Timeline of Rouen

Prior to 18th century

5th century - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen created.

586 - Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) assassinated.

841 - Town besieged by Vikings.

911 - Rollo takes power.

912 - Rouen becomes capital of Duchy of Normandy.

1087 - Death of William the Conqueror at Priory of St Gervase.

1150 - Founding charter.

1200 - Cathedral burns down.

1202 - Rouen Cathedral construction begins.

1204 - Philip II of France in power.

1210 - Rouen Castle built.

1306 - Jews expelled.

1318 - Church of St. Ouen construction begins.

1382 - Harelle revolt.

1389 - Tour de la Grosse Horloge built.

1418 - Siege of Rouen.

1419 - Henry V of England takes power.

1431 - Joan of Arc executed.

1432 - Church of Saint-Maclou construction begins (approximate date).

1449 - Charles VII of France takes power.

1486 - Puy (society) Confrérie de la Conception de Notre Dame formed.

1487 - Printing press in operation.

1499

Parlement de Normandie begins meeting in Rouen.

Exchequer of Normandy installed.

1508 - Palais de Justice built.

1550 - Entry into Rouen of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici.

1562 - Siege of Rouen.

1583 - Codified Norman law published.

1591 - Siege of Rouen.

1593 - Collège de Bourbon established.

1606 - 6 June: Birth of Pierre Corneille.

1642 - Pascal's calculator invented.[1]

1673 - Rouen manufactory of porcelain in operation.

18th-19th centuries

1703 - Chamber of Commerce created.

1734 - School of surgery founded.

1744 - Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen founded.

1749 - Porte Guillaume-Lion built.

1758 - Hospital opens.

1785 - Le Journal de Normandie newspaper begins publication.

1790 - Rouen becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté.

1793 - Population: 84,323.

1801

Cantons of Rouen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.

Musée des Beaux-Arts founded.

1809 - Rouen Public Library opens.

1821 - 12 December: Birth of Gustave Flaubert.

1828 - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen founded.

1834 - Musée départemental des antiquités (Rouen) opens.

1836 - Population: 92,083.

1840 - Jardin des Plantes opens.

1843 - Railway to Paris begins operating.

1847 - Gare de Rouen-Rive-Droite opens.

1851 - Population: 100,265.

1856 - Flaubert's fiction novel Madame Bovary published (set in Rouen).

1864 - Musée de la céramique de Rouen established.

1867 - Gare de Rouen Martinville opens.

1869 - Société de l'histoire de Normandie founded.

1870 - Prussian occupation.

1871 - Business school established.

1874 - Église Saint-Gervais de Rouen rebuilt.

1876 - Population: 104,902.

1877 - Trams begin operating.

1879 - Société de géographie de Rouen founded.

1880 - Musee-Bibliothèque built.

1883 - Gare de Rouen Orléans (rail station) opens.

1888 - Pont Boieldieu (bridge) constructed.

1891 - Photo-club rouennais formed.

1892 - Artist Monet begins painting cathedral series.

1899 - FC Rouen sport club formed.

20th century

1906 - Population: 118,459.

1911

Norman Museum opens.

Population: 124,987.

1917 - Stadium opens.

1926 - Rubis Terminal chemical storage site established in Le Grand-Quevilly.

1940 - June 9: German occupation begins.

1944

30 May-5 June: City bombed during the Semaine rouge (Rouen).

August 15: German occupation ends.

1950 - Rouen-Les-Essarts racetrack opens.

1953 - Musée Jeanne-d'Arc established.

1955 - Pont Boieldieu rebuilt.

1959 - Rouen twinned with Norwich, United Kingdom.

1965 - Archives department of Seine-Maritime building constructed.

1966

University of Rouen founded.

Rouen twinned with Hanover, Germany.

1979 - Church of St Joan of Arc built.

1982 - Dragons de Rouen ice hockey team formed.

1984

City becomes regional capital of Upper Normandy.

Restaurant Gill in business.

1985 - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen established.

1988 - Rouen Nordic Film Festival begins.

1991 - Rouen Airport opens.

1992 - Île Lacroix ice rink opens.

1994 - Métro begins operating.

1995 - Yvon Robert (politician) becomes mayor.

1999

Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum opens.

Population: 106,592.

21st century

2001

Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais buses begin operating.

Zénith de Rouen (concert hall) opens.

2002 - Rouen twinned with Salerno, Italy.

2007 - Population: 110,276.

2008

Pont Gustave-Flaubert (bridge) opens.

Rouen twinned with Cleveland, USA.

2010 - City becomes part of the Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe.

2014 - March: Rouen municipal election, 2014 held.

2015 - December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held.

2016

Rouen becomes part of Normandy (French region).

Thirteen people are killed in a fire in Rouen.