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
- 1516 - Harbour construction begins.
- 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.[2]
- 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]
- 1845 - Musée des Beaux-Arts opens.
- 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 German forces begins.
- 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.
- 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
Portrait of La Havre Sports club, 1908
Place Gambetta, circa 1910
Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928
See also
- other cities in the Normandy region
References
- 1 2 3 4 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- 1 2 "Culture, sciences, loisirs, célébrations". Chronologies thématiques (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ A. V. Williams (1913). Development and Growth of City Directories. Cincinnati, USA.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
- ↑ "Histoire de la bibliothèque". Bibliothèques municipales du Havre (in French). Ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
- ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
- 1 2 "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Havre)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- 1 2 "Chronologie par périodes historiques" (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Jumelage et coopération". LeHavre.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 "Données du Monde: Le Havre", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Le Havre", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- "Havre", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1861
- Frederick Martin (1867), "Havre", Commercial Handbook of France, London: Longmans, Green, OCLC 4471325
- John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Havre", in Hugh G. Reid, Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- "Le Havre", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
- "Le Havre". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Le Havre", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Havre-de-Grace", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
in French
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Railway station, built 1882
Portrait of La Havre Sports club, 1908
Place Gambetta, circa 1910
Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928