Timeline of Caen

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

Prior to 19th century

* 912 – Caen becomes western capital of Normandy.
* 1060 – Château de Caen (castle) built by William the Conqueror (approximate date).
* 1063 - Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen founded by William the Conqueror.
* 1077 – consecrated.
* 1087 – Burial of William the Conqueror.
* 1314 – Public clock installed.
* 1346 – Battle of Caen (1346).
* 1417 – Siege of Caen (1417) by English forces.
* 1432 – University of Caen Normandy founded by Henry VI of England.
* 1450 – Siege of Caen (1450); French in power.
* 1460s – (residence) construction begins.
* 1480 – Printing press in operation.
* 1527 – (mansion) built (approximate date).
* 1540 – (mansion) built.
* 1652 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen founded.
* 1710 – (mansion) construction begins (approximate date).
* 1736 – Jardin des plantes de Caen (garden) established.
* 1790 – Caen becomes part of the Calvados souveraineté.
* 1793
** Agitation by the Girondins.
** Population: 34,805.
* 1796 – established.

19th century

* 1809 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and open.
* 1820 – Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.
* 1821 – established.
* 1823 – (learned society) founded.
* 1824 – (historical society) founded.
* 1828 – ''Journal de Caen et de la Normandie'' newspaper begins publication.^{( fr)}
* 1843 – Paris-Caen railway begins operating.
* 1855 - (art society) founded.
* 1857
** Caen Canal opens
** Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway begins operating.
* 1860 – built.
* 1875
** Compagnie du chemin de fer de Caen à la mer railway begins operating.
** Gare de Caen Saint-Martin (rail station) opens.
* 1886 – Population: 43,809.

20th century

* 1901 – Tram begins operating.
* 1911 – Population: 46,934.
* 1913 – Stade Malherbe Caen association football club formed.
* 1925 – Stade de Venoix (stadium) opens.
* 1934 – Gare de Caen (railway station) rebuilt.
* 1939 – Military established.
* 1940 – German occupation begins.
* 1944
** June–August: Battle for Caen fought, during the Battle of Normandy.
** 19 July: German forces ousted from city.
* 1945 – begins.
** Yves Guillou becomes mayor
* 1954 – Population: 67,851.
* 1959 – Jean-Marie Louvel becomes mayor.
* 1961 – Lycée Malherbe built.
* 1962
** ( Lycée) opens in neighborhood.
** Caen twinned with Würzburg, Germany.
* 1965 – City Hall moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.
* 1967 – Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
* 1968 – Population: 110,262.
* 1970 – Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
* 1973 – Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and created.
* 1982 – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
* 1986 – opens.
* 1987 – Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
* 1988 – Mémorial de Caen opens.
* 1991 – Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.
* 1992 – Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.
* 1993 – Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
* 1999 – Population: 113,987.

21st century

* 2001 – Brigitte Le Brethon becomes mayor
* 2002 – Caen Guided Light Transit ( TVR) begins operating.
* 2008 – Philippe Duron becomes mayor
* 2012 – Population: 108,365.
* 2014 – Joël Bruneau becomes mayor.
* 2015 – December: held.
* 2016 – Caen becomes part of Normandy.
* 2017 – Caen Guided Light Transit ends operating.
* 2019 – Caen tramway begins operating.

See also

* History of Caen
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* List of mayors of Caen
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* History of Normandy region

;other cities in the Normandy region
* Timeline of Le Havre
* Timeline of Rouen

References

''This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.''

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