Timeline of Geneva

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Prehistory

Year Date Event
c. 18'000 BCDeglaciation is underway in the western Geneva basin, and a large periglacial lake occupies the western part of the basin in front of the Rhône glacier.
c. 16'000 BCThe front of the Rhône glacier stands at the site of modern Geneva and deposits the sediments that later form the hill of the old town.
c. 13'400–12'900 BCMagdalenian reindeer hunters occupy the rock shelters of Veyrier, one of the oldest known prehistoric sites in the region.
c. 5000 BCFarming communities begin clearing large areas for cultivation.
c. 3000–2900 BCThe first occupation of the hill of Choully at Satigny/Crédery dates to the beginning of the Late Neolithic.
c. 2450–2050 BCA final prehistoric occupation phase at Crédery is associated with the Bell Beaker culture.
c. 650–450 BCRemains from the Hallstatt D culture are attested at Vandœuvres.
c.120 BCThe Allobrogians establish a large sanctuary.

Antiquity

Year Date Event
121 BCThe Allobrogian fortified settlement is conquered by the Roman Republic.
c.80 BCThe port is rebuilt.
c.75 BCA monumental wooden statue is erected by the port.
58 BCCaesar arrives in Geneva and orders the bridge across the Rhône to be destroyed. A 28 km fortification is built to block the Helvetii.
31 BCGeneva is placed under the colony of Vienne.
14 BCA defensive wall is built at Carouge.
c.AD 50Fire.
AD 150Fire.
AD 277Alemannic invasion devastates the town.
AD 280The city is promoted to the rank of civitas.
AD 285A new city wall is built.
c.AD 350The first Christian sanctuary is established.
AD 380A large cathedral complex is completed.
AD 400The Diocese of Geneva is established.
AD 443Geneva becomes capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.

Middle Ages

Year Date Event
c.AD 500War between Godegisel of Geneva and his brother Gundobad of Lyon.
AD 506Sigismund is made co-king at Carouge.
AD 515St. Peter's Cathedral is rebuilt by King Sigismund after the Burgundian Civil War.
AD 516Sigismund is crowned king of the Burgundians at Carouge.
AD 534The Franks conquer the city.
AD 563A tsunami on Lake Geneva devastates the city.
AD 773Emperor Charlemagne holds a council of war at St. Peter's Cathedral.
AD 84310 AugustGeneva becomes part of Middle Francia under the Treaty of Verdun.
AD 880FebruaryGeneva becomes part of East Francia under the Treaty of Ribemont.
c.AD 882The people and clergy are granted the right to elect their bishop.
AD 888Geneva becomes part of the second Kingdom of Burgundy.
c.AD 1000The bishop entrusts the priory of Saint-Victor to Cluny.
c.1020 ADThe right of coinage is granted.
1032 AD6 SeptemberGeneva passes to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, after the death of Rudolph of Burgundy.
1034 AD1 AugustConrad II is crowned King of Burgundy in St. Peter's Cathedral.
1124 ADThe Treaty of Seyssel confirms the bishop’s sovereignty over Geneva.
1154 ADEmperor Frederick Barbarossa grants the bishop imperial immediacy.
1158 ADConstruction of the present St. Peter's Cathedral begins under Arducius de Faucigny.
1162 ADEmperor Frederick Barbarossa confirms the bishops' independence and raises them to the rank of imperial princes.
The count of Geneva is ordered to restore church possessions to the bishop..
1215 ADBishop Aymon de Grandson builds the Château de l'Île.
1237 AD13 MayThe count of Savoy obtains a ruinous fine against the count of Geneva.
c.1260 ADThe Geneva fairs begin to flourish.
1263 ADDominicans arrive.
1266 ADFranciscans arrive.
1285 AD29 SeptemberFirst "Commune of Geneva" annulled by the bishop.
1287 ADAmadeus V of Savoy captures the Château de l'Île.
1288 ADSt. Peter's Cathedral is completed.
1291 ADAugustThe cathedral is bombarded by the count of Geneva and the Dauphin of Viennois.
A new communal revolution breaks out.
Amadeus V of Savoy besieges and takes the counts castle.
1309 ADThe bishop recognises the citizens' right to elect syndics.
c.1310 ADA new market hall is built at the Molard.
1321 ADFire.
1333 ADFire.
1364 ADSyndics begin judging criminal cases.
1375 ADConstruction of a new city wall begins.
1387 AD23 MayThe town charter is granted, giving the right to elect four syndics.
1407 ADPopulation: 4,000.
c.1415 ADGeneva becomes Europe's leading financial centre.
1420 ADAround 13 Jewish families are confined to a ghetto, the only one in present-day Switzerland.
1430 ADFire.
1434 AD9 MarchAntipope Felix V, the former Duke of Savoy, appoints himself bishop of Geneva.
1445 ADThe city's franchises are extended to the banks of the Arve.
1462 ADLouis XI favours the Lyon fairs, ending Geneva's economic boom.
1475 ADGeneva is fined by the Swiss after the Burgundian Wars.
1476 ADPoor Clares settle at the Bourg-de-Four.
1477 AD14 NovemberAn alliance is formed with Bern and Fribourg.
1478 ADThe first local printing press is in operation.
c.1480 ADAugustinian hermits settle near the Arve bridge.
1490 ADThe city council orders the expulsion of the Jews.

Early modern period

Year Date Event
1519 ADGeneva allies with Fribourg.
1524 AD"The Genevese shake off the yoke of Savoy."
1526 AD25 FebruaryGeneva allies with Bern and Fribourg.
1529 AD24 MarchAttack by the Confrérie de la Cuiller fails (Nuit des échelles).
1530 ADGeneva becomes self-governing internally.
10 OctoberGenevan troops defeat the Cuiller alliance at Meyrin.
1533 AD22 AugustBishop Pierre de La Baume leaves Geneva.
1535 AD10 AugustThe Mass is banned.
10 OctoberA relief force from Neuchâtel defeats the Savoyards at Gingins.
26 NovemberThe Council of Two Hundred assumes the right to mint coins.
29 NovemberHôpital général founded.
1536 AD21 MayThe General Council adopts the Reformation and compulsory schooling.
Protestant leader John Calvin active in Geneva.
Area of city expanded.
1541 ADThe Republic of Geneva and Genevan Consistory established.
20 NovemberEcclesiastical Ordinances adopted.
1545 AD2 JuneDivorce granted.
1553 AD27 OctoberMichael Servetus executed for heresy.
1559 ADCollège de Genève founded.
1560 ADEnglish-language Geneva Bible published.
1580 ADPopulation: 17,330.
1582 ADA Savoyard siege of Geneva fails.
1584 ADThe alliance with Bern is extended to Zurich.
1589 ADAprilHeavy fighting at Carouge, during war with savoy.
1590 ADGenevan troops take the fort of Versoix.
1602 AD12 DecemberSavoy fails to conquer Geneva, an event celebrated as the "Escalade".
1603 ADSpringGeneva launches a campaign against Savoy.
JulyThe Treaty of Saint-Julien implicitly recognises Geneva's independence.
1679 ADFrench embassy established.
1690 ADPopulation: 16,220.
1712 AD28 JuneJean-Jacques Rousseau born.
1715 ADTemple Neuf inaugurated.
1736 ADSociété des catéchumènes founded.
1738 AD"The republic adopts a regular constitution."
1749 AD15 AugustTerritorial exchange with France (Treaty of Paris).
1754 AD30 MayTerritorial exchange with the Kingdom of Sardinia (Treaty of Turin).
1755 ADVacheron Constantin founded.
1766 ADThéâtre de Rosimond built.
1770 AD"Insurrection suppressed."
c.1780 ADJacob Schweppe begins producing carbonated water.
1782 AD2 JulyGeneva sieged by French, Sardinian and Bernese troops.
21 NovemberGeneva Revolution of 1782 reversed by an edict of pacification.
1783 ADThéâtre de Neuve built.

Late modern period

Year Date Event
1789 ADTrade show held.
1791 AD2 MarchThe decrees against Rousseau are declared of no effect.
1792 ADDecemberRevolution ends the Ancien Régime.
1794 AD5 FebruaryNew constitution introduces direct democracy.
July"Government overthrown;" "executions, etc."
1798 AD15 AprilFrench troops occupy Geneva.
AprilGeneva becomes capital of the Léman (department) of the First French Republic (later the First French Empire).
Population: 24,331.
1813 AD31 DecemberRestoration of the Republic.
1814 AD1 MarchFrench counter-offensive repulsed by Austrian troops at the Battle of Saint-Julien.
1 JuneSwiss troops land at Port-Noir.
1815 ADCanton of Geneva created.
Canton of Geneva becomes part of the Swiss Confederation.
1816 ADThe Treaty of Turin nearly doubles the size of the Canton of Geneva.
1817 ADBotanical garden created in the Parc des Bastions [fr].
1821 ADCatholic diocese of Lausanne and Geneva established.
Philhellenic committee founded in support of Greek independence.
1825 ADPrison begins operating.
1826 ADMusée Rath built.
1828 ADSociété genevoise d'utilité publique [fr] (public welfare society) founded.
1829 ADTöpffer's Adventures of Dr. Festus comic book created.
1832 ADPont des Bergues built.
1834 AD5 FebruaryPolish-Sardinian unrest.
Population: 27,177.
1835 ADConservatoire de Musique de Genève founded.
1837 ADSociété d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève founded.
1841 ADJews granted freedom of establishment in the canton of Geneva.
22 NovemberRevolution; universal male suffrage introduced.
1842 ADGeneva municipality created.
1845 ADGas lighting installed.
1846 ADPolitical unrest; "constitution made more democratic."
1847 AD"Radical party" in power.
1848 ADBanque de Genève founded.
1850 ADFortifications demolished.
Population: 37,724 in city; 64,146 in canton.
1851 ADWatchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in business.
1852 ADUnion Chrétienne de Jeunes Gens branch established.
Communauté Israélite de Genève founded.
Construction of Notre-Dame begins.
1853 ADAnglican church consecrated.
1854 ADJardin Anglais (park) laid out.
1856 ADQuai Gustave-Ador built.
1857 ADCoulouvrenière bridge built.
Construction of the synagogue begins.
1858 ADGenève-Cornavin railway station opens.
Ecole Saint-Antoine (school) built.
1860 ADPopulation: 82,876 in canton.
1862 ADMont-Blanc bridge completed.
Horse-drawn tramway opens.
1863 ADInternational Committee of the Red Cross headquartered in Geneva.
1864 ADAugustInternational "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" signed in Geneva, i.e. "the fundamental rules of war."
22–23 August"Election riots, with loss of life, through the indiscretion of M. Fazy;" city occupied by federal forces.
Monument erected in Port-Noir.[citation needed]
1866 ADRussian Orthodox church built.
1867 ADSeptemberJapanese delegation under Tokugawa Akitake visits.
SeptemberInternational "Congress of Peace" held in Geneva.
Salle de la Réformation inaugurated.
1872 AD14 SeptemberAlabama Claims arbitration award rendered.
1873 ADJune–JulyIwakura Mission visits.
University of Geneva active.
Christian Catholic Church is formally established.
1879 ADGrand Théâtre de Genève opens.
1879 ADBrunswick Monument erected.
1880 ADPopulation: 99,712 in canton.
1881 ADSociété Genevoise de Photographie founded.
1883 AD23 NovemberSteamboat collision on Lake Geneva.
1886 ADGeneva Seal adopted.
1886 ADJet d'Eau (fountain) installed.
1891 ADInternational Peace Bureau headquartered in Geneva.
Lake level permanently regulated.
1892 AD9 JulySteamboat explosion on Lake Geneva.
1893 ADPiolet Club (hiking group) formed.
1894 ADVictoria Hall (concert hall) built.
1896 AD1 MaySwiss National Exhibition opens in Geneva.
1898 AD10 SeptemberEmpress Elisabeth of Austria assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
1900 ADPopulation: 97,359 in city; 132,609 in canton.
1902 AD23 DecemberCathedral bombing.
1905 ADGeneva Motor Show begins.
1907 ADThe Genevese vote to separate Church and State.
1910 ADMuseum of Art and History built.
1917 ADMonument to the Reformation built.
1919 ADInternational Labour Organization headquartered in Geneva.
1920 ADLeague of Nations headquartered in city.
Alhambra cinema active.
15 NovemberFirst Assembly of the League of Nations.
1921 ADInter-Parliamentary Union headquartered in Geneva.
1924 ADInternational School of Geneva established.
23 DecemberPhoebus cartel founded.
1925 AD17 JuneGeneva Protocol signed.
1926 AD26 SeptemberInternational "Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery" signed in Geneva.
Compagnie de 1602 (heritage society) formed.
1929 AD27 JulyInternational "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War" signed.
1930 ADAprilHonsen-ji temple bell returned to Shinagawa.
Population: 124,121 in city; 171,366 in canton.
1931 ADLes Eaux-Vives, Le Petit-Saconnex [fr] and Plainpalais merge with the city.
1932 AD1 FebruaryInternational disarmament conference begins.
31 MayJean Uhler becomes Geneva's 101st mayor.
9 November1932 Geneva unrest
1936 AD30 JuneHaile Selassie addresses the League of Nations.
World Jewish Congress is founded.
1938 ADPalace of Nations built.
1939 ADGeneva International Music Competition begins.
Geneva hosts the World Zionist Congress.
1942 ADStart of Trolleybuses in Geneva.
1943 AD8 JuneJules Peney becomes Geneva's 112th mayor.

Contemporary era

Year Date Event
1946 AD8–18 AprilFinal Assembly dissolves the League of Nations.
UN European headquarters established.
1947 ADUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe headquartered in Geneva.
1948 ADWorld Health Organization and World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva.
1949 AD12 AugustInternational "Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War" signed in Geneva.
1950 ADUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquartered in Geneva.
Population: 202,918 in canton.
1954 ADInternational conference on Korea and Indochina held in Geneva.
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) headquartered in nearby Meyrin.
1955 ADL'horloge fleurie flowerbed created in the Jardin Anglais.
1955 AD18 JulyGeneva Summit of the "Big Four" is held.
1957 ADElectric toothbrush invented.
1960 ADWomen's suffrage introduced in the canton.
1961 ADCentre islamique de Genève [fr] founded.
1963 ADUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research headquartered in Geneva.
1964 ADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development headquartered in Geneva.
1969 AD10 JunePope Paul VI visits.
1970 ADPopulation: 173,618 in city; 331,599 in canton.
1971 AD10 OctoberEmperor Hirohito visits the ICRC.
1972 ADTour du Lac rowing contest begins.
1977 AD9 MayUS President Jimmy Carter meets Syrian President Hafez al-Assad.
Geneva Symphony Orchestra [fr] established.
1978 ADGeneva Mosque built.
1980 AD30 AprilQueen Elizabeth II visits the ICRC.
1982 AD15 JunePope John Paul II visits.
1984 AD1 JuneRoger Dafflon becomes Geneva's 153rd mayor.
12 JuneJohn Paul II visits the World Council of Churches.
1985 AD1 JuneRené Emmenegger becomes Geneva's 154th mayor.
19 NovemberRonald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time at Fleur d'Eau.
21 NovemberGeneva Summit concludes.
1986 ADGeneva City Archives [fr] established.
1 JuneClaude Ketterer becomes Geneva's 155th mayor.
1987 ADGeneva Airport railway station opens.
1987 AD1 JuneClaude Haegi becomes Geneva's 156th mayor.
1988 AD Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set up by the World Meteorological Organisation and United Nations Environment Programme.
1 JuneGuy-Olivier Segond becomes Geneva's 157th mayor.
29 OctoberInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum opens.
1989 AD12 MarchWorld Wide Web concept invented by Berners-Lee of CERN.
1 JuneRené Emmenegger becomes Geneva's 158th mayor.
1990 AD1 JuneAndré Hédiger becomes Geneva's 159th mayor.
23 NovemberUS President George H. W. Bush meets Assad.
1991 AD1 JuneJacqueline Burnand becomes Geneva's 160th mayor.
9 SeptemberFriendship charter with Shinagawa signed.
1992 AD1 JuneMadeleine Rossi becomes Geneva's 161st mayor.
1993 AD 1 JuneMichel Rossetti becomes Geneva's 162nd mayor.
20 DecemberUN General Assembly establishes the position of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
1994 AD15–16 JanuaryUS President Bill Clinton meets Assad.
1 JuneAndré Hédiger becomes Geneva's 163rd mayor.
1995 AD1 JanuaryWorld Trade Organization (WTO) establishes its headquarters in Geneva.
1 JuneAlain Vaissade becomes Geneva's 164th mayor.
1996 AD1 JuneJacqueline Burnand becomes Geneva's 165th mayor.
1997 ADSculpture "Broken Chair" installed in the Place des Nations.
1 JuneMichel Rossetti becomes Geneva's 166th mayor.
1998 AD18 MayClinton attends the 50th anniversary of the GATT.
1 JuneAndré Hédiger becomes Geneva's 167th mayor.
1999 AD4 MayNew building of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) inaugurated.
1 JunePierre Muller becomes Geneva's 168th mayor.
16 JuneClinton addresses the International Labour Conference.
2000 ADPopulation: 177,964 in city; 413,673 in canton.
25–26 MarchClinton meets Assad.
MayEmperor Akihito visits.
1 JuneAlain Vaissade becomes Geneva's 169th mayor.
2001 AD1 JuneManuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 170th mayor.
2002 ADCity website online (approximate date).[chronology citation needed]
1 JuneAndré Hédiger becomes Geneva's 171st mayor.
2003 AD1 JuneChristian Ferrazino becomes Geneva's 172nd mayor.
2004 ADGenève-Sécheron railway station opens.
1 JunePierre Muller becomes Geneva's 173rd mayor.
2005 ADGeneva Citizens' Movement established.
1 JuneManuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 174th mayor.
2006 AD1 JuneAndré Hédiger becomes Geneva's 175th mayor.
2007 AD 1 JunePatrice Mugny becomes Geneva's 176th mayor.
23 JulyRhino squat is evicted.
2008 AD 1 JuneManuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 177th mayor.
10 SeptemberCERN launches the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
2009 AD 1 JuneRémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 178th mayor.
10 JulyCalvin Jubilee held.
November–DecemberWorld Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference of 2009 held in Geneva.
NovemberAnti-WTO protest.
2010 AD1 JuneSandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 179th mayor.
2011 AD1 JunePierre Maudet becomes Geneva's 180th mayor.
2012 AD1 JuneRémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 181st mayor.
2013 ADRevised constitution of the Canton of Geneva effected; created by the Assemblée constituante de Genève [fr].
1 JuneSandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 182nd mayor.
24 NovemberGeneva interim agreement with Iran signed.
Population: 469,433 in canton.
2014 ADNuclear bunkers converted to homeless shelters.
1 JuneSami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 183rd mayor.
2015 AD 1 JuneEsther Alder becomes Geneva's 184th mayor.
AugustIntern-in-tent reported.
2016 AD1 JuneGuillaume Barazzone becomes Geneva's 185th mayor.
2017 AD1 JuneRémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 186th mayor.
2018 AD1 JuneSami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 187th mayor.
21 JunePope Francis visits.
2019 ADOpening of the CEVA rail line to Annemasse in France, operated by the Léman Express train service.
1 JuneSandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 188th mayor.
2020 AD1 JuneSami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 189th mayor.
2021 AD1 JuneFrédérique Perler becomes Geneva's 190th mayor.
16 JuneBiden–Putin summit.
2022 AD1 JuneMarie Barbey-Chappuis becomes Geneva's 191st mayor.
2023 AD1 JuneAlfonso Gomez becomes Geneva's 192nd mayor.
2024 AD1 JuneChristina Kitsos becomes Geneva's 193rd mayor.
2025 AD1 JuneAlfonso Gomez becomes Geneva's 194th mayor.

See also

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