Timeline of Lille
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lille, France.
- This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Prior to 17th century
- 1213 - Town besieged by forces of Philip II of France.[1]
- 1236 - Hospice Comtesse built.
- 1297 - Town besieged by forces of Philip IV of France.[1]
- 1304 - French in power.
- 1369 - Louis II, Count of Flanders in power.[1]
- 1430 - Hotel de Ville built.[2]
- 1445 - Population: 25,000.
- 1454 - Feast of the Pheasant.
- 1459 - Noble Tower built.[3]
- 1466 - Hospice Ganthois founded.[3]
- 1473 - Palais Rihour built.[4]
- 1535 - Latin school established.
- 1592 - Municipal college established.
17th century
- 1605 - Military hospital founded.[5]
- 1617 - Ghent gate constructed.[1]
- 1622 - Roubaix gate constructed.[1]
- 1667 - Siege of Lille.[4]
- 1668 - Lille becomes part of France.
- 1670 - Citadel constructed.[4]
- 1675 - Madeleine built.[6]
- 1682 - Porte de Paris constructed.[2]
- 1696 - St. Stephen church built.[5]
18th century
- 1701 - Pont-Neuf built.[5]
- 1702 - Church of Saint-Andre built.[3]
- 1708 - Siege of Lille.[4]
- 1717 - Grand' Garde built.[5]
- 1748 - Saint-Étienne built.
- 1785 - Opera house built.
- 1790 - Municipal elections begin.
- 1792 - City besieged by Austrian forces.[2]
19th century
- 1800 - Population: 53,000.
- 1802 - Société des amateurs des sciences et des arts founded.
- 1809 - Art museum opens.
- 1822 - Natural history museum founded.
- 1837 - Palais de Justice built.[7]
- 1844 - Column of the Goddess erected.[2]
- 1846 - Paris-Lille railway built.
- 1848 - Train station built.
- 1854 - École des arts industriels et des mines established.
- 1855 - Notre Dame Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1858 - Esquermes, Fives, and Wazemmes become part of Lille.
- 1870 - Prefecture built.[5]
- 1872 - Saint-Maurice church restored.[1]
- 1875 - Catholic University established.
- 1878 - Palais Rameau built.[3]
- 1888 - Musee Commercial et Colonial opens.[8]
- 1892
- Palais des Beaux-Arts built.
- Train station rebuilt.
- 1894 - Institut de chimie founded.
- 1899 - Institut Pasteur established.
20th century
- 1906 - Population: 196,624.[1]
- 1909 - Tramway begins operating.
- 1913 - Opéra de Lille built.
- 1914 - German occupation begins.
- 1918 - October 17: City liberated by British.
- 1924 - Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme founded.
- 1925 - Roger Salengro elected mayor.
- 1940 - May: Siege of Lille.
- 1941 - Echo du Nord begins publication.[9]
- 1944
- September - City liberated by Allied forces.
- Lille Olympique Sporting Club formed.
- 1947 - Lille Airport in operation.
- 1948 - Jardin des Plantes de Lille established.
- 1967 - Urban Community of Lille Métropole formed.
- 1970 - Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie established.
- 1973 - Pierre Mauroy becomes mayor.
- 1976 - Orchestre national de Lille formed.[10]
- 1977 - Hellemmes becomes an associated part of Lille.
- 1983 - Lille Metro begins operating.
- 1984 - École de communication visuelle opens.
- 1986 - Lille Marathon begins.
- 1988 - Advanced European Institute of Management established.
- 1989 - Transpole formed.
- 1990 - École Nouvelle d'Ingénieurs en Communication founded.
- 1991 - Institut d'études politiques de Lille established.
- 1992 - Institut Lillois d'Ingénierie de la Santé founded.
- 1993
- Paris-Lille TGV train begins operating.
- Gare de Lille Europe built.
- 1994
- Euralille Centre opens.
- Eurostar train begins operating.
- 1999 - Lille Cathedral built.
21st century
- 2000 - Lomme becomes an associated part of Lille.
- 2001 - Martine Aubry becomes mayor.[11]
- 2003 - Institut technologique européen d'entrepreneuriat et de management established.
- 2004 - Lille designated a European Capital of Culture.
- 2006 - Population: 226,014.
- 2009 - Université Lille Nord de France formed.
See also
- History of Lille
- History of Lille (in French)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Lille", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R. Somers Vine (1880), "Lille", Iron Roads Dictionary, London: Waterlow
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lille before and during the war, Clermont-Ferrand, France: Michelin, 1919, OCLC 1843516
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Lille". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 67+. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Lille", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: K. Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- ↑ C.B. Black (1876), "Lille", Guide to the North of France
- ↑ Augustus J.C. Hare (1890), "Lille", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC 1737047
- ↑ Bulletin de la Societe de Geographie de Lille. 1898. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Jean-Paul Visse (2004), La presse du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais au temps de l'Echo du Nord, Villeneuve d'Ascq: Presses universitaires du septentrion, ISBN 2859398325
- ↑ "Mairie-Lille.fr". Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ↑ "French mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
Further reading
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lille. |
- Description des feux d'artifices faits a l'honneur du roy a Lille (in French), Lille: Malte, 1680 (fireworks); also via British Library
- Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Lille", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
- "Lille". Sites et monuments: Le Nord. Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906.
