Timeline of Le Havre

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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  [ fr ] (library) opens. ^[7]
• 1806 – Population: 19,482. ^[6]
• 1833 – Société havraise d'études diverses  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] founded. ^[10]
• 1851 – Population: 56,964. ^[6]
• 1857 – Le Havre City Hall built.
• 1864 – Crédit havrais  [ fr ] (bank) established. ^[10]
• 1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication. ^[2]
• 1874 – Tram  [ fr ] begins operating.
• 1876 – Population: 92,068. ^[11]
• 1881
  • Petit Havre newspaper begins publication. ^[2]
  • Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre  [ fr ] opens.
• 1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded. ^[12]
• 1886 – Population: 112,074. ^[13]
• 1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed. ^[1]
• 1888 – Cantons 1  [ fr ], 2  [ fr ], 3  [ fr ], 4  [ fr ], 5  [ fr ], and 6  [ fr ] created. ^[6]

20th century

• 1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication. ^[2]
• 1905 – Le Havre sports  [ fr ] football club formed.
• 1906 - Population: 129,403. ^[1]
• 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  [ fr ] 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 – Museum of modern art opens. ^[9]
• 1968 – Le Havre presse  [ fr ] newspaper in publication.
• 1971 – André Duroméa  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] established. ^[19]
• 2010
  • Édouard Philippe becomes mayor.
  • Population: 177,259.
• 2011
  • Le Havre twinned with Magdeburg, Germany. ^[18]
  • Population: 174,156.
• 2012 – Le Havre tramway begins operating.
• 2014 – March: Havre municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
• 2015
  • Le Havre Normandy University opened.
  • December: Normandy regional election, 2015  [ fr ] held. ^[20]
• 2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).

Images

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  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  [ fr ]
• History of Normandy region

other cities in the Normandy region

• Timeline of Caen
• Timeline of Rouen

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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Havre , EHESS . (in French)
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. "Résultats élections: Le Havre", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Le Havre", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015057241179
• "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 (ed.), Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
• "Le Havre"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 11 (9th ed.). 1880. pp. 527–528.
• "Le Havre", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC   2229516
• "Le Havre". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52kf.
• "Havre, Le"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 82–83.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Havre-de-Grace", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776

in French

• Édouard Frère (1860). "Journaux: Seine-Inf.: Havre". Manuel du bibliographie normand (in French). Vol. 2. Rouen. p. 120. hdl:2027/hvd.32044093616647.
• Almanach du commerce du Havre (in French). 1878.
• A.E. Borély. Histoire de la ville du Havre (in French). 1880–1885
• Auguste Lechevalier (1901). Bibliographie méthodique de l'arrondissement du Havre (in French). H. Micaux and Société havraise d'études diverses.
• Le Havre. Guides Joanne (in French). 1914. hdl:2027/uc1.31158008894346.
• Sonia Anton, ed. (2013). Le Territoire littéraire du Havre dans la première moitié du XXe siècle (in French). Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre  [ fr ]. ISBN   979-10-240-0036-7.

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