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Timeline of Rouen

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rouen, France.

Contents

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.

    • References

    Timeline of Rouen Wikipedia
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