Timeline of Grenoble

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

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Prior to 11th century

• 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  [ fr ]. ^[3]
• 1337 – Conseil Delphinal  [ fr ] (court) founded. ^[4]
• 1339 – Gratianopolis becomes Gregnoble
• 1381 – Construction start of the Tour de l'Isle  [ fr ]
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[5]
• 1453 - Parlement du Dauphiné  [ fr ] created.
• 1539 - Palais du parlement du Dauphiné  [ fr ] expanded.
• 1562 - Sacked by the Protestants under Baron des Adrets ^[2]
• 1590 - Duke of Lesdiguières took the town in the name of Henry IV. ^[2]
• 1592 - First Bastille built by Lesdiguières.
• 1625 – Hôtel de la Première présidence  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] ^{[6] [2]} 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] [2]}
• 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. ^[2]
• 1836 – Extension of wall by general Haxo
• 1847 – Bastille rebuilt by general Haxo.
• 1858 – Chemins de fer du Dauphiné  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] established.
  • Grenoble-Chapareillan tramway  [ fr ] begins operating.

20th century

• 1906
  • Opening of the Musée dauphinois
  • Population: 58,641. ^[2]
• 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  [ fr ] 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. ^[14]
• 1968
  • Gare de Grenoble rebuilt.
  • 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble.
• 1970 – Joseph Fourier University, Pierre Mendès-France University, and Stendhal University established. ^[15]
• 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: 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: Grenoble municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] held. ^[16]
• 2016 – Grenoble becomes part of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

See also

• Grenoble history
• History of Grenoble  [ fr ]
• List of mayors of Grenoble
• List of heritage sites in Grenoble  [ fr ]
• History of Isère  [ fr ] department
• History of Rhône-Alpes  [ fr ] region

other cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

• Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
• Timeline of Lyon
• Timeline of St Etienne
• Timeline of Vienne  [ fr ]

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 November 2015.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Albertin 1900.
4. Norberg 1985.
5. 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.
6. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
7. "Les collections". Bibliothèques municipales de Grenoble (in French). Ville de Grenoble. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
8. Chambers 1901.
9. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grenoble , EHESS (in French).
10. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. US: Government Printing Office.
11. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1890). "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
13. "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN   978-1-85743-254-1.
14. Fontana, Julie (9 February 2018). "50 ans après: l'Hôtel de Ville" [50 years later: the City Hall]. Gre Mag (in French). Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
15. 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.
16. "Résultats élections: Grenoble", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Further information (in French): Bibliography of Grenoble  [ fr ]

in English

• * "Grenoble", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• "Grenoble". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312900.
• Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1910). "Grenoble"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 12 (11th ed.). p. 579.
• "Grenoble", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914
• 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, hdl:2027/mdp.39015035117657, 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  [ fr ]. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• 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). A. Gratier.
• 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.). Hachette. 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.

External links

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