Timeline of Grenoble
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Grenoble, France.
Prior to 11th century
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- 43 BCE - First mention of Cularo
- 4th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Cularo established.[1]
- 292 - Gallo-Roman wall of Cularo completed
- 381 - Cularo becomes Gratianopolis
- 879 - Grenoble becomes part of the Kingdom of Provence.[2]
- 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: Grenoble flood 1219.[3]
- 1337 - Conseil Delphinal (court) founded.[4]
- 1339 - Gratianopolis becomes Gregnoble
- 1381 - Construction start of the Tour de l'Isle
- 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
- 1453 - Parlement du Dauphiné created.
- 1539 - Palais du parlement du Dauphiné expanded.
- 1592 - First Bastille built by Lesdiguières.
- 1625 - Hôtel de la Première présidence built.
- 1627 - General Hospital construction begins.[4]
- 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 - Académie Delphinale[6] and Bibliothèque municipale de Grenoble[7] founded.
- 1778 - October: Flood ("déluge de Saint-Crépin").[3][8]
- 1788 - 7 June: Social unrest ("Day of the Tiles").
- 1790 - Grenoble becomes part of the Isère souveraineté.[9]
- 1793 - Population: 20,019.
- 1798 - Museum of Grenoble established.
19th century
- 1810 - Saint Roch Cemetery opened
- 1836 - Extension of wall by general Haxo
- 1847 - Bastille rebuilt by general Haxo.
- 1858 - Chemins de fer du Dauphiné railway begins operating.
- 1859 - 2 November: Grenoble flood.[3]
- 1864
- Grenoble–Montmélian railway begins operating.
- Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
- 1886 - Population: 52,484.[11]
- 1892 - FC Grenoble (football club) formed.
- 1894 - Tram begins operating.(fr)
- 1899
- Grenoble Power and Light Company established.
- Grenoble-Chapareillan tramway begins operating.
20th century
- 1906 - Opening of the Musée dauphinois
- 1911 - Population: 77,438.[12]
- 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.[13]
- 1946 - Population: 102,161.
- 1956 - First works in Polygone Scientifique
- 1965 - Hubert Dubedout 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
- 1968
- Gare de Grenoble rebuilt.
- 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble.
- 1970 - Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University established.[14]
- 1973 - Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble.
- 1976 - Population : 166,037
- 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: Rhône-Alpes regional election, 1998 held.
- 2000 - Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble again.
21st century
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- 2001 - Opening of Patinoire Polesud
- 2004 - March: Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2004 held.
- 2005 - Launch of téléGrenoble Isère (local television).
- 2006 - Opening of Minatec.
- 2008 - Stade des Alpes (stadium) opens.
- 2011 - Population: 157,424.;[15] opening of Clinatec
- 2014
- March: Grenoble municipal election, 2014 held.
- Éric Piolle becomes mayor.
- 2015
- Grenoble-Alpes Métropole established.
- 110,000 people demonstrate against attacks in Paris
- December: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional election, 2015 held.[15]
- 2016 - Grenoble becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
See also
- Grenoble history
- History of Grenoble
- List of mayors of Grenoble
- List of heritage sites in Grenoble
- History of Isère department
- History of Rhône-Alpes region
- other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
References
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c Albertin 1900.
- ^ a b Norberg 1985.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Les collections". Bibliothèques municipales de Grenoble (in French). Ville de Grenoble. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Chambers 1901.
- ^ "Notice communale: Grenoble". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
{{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. 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) - ^ "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ 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) - ^ a b "Données du Monde: Grenoble", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
See also: Bibliography of Grenoble
in English
- *"Grenoble", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Grenoble". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Grenoble", 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) - "Grenoble", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Daniel C. Haskell, ed. (1922), "Provencal literature and language, including the local history of southern France", Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 26,
Local history: Grenoble
- Kathryn Norberg (1985). Rich and Poor in Grenoble, 1600-1814. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-05260-4.
in French
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Grenoble". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères.
- Jean-Joseph-Antoine Pilot de Thorey (1851). Histoire municipale de Grenoble.
- Antonin Macé (1861). Guide-itinéraire des chemins de fer du Dauphiné: Grenoble (in French).
- Auguste Prudhomme (1888). Histoire de Grenoble (in French).
- Albert Albertin; André Albertin [in French] (1900). Histoire contemporaine de Grenoble et de la région dauphinoise (in French). Grenoble: Alexandre Gratier et Cie – via HathiTrust. v.1 (1848–55) + v.2 (1855-62)
- Guide pratique de Grenoble, Uriage, Allevard. Guides Pol (in French) (5th ed.). Lyon. circa 1900s
- "Grenoble". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
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External links
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