43 B.C. : Gallo-Roman period ; first mention of Cularo

End of the 3^rd century (between 286 and 293) Cularo becomes the administrative center of a city

379 : Cularo becomes Gratianopolis, creation of a bishopric

12^th century: Grenoble becomes the Dauphins' capital and a co-lordship

1340 : The Delphinal Council moves to Grenoble

1453 : Dauphiné Parliament

1562 : Religious Wars : the city is in the hands of the Protestants

1590 : Duke of Lesdiguières and his successors

1788 : The Parliament rebels : Day of the Tiles and the Vizille Assembly 1793/1794 : Terreur « douce »

1815 : Napoleon and the 100 days, siege of Grenoble

1830 : New city walls and construction of the Bastille fortress

1835 : patent registration for glovemaker Xavier Jouvin's glove punch in Grenoble

1842 : founding of the first cement company of Grenoble (the second oldest in France)

1850 : Grenoble becomes one of the most important glove-making centers in Europe. Cement factories and hydroelectric power continues to develop. Grenoble becomes an industrial capital.

1860 : Military capital of the Alps with barracks

1925 : International Exhibition of Hydroelectric Power and Tourism 

1941 à 1944 : World War Two and the Resistance ; Grenoble, capital of the Maquis resistance movement.

1955 : Scientific research and high technology industries ; university

1968 : Winter Olympic Games

1987 : Grenoble install the first tramway in the world accessible to disabled people.

19994 : Starting of the ESRF (European Radiation Facility)

1990/1995 : creation of the Europole district

1998 : Opening of the Musée de l'Ancien Evêché

2001 : Starting of Pôle-Sud ice ring

2004 : Re-opening of MC:2

2005 : Grenoble signs first contract for adapted tourism in France

2006 : Starting of the new tramaway line: line C

2006 : Starting of the new european scientist complex MINATEC

2008 : opening of the Alps' Stadium

2009 : Grenoble won the National Grand Prize of the eco-neighborhoods with the "quartier de Bonne" area.

2011 : re-opening of the MAG: Archeological Museum of Grenoble

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