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, later Dauphin of France
- 1219 – September:.
- 1337 – founded.
- 1339 – Gratianopolis becomes Gregnoble
- 1381 – Construction start of the
- 1390 – Public clock installed.
- 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.
- 1788 – 7 June: Social unrest.
- 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 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 LETI
- * 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 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.
- 2006 – Opening of Minatec.
- 2008 – Stade des Alpes 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.
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