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.[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: 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.;[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

• Timeline of Clermont-Ferrand
• Timeline of Lyon
• Timeline of St Etienne
• Timeline of Vienne

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 (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. "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.
10. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
11. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
13. "France: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1.
14. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
15. "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
• "Grenoble". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Grenoble", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "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, 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 (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 (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.

External links

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