Timeline of Le Mans

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Le Mans, 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 18th century

• 3rd C. – Wall built around Vindunum  [ fr ]. ^[1]
• 4th C. - Julian of Le Mans becomes bishop.
• 5th C. – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans established. ^[2]
• 6th C. – Le Mans Cathedral rebuilding begins. ^[3]
• 832 – Aldric of Le Mans becomes bishop.
• 1063 – William the Conqueror in power. ^[1]
• 1120 – Le Mans Cathedral consecrated. ^[3]
• 1133 – 5 March: Birth of Henry (later king of England).
• 1189 – Philip II of France in power. ^[1]
• 1508 – Maine customary laws published. ^[4]
• 1558 – Hôtel de Vignolles  [ fr ] built. ^[5]
• 1562 – Le Mans sacked by Huguenots. ^[6]

18th–19th centuries

• 1756 – Town Hall built. ^[1]
• 1760 – Prefecture built. ^[1]
• 1790 – Le Mans becomes part of the Sarthe souveraineté. ^[7]
• 1793
  • December: Battle of Le Mans (1793). ^[1]
  • Population: 18,855. ^[7]
• 1799 – Royalist Chouans take Le Mans. ^[1]
• 1812 – Nouvelliste de la Sarthe newspaper begins publication. ^[8]
• 1854 – Gare du Mans (rail station) opens.
• 1856 – Le Mans Chamber of Commerce  [ fr ] established. ^[9]
• 1857 - Notre Dame de Sainte Croix completed.
• 1866 – Population: 45,230. ^[7]
• 1868 – La Sarthe newspaper begins publication. ^[8]
• 1871 – January: Battle of Le Mans; Germans win. ^[1]
• 1873 – Comptoir d'Escompte de la Sarthe (bank) established. ^[10]
• 1875 – Société historique et archéologique du Maine  [ fr ] founded. ^[11]
• 1880 – Société philotechnique du Maine active. ^[12]
• 1886 – Petit Manceau newspaper begins publication. ^[8]
• 1888 – Gare du Mans-les-Halles  [ fr ] (rail station) opens.

20th century

• 1906
  • Automobile Club de l'Ouest founded.
  • Population: 54,907. ^[1]
• 1908 – August: Wright brothers demonstrate flying machine. ^[13]
• 1911 – Population: 69,361. ^[14]
• 1923– First edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. ^[15]
• 1936 – Population: 84,525. ^[7]
• 1940 – 19 June: German forces take city, during the Battle of France.
• 1944
  • 8 August: Germans ousted by Allied forces, during the Battle of Normandy.
  • Le Maine Libre newspaper begins publication.
• 1946 – Population: 100,455. ^[7]
• 1947 – Jean-Yves Chapalain  [ fr ] becomes mayor. ^[16]
• 1965 – Jacques Maury  [ fr ] becomes mayor. ^[16]
• 1967
  • Cantons Centre, Est, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Sud, and Sud-Ouest  [ fr ] created. ^[7]
  • Le Mans twinned with Paderborn, Germany. ^[17]
• 1974 – Le Mans twinned with Bolton, England, United Kingdom. ^[17]
• 1977
  • Le Mans University opens.
  • Robert Jarry becomes mayor. ^[16]
• 1981 – Le Mans twinned with Rostov-on-Don, Russia. ^[17]
• 1982
  • Le Mans becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
  • Le Mans twinned with Haouza, Western Sahara. ^[17]
• 1983 – Le Mans twinned with Volos, Greece. ^[17]
• 1985 Le Mans FC founded.
• 1988 – Médiathèque Louis-Aragon du Mans  [ fr ] opens in the Quartier des Halles (Le Mans)  [ fr ].
• 1989 – Palais des congrès et de la culture du Mans  [ fr ] opens.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1990 – Le Mans twinned with Suzuka, Japan. ^[17]
• 1995 – Antarès arena and Musée Vert  [ fr ] (museum) ^[18] open.
• 1999 – Population: 146,105. ^[7]

21st century

• 2001
  • Cityglace  [ fr ] ice rink opens.
  • Jean-Claude Boulard becomes mayor. ^[16]
• 2002 – Le Mans fait son cirque  [ fr ] (circus) begins. ^[19]
• 2005 – November: Socialist Party national congress held in Le Mans.
• 2006 – 9 March: Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis occurs near Le Mans.
• 2007 – Le Mans tramway begins operating. ^[20]
• 2010 – Roman-era religious site discovered in nearby Neuville-sur-Sarthe. ^[21]
• 2011 – Population: 143,240.
• 2014 – March: Le Mans municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
• 2015 – December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015  [ fr ] held. ^[22]

See also

• Le Mans history
• History of Le Mans  [ fr ]
• List of mayors of Le Mans  [ fr ]
• List of heritage sites in Le Mans  [ fr ]
• List of bishops of Le Mans
• County of Maine  [ fr ] history
• List of Counts and dukes of Maine, 8th–18th c., centered in Le Mans

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

• Timeline of Angers
• Timeline of Nantes

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. Hourihane 2012.
4. Caswell 1977.
5. Damien Castel and Monique Chatenet (2008). "Jacques Androuet du Cerceau et l'hôtel de Vignolles du Mans". Bulletin Monumental (in French). Société française d'archéologie  [ fr ] (166–2) – via Persée (web portal).
6. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL   6112221M
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Mans , EHESS (in French).
8. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
9. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
10. "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Mans)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
12. "Société philotechnique. Maine". Data.bnf.fr . Bibliothèque nationale de France . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
13. "French impressed by Wright brothers' flying machine", The Guardian, 14 August 1908
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. "The Legend | The official website of 24 Heures du Mans". www.24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
16. "Le maire: La chronologie". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
17. "Les jumelages". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "(Le Mans)". Muséofile  [ fr ]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
19. "L'année culturelle". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
20. "Le Mans". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
21. "Ancient temple complex discovered near Le Mans", The Guardian, 17 August 2010
22. "Résultats élections: Le Mans", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Mans". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
• "Le Mans", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063869328, OCLC   01820283
• "Le Mans"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 408–409.
• Georges Goyau (1910). "Le Mans". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Maine". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Le Mans". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 403. ISBN   978-1-136-63944-9.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Le Mans". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

• Léon Hublin (1884). Le Mans pittoresque (in French). Le Mans: E. Lebrault.
• Le Mans, Guides Joanne (in French), Hachette, 1888
• "Mans". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.

External links

• Items related to Le Mans, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Le Mans, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).