text: The convention was not the only target within Lyon during the French Revolution. 
  After the Convention faded into history, the French Directory appeared and days after 
  the 4 September 1797 Coup of 18 Fructidor, a Directory's commissioner was 
  assassinated in Lyon. 
  
  The city became an important industrial town in the 19th century. In 1831 and 1834, 
  the*canuts*(silk workers) of Lyon staged two major uprisings for better working 
  conditions and pay. In 1862, the first of Lyon's extensive network of funicular 
  railways began operation. 
  
  Massacre during the Canut rebellion 
  of 1834 
  
  During World War II, Lyon was a centre for the occupying Nazi forces, including 
  Klaus Barbie, the infamous "Butcher of Lyon". However, the city was also a 
  stronghold of the French Resistance, the many secret passages known as*traboules*, enabled people to escape Gestapo raids. 
  On 3 September 1944, Lyon was liberated by the 1st Free French Division and the Forces Françaises de l'Intérieur. The city 
  is now home to a Resistance museum.[33][34] 