- Source: Timeline of Le Havre
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Le Havre, France.
Prior to 20th century
1516 – Harbour construction begins.
1520 - Belltower of Le Havre Cathedral.
1524 - Port of Le Havre opened.
1562 - Town delivered over to the keeping of Queen Elizabeth I by Louis, Prince of Condé.
1563 - English, under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick expelled.
1572 - Despatched vessels for whale and cod-fishing at Spitsbergen and Newfoundland.
1669 - The oldest of the nine harbour basins dates from here.
1672 – Le Havre becomes the "entrepôt of the French East India Company."
1694 – Le Havre besieged by Anglo-Dutch forces during the Nine Years' War.
1750 – Journal du Havre newspaper begins publication.
1752 – Almanach de la Marine au Havre published.
1772 – City directory published.
1790 – Le Havre becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté.
1800 – Bibliothèque municipale du Havre (library) opens.
1806 – Population: 19,482.
1833 – Société havraise d'études diverses founded.
1839 – Courrier du Havre newspaper begins publication.
1845 – Musée des Beaux-Arts opens.
1847
Le Havre station opened.
Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating.
1848 – Banque Chalot founded.
1851 – Population: 56,964.
1857 – Hôtel de Ville built.
1864 – Crédit havrais (bank) established.
1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication.
1874 – Tram begins operating.
1876 – Population: 92,068.
1881
Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.
Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre opens.
1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded.
1886 – Population: 112,074.
1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed.
1888 – Cantons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.
20th century
1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication.
1905 – Le Havre sports football club formed.
1906 - Population: 129,403.
1911 – Population: 136,159.
1913 – Société linnéenne de la Seine-Maritime founded.
1919 – The village of Graville-Sainte-Honnorine is annexed by Le Havre.
1928 – Havre escalator begins operating.
1932 – Gare du Havre rebuilt.
1940 – May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins (→Bombing of France during World War II).
1944 – September: greatest destruction of the city centre and the port during bombings of the British Royal Air Force, more than 5,000 dead (Operation Astonia).
1945 – Rebuilding begins ("75% of Le Havre was leveled in Second World War").(fr)
1958 – Hôtel de Ville rebuilt.
1961 – Museum of modern art opens.
1968 – Le Havre presse newspaper in publication.
1971 – André Duroméa becomes mayor.
1974 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre established.
1975 – Population: 217,882.
1984 – Le Havre twinned with Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
1985 – Le Havre twinned with Dalian, China.
1990 – Population: 195,854.
1995 – Antoine Rufenacht becomes mayor.
21st century
2008 – Hanging Gardens, Le Havre established.
2010
Édouard Philippe becomes mayor.
Population: 177,259.
2011
Le Havre twinned with Magdeburg, Germany.
Population: 174,156.
2012 – Le Havre tramway begins operating.
2014 – March: Havre municipal election, 2014 held.
2015
Le Havre Normandy University opened.
December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held.
2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).
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See also
History of Le Havre
List of mayors of Le Havre
History of Normandy region
other cities in the Normandy region
Timeline of Caen
Timeline of Rouen
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
External links
Items related to Le Havre, various dates (via Europeana).
Items related to Le Havre, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
Le Havre de Grace on the 1750 Cassini Map
1900 Summer Olympics official report (in French)
1924 Summer Olympics official report (in French)
A photographic record of the storm of iron & fire; Le Havre 1944