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 –
* 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 - 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 – 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.
* 1708 – Public library opens.^{( fr)}
* 1709 – 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.
* 1793 – Population: 20,760.
* 1802 – demolished.
* 1828 – Grand Theatre built.
* 1832 – Burgundy Canal and open.
* 1833 – Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (garden) established.
* 1858 – Dijon Exhibition held.
* 1863 – in business.
* 1868 – ''Le Bien Public'' newspaper in publication.
* 1870 – October: .
* 1879 – built.
* 1886 – Population: 60,855.
* 1893 – (school) opens.
* 1899 – Carnot monument erected in the .

20th century

* 1911 – Population: 76,847.
* 1914 – opens.
* 1920 – opens.
* 1934 – Stade Gaston Gérard (stadium) opens.
* 1938 – Magnin Museum established.
* 1946 – Population: 100,664.
* 1947 – Rude Museum established.
* 1956 – opens.
* 1962 – Gare de Dijon-Ville rebuilt.
* 1970 – University of Burgundy established.
* 1973 - , 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 – built in Dijon for the .^{( fr)}
* 1990 – (amusement park) opens.
* 1995 – begins.
* 1998
** 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: held.
** 21 December: 2014 Dijon attack.
* 2015
** François Rebsamen becomes mayor.
** December: held.
* 2016 – Dijon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
* 2020 – 11–17 June: 2020 Dijon riots

See also

* Dijon history
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* History of Burgundy region

;other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
* Timeline of Besançon

References

''This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.''

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