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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Étienne, France.

Prior to 20th century

1184 – Church of Notre-Dame de Valbenoîte [fr] founded.
1310 – Grand'Église de Saint-Étienne [fr] (church) construction begins.
1790 – Town becomes part of the Rhône-et-Loire department.
1793 – Town becomes part of the Loire (department).
1800 – Population: 16,259.
1816 – École nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Étienne (school) established.
1828 – Saint-Étienne to Andrézieux Railway begins operating.^[1]
1830 – Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) completed.^[2]^[3]
1831 – Lyons-St Etienne railway begins operating.^[1]
1855 – Beaubrun, Montaud, Outre-Furan [fr], and Valbenoîte become part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
1856 – Loire (department) administration relocated to Saint-Étienne from Montbrison.^[1]
1861 – Musée d'art et d'industrie de Saint-Étienne [fr] opens in the Palais des Arts.[1]
1863 – Planfoy becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
1864 – Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne factory built.
1876 – Union des travailleurs de Saint-Étienne (labour union) consumers' co-operative created.^[4]^[5]
1881 – Saint-Étienne tramway begins operating.
1884 – Gare de Saint-Étienne-Châteaucreux rebuilt.
1886 – Population: 117,875.^[6]
1890 – Lycée Claude-Fauriel [fr] (school) built.
1898 – Société des Magasins du Casino (shop) in business.^[7]
1900 – Hôtel de préfecture de la Loire [fr] built.^[8]

1901 – Automobile Club established.^[7]
1902 – Saint-Étienne labour council building [fr] constructed.
1910 – Etoile Théâtre (cinema) opens.^[9]
1911 – Population: 148,656.^[10]
1922 – Cinémathèque de Saint-Étienne [fr] established.^[11]
1923 – Saint-Étienne Cathedral built.
1926 – Population: 193,737.
1930 – Histoire et Patrimoine de Saint-Étienne [fr] founded.
1933 – Maisons sans escalier [fr] (residence) built.
1938 – Capitole cinema opens.^[9]^[12]
1942 – Trolleybuses in Saint-Étienne in operation.
1952 – SaintéLyon [fr] Lyon-St Etienne footrace begins.
1962 – Population: 210,311.
1968 – Population: 223,223.
1969
- Jean Monnet University established.
- Saint-Victor-sur-Loire [fr] and Terrenoire [fr] become part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
1971 – École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Saint-Étienne [fr] (school) established.
1973 – Rochetaillée [fr] becomes part of Saint-Étienne.^(fr)
1977
- March: Saint-Étienne municipal election, 1977 [fr] held.
- Joseph Sanguedolce [fr] becomes mayor.
1978 – Saint-Étienne–Bouthéon Airport terminal built.
1981 – Radio Dio begins broadcasting.
1987 – Modern Art Museum established.
1990
- Massenet Festival begins.
- Population: 199,396.
1993 – Médiathèque Centrale opens in Tarentaize.^[13][2]
1995 – Festival des 7 Collines de Saint-Étienne [fr] (cultural festival) begins.

^ ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.
^ Maguin, Paul (1994). Les armes de Saint-Étienne Une histoire en images de l'armurerie stéphanoise. FeniXX réédition numérique. p. 79. ISBN 978-2307560975.
^ "Hôtel de Ville". Saint-Étienne Archives. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
^ J. Corréard (1908). Les sociétés coopératives de consommation en France et à l'étranger (in French). Paris: P. Lethielleux.
^ Association française pour l'avancement des sciences 1897.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
^ ^a ^b Archives d'architecture de la Loire 1995.
^ Baedeker 1914.
^ ^a ^b "Cinémas". Histoire(s) stéphanoise(s) (in French). Archives municipales de la ville de Saint-Étienne. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
^ "Cinémathèque: Histoire". Médiathèques Municipales de Saint-Etienne (in French). Ville de Saint-Etienne. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Devun 2005.
^ "Médiathèques et bibliobus", Le Progrès (in French), November 2015
^ "Résultats élections: Saint-Etienne", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Clement Cruttwell (1793). "S. Etienne-en-Forez". Gazetteer of France. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson. hdl:2027/njp.32101072026824.
"St Étienne" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 2–3.
"St-Etienne", Southern France (6th ed.), Leipzig: Baedeker, 1914, hdl:2027/uc1.31822019077254
Hugh D. Clout (1972). "Lyons/Saint-Etienne Metropolis". Geography of Post-War France. Elsevier. pp. 98–106. ISBN 978-1-4831-5318-6.

Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "St. Etienne". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 462. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
Association française pour l'avancement des sciences [in French] (1897). Saint-Etienne (in French). Société de l'imprimerie Théolier.
Archives d'architecture de la Loire; Centre d'études foréziennes (1995). Les Lamaizière: architectes à Saint-Étienne, 1880–1925 (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-091-3.
Frédéric Zarch (2000). Catalogue des films projetés à Saint-Étienne avant la première guerre mondiale (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-182-8.
Blandine Devun (2005). La vie culturelle à Saint-Etienne pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, 1939-1944 (in French). Université de Saint-Etienne. ISBN 978-2-86272-366-2.