The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Grenoble, France.
Prior to 11th century edit
- 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 edit
- 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.
- 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 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 edit
- 1772 – Académie Delphinale[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 edit
- 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 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 edit
- 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 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: 1998 Rhône-Alpes regional election held.
- 2000 – Socialist Party national congress held in Grenoble again.
21st century edit
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- 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 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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ "Les collections". Bibliothèques municipales de Grenoble (in French). Ville de Grenoble. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Chambers 1901.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grenoble, EHESS (in French).
- ^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. US: Government Printing Office.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Résultats élections: Grenoble", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- *"Grenoble", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
- "Grenoble". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312900.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1910). . 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 edit
- 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. 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.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
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