Timeline of Caen

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 912 – Caen becomes western capital of Normandy.[1]
• 1060 – Château de Caen (castle) built by William the Conqueror (approximate date).[2]
• 1063 - Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen founded by William the Conqueror.[2]
• 1077 – Saint Stephen's Church, Caen [fr] consecrated.[2]
• 1087 – Burial of William the Conqueror.[1]
• 1314 – Public clock installed.[3]
• 1346 – Battle of Caen (1346).[2]
• 1417 – Siege of Caen (1417) by English forces.[1][2]
• 1432 – University of Caen Normandy founded by Henry VI of England.[2]
• 1450 – Siege of Caen (1450); French in power.[1]
• 1460s – Maison des Quatrans [fr] (residence) construction begins.[4]
• 1480 – Printing press in operation.[5]
• 1527 – Hôtel de Than [fr] (mansion) built (approximate date).[4]
• 1540 – Hôtel d'Escoville [fr] (mansion) built.[2]
• 1652 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen founded.[6]
• 1710 – Hôtel de Blangy [fr] (mansion) construction begins (approximate date).
• 1736 – Jardin des plantes de Caen (garden) established.[7]
• 1790 – Caen becomes part of the Calvados souveraineté.[8]
• 1793
  • Agitation by the Girondins.[2]
  • Population: 34,805.[8]
• 1796 – Archives départementales du Calvados [fr] established.[9]

19th century

• 1809 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and Bibliothèque de Caen [fr][10][11] open.
• 1820 – Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.[6]
• 1821 – Caen Chamber of Commerce [fr] established.[12]
• 1823 – Société linnéenne de Normandie [fr] (learned society) founded.[6]
• 1824 – Société des antiquaires de Normandie [fr] (historical society) founded.[6]
• 1828 – Journal de Caen et de la Normandie newspaper begins publication.[13]^(fr)
• 1843 – Paris-Caen railway begins operating.[14]
• 1855 - Société des beaux-arts de Caen [fr] (art society) founded.[6]
• 1857
  • Caen Canal opens.
  • Gare de Caen opens
  • Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway begins operating.
• 1860 – Séminaire des Eudistes de Caen [fr] built.
• 1875
  • Compagnie du chemin de fer de Caen à la mer railway begins operating.
  • Gare de Caen Saint-Martin (rail station) opens.
• 1886 – Population: 43,809.[15]

20th century

• 1901 – Tram begins operating.
• 1911 – Population: 46,934.[16]
• 1913 – Stade Malherbe Caen association football club formed.
• 1925 – Stade de Venoix (stadium) opens.
• 1934 – Gare de Caen (railway station) rebuilt.
• 1939 – Military Caen-Carpiquet Air Base [fr] established.
• 1940 – German occupation begins.
• 1944
  • June–August: Battle for Caen fought, during the Battle of Normandy.
  • 19 July: German forces ousted from city.
• 1945 – Rebuilding of Caen [fr] begins.
  • Yves Guillou becomes mayor
• 1954 – Population: 67,851.[8]
• 1959 – Jean-Marie Louvel becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Lycée Malherbe built.
• 1962
  • Lycée Augustin-Fresnel [fr] (Lycée) opens in La Grâce de Dieu (Caen) [fr] neighborhood.
  • Caen twinned with Würzburg, Germany.[17]
• 1965 – Hôtel de Ville moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.[18][19]
• 1967 – Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
• 1968 – Population: 110,262.[8]
• 1970 – Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
• 1973 – Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 [fr] created.[8]
• 1982 – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
• 1986 – Postal Museum [fr] opens.[20]
• 1987 – Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.[17]
• 1988 – Mémorial de Caen opens.
• 1991 – Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.[17]
• 1992 – Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.[17]
• 1993 – Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
• 1999 – Population: 113,987.[8]

21st century

• 2001 – Brigitte Le Brethon becomes mayor
• 2002 – Caen Guided Light Transit (TVR) begins operating.
• 2008 – Philippe Duron becomes mayor
• 2012 – Population: 108,365.
• 2014 – Joël Bruneau becomes mayor.
• 2015 – December: Normandy regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
• 2016 – Caen becomes part of Normandy.
• 2017 – Caen Guided Light Transit ends operating.
• 2019 – Caen tramway begins operating.

See also

• History of Caen
• History of Caen [fr]
• List of mayors of Caen
• List of heritage sites in Caen [fr]
• History of Normandy region

other cities in the Normandy region

• Timeline of Le Havre
• Timeline of Rouen

References

1. Haydn 1910.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Caen". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. Gloton 1957.
5. Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co. pp. 368–374.
6. "Sociétés savantes de France (Caen)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Caen, EHESS (in French).
9. Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein [in French] (1891), "Archives départementales: Calvados", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
10. Bibliothèque municipale 1880.
11. Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.
12. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
13. Frère 1860, p. 113.
14. "History: Timeline". Normandy. Green Guide. Michelin. 2012. ISBN 978-2-06-718264-6.
15. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
16. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
17. "Les sept villes partenaires de Caen". Caen.fr (in French). Ville de Caen. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "L'hôtel de ville de Caen dans le Top 15 des plus belles mairies de France". Actu. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
19. "Tour de France des mairies les plus remarquables". Détours en France. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
20. "(Caen)". Muséofile [fr]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministry of Culture (France). Retrieved 30 December 2015.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Caen". Traveller's Guide through France (2nd ed.). Paris: Galignani. 1819.
• "Caen". Traveller's Classical Guide Through France. Paris: Maison, successeur de Audin. 1840. Translated from the French
• "Caen", Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• C. B. Black (1876), "Caen", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
• "Caen", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063869328, OCLC 01820283
• "Caen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 936.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Caen", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t

in French

Further information (in French): Bibliography of Caen^[fr]

• Pierre Daniel Huet (1706). Les origines de la ville de Caen (in French) (2nd ed.). Rouen: Maurry.
• Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard (1816). "Caen". Guide des voyageurs en Europe (in French). Vol. France (8th ed.). Paris: Hyacinthe Langlois. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t4xh2962k.
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac [in French] (1839). "Caen". Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. Perisse frères.
• Gervais de La Rue (1842). Nouveaux essais historiques sur la ville de Caen. Mancel.
• Édouard Frère (1860). "Journaux: Calvados". Manuel du bibliographie normand (in French). Vol. 2. Rouen. p. 113. hdl:2027/hvd.32044093616647.
• Barthelemy Pont (1866). Histoire de la ville de Caen (in French). Alliot.
• Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque municipale de Caen (in French). F. Le Blanc-Hardel. 1880.
• "Caen". Normandie. Guides Joanne (in French). 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn3f4h.
• "Caen". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
• Henri Prentout (1921). Caen et Bayeux. Les villes d'art célèbres (in French). H. Laurens.
• Jean-Jacques Gloton (1957). "Orientation de l'architecture civile à Caen au temps de la Renaissance". Annales de Normandie (in French). 7 (1) – via Persée (web portal).

External links

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