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

Prior to 20th century

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• c.274 - Roman emperor Aurelian surrounds the town with ramparts.^[1]
• c.500 – Battle of Dijon [fr]
• c.580 – Description of Dijon by Gregory of Tours in Historia Francorum (Book III, Chapter 19).
• 1098 – Cîteaux Abbey founded near Dijon.
• 1137 – Fire.^[2]
• 1182 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy confers communal privileges on the town.^[1]
• 1183 - Philip II of France confirms the communal privileges.^[1]
• 1200 – Dijon mustard introduced (approximate date).^[3]
• 1334 - Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon consecrated.^[1]
• 1364 - Dijon City Hall [fr] built.
• 1382 - Public clock installed.^[2][4]
• 1383 - Carthusian Champmol monastery founded near Dijon.
• 1393 - Dijon Cathedral consecrated.
• 1405 - "Well of Moses" sculpture created for the Champmol monastery near Dijon.
• 1460 – Tower of Philip the Good [fr] built.
• 1491 – Printing press in operation.^[5]
• 1513 – Siege of Dijon by 50,000 Swiss and Germans.^[1]
• 1595 - The town opened is gates to Henry IV of France
• 1683 - Birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau, later a composer and music theorist.^[1]
• 1708 – Public library opens.^[6][7](fr)
• 1709 – St. Anne's Church, Dijon [fr] built.
• 1722 – University of Dijon founded.^[8]
• 1731 – Roman Catholic diocese of Dijon established.^[9]
• 1740 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Dijon constituted.^[10]
• 1763 – Jesuits expelled.
• 1784 - Birth of François Rude, later a sculptor.^[1]
• 1787 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon established.
• 1790 – Dijon becomes part of the Côte-d'Or department.
• 1793 – Population: 20,760.
• 1802 – Sainte-Chapelle de Dijon [fr] demolished.^[11]
• 1828 – Grand Theatre built.
• 1832 – Burgundy Canal and Port du canal de Dijon [fr] open.
• 1833 – Jardin botanique de l'Arquebuse (garden) established.^[12]
• 1858 – Dijon Exhibition held.
• 1863 – Hostellerie du Chapeau Rouge [fr] in business.^[13]
• 1868 – Le Bien Public newspaper in publication.
• 1870 – October: Battle of Dijon [fr].^[14]
• 1879 – Dijon Synagogue [fr] built.
• 1886 – Population: 60,855.^[15]
• 1893 – Lycée Carnot (Dijon) [fr] (school) opens.
• 1899 – Carnot monument erected in the Place de la République (Dijon) [fr].^[14]

20th century

• 1911 – Population: 76,847.^[16]
• 1914 – Cinéma Le Darcy [fr] opens.
• 1920 – Cinéma Eldorado [fr] opens.
• 1934 – Stade Gaston Gérard (stadium) opens.
• 1938 – Magnin Museum established.
• 1946 – Population: 100,664.
• 1947 – Rude Museum established.
• 1956 – Dijon exhibition grounds [fr] opens.
• 1962 – Gare de Dijon-Ville rebuilt.
• 1970 – University of Burgundy established.^[8]
• 1973 - Canton de Dijon-1 [fr], etc. created.^{[citation needed]}
• 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 – Hôtel de région (Bourgogne) [fr] built in Dijon for the Bourgogne regional council [fr].^(fr)
• 1990 – Parc de la Toison d'Or [fr] (amusement park) opens.
• 1995 – Festival international du court-métrage de Dijon [fr] begins.
• 1998
  • Dijon Auditorium [fr] 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.^[17]
• 2012
  • Dijon tramway begins operating.
  • Population: 152,071.
• 2014
  • March: Dijon municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
  • 21 December: 2014 Dijon attack.
• 2015
  • François Rebsamen becomes mayor.
  • December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 [fr] held.^[18]
• 2016 – Dijon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
• 2020 – 11–17 June: 2020 Dijon riots