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1526 – Geneva allies with Bern. [12] 1530 - Geneva became its own mistress within, while allied externally with the Swiss confederation. [6] 1535 – Catholic bishop Pierre de La Baume ousted by Calvinists. [7] 1536 21 May: Grand Council of Geneva adopts Protestant religion. [6] Protestant leader John Calvin active in Geneva. [7] [13] Area of ...
Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Roman Republic took in 121 BC.. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva to the Jura Mountains in order to block the migration of the Helvetii, who "attempted, sometimes by day, more often by ...
Timeline of Geneva. Beginnings and early Middle Ages. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town. Geneva during the 18th century; Geneva during the 19th century. Geneva flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries, becoming the seat of many international organizations. Geneva during the 20th century
The Dukes of Savoy had tried already for centuries to gain sovereignty over the city of Geneva, surrounded by Savoyard territory, for the Vaud in the north of Lake Geneva belonged to the duchy. The Reformation prompted the conflicts to escalate once more. Geneva exiled its bishop, who was backed by Savoy, in 1533 to Annecy.
1530. Sir Thomas Bromley Ivan the Terrible. January 5 – Gaspar de Bono, Spanish monk of the Order of the Minims (d. 1571) [250] January 31 – Ōtomo Sōrin, Japanese Christian Daimyō (d. 1587) February 17 – Louis III, Count of Löwenstein (d. 1611) February 18 – Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1578)
This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France .
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The Geneva Functional Urban Area covers a land area of 2,292 km 2 (885 sq mi) (24.2% in Switzerland, 75.8% in France) [10] and had 1,053,436 inhabitants in Jan. 2021 (Swiss estimates and French census), 57.8% of them on Swiss territory and 42.2% on French territory. [11] The Geneva metropolitan area is one of the fastest growing in Europe.