Editing Grenoble (section)

===From Louis XIV to the French Revolution===
[[File:Grenoble serré - plan-relief 1848.jpg|thumb|Grenoble [[plan-relief]] (1848)]] 
[[File:Journée des Tuiles (Alexandre Debelle), Musée de la Révolution française - Vizille.jpg|thumb|''[[Day of the Tiles]]'', 1890 painting by [[Alexandre Debelle]],<br /> ([[Musée de la Révolution française]])]]

The revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] by [[Louis XIV]] caused the departure of 2,000 Protestants from Grenoble, weakening the city's economy.<ref>''Petite histoire du Dauphiné'', Félix Vernay, 1933, p97</ref> However, it also weakened the competing glove industry of [[Grasse]], leaving the glove factories of Grenoble without any competition.<ref name="Dauphiné 1933, p98">''Petite histoire du Dauphiné'', Félix Vernay, 1933, p98</ref> This allowed a stronger economic development for the city during the 18th century. At the beginning of that century, only 12 glovers made 15,000 dozen gloves each year; by 1787, 64 glovers made 160,000 dozen gloves each year.<ref name="Dauphiné 1933, p98"/>

The city gained some notoriety on 7 June 1788 when the townspeople assaulted troops of [[Louis XVI]] in the "[[Day of the Tiles]]".<ref name=EB1911/> The people attacked the royal troops to prevent an expulsion of the notables of the city, which would have seriously endangered the economic prosperity of Grenoble. Following these events, the [[Assembly of Vizille]] took place. Its members organized the meeting of the old [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates General]], thus beginning the [[French Revolution]]. During the Revolution, Grenoble was represented in Paris by two illustrious notables, [[Jean Joseph Mounier]] and [[Antoine Barnave]].

In 1790, the Dauphiné was divided into three [[Departments of France|departments]], and Grenoble became the ''chef-lieu'' of the [[Isère|Isère department]]. Only two [[Refractory clergy|refractory priests]] were executed at Grenoble during the [[Reign of Terror]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uqmp-grenoble.asso.fr/3_quartier/pdf/joseph_chanrion.pdf|title=Il y a 250 ans naissait Joseph Chanrion (1756–1830)|publisher=Union de Quartier Mutualité-Préfecture|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502085231/http://www.uqmp-grenoble.asso.fr/3_quartier/pdf/joseph_chanrion.pdf|archive-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> [[Pope]] [[Pius&nbsp;VI]], prisoner of France, spent two days at Grenoble in 1799<ref>{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Diocese of Grenoble |volume=7}}</ref> before going to [[Valence, Drôme|Valence]] where he died.