Timeline of Dijon

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

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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

in English

in French

• circa 1896

External links

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