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 accident. 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. 1689 – Salle des États at the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy completed. 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 department. 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

Timeline of Dijon

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