• Source: Timeline of Dijon

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




Prior to 20th century



c.274 - Roman emperor Aurelian surrounds the town with ramparts.
c.500 – Battle of Dijon
c.580 – Description of Dijon by Gregory of Tours in Historia Francorum (Book III, Chapter 19).
1098 – Cîteaux Abbey founded near Dijon.
1137 – Fire.
1182 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy confers communal privileges on the town.
1183 - Philip II of France confirms the communal privileges.
1200 – Dijon mustard introduced (approximate date).
1334 - Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon consecrated.
1364 - Dijon City Hall built.
1382 - Public clock installed.
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.
1513 – Siege of Dijon by 50,000 Swiss and Germans.
1595 - The town opened is gates to Henry IV of France
1683 - Birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau, later a composer and music theorist.
1689 – Salle des États at the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy completed.
1708 – Public library opens.(fr)
1709 – St. Anne's Church, Dijon built.
1722 – University of Dijon founded.
1731 – Roman Catholic diocese of Dijon established.
1740 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon constituted.
1763 – Jesuits expelled.
1784 - Birth of François Rude, later a sculptor.
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.
1828 – Grand Theatre built.
1832 – Burgundy Canal and Port du canal de Dijon open.
1833 – Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (garden) established.
1858 – Dijon Exhibition held.
1863 – Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge in business.
1868 – Le Bien Public newspaper in publication.
1870 – October: Battle of Dijon.
1879 – Dijon Synagogue built.
1886 – Population: 60,855.
1893 – Lycée Carnot (Dijon) (school) opens.
1899 – Carnot monument erected in the Place de la République (Dijon).




20th century


1911 – Population: 76,847.
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.
1973 - Canton de Dijon-1, etc. created.
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.
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.
2016 – Dijon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
2020 – 11–17 June: 2020 Dijon riots




See also


Dijon history
List of mayors of Dijon
List of heritage sites in Dijon
History of Burgundy region
other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
Timeline of Besançon




References



This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



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Items related to Dijon, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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