# Timeline of Lille

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

## Prior to 17th century

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* 1030 - Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders "surrounded a little town with walls".
* 1213 - Town besieged by forces of Philip II of France.
* 1236 - Hospice Comtesse built.
* 1297 - Town besieged by forces of Philip IV of France.
* 1304 - French in power.
* 1369 - Louis II, Count of Flanders in power.
* 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1430 - Hotel de Ville built.
* 1445 - Population: 25,000.
* 1454 - Feast of the Pheasant.
* 1459 - Noble Tower built.
* 1460s - Hospice Gantois [fr] founded.
* 1473 - Palais Rihour [fr] built.
* 1531 - Lille customary laws codified (approximate date).
* 1535 - Latin school established.
* 1592 - Municipal college established.

## 17th-18th centuries

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

## 19th century

* 1802 - Société des amateurs des sciences et des arts [fr] founded.
* 1809 - Art museum opens.
* 1822 - Natural history museum founded.
* 1837 - Palais de Justice built.
* 1839 - Commission historique du Nord founded.
* 1842 - Lille-Flandres station opened as the Gare de Lille.
* 1844 - Column of the Goddess erected.
* 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.
* 1856 - Population: 78,641.
* 1858 - Esquermes, Fives, and Wazemmes become part of Lille.
* 1860 - Christ Church, Lille proposed.
* 1861 - Population: 131,727.
* 1866 - Population: 154,749.
* 1870 - Prefecture built.
* 1872 - Institut industriel du Nord established; Saint-Maurice church restored.
* 1875 - Catholic University established.
* 1876 - Population: 162,775.
* 1878 - Palais Rameau [fr] built.
* 1880 - Société de géographie de Lille founded.
* 1886 - Population: 188,272.
* 1888 - Musee Commercial et Colonial opens.
* 1892
** Palais des Beaux-Arts built.
** Gare de Lille Flandres (rail station) rebuilt.
* 1894 - Institut de chimie founded.
* 1896 - Population: 216,276.
* 1899 - Institut Pasteur established.

## 20th century
### 1900-1940s

* 1906 - Population: 205,602.
* 1909 - Tramway begins operating.
* 1911 - Population: 217,807.
* 1913
** Roman Catholic diocese of Lille established.
** 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.
** October: Frontstalag 102 prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.
** December: Frontstalag 102 POW camp relocated to Amiens.
* 1941
** March: Frontstalag 186 POW camp dissolved.
** April: Echo du Nord begins publication.
* 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 and Jardin botanique de la Faculté de Pharmacie established.
* 1973 - Pierre Mauroy becomes mayor.
* 1976 - Orchestre national de Lille formed.
* 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.
* 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.
* 2000 - Lomme becomes an associated part of Lille.

## 21st century

* 2001
** March: Lille municipal election, 2001 [fr] held.
** Martine Aubry becomes mayor.
* 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.
* 2016 - Lille becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.
* 2021 - The historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College is controversially demolished.