Timeline of Geneva

{{short description|none}}  The following is a '''timeline of the history of the municipality of Geneva''', Switzerland. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}} {{History of Switzerland}}

==Prehistory== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |c. 18'000 BC|| || Deglaciation 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.<ref name="Corboud2009">{{cite journal|last=Corboud |first=Pierre|title=La mise en place du paysage: l'environnement préhistorique du Bassin genevois|journal=as. Archéologie Suisse|volume=32 |issue=2|year=2009 |language=fr |doi=10.5169/seals-109972}}</ref> |- |c. 16'000 BCE |||| The 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.<ref name="Corboud2009" /> |- |c. 13'400–12'900 BCE|||| Magdalenian reindeer hunters occupy the rock shelters of Veyrier, one of the oldest known prehistoric sites in the region.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Stahl Gretsch |first=Laurence-Isaline |title=Les occupations magdaléniennes du Veyrier: l'un des plus anciens sites du Bassin genevois|journal=as. Archéologie Suisse|volume=32 |issue=2|year=2009|language=fr |doi=10.5169/seals-109973}}</ref> |- |c. 5000 BCE||||Farming communities begin clearing large areas for cultivation.<ref name="Corboud2009" /> |- |c. 3000–2900 BCE|||| The first occupation of the hill of Choully at Satigny/Crédery dates to the beginning of the Late Neolithic.<ref name="BesseEtAl2009">{{cite journal|last1=Besse|first1=Marie|last2=Andrey|first2=Céline|last3=von Tobel|first3=Céline|title=Le Néolithique final à Crédery (Satigny) : un site terrestre parmi les Lacustres|journal=as. Archéologie Suisse|volume=32|issue=2|year=2009|language=fr|doi=10.5169/seals-109974}}</ref> |- |c. 2450–2050 BCE|||| A final prehistoric occupation phase at Crédery is associated with the Bell Beaker culture.<ref name="BesseEtAl2009" /> |- |c. 650–450 BCE |||| Remains from Hallstatt D culture are attested at Vandœuvres.<ref name="GenequandStuder2009">{{cite journal |last1=Genequand|first1=Denis |last2=Studer |first2=Jacqueline|title=La fouille du parking de Vandoeuvres: nouvelles données sur l'âge du Fer dans la campagne genevoise|journal=as. Archéologie Suisse|volume=32 |issue=2|year=2009|language=fr |doi=10.5169/seals-109975}}</ref> |- |c.{{dr|y|y|-120|0|ysa}}||||The Allobrogians establish a large sanctuary.<ref name="GenequandStuder2009" /> |}

==Antiquity== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |{{dr|y|y|-121|0|ysa}}|| || The Allobrogian fortified settlement gets conquered by the Roman Republic <ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde">{{Cite web|title=Genf (Gemeinde) |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/002903/2018-02-07/|website=Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz |author=Martine Piguet|date=7 February 2018|language=de |access-date=25 March 2026}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|-58|0|ysa}}||||Caesar arrives in Geneva and orders the bridge crossing the Rhône river to be destroyed. A 28km fortification is constructed, to block the Helvetii.<ref>{{cite book |last=Caesar |first=Julius |author-link=Julius Caesar |title=The Gallic War |translator=H. J. Edwards |series=Loeb Classical Library |volume=72 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, MA |year=1917 |chapter=Book 1, chapters 7–8}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|150|0|ysa}}|| || Fire <ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|280|0|ysa}}|| || The city gets promoted to civitas <ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|380|0|ysa}}|| || A large cathedral complex is completed <ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|400|0|ysa}}|| || The Diocese of Geneva is established with Isaac of Monteluco becoming the bishop. |- |{{dr|y|y|443|0|ysa}}|| ||Geneva becomes capital of the Kingdom of the Burgundians.<ref name=HLS-canton /> |}

==Middle Ages== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |{{dr|y|y|515|0|ysa}}|| || St. Peter's Cathedral get's rebuild by King Sigismund after the Burgundian Civil War.<ref name="HLSGenfDioezese">{{Cite web |title=Genf (Diözese, Fürstbistum) |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011399/2007-07-11/ |website=Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz |author=Catherine Santschi |date=11 July 2007 |language=de |access-date=25 March 2026}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|534|0|ysa}}|| ||The Franks conquer the city.{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|563|0|ysa}}|| || A Tsunami on Lake Geneva devestates the city.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21565583-millennium-and-half-ago-geneva-was-destroyed-giant-wave-recent-research |newspaper=The Economist |location=UK |date=3 November 2012 |title=Lake Monsters }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|773|0|ysa}}|| || Emperor Charlemagne holds a council of war at St. Peter's Cathedral. {{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|843|0|ysa}}||10 August|| Geneva becomes part of the Middle Francia after the Treaty of Verdun.<ref name="HLSGenfDioezese" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|880|0|ysa}}||February|| Geneva becomes part of the East Francia after the Treaty of Ribemont. |- |c.{{dr|y|y|1020|0|ysa}}|| || The right of coinageis granted.<ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1032|0|ysa}}||6 September|| Geneva reverts to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor after the death of Rudolph of Burgundy <ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1034|0|ysa}}||1 August||Conrad II is crowned as King of Burgundy in St. Peter's Cathedral. {{sfn|Britannica|1911}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1124|0|ysa}}|| ||The Treaty of Seyssel confirms the bishop’s supremacy over Geneva. |- |{{dr|y|y|1158|0|ysa}}||||Construction of the present St. Peter's Cathedral begins under Arducius de Faucigny.<ref name=GeCaHi>{{cite web |url=https://www.cathedrale-geneve.ch/en/the-middle-ages/ |title=The Middle Ages |website=Fondation des Clefs de St-Pierre |language=en |access-date=28 March 2026}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1162|0|ysa}}|| ||Emperor Frederick Barbarossa confirms the bishops independence and elevates them to the rank of imperial princes. |- |{{dr|y|y|1288|0|ysa}}||||St. Peter's Cathedral is completed.<ref name="GeCaHi" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1321|0|ysa}}|| || Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1333|0|ysa}}|| || Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1387|0|ysa}}||23 May|| The Town charter is granted, giving the right to elect four syndics.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1420|0|ysa}}|| || Around 13 Jewish families are confined to a ghetto. The only one in today's Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cranach, Kaufmann, Knoch-Mund, Picard, Weingarten|first=Philipp, Robert Uri, Gaby, Jacques, Ralph|title=«Judentum», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2016|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011376/2016-02-01}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1430|0|ysa}}|| || Fire.{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1434|0|ysa}}||9 March|| Antipope Felix V, the former Duke of Savoy, appoints himself as bishop of Geneva.<ref name="HLSGenfDioezese" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1477|0|ysa}}||14 November||An alliance is formed with Bern and Fribourg.<ref name="HLSGenfGemeinde" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1478|0|ysa}}|| || The first local printing press in operation.<ref name="Bouchot1890">{{cite book|author= Henri Bouchot|author-link= Henri Bouchot|editor=H. Grevel |location=London |title=The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time|year=1890|publisher=H. Grevel & Co. |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 |chapter=Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established }}</ref><ref name=proctor1898>{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |author= Robert Proctor |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Switzerland: Genève |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=29 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450632?urlappend=%3Bseq=29 |via=HathiTrust }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1490|0|ysa}}|| || The city council orders the expulsion of the Jews.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knoch-Mund, Picard|first=Gaby, Jacques|title=«Antisemitismus», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2009|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011379/2009-11-18}}</ref> |}

==Early modern period== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |{{dr|y|y|1519|0|ysa}}|| || Geneva allies with Freibourg.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1524|0|ysa}}|| || "The Genevese shake off the yoke of Savoy."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1526|0|ysa}}|| || Geneva allies with Bern.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1530|0|ysa}}|| || Geneva became its own mistress within, while allied externally with the Swiss confederation.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1535|0|ysa}}|| || Catholic bishop Pierre de La Baume ousted by Calvinists.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1536|0|ysa}}||21 May|| Grand Council of Geneva adopts Protestant religion.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- || || Protestant leader John Calvin active in Geneva.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}<ref name=europa2003chronology>{{cite book|publisher=Europa Publications|title= Political Chronology of Europe |year= 2003|isbn=978-1-135-35687-3 |chapter=Switzerland |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVNvCz0c_gsC&pg=PA248 |pages=248+ }}</ref> |- || || Area of city expanded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1541|0|ysa}}|| || The Republic of Geneva and Genevan Consistory established. |- |{{dr|y|y|1545|0|ysa}}||2 June|| Divorce granted.<ref name="Robertson2011" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1553|0|ysa}}||27 October|| Michael Servetus executed for heresy.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1559|0|ysa}}|| || Collège de Genève founded.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1560|0|ysa}}|| || English-language Geneva Bible published. |- |{{dr|y|y|1580|0|ysa}}|| || Population: 17,330.<ref name=HLS>{{citation |title= Genève (commune) |work=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse |url= http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F2903.php |language=fr |access-date=30 October 2015 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1584|0|ysa}}|||| "Geneva forms an alliance with the Swiss cantons."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1602|0|ysa}}||12 December|| "Savoy fails to conquer Geneva, an event celebrated as the 'Escalade'."<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1679|0|ysa}}|||| French embassy established.<ref name="Schelbert2014" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1690|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 16,220.<ref name=HLS /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1712|0|ysa}}||28 June|| Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. |- |{{dr|y|y|1738|0|ysa}}|||| "The republic adopts a regular constitution."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1763|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva is "made independent."{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1766|0|ysa}}|||| Théâtre de Rosimond built. |- |{{dr|y|y|1770|0|ysa}}|||| "Insurrection suppressed."{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1781|0|ysa}}||April-July||Geneva Revolution of 1782.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1783|0|ysa}}|||| Théâtre de Neuve built. |}

==Late modern period== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |{{dr|y|y|1789|0|ysa}}|||| Trade show held.<ref name="Robertson2011" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1794|0|ysa}}||July|| "Government overthrown;"{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} "executions, etc."{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1798|0|ysa}}||April|| Geneva becomes capital of the Léman (department) of the First French Republic (later the First French Empire).{{sfn|Overall|1870}}<ref name=HLS />{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |||| Population: 24,331.<ref name=HLS /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1813|0|ysa}}||31 December|| Restoration of the Republic.<ref name=HLS-canton /> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1815|0|ysa}}|||| Canton of Geneva created.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}<ref name=HLS-canton>{{citation |title= Genève (canton) |work=Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/007398/2017-05-30/ |language=fr |access-date=2 April 2022 }}</ref> |- |||| Canton of Geneva becomes part of the Swiss Confederation.<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology">{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR21 }}</ref>{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1816|0|ysa}}|||| Treaty of Turin nearly doubled the size of the Canton of Geneva.<ref name=leNews>{{Cite news |url=http://lenews.ch/2016/03/16/on-this-day-200-years-ago-geneva-nearly-doubled-in-size/ |title=On this day 200 years ago Geneva nearly doubled in size |last=Judd |first=Phillip |date=16 March 2016 |work=le News |access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1817|0|ysa}}|||| Botanical garden created in the {{Interlanguage link|Parc des Bastions|fr}}. |- |{{dr|y|y|1821|0|ysa}}|||| Catholic diocese of Lausanne and Geneva established.<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Switzerland |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/switzerland |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1825|0|ysa}}|||| Prison begins operating.<ref name="Roth2006">{{cite book|author= Mitchel P. Roth |title=Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood |isbn=978-0-313-32856-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=RTH31DgbTzgC&pg=PR31 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1826|0|ysa}}|||| Musée Rath built.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1828|0|ysa}}|||| {{Interlanguage link|Société genevoise d'utilité publique|fr}} (public welfare society) founded. |- |{{dr|y|y|1829|0|ysa}}|||| Töpffer's ''Adventures of Dr. Festus'' comic book created.<ref name=anzovin2000>{{cite book |title=Famous First Facts |year=2000 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Co. |editor1=Steven Anzovin |editor2=Janet Podell |isbn=0824209583 |url=https://archive.org/details/famousfirstfacts00anzo }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1834|0|ysa}}||5 February|| Polish-Sardinian unrest.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |||| Population: 27,177.<ref name=HLS /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1835|0|ysa}}|||| Conservatoire de Musique de Genève founded. |- |{{dr|y|y|1837|0|ysa}}|||| Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève founded.<ref>{{citation |title=Mémoires et documents |publisher=Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Genève |language=fr |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009029308 |year=1841 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1841|0|ysa}}|||| Jews granted freedom of establishment in the canton of Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knoch-Mund, Picard|title=«Antisemitismus», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2009|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011379/2009-11-18}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1842|0|ysa}}|||| Political unrest.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |||| Geneva municipality created.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}<ref name=HLS /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1845|0|ysa}}|||| Gas lighting installed.{{sfn|Overall|1870}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1846|0|ysa}}|||| Political unrest;{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} "constitution made more democratic."{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1847|0|ysa}}|||| "Radical party" in power.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1848|0|ysa}}|||| Banque de Geneve founded.<ref name=banking1920>{{cite book|title=International Banking Directory|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA514 |year=1920|publisher=Bankers Publishing Company |chapter= Switzerland }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1849|0|ysa}}|||| Fortifications begin to be demolished.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}}<ref name=HLS /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1850|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 37,724 in city; 64,146 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1851|0|ysa}}|||| Watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in business. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1852|0|ysa}}|||| Union Chrétienne de Jeunes Gens branch established.{{sfn|Weibel|2006}} |- |||| Communauté Israélite de Genève founded. |- |{{dr|y|y|1854|0|ysa}}|||| Jardin Anglais (park) laid out. |- |{{dr|y|y|1856|0|ysa}}|||| Quai Gustave-Ador built. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1858|0|ysa}}|||| Genève-Cornavin railway station opens. |- |||| Ecole Saint-Antoine (school) built.<ref name=PlanVille>{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-geneve.ch/plan-ville/ |title= Plan de Ville |work=Ville de Genève: site officiel |access-date= 30 September 2015 |language=fr }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1860|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 82,876 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1863|0|ysa}}|||| International Committee of the Red Cross headquartered in Geneva. |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1864|0|ysa}}||August|| International "Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" signed in Geneva,<ref name="Green2008" /> i.e. "the fundamental rules of war."<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" /> |- ||22–23 August|| "Election riots, with loss of life, through the indiscretion of M. Fazy;"{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} city occupied by federal forces.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |||| Monument erected in Port-Noir.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1867|0|ysa}}||September|| International "Congress of Peace" held in Geneva.{{sfn|Townsend|1877}} |- |||| Salle de la Réformation inaugurated.{{sfn|Weibel|2006}} |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1873|0|ysa}}|||| University of Geneva active.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |||| Christian Catholic Church is formally established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1879|0|ysa}}|||| Grand Théâtre de Genève opens.{{sfn|Chambers|1901}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1879|0|ysa}}|||| Brunswick Monument erected. |- |{{dr|y|y|1880|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 99,712 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1881|0|ysa}}|||| Société Genevoise de Photographie founded.<ref>{{citation |work= International Annual of Anthony's Photographic Bulletin |title=Amateur Photographic Societies ... Foreign |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065594080?urlappend=%3Bseq=413 |year=1902 |volume=14 |pages=14 v |location=New York |publisher=E. & H. T. Anthony & Company |hdl=2027/mdp.39015065594080?urlappend=%3Bseq=413 |last1=Scandlin |first1=W. I. |last2=Harrison |first2=Frederick J. |last3=Smith |first3=Francis P. |last4=Elliott |first4=Arthur H. }}</ref>[http://www.sgp-geneve.ch/_sgp14_/index.php/2013-05-22-06-26-46/a-propos] |- |{{dr|y|y|1883|0|ysa}}||23 November|| Steamboat collision on Lake Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1886|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva Seal adopted. |- |{{dr|y|y|1886|0|ysa}}|||| Jet d'Eau (fountain) installed. |- |{{dr|y|y|1891|0|ysa}}|||| International Peace Bureau headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="cooper1991">{{cite book |title=Patriotic Pacifism: Waging War on War in Europe, 1815–1914 |author=Sandi E. Cooper |year=1991|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-536343-2 |chapter=Peace Societies |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fo7UNtZZoCEC&pg=PA213 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1892|0|ysa}}||9 July|| Steamboat explosion on Lake Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1893|0|ysa}}|||| Piolet Club (hiking group) formed.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Mountaineering Clubs, 1857–1907 |author=A.J. Mackintosh |journal=Alpine Journal |location=UK |year=1907 |url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 |number=177 |hdl=2027/njp.32101076197365?urlappend=%3Bseq=694 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1894|0|ysa}}|||| Victoria Hall (concert hall) built. |- |{{dr|y|y|1896|0|ysa}}||1 May|| Swiss National Exhibition opens in Geneva.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1900|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 97,359 in city; 132,609 in canton.<ref name=population2005>{{citation |url= http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/fr/index/regionen/22/publ.html?publicationID=743 |title=Evolution de la population des communes 1850–2000 |language=fr |publisher=Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office |format=xls |year=2005 }}</ref>{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1902|0|ysa}}||23 December|| Cathedral bombing.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1905|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva Motor Show begins. |- |{{dr|y|y|1907|0|ysa}}|||| The Genevese voted to separate Church and State.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} |- |{{dr|y|y|1910|0|ysa}}|||| Museum of Art and History built. |- |{{dr|y|y|1917|0|ysa}}|||| Monument to the Reformation built. |- |{{dr|y|y|1919|0|ysa}}|||| International Labour Organization headquartered in Geneva. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1920|0|ysa}}|||| League of Nations headquartered in city.<ref name=bbc-timeline>{{citation |work=BBC News |title=Switzerland Profile: Timeline |date=8 May 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17988450 |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> |- |||| Alhambra cinema active.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/switzerland/geneva?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Geneva |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= 30 September 2015 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1921|0|ysa}}|||| Inter-Parliamentary Union headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="cooper1991" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1924|0|ysa}}|||| International School of Geneva established. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1926|0|ysa}}||26 September|| International "Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery" signed in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |||| Compagnie de 1602 (heritage society) formed. |- |{{dr|y|y|1929|0|ysa}}||27 July|| International "Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War" signed.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1930|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 124,121 in city; 171,366 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |||| Les Eaux-Vives, {{Interlanguage link|Le Petit-Saconnex|fr}} and Plainpalais become part of city.<ref name=HLS /> |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1932|0|ysa}}||1 February|| International disarmament conference begins.<ref name="Schelbert2014chronology" /> |- ||31 May|| Jean Uhler becomes Geneva's 101st mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geneva City Council: Minutes of Sessions 1932 |url=https://archivescacm.geneve.ch/assets/archives/cra/1932/pdf/cra_1932.pdf |publisher=Geneva City Archives |page=3 |quote=on 31 May, the Administrative Council renewed its Bureau… Mr Jean UHLER, president |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- ||9 November|| 1932 Geneva unrest |- |{{dr|y|y|1936|0|ysa}}|||| World Jewish Congress is founded as political platform of solidarity for persecuted Jews and to combat anti-Semitism.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cranach|title=«Judentum», in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz HLS online, 2016|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/011376/2016-02-01}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1938|0|ysa}}|||| Palace of Nations built. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1939|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva International Music Competition begins. |- |||| Geneva hosts the World Zionist Congress. |- |{{dr|y|y|1942|0|ysa}}|||| Start of Trolleybuses in Geneva. |- |{{dr|y|y|1943|0|ysa}}||8 June|| Jules Peney becomes Geneva's 112th mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geneva City Council: Minutes of Sessions 1943 |url=https://archivescacm.geneve.ch/assets/archives/cra/1943/pdf/cra_1943.pdf |publisher=Geneva City Archives |page=3 |quote=on Tuesday 8 June 1943, at 10 a.m… Mr Jules PENEY was elected president |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |}

==Contemporary era== {| class="wikitable" ! style="width:6%" | Year ! style="width:10%" | Date ! Event |- |{{dr|y|y|1947|0|ysa}}|||| United Nations Economic Commission for Europe headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1948|0|ysa}}|||| World Health Organization and World Council of Churches headquartered in Geneva. |- |{{dr|y|y|1949|0|ysa}}||12 August|| International "Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War" signed in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1950|0|ysa}}|||| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |||| Population: 202,918 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1954|0|ysa}}|||| International conference related to Korea and Indochina held in Geneva.<ref name="Cook2013">{{cite book|editor=Bernard A. Cook|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia |year= 2013|publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-17939-7 |chapter=Chronology of Major Political Events |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kV-2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT41 }}</ref> |- |||| European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) headquartered in nearby Meyrin. |- |{{dr|y|y|1955|0|ysa}}|||| L'horloge fleurie flowerbed created in the Jardin Anglais. |- |{{dr|y|y|1955|0|ysa}}||18 July||Geneva Summit of the "Big Four" is held.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meeting of the Heads of Government (Summit Conference) of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union at Geneva, July 18–23, 1955 |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v05/d182 |publisher=U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1957|0|ysa}}|||| Electric toothbrush invented.<ref name="Robertson2011">{{cite book|author=Patrick Robertson|title= Robertson's Book of Firsts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC|year= 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=978-1-60819-738-5}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1960|0|ysa}}|||| Women's suffrage effected in canton.<ref name="Schelbert2014">{{cite book|author=Leo Schelbert|title=Historical Dictionary of Switzerland|year= 2014 |edition =2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XRevAwAAQBAJ }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1961|0|ysa}}|||| {{Interlanguage link|Centre islamique de Genève|fr}} founded. |- |{{dr|y|y|1963|0|ysa}}|||| United Nations Institute for Training and Research headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008">{{cite book|author=Richard Green|title= Chronology of International Organizations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IQQSBAAAQBAJ|year= 2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-35590-6}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1964|0|ysa}}|||| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development headquartered in Geneva.<ref name="Green2008" /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1970|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 173,618 in city; 331,599 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- |{{dr|y|y|1972|0|ysa}}|||| Tour du Lac rowing contest begins. |- |{{dr|y|y|1977|0|ysa}}|||| {{Interlanguage link|Geneva Symphony Orchestra|fr|3=Orchestre symphonique genevois}} established.<ref name="Lawson2003-20th">{{cite book|editor= Colin Lawson|editor-link= Colin Lawson|title= Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra|year= 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-00132-8 |chapter= Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=1DW1WyiooSMC&pg=PA277 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1978|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva Mosque built.<ref name=archnet>{{citation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070405003248/http://archnet.org/library/places/places.tcl?country_code=ch |title=Switzerland |publisher=ArchNet |url-status=dead |url= http://archnet.org/library/places/places.tcl?country_code=ch |archive-date= 2007-04-05 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1984|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Roger Dafflon becomes Geneva's 153rd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1985|0|ysa}}||1 June|| René Emmenegger becomes Geneva's 154th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||19 November|| Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time at Fleur d'Eau.<ref>{{cite web |title=L'accueil de Reagan |url=https://www.rts.ch/archives/tv/information/|publisher=Radio Télévision Suisse |language=fr |date=1985-11-19 |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- ||21 November||Geneva Summit concludes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geneva Summit (1985) |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1981-88v11/d122 |publisher=U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1986|0|ysa}}|||| {{Interlanguage link|Geneva City Archives|fr|3=Archives de la ville de Genève}} established. |- ||1 June|| Claude Ketterer becomes Geneva's 155th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1987|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva Airport railway station opens. |- |{{dr|y|y|1987|0|ysa}}||1 June||Claude Haegi becomes Geneva's 156th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1988|0|ysa}} |||| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set up by the World Meteorological Organisation and United Nations Environment Programme.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the IPCC |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/about/ |publisher=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- ||1 June||Guy-Olivier Segond becomes Geneva's 157th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||29 October|| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum opens. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1989|0|ysa}}|| 12 March|| World Wide Web concept invented by Berners-Lee of CERN.<ref name="Robertson2011" /> |- ||1 June|| René Emmenegger becomes Geneva's 158th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1990|0|ysa}}||1 June|| André Hédiger becomes Geneva's 159th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1991|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Jacqueline Burnand becomes Geneva's 160th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1992|0|ysa}}||1 June||Madeleine Rossi becomes Geneva's 161st mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1993|0|ysa}} ||1 June|| Michel Rossetti becomes Geneva's 162nd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||20 December||UN General Assembly establishes the position of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the mandate |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/about-us |publisher=Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|1994|0|ysa}}||1 June|| André Hédiger becomes Geneva's 163rd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1995|0|ysa}}|| 1 January || World Trade Organization (WTO) establishes its headquarters in Geneva.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Trade Organization |url=https://www.wto.org/ |publisher=World Trade Organization |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- ||1 June|| Alain Vaissade becomes Geneva's 164th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1996|0|ysa}}||1 June||Jacqueline Burnand becomes Geneva's 165th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1997|0|ysa}}|||| Sculpture "Broken Chair" installed in the Place des Nations. |- ||1 June||Michel Rossetti becomes Geneva's 166th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|1998|0|ysa}}||1 June|| André Hédiger becomes Geneva's 167th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|1999|0|ysa}}|| 4 May || New building of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web |title=World Meteorological Organization |url=https://public.wmo.int/ |publisher=World Meteorological Organization |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- ||1 June||Pierre Muller becomes Geneva's 168th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2000|0|ysa}}|||| Population: 177,964 in city; 413,673 in canton.<ref name=population2005 /> |- ||1 June||Alain Vaissade becomes Geneva's 169th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2001|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Manuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 170th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2002|0|ysa}}|||| City website online (approximate date).<ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20021205094224/http://www.ville-ge.ch/site99/index.html |url= http://www.ville-ge.ch |archive-date= 2002-12-05 |title=Ville de Geneve: Le Site officiel |language= fr |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}</ref>{{Chronology citation needed|date=January 2016}} |- ||1 June||André Hédiger becomes Geneva's 171st mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2003|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Christian Ferrazino becomes Geneva's 172nd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2004|0|ysa}}|||| Genève-Sécheron railway station opens. |- ||1 June||Pierre Muller becomes Geneva's 173rd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2005|0|ysa}}|||| Geneva Citizens' Movement established. |- ||1 June|| Manuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 174th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2006|0|ysa}}||1 June||André Hédiger becomes Geneva's 175th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2007|0|ysa}} ||1 June|| Patrice Mugny becomes Geneva's 176th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||23 July|| Rhino squat is evicted. |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2008|0|ysa}} ||1 June|| Manuel Tornare becomes Geneva's 177th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||10 September|| CERN launches the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Large Hadron Collider |url=https://home.cern/science/accelerators/large-hadron-collider |publisher=CERN |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |rowspan="4" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2009|0|ysa}} ||1 June|| Rémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 178th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||10 July|| Calvin Jubilee held.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/world/europe/05calvin.html |title=A City of Mixed Emotions Observes Calvin's 500th |date= 4 November 2009 }}</ref> |- ||November–December|| World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference of 2009 held in Geneva. |- ||November|| Anti-WTO protest.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-wto-demonstration-idUSTRE5AR0U020091128 |title=Geneva anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars |date=28 November 2009 }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2010|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Sandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 179th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2011|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Pierre Maudet becomes Geneva's 180th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2012|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Rémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 181st mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="3" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2013|0|ysa}}|||| Revised constitution of the Canton of Geneva effected; created by the {{Interlanguage link|Assemblée constituante de Genève|fr}}. |- ||1 June||Sandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 182nd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |||| Population: 469,433 in canton.<ref>{{citation |url= http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/regionen/22/publ.html |title= Cantonal portraits 2015 |publisher=Swiss Confederation, Federal Statistical Office }}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2014|0|ysa}}|||| Nuclear bunkers converted to homeless shelters.<ref>{{citation |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/22/new-cold-war-geneva-switzerland-fallout-bunkers-homeless-shelters |title=New cold war: the Geneva fallout bunkers doubling as homeless shelters |date=22 October 2014 |series=Cities }}</ref> |- ||1 June|| Sami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 183rd mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2015|0|ysa}} ||1 June|| Esther Alder becomes Geneva's 184th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- ||August|| Intern-in-tent reported.<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |date=13 August 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/europe/united-nations-unpaid-intern-david-hyde-slept-in-tent.html?_r=0 |title=U.N. Faces Scrutiny Over Unpaid Intern Who Slept in a Tent in Geneva }}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2016|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Guillaume Barazzone becomes Geneva's 185th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2017|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Rémy Pagani becomes Geneva's 186th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors/> |- |{{dr|y|y|2018|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Sami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 187th mayor.<ref name=avgmayors>{{cite web |title=Maires de la Ville de Genève depuis 1842 |url=https://www.geneve.ch/document/liste-maires-ville-geneve-1842-2022 |publisher=Archives de la Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2" valign="top" |{{dr|y|y|2019|0|ysa}}|||| Opening of the CEVA rail line to Annemasse in France, operated by the Léman Express train service. |- ||1 June|| Sandrine Salerno becomes Geneva's 188th mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=MÉMORIAL |url=https://www.geneve.ch/sites/default/files/filecm/CM/sessions/2019-06-04/memorial/memorial-seance-CM-geneve-177-01.pdf |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2020|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Sami Kanaan becomes Geneva's 189th mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conseil administratif élu : répartition des départements pour la nouvelle législature |url=https://www.geneve.ch/document/conseil-administratif-repartition-departements-nouvelle-legislature |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2021|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Frédérique Perler becomes Geneva's 190th mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Communiqué de presse du Conseil administratif 26 mai 2021 |url=https://www.geneve.ch/document/communique-conseil-administratif-26-2021 |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2022|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Marie Barbey-Chappuis becomes Geneva's 191st mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Communiqué de presse du Conseil administratif 25 mai 2022 |url=https://www.geneve.ch/document/communique-conseil-administratif-25-2022 |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2023|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Alfonso Gomez becomes Geneva's 192nd mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mairie 2023-2024 |url=https://www.geneve.ch/mairie-2023-2024 |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2024|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Christina Kitsos becomes Geneva's 193rd mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mairie 2024-2025 |url=https://www.geneve.ch/mairie-2024-2025 |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |{{dr|y|y|2025|0|ysa}}||1 June|| Alfonso Gomez becomes Geneva's 194th mayor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maire de Genève |url=https://www.geneve.ch/mairie |publisher=Ville de Genève |access-date=2026-04-07}}</ref> |- |}

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===in English=== ;Published in the 17th–19th century * {{cite book |title= History of the City and State of Geneva |year=1687 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001237974 |location=London |publisher= Bernard White |author=Jacob Spon |author-link=Jacob Spon }} (translated from French) * {{cite book |title=Short Account of the Ancient History, Present Government, and Laws of the Republic of Geneva |author= George Keate |author-link= George Keate |location= London |publisher= R. and J. Dodsley |year= 1761 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009015286 }} * {{Citation |publisher = G.G. and J. Robinson |location = London |author = Frederic Leopold Stolberg |author-link = Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg |others=Translated by Thomas Holcroft |title = Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily |date = 1796 |chapter=(Geneva) |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/travelsthroughg01holcgoog#page/n197/mode/2up }} * {{cite book |title=A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer |year=1800|publisher=John Stockdale |location=London |oclc=79519893 |chapter=Geneva |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6OlWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA197 }} * {{Citation |publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown |date = 1819 |location = London |title = The Cyclopaedia |author= Abraham Rees |title-link = Rees's Cyclopædia |chapter=Geneva |hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88?urlappend=%3Bseq=78 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9571pn88?urlappend=%3Bseq=78 }} * {{cite book |editor= William Henry Overall |editor-link= William Henry Overall |title= Dictionary of Chronology |year=1870 |publisher=William Tegg |location=London |chapter= Geneva |hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=353 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=353 | ref = {{harvid|Overall|1870}} }} * {{Citation |publisher = Frederick Warne & Co. |location = London |author = George Henry Townsend |author-link = George Henry Townsend |title = A Manual of Dates |date = 1877 |edition=5th |chapter= Geneva |hdl = 2027/hvd.32044088047865?urlappend=%3Bseq=428 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044088047865?urlappend=%3Bseq=428 | ref = {{harvid|Townsend|1877}} }} * {{Citation |publisher = J. Reichmann & Cantor |location = Berlin |title = Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England |author = Norddeutscher Lloyd |author-link = Norddeutscher Lloyd |date = 1896 |oclc = 8395555 |chapter=Geneva |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/guidethroughgerm00nord#page/359/mode/1up }}

;Published in the 20th century * {{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia |title-link=Chambers's Encyclopaedia |location=London |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624?urlappend=%3Bseq=140 |chapter=Geneva |volume=5 |year=1901 |hdl=2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t1fj2r624?urlappend=%3Bseq=140 | ref = {{harvid|Chambers|1901}} }} * {{Citation |publisher =Edward Stanford |location = London |title = Handbook for Switzerland |date = 1904 |edition=19th |chapter=Geneva |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn1sv5?urlappend=%3Bseq=126 |series=Murray's Handbooks for Travellers |hdl = 2027/hvd.hn1sv5?urlappend=%3Bseq=126 }} * {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Geneva |volume= 11 |last= Coolidge|first= William Augustus Brevoort|author-link= William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge | pages = 824–825 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}} * {{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter=Geneva |hdl = 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=618 |chapter-url = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=618 |via=HathiTrust | ref = {{harvid|Haydn|1910}} }} * {{cite book |year=1912 |edition=2nd |title=Switzerland |series= Grieben's Guide Books |location=Berlin |publisher=Albert Goldschmidt |chapter= Geneva |hdl=2027/uc1.$b264107?urlappend=%3Bseq=144 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b264107?urlappend=%3Bseq=144 }} * {{citation |title=Millennial City: The Romance of Geneva, Capital of the League of Nations |year=1919 |volume=35 |work=National Geographic Magazine |pages=116 v |location=Washington DC |hdl=2027/mdp.39015039320059?urlappend=%3Bseq=501 |url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039320059?urlappend=%3Bseq=501 }} * {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Switzerland |edition=26th |date = 1922 |oclc = 4248970 |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/switzerlandtoget00karl#page/255/mode/2up |chapter= Geneva |via=Internet Archive | ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1922}} }} * {{cite book |title=Geneva, Zurich, Basel: History, Culture, and National Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUUABAAAQBAJ |year=1994 |publisher= Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-6369-3 |chapter=Geneva |author= Nicolas Bouvier |author-link= Nicolas Bouvier |pages=17–40 }} * {{cite book |editor=Trudy Ring|title=Northern Europe |series= International Dictionary of Historic Places |year=1995 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |isbn=978-1-136-63944-9 |chapter= Geneva |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yfPYAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA295 }} * {{cite book |editor1=Mario Polèse |editor2=Richard E. Stren |title=The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change |year=2000 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-8320-3 |chapter=Geneva: does wealth ensure social stability? |author=Antoine S. Bailly |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KQOi063YxiAC&pg=PA157 |url=https://archive.org/details/socialsustainabi0000unse }}

;Published in the 21st century * {{cite book |author=Mario Carpo |author-link=Mario Carpo |title=Architecture in the Age of Printing |year=2001|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-03288-9 |chapter=Geneva |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=SpvUI0xyFlYC&pg=PA79 |pages=79–102 }} * {{cite journal |title=Geneva's Future: Reflections on the Role of a Values-Based City |author=Hugo Slim |journal= International Affairs |volume= 83 |year=2007 |issue=1 |pages=109–125 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00605.x |jstor= 4122042 |s2cid=143958854 }} * {{cite journal |title=Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities |author=Christopher Kennedy |year=2009 |journal=Environmental Science & Technology |volume=43 |issue=19 |pages=7297–7302 |doi=10.1021/es900213p |pmid=19848137 |bibcode=2009EnST...43.7297K |display-authors=etal |doi-access=free }}

===in French=== * {{cite book |title= Croire à Genève: la Salle de la Réformation (XIXe-XXe siècle) |trans-title=Belief in Geneva |year=2006 |publisher= {{Interlanguage link|Labor et Fides|fr}} |location=Geneva |isbn=978-2-8309-1193-0 |author=Luc Weibel |chapter=Chronologie |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IohT8rcrJfsC&pg=PA201 |page=201+ |language=fr | ref = {{harvid|Weibel|2006}} }}

==External links== {{Commons category|Geneva}} * Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=Geneva&rows=96 Items related to Geneva], various dates * Digital Public Library of America. [http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=Geneva Items related to Geneva], various dates.

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