Timeline of Dijon
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dijon, France.
Prior to 20th century
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- c.580 - Description of Dijon by Gregory of Tours in Historia Francorum (Book III, Chapter 19).
- 1098 - Cîteaux Abbey founded near Dijon.
- 1137 - Fire.[1]
- 1200 - Dijon mustard introduced (approximate date).[2]
- 1334 - Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon consecrated.[3]
- 1364 - Dijon City Hall built.
- 1382 - Public clock installed.[1][4]
- 1383 - Carthusian Champmol monastery founded near Dijon.
- 1393 - Dijon Cathedral consecrated.
- 1405 - "Well of Moses" sculpture created for the Champmol monastery near Dijon.
- 1460 - Tower of Philip the Good built.
- 1491 - Printing press in operation.[5]
- 1708 - Public library opens.[6][7](fr)
- 1709 - St. Anne's Church, Dijon built.
- 1722 - University of Dijon founded.[8]
- 1731 - Roman Catholic diocese of Dijon established.[9]
- 1740 - Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon constituted.[10]
- 1763 - Jesuits expelled.
- 1787 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon established.
- 1790 - Dijon becomes part of the Côte-d'Or department.
- 1793 - Population: 20,760.
- 1802 - Sainte-Chapelle de Dijon demolished.[11]
- 1828 - Grand Theatre built.
- 1832 - Burgundy Canal and Port du canal de Dijon open.
- 1833 - Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (garden) established.[12]
- 1863 - Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge in business.[13]
- 1868 - Le Bien Public newspaper in publication.
- 1870 - October: Battle of Dijon.[14]
- 1879 - Dijon Synagogue built.
- 1886 - Population: 60,855.[15]
- 1893 - Lycée Carnot (Dijon) (school) opens.
- 1899 - Carnot monument erected in the Place de la République (Dijon).[14]
20th century
- 1911 - Population: 76,847.[16]
- 1914 - Cinéma Le Darcy opens.
- 1920 - Cinéma Eldorado opens.
- 1934 - Stade Gaston Gérard (stadium) opens.
- 1938 - Magnin Museum established.
- 1946 - Population: 100,664.
- 1947 - Rude Museum established.
- 1956 - Dijon exhibition grounds opens.
- 1962 - Gare de Dijon-Ville rebuilt.
- 1970 - University of Burgundy established.[8]
- 1973 - Canton de Dijon-1, etc. created.[citation needed]
- 1975 - Population: 151,705.
- 1977 - Palais des Sports de Dijon (arena) opens.
- 1980
- Florissimo flower show begins.
- Musée d'art sacré de Dijon opens.
- 1981 - Hôtel de région (Bourgogne) built in Dijon for the Bourgogne regional council.(fr)
- 1990 - Parc de la Toison d'Or (amusement park) opens.
- 1995 - Festival international du court-métrage de Dijon begins.
- 1998
- Dijon Auditorium opens.
- Dijon FCO football club formed.
21st century
- 2003 - May: Socialist Party national congress held in Dijon.
- 2005 - Zénith de Dijon assembly hall opens.
- 2009 - Elithis tower office building constructed.
- 2010 - November: Hostel fire.[17]
- 2011 - Population: 151,672.[18]
- 2012
- Dijon tramway begins operating.
- Population: 152,071.
- 2014
- March: Dijon municipal election, 2014 held.
- 21 December: 2014 Dijon attack.
- 2015
- François Rebsamen becomes mayor.
- December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 held.[18]
- 2016 - Dijon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
See also
- other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
References
- ^ a b Overall 1870.
- ^ Steven Anzovin; Janet Podell, eds. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Historique: une bibliothèque depuis le 17e siècle" (in French). Bibliothèque municipale de Dijon. Archived from the original on 24 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 14 (9th ed.), New York
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (list of cities) - ^ a b Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Michael Greenhalgh (2015). "Dijon". Destruction of Cultural Heritage in 19th-century France. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-29371-7.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "William Frachot à Dijon". Michelin Restaurants: Magazine (in French). 2013.
Étoiles
- ^ a b Haydn 1910.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Seven die in fire in immigrant hostel in Dijon, France", BBC News, 14 November 2010
- ^ a b "Données du Monde: Dijon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Dijon". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Dijon", Handbook for travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Dijon". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - C.B. Black (1876), "Dijon", Guide to the north of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Dijon", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Dijon", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 4, New York, 1907
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Dijon", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Dijon", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Dijon". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
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in French
- Almanach de la province de Bourgogne et particulièrement de la ville de Dijon (in French). 1772.
- "Dijon". Almanach général des marchands, négocians, armateurs et fabricans (in French). Paris: L. Cellot. 1779. ISSN 1954-6521.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Dijon". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire (in French). Perisse frères.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Dijon". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 342.
- Philibert Milsand (1885). "Ville de Dijon". Bibliographie bourguignonne. Dijon: Gustave Lamarche; Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Dijon. Guides Joanne (in French). circa 1896
- "Dijon". La Bourgogne. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.
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