Timeline of Caen explained

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

Prior to 19th century

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

19th century

• 1809 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and ^[5] open.
• 1820 – Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.
• 1821 – established.^[6]
• 1823 – (learned society) founded.
• 1824 – (historical society) founded.
• 1828 – Journal de Caen et de la Normandie newspaper begins publication.^(fr)
• 1843 – Paris-Caen railway begins operating.^[7]
• 1855 - (art society) founded.
• 1857
  • Caen Canal opens.
  • Gare de Caen opens
  • Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway begins operating.
• 1860 – 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.^[8]

20th century

• 1901 – Tram begins operating.
• 1911 – Population: 46,934.^[9]
• 1913 – Stade Malherbe Caen association football club formed.
• 1925 – Stade de Venoix (stadium) opens.
• 1934 – Gare de Caen (railway station) rebuilt.
• 1939 – Military 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 – begins.
  • Yves Guillou becomes mayor
• 1954 – Population: 67,851.
• 1959 – Jean-Marie Louvel becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Lycée Malherbe built.
• 1962
  • (Lycée) opens in neighborhood.
  • Caen twinned with Würzburg, Germany.^[10]
• 1965 – City Hall moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.
• 1967 – Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
• 1968 – Population: 110,262.
• 1970 – Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
• 1973 – Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and created.
• 1982 – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
• 1986 – opens.^[11]
• 1987 – Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
• 1988 – Mémorial de Caen opens.
• 1991 – Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.
• 1992 – Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.
• 1993 – Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
• 1999 – Population: 113,987.

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: held.
• 2016 – Caen becomes part of Normandy.
• 2017 – Caen Guided Light Transit ends operating.
• 2019 – Caen tramway begins operating.

See also

• History of Caen
  • List of mayors of Caen
  • History of Normandy region

other cities in the Normandy region

• Timeline of Le Havre
• Timeline of Rouen

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Traveller's Guide through France. Galignani. Paris. 1819. 2nd. Caen. https://books.google.com/books?id=BT9NAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA513.
• Book: Translated from the French. Traveller's Classical Guide Through France. Maison, successeur de Audin. Paris. 1840. Caen. https://books.google.com/books?id=QnlIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA138.
  • • • Caen . 4 . 936 . 1910 . . 1.

in French

• Book: Pierre Daniel Huet. Pierre Daniel Huet. Les origines de la ville de Caen. 1706. 2nd. Maurry. Rouen. fr.
• Book: Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard. Heinrich August Ottokar Reichard. 8th. 1816. Guide des voyageurs en Europe. fr. Paris. Hyacinthe Langlois. Caen. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t4xh2962k?urlappend=%3Bseq=244. France. 2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t4xh2962k?urlappend=%3Bseq=244.
• Book: Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac.

  fr:Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac

  . Manuel des dates, en forme de dictionnaire. 1839. Perisse frères. Caen. https://books.google.com/books?id=F-2Gg2ffyKkC&pg=PA53. .
• Book: Gervais de La Rue. Gervais de La Rue. Nouveaux essais historiques sur la ville de Caen. 1842. Mancel.
• Book: Édouard Frère. Édouard Frère. Manuel du bibliographie normand. fr. 1860. Rouen. 2. Journaux: Calvados. 113. 2027/hvd.32044093616647?urlappend=%3Bseq=125. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044093616647?urlappend=%3Bseq=125. .
• Book: Histoire de la ville de Caen. Barthelemy Pont. 1866. Alliot. fr.
• Book: Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque municipale de Caen. fr. 1880. F. Le Blanc-Hardel. .
• Book: Normandie. fr. Guides Joanne. 1901. Caen. 2027/hvd.hn3f4h?urlappend=%3Bseq=479. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hn3f4h?urlappend=%3Bseq=479.
• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. Caen. 2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=339. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=339. .
• Book: Caen et Bayeux. Henri Prentout. Les villes d'art célèbres. 1921. H. Laurens. fr.
• Orientation de l'architecture civile à Caen au temps de la Renaissance. Jean-Jacques Gloton. Annales de Normandie. 7 . 1. 1957. fr. 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).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caen . fr . Encyclopédie Larousse . . 30 December 2015 .
2. Book: Henri Bouchot. Henri Bouchot. H. Grevel . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . 368–374 .
3. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Caen) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
4. Web site: Garden Search: France . . London . 30 December 2015 .
5. Libraries . 16 . Tedder . Henry Richard . Henry Richard Tedder . Brown . James Duff . James Duff Brown . 545 - 577 . see page 565-France..
6. Book: United States Department of Commerce . Archibald J. Wolfe . Commercial Organizations in France . 1915 . Government Printing Office . USA . List of Chambers . https://books.google.com/books?id=t3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 .
7. Book: Michelin . . Normandy . 2012 . 978-2-06-718264-6 . History: Timeline . https://books.google.com/books?id=G7OXBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT70 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 .
9. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 .
10. Web site: Les sept villes partenaires de Caen . fr . Caen.fr . Ville de Caen . 30 December 2015 .
11. Web site: (Caen) .

    Répertoire des musées français

    . fr . . 30 December 2015 .