Timeline of Lille

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

Prior to 17th century

17th-18th centuries

  • 1605 - Military hospital founded.[7]
  • 1617 - Porte de Gand (gate) constructed.[1]
  • 1622 - Porte de Roubaix (gate) constructed.[1]
  • 1667 - Siege of Lille.[5]
  • 1668 - Lille becomes part of France.
  • 1670 - Citadel constructed.[5]
  • 1675 - St. Madeleine Church, Lille construction begins.[8]
  • 1692 - Porte de Paris (Lille) (gate) constructed.
  • 1701
    • Pont-Neuf built.[7]
    • Church of Saint-André, Lille construction begins.
  • 1708 - Siege of Lille.[5]
  • 1717 - Grand' Garde built.[7]
  • 1748 - Church of Saint-Étienne built.
  • 1785 - Opera house built.
  • 1790
  • 1792 - City besieged by Austrian forces.[3]
  • 1793 - Population: 66,761.[9]

19th century

20th century

1900-1940s

1950s-1990s

21st century

See also

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

References

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (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. "Notice communale: Lille". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
  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. 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
  19. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
  20. "Mairie-Lille.fr". Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  21. "French mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  22. "Données du Monde: Lille", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

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. Almanach Général des Marchands, Négocians et Commerçans de la France et de l'Europe (in French). Paris: L. Cellot. 1779. ISSN 1954-6521.
  • "Nord: Lille". Annuaire des artistes français: Statistique des beaux-arts en France. Annuaire des Artistes Français (in French). Paris: Guyot de Fère. 1833. ISSN 2275-6817.
  • "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.
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