Timeline of Rouen

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

Prior to 18th century

* 5th century - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen created.
* 586 - Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) assassinated.
* 841 - Town besieged by Viking Age, 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, Rouen, Church of St. Ouen construction begins.
* 1382 - Harelle revolt.
* 1389 - Tour de la Grosse Horloge built.
* 1418 - Siege of Rouen (1418-1419), 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) formed.
* 1487 - Global spread of the printing press, Printing press in operation.
* 1499
** Parlement de Normandie begins meeting in Rouen.
** Exchequer of Normandy installed.
* 1508 - Palais de Justice built.
* 1550 - royal entry, Entry into Rouen of Henry II of France, Henri II and Catherine de' Medici.
* 1562 - Siege of Rouen (1562), Siege of Rouen.
* 1583 - Codified Norman law published.
* 1591 - French Wars of Religion, Siege of Rouen.
* 1593 - Lycée Pierre-Corneille, Collège de Bourbon established.
* 1606 - 6 June: Birth of Pierre Corneille.
* 1642 - Pascal's calculator invented.
* 1673 - Rouen manufactory of Soft-paste porcelain, 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 - built.
* 1758 - Hospital opens.
* 1785 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1790 - Rouen becomes part of the Seine Inférieure Departments of France, souveraineté.
* 1793 - Population: 84,323.
* 1801
** Cantons of Rouen , , , 4, 5, and 6 created.
** Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts founded.
* 1809 - opens.
* 1821 - 12 December: Birth of Gustave Flaubert.
* 1828 - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen founded.
* 1834 - opens.
* 1836 - Population: 92,083.
* 1840 - Jardin des Plantes de Rouen, Jardin des Plantes opens.
* 1843 - Rouen Saint-Sever station, Railway to Paris begins operating.
* 1847 - Rouen-Rive-Droite station opens.
* 1851 - Population: 100,265.
* 1856 - Flaubert's fiction novel ''Madame Bovary'' published (set in Rouen).
* 1864 - Rouen Ceramic Museum established.
* 1867 - Rouen-Martainville station opens.
* 1869 - Société de l'histoire de Normandie founded.
* 1870 - Franco-Prussian War, Prussian occupation.
* 1871 - Rouen Business School established.
* 1874 - Église Saint-Gervais de Rouen rebuilt.
* 1876 - Population: 104,902.
* 1877 - Old Rouen tramway, Trams begin operating.
* 1879 - Société de géographie de Rouen founded.
* 1880 - Musee-Bibliothèque built.
* 1883 - Rouen Orléans station (rail station) opens.
* 1888 - (bridge) constructed.
* 1891 - Photo-club rouennais formed.
* 1892 - Artist Monet begins painting cathedral Rouen Cathedral (Monet series), series.
* 1899 - FC Rouen sport club formed.

20th century

* 1906 - Population: 118,459.
* 1911
** Norman Museum opens.
** Population: 124,987.
* 1917 - Stade Robert Diochon, Stadium opens.
* 1926 - Rubis (company), Rubis Terminal chemical storage site established in Le Grand-Quevilly.
* 1940 - June 9: Nazi Germany, German occupation Battle of France, begins.
* 1942 - Subcamp of the Stalag 356 German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II, prisoner-of-war camp established by the Germans.
* 1944
** April: Subcamp of the V SS construction brigade established. The prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviets.
** 30 May-5 June: City bombed during the .
** August: Subcamp of the V SS construction brigade dissolved. Surviving prisoners deported to the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp.
** August 15: German occupation ends.
* 1950 - Rouen-Les-Essarts racetrack opens.
* 1953 - established.
* 1955 - Pont Boieldieu rebuilt.
* 1959 - Rouen Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with Norwich, United Kingdom.
* 1965 - Archives department of Seine-Maritime building constructed.
* 1966
** University of Rouen founded.
** Rouen twinned with Hanover, West 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 - Rouen tramway, Métro begins operating.
* 1995 - becomes mayor.
* 1999
** Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum of Rouen, Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum opens.
** Population: 106,592.

21st century

* 2001
** Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais buses begin operating.
** (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: held.
* 2015 - December: held.
* 2016
** Rouen becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).
** Thirteen people 2016 Rouen fire, are killed in a fire in Rouen.

See also

* History of Rouen
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* History of Normandy region

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

References

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

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