Timeline of Lille

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

1030 - Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders "surrounded a little town with walls".^[1]
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]
1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
1430 - Hotel de Ville built.^[3]
1445 - Population: 25,000.^{[citation needed]}
1454 - Feast of the Pheasant.
1459 - Noble Tower built.^[4]
1460s - Hospice Gantois [fr] founded.^[4]
1473 - Palais Rihour [fr] built.^[5]
1531 - Lille customary laws codified (approximate date).^[6]
1535 - Latin school established.^{[citation needed]}
1592 - Municipal college established.^{[citation needed]}

1605 - Military hospital founded.^[7]
1617 - Porte de Gand [fr] (gate) constructed.^[1]
1622 - Porte de Roubaix [fr] (gate) constructed.^[1]
1667 - Siege of Lille.^[5]
1668
- Lille becomes part of France.
- Town fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban.^[1]
1670 - Citadel constructed.^[5]
1675 - St. Madeleine Church, Lille [fr] construction begins.^[8]
1692 - Porte de Paris (Lille) [fr] (gate) constructed.
1701
- Pont-Neuf built.^[7]
- Church of Saint-André, Lille [fr] construction begins.
1708 - Siege of Lille.^[5]
1717 - Grand' Garde built.^[7]
1748 - Church of Saint-Étienne built.
1785 - Opera house built.^{[citation needed]}
1790
- Lille becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.^[9]
- Municipal elections begin.
- Public library founded.^[10]
1792 - City besieged by Austrian forces.^[3]
1793 - Population: 66,761.^[9]

1802 - Société des amateurs des sciences et des arts [fr] founded.
1809 - Art museum opens.^[11]
1822 - Natural history museum founded.
1837 - Palais de Justice built. ^[12]
1839 - Commission historique du Nord founded.^[13]
1842 - Lille-Flandres station opened as the Gare de Lille.
1844 - Column of the Goddess erected.^[3]
1846 - Paris-Lille railway built.
1852 - Lycée impérial re-built
1854 - Faculty of sciences and École des arts industriels et des mines (École centrale de Lille) established.
1855 - Notre Dame Cathedral construction begins.^[1]
1856 - Population: 78,641.^[9]
1858 - Esquermes, Fives, and Wazemmes become part of Lille.
1860 - Christ Church, Lille proposed.
1861 - Population: 131,727.^[9]
1866 - Population: 154,749.^[9]
1870 - Prefecture built.^[7]
1872 - Institut industriel du Nord established ; Saint-Maurice church restored.^[1]
1875 - Catholic University established.
1876 - Population: 162,775.^[9]
1878 - Palais Rameau [fr] built.^[4]
1880 - Société de géographie de Lille founded.^[13]
1886 - Population: 188,272.^[14]
1888 - Musee Commercial et Colonial opens.^[15]
1892
- Palais des Beaux-Arts built.
- Gare de Lille Flandres (rail station) rebuilt.
1894 - Institut de chimie founded.
1896 - Population: 216,276.^[9]
1899 - Institut Pasteur established.

1900-1940s

1906 - Population: 205,602.^[9]
1909 - Tramway begins operating.
1911 - Population: 217,807.^[16]
1913
- Roman Catholic diocese of Lille established.^[17]
- Opéra de Lille built.
1914 - German occupation begins (World War I).
1918 - October 17: City liberated by British.
1924 - Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme founded.
1925 - Roger Salengro elected mayor.
1932 - Hôtel de ville de Lille (City Hall) built.
1938 - City co-hosts the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
1940
- May: Siege of Lille.
- German occupation begins (see also: Lille during World War II).
- August: Frontstalag 186 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.^[18]
- October: Frontstalag 102 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.^[18]
- December: Frontstalag 102 POW camp relocated to Amiens.^[18]
1941
- March: Frontstalag 186 POW camp dissolved.^[18]
- April: Echo du Nord begins publication.^[19]
1944
- September - City liberated by Allied forces.
- Lille Olympique Sporting Club formed.
1947 - Lille Airport in operation.
1948 - Jardin des Plantes de Lille established.

1950s-1990s

1967 - Urban Community of Lille Métropole formed.
1968 - Lille courthouse [fr] built.
1970 - Lille 2 University of Health and Law^[20] and Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie established.
1973 - Pierre Mauroy becomes mayor.
1976 - Orchestre national de Lille formed.^[21]
1977 - Hellemmes becomes an associated part of Lille.
1981 - City hosts the 1981 European Weightlifting Championships.

1983 - Lille Metro begins operating.
1984 - École de communication visuelle opens.
1987 - Socialist Party national congress held in Lille.
1986 - Lille Marathon begins.
1988 - Advanced European Institute of Management established.
1989 - Transpole formed.^{[citation needed]}
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.
- Lille-Europe station built.
1994
- Euralille (shopping mall) [fr] opens.
- Eurostar train begins operating.
1999
- Lille Cathedral built.
- Population: 184,657.^[9]
2000 - Lomme becomes an associated part of Lille.

2001
- March: Lille municipal election, 2001 [fr] held.
- Martine Aubry becomes mayor.^[22]
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.
2011 - Population: 227,533.
2013 - City co-hosts the EuroBasket Women 2013.
2014 - March: Lille municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
2015
- September: City co-hosts the EuroBasket 2015.
- December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.^[23]
2016 - Lille becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.
2021 - The historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College is controversially demolished.^[24]

Lille history
History of Lille
List of mayors of Lille [fr]
List of heritage sites in Lille [fr]
History of Nord-Pas-de-Calais [fr] region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

[1]
Britannica 1910.
[2]
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
[3]
Vine 1880.
[4]
Michelin 1919.
[5]
Hourihane 2012.
[6]
Caswell 1977.
[7]
Baedeker 1899.
[8]
Black 1876.
[9]
Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lille, EHESS (in French).
[10]
Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.
[11]
Annuaire des artistes 1833.
[12]
Hare 1890.
[13]
"Sociétés savantes de France (Lille)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
[14]
"France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
[15]
Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Lille, 1898
[16]
"France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
[17]
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
[18]
"German Frontstalag Camps". Retrieved 13 August 2022.
[19]
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
[20]
Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
[21]
"Mairie-Lille.fr". Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
[22]
"French mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
[23]
"Résultats élections: Lille", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
[24]
"Démolition prévue pour la chapelle Saint-Joseph de Lille". LEFIGARO (in French). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

in English

Clement Cruttwell (1793). "Lille". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026816.
C.B. Black (1876), "Lille", Guide to the North of France
J.R. Somers Vine (1880), "Lille", Iron Roads Dictionary, London: Waterlow
Augustus J.C. Hare (1890), "Lille", North-Eastern France, London: G. Allen, OCLC 1737047
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Lille", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555
"Lille", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: K. Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
"Lille" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 685–686.
Lille before and during the war, Clermont-Ferrand, France: Michelin, 1919, OCLC 1843516, OL 6620039M
Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Lille". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Lille". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 67+. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

Description des feux d'artifices faits a l'honneur du roy a Lille (in French), Lille: Jean Chrosostome Malte, 1680, OL 23293950M (fireworks); also via British Library
"Lille". Almanach général des marchands, négocians, armateurs et fabricans (in French). Paris: L. Cellot. 1779. ISSN 1954-6521. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
"Nord: Lille". Annuaire des artistes français: Statistique des beaux-arts en France (in French). Paris: Guyot de Fère. 1833. ISSN 2275-6817. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
"Lille". Le Nord. Guides Joanne (in French). 1899. hdl:2027/hvd.hn3f1z.
"Lille". Le Nord. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1906. OCLC 457600236.

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

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] [1]
Britannica 1910.

[Rossum1996-2] [2]
Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.

[FOOTNOTEVine1880-3] [3]
Vine 1880.

[FOOTNOTEMichelin1919-4] [4]
Michelin 1919.

[FOOTNOTEHourihane2012-5] [5]
Hourihane 2012.

[FOOTNOTECaswell1977-6] [6]
Caswell 1977.

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1899-7] [7]
Baedeker 1899.

[FOOTNOTEBlack1876-8] [8]
Black 1876.

[Cassini-9] [9]
Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lille, EHESS (in French).

[10] [10]
Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.

[FOOTNOTEAnnuaire_des_artistes1833-11] [11]
Annuaire des artistes 1833.

[FOOTNOTEHare1890-12] [12]
Hare 1890.

[savantes-13] [13]
"Sociétés savantes de France (Lille)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

[14] [14]
"France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.

[15] [15]
Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Lille, 1898

[16] [16]
"France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[katolsk-17] [17]
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[pegas-18] [18]
"German Frontstalag Camps". Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[19] [19]
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

[Ruegg2011-20] [20]
Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

[mairie-lille-21] [21]
"Mairie-Lille.fr". Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[22] [22]
"French mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.

[LeMonde-23] [23]
"Résultats élections: Lille", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

[24] [24]
"Démolition prévue pour la chapelle Saint-Joseph de Lille". LEFIGARO (in French). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

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