Timeline of Le Havre
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Prior to 20th century
- 1516 – Harbour construction begins.[1]
- 1520 - Belltower of Le Havre Cathedral.
- 1524 - Port of Le Havre opened.[1]
- 1562 - Town delivered over to the keeping of Queen Elizabeth I by Louis, Prince of Condé.[1]
- 1563 - English, under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick expelled.[1]
- 1572 - Despatched vessels for whale and cod-fishing at Spitsbergen and Newfoundland.[1]
- 1669 - The oldest of the nine harbour basins dates from here.[1]
- 1672 – Le Havre becomes the "entrepôt of the French East India Company."[1]
- 1694 – Le Havre besieged by Anglo-Dutch forces during the Nine Years' War.[1]
- 1750 – Journal du Havre newspaper begins publication.[2][3]
- 1752 – Almanach de la Marine au Havre published.[4]
- 1772 – City directory published.[5]
- 1790 – Le Havre becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté.[6]
- 1800 – Bibliothèque municipale du Havre (library) opens.[7]
- 1806 – Population: 19,482.[6]
- 1833 – Société havraise d'études diverses founded.
- 1839 – Courrier du Havre newspaper begins publication.[4][8]
- 1845 – Musée des Beaux-Arts opens.[9]
- 1847
- Le Havre station opened.
- Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating.
- 1848 – Banque Chalot founded.[10]
- 1851 – Population: 56,964.[6]
- 1857 – Hôtel de Ville built.[11]
- 1864 – Crédit havrais (bank) established.[10]
- 1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1874 – Tram begins operating.
- 1876 – Population: 92,068.[12]
- 1881
- Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre opens.
- 1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded.[13]
- 1886 – Population: 112,074.[14]
- 1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed.[1]
- 1888 – Cantons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.[6]
20th century
- 1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1905 – Le Havre sports football club formed.
- 1906 - Population: 129,403.[1]
- 1911 – Population: 136,159.[15]
- 1913 – Société linnéenne de la Seine-Maritime founded.[13]
- 1919 – The village of Graville-Sainte-Honnorine is annexed by Le Havre.
- 1928 – Havre escalator begins operating.
- 1932 – Gare du Havre rebuilt.[16]
- 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").[17](fr)
- 1958 – Hôtel de Ville rebuilt.[18]
- 1961 – Museum of modern art opens.[9]
- 1968 – Le Havre presse newspaper in publication.
- 1971 – André Duroméa becomes mayor.
- 1974 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre established.[19]
- 1975 – Population: 217,882.[6]
- 1984 – Le Havre twinned with Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[20]
- 1985 – Le Havre twinned with Dalian, China.[20]
- 1990 – Population: 195,854.[16]
- 1995 – Antoine Rufenacht becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2008 – Hanging Gardens, Le Havre established.[21]
- 2010
- Édouard Philippe becomes mayor.
- Population: 177,259.
- 2011
- 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.[22]
- 2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).
Images
Railway station, built 1882
Place Gambetta, circa 1910
Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928
See also
- History of Le Havre
- List of mayors of Le Havre
- History of Normandy region
- other cities in the Normandy region
