• Source: Timeline of Roubaix

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




Prior to 20th century



1469 – Factory franchise granted by Charles the Bold.
1790 – Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.
1793 – Population: 9,120.
1843 – Motte-Bossut textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.
1846 - Population: 31,039.
1848 - Saint Martin Church, Roubaix remodelled.
1866 – Population: 65,091.
1867 – Canton de Roubaix-Est and Canton de Roubaix-Ouest created.
1868 – Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.
1872 – Chamber of Commerce established.
1876 - Population: 83,000.
1878 – Saint Joseph Church, Roubaix and Hôtel Prouvost (mansion) built.
1880 – Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (mansion) built.
1883 - National school of industrial arts founded.
1886 – Population: 100,299.
1888 – Gare de Roubaix (rail station) built.
1889 – École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (school) established.
1891 – Chambre syndicale métallurgique de Roubaix established.
1892 – Canton de Roubaix-Nord created.
1894 – Compagnie des tramways de Roubaix et de Tourcoing established.
1895 – RC Roubaix football club formed.
1896
Paris–Roubaix bicycle race begins.
Population: 124,661.




20th century


1906 - Population: 110,055.
1909 – Line R, Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing tramway begins operating.
1911
Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) built.
Population: 122,723.
1920 – GBM brewery in business.
1928 – Excelsior AC Roubaix football club formed.
1967 – Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine established.
1968 – Population: 114,547.
1969 – 1969 Tour de France cycling race departs from Roubaix.
1982
Motte-Bossut factory closes.
Canton de Roubaix-Centre created.
1983
Ballet du Nord founded.
André Diligent becomes mayor.
1993
Cave aux Poètes performance space opens.
Camaïeu (company) headquartered in Roubaix.
1994 – René Vandierendonck becomes mayor.
1996
March: Police raid house of criminal Gang de Roubaix.
Part of city designated an "urban tax-free zone."
1999
Alsace (Lille Metro), Gare – Jean-Lebas (Lille Metro), Roubaix-Charles de Gaulle (Lille Metro), and Roubaix-Grand Place (Lille Metro) stations open.
Kimberly-Clark factory built.
Population: 96,984.
2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.




21st century


2001 – "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.
2008 – Bibliothèque numérique de Roubaix website published.
2011 – Population: 94,186.
2012
Bilal Mosque built.
Pierre Dubois (politician) becomes mayor.
2014
March: Nord municipal election, 2014 held.
Abou Bakr Mosque opens.
Guillaume Delbar becomes mayor.
2015
24 November: 2015 Roubaix shootings occur.
December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.
2016 – Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.




See also


History of Roubaix
List of mayors of Roubaix
List of heritage sites in Roubaix
History of Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

Timeline of Amiens
Timeline of Lille




References



This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



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