Historical place archive

Lyon in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Lyon in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records5 event labels4 people196–1274

Historical events in Lyon

196

19 February 196
Battle of Lyon
Claudius Albinus · Civil War

Severus crushes Albinus, who claims to be Emperor

19 February 196
Battle of Lyon
Laetus · Civil War

Helps Severus to victory over Albinus, makes the winning cavalry charge

19 February 196
Battle of Lyon
Septimus Severus · Civil War

Crushes Albinus, Governor of Britain, who claims to be Emperor

19 February 196
Death of Claudius Albinus
Claudius Albinus · Civil War

Death of Claudius Albinus, suicide

19 February 196
Suicide
Claudius Albinus · Civil War

Surrounded at the Battle of Lyons, his head is displayed in Rome. Death of Claudius Albinus, suicide

1274

1274
Council of Lyons
Michael VIII Palaeologus · Roman Catholic Church

The Greek church submits to the Roman church

7 May 1274
Council of Lyons, 2nd
Michael VIII Palaeologus · Roman Catholic Church

The Greek church submits to the Roman church

Provenance

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