 157,424.;> opening of Clinatec
• 2014
• March: held.
• Éric Piolle becomes mayor.
• 2015
• Grenoble-Alpes Métropole established.
• people demonstrate against attacks in Paris
• December: held.
• 2016 – Grenoble becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

See also

• Grenoble history
• List of mayors of Grenoble
• department
• region

other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

• Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
• Timeline of Lyon
• Timeline of St Etienne

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• *

in French

• v.1 (1848–55) + v.2 (1855–62)
• circa 1900s

External links

• Items related to Grenoble, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Grenoble, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).