Timeline of Le Havre

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

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Prior to 20th century
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  • 1516 - Harbour construction begins.[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 - Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating.
  • 1848 - Banque Chalot founded.[10]
  • 1851 - Population: 56,964.[6]
  • 1857 - Le Havre City Hall built.
  • 1864 - Crédit havrais (bank) established.[10]
  • 1868 - Le Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
  • 1874 - Tram begins operating.
  • 1876 - Population: 92,068.[11]
  • 1881
    • Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
    • Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre opens.
  • 1884 - Société de géographie du Havre founded.[12]
  • 1886 - Population: 112,074.[13]
  • 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.
  • 1911 - Population: 136,159.[14]
  • 1913 - Société linnéenne de la Seine-Maritime founded.[12]
  • 1919 - The village of Graville-Sainte-Honnorine is annexed by Le Havre.
  • 1928 - Havre escalator begins operating.
  • 1932 - Gare du Havre rebuilt.[15]
  • 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").[16](fr)
  • 1958 - Le Havre City Hall rebuilt.
  • 1961 - Musée Maison de la Culture opens.[9]
  • 1968 - Le Havre presse newspaper in publication.
  • 1971 - André Duroméa becomes mayor.
  • 1974 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre established.[17]
  • 1975 - Population: 217,882.[6]
  • 1984 - Le Havre twinned with Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[18]
  • 1985 - Le Havre twinned with Dalian, China.[18]
  • 1990 - Population: 195,854.[15]
  • 1995 - Antoine Rufenacht becomes mayor.

21st century
  • 2008 - Hanging Gardens, Le Havre established.[19]
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012 - Le Havre tramway begins operating.
  • 2014 - March: Havre municipal election, 2014 held.
  • 2015 - December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held.[20]
  • 2016 - Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (French region).

Images
  • Railway station, built 1882
  • Place Gambetta, circa 1910
  • Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928

See also
other cities in the Normandy region

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
  3. Lechevalier 1901.
  4. "Culture, sciences, loisirs, célébrations". Chronologies thématiques (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. A. V. Williams (1913). Development and Growth of City Directories. Cincinnati, USA.
  6. "Notice communale: Le Havre". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. "Histoire de la bibliothèque". Bibliothèques municipales du Havre (in French). Ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. Frère 1860, p. 120.
  9. Anton 2013.
  10. "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
  11. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
  12. "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Havre)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
  14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. "Chronologie par périodes historiques" (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  16. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
  17. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  18. "Jumelage et coopération". LeHavre.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  19. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  20. "Données du Monde: Le Havre", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

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