Timeline of La Rochelle explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of La Rochelle.

Prior to 20th century

• 10th C. - La Rochelle existed under the name of Rupella.
• 1199 – "Communal charter" granted Eleanor, duchess of Aquitaine.
• 1209 - Lantern Tower founded.
• 1219 – La Rochelle besieged during the Albigensian Crusade.^(fr)
• 1224 – Siege of La Rochelle (1224) by forces of Louis VIII of France.
• 1360 – English in power again per Treaty of Brétigny.
• 1372 – June: Naval Battle of La Rochelle; English forces defeated.
• 1384 – Saint Nicolas Tower & The Chain Tower built.
• 1390 – (tower) built.
• 1468 – (tower) built.
• 1571 – Seventh national synod of the French reformed churches and affirmation of faith with the Confession de La Rochelle.
• 1573
  • Siege of La Rochelle (1572–73) during the French Wars of Religion.
  • 24 June: Peace of La Rochelle treaty signed.
• 1621 – Blockade of La Rochelle begins during Huguenot rebellion.
• 1627 – Siege of La Rochelle begins.
• 1628 – Siege ends.
• 1648 – Roman Catholic diocese of La Rochelle established.^[1]
• 1677 – Carmelite convent built.
• 1694 – (administrative entity) created.
• 1719 – established.
• 1732 – founded.^[2]
• 1784 – Saint-Louis Cathedral consecrated.
• 1790 – La Rochelle becomes part of the Charente-Inférieure souveraineté.
• 1796 – established.^[3]
• 1797 – Bibliothèque communale de La Rochelle (library) established.
• 1800 – Population: 17,512.
• 1801 – Cantons of La Rochelle Est and Ouest created.
• 1815 – Société littéraire de La Rochelle founded.
• 1829 – L'Echo Rochelais newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1832 – Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de La Rochelle moves to the Hôtel du Gouvernement.
• 1844 – opens in the Hôtel de Crussol d'Uzès.^[5]
• 1847 – Fish market opens.
• 1856 – (train) begins operating.
• 1867 – Delmas (shipping company) in business.
• 1888 – Canal de Marans à la Rochelle built.
• 1890 – La Pallice port built.^[6]
• 1896 – Population: 28,376.
• 1897 – begins operating.
• 1898 – Atlantique Stade Rochelais rugby club formed.
• 1900 – in business.

20th century

• 1906 - Population: 33,858.
• 1911 – Jean Guiton monument unveiled in the .
• 1921 – Orbigny-Bernon Museum opens.
• 1922 – Gare de La Rochelle (train station) built.
• 1926 – Stade Marcel-Deflandre (stadium) opens.
• 1940 – June: German occupation begins.^(fr)
• 1943 – built by the German Organisation Todt.
• 1944 – September: Allied siege of La Rochelle begins.
• 1945 – May: Allied siege of La Rochelle ends; German forces ousted.
• 1946 – Population: 48,923.
• 1971 – Michel Crépeau elected mayor.
• 1972 – Les Minimes marina constructed.
• 1973
  • Cantons,,, and created.
  • built.
• 1975 – Population: 79,757.
• 1978 – (museum) active.
• 1981 – (protected heritage area) established.
• 1982 – opens.^[7]
• 1985 – Les Francofolies de La Rochelle music festival begins.
• 1987 – begins broadcasting.
• 1988
  • Île de Ré bridge^[8] and Aquarium de La Rochelle open.
  • École supérieure de commerce de La Rochelle (business school) established.
• 1993 – University of La Rochelle established.
• 1998 – (library) opens.
• 1999 – Agglomeration community of La Rochelle (regional government) created.

21st century

• 2002 – (municipal newsletter) begins publication.
• 2008
  • March: held.
  • (train station) opens.
• 2010 – Société rochelaise d'histoire moderne et contemporaine (history society) established.
• 2012 – Population: 80,014.
• 2013 – Semaine Olympique Française La Rochelle sailing race begins.
• 2014 – becomes mayor.
• 2016 – La Rochelle becomes part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine administrative region.

See also

• • • List of bishops of La Rochelle
  • department and

Other cities in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region:

• Timeline of Bordeaux
• Timeline of Limoges
• Timeline of Poitiers

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• La Rochelle . 16 . 222 - 223 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: . Leipzig . Southern France . 1914 . 6th . https://archive.org/stream/southernfrancein00karl#page/n65/mode/2up . La Rochelle .

in French

• Book: 1862 . De Poitiers à la Rochelle . fr . . La Rochelle . https://books.google.com/books?id=jD2cvomNGI4C&pg=PA40 . Joanne . Adolphe-Laurent .
• Book: Léopold Delayant. Ville de La Rochelle: catalogue de la bibliothèque. 1878. fr. .
• Book: La Rochelle disparue . A. Foucher . 1904 . Émile Couneau . fr . .
• Book: Angoumois et Saintonge. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. Paris. fr. 1904. Charente-Inferieure: La Rochelle. https://books.google.com/books?id=uDRPAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA47.
• Book: Dictionnaire Bouillet. Dictionnaire Bouillet. fr. 1914. 34th. La Rochelle. 2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1661. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015074817142?urlappend=%3Bseq=1661. .
• Book: Rémi Béraud . Petite Encyclopédie Monumentale et Historique de La Rochelle . Édition Rupella . 1987 . fr.

External links

• Web site: Archives municipales . Site officiel de La Rochelle . fr . Ville de La Rochelle . (city archives)
• Web site: La Communauté d'Agglomération de La Rochelle . (Inventory of Cultural Heritage) . Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Poitiers . fr .
• Items related to La Rochelle, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to La Rochelle, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France . . Norway . 8 November 2016 .
2. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (La Rochelle) . . fr . Paris . 8 November 2016 .
3. Web site: Bibliothèque des Archives départementales . fr . Charente-maritime.fr . Département de la Charente-Maritime . 9 November 2016 .
4. Web site: Villes, villages: La Rochelle . Presse locale ancienne . Bibliothèque nationale de France . fr . 8 November 2016 .
5. Web site: (La Rochelle) .

   Répertoire des musées français

   . fr . . 8 November 2016 .
6. Web site: Histoire et patrimoine . Site officiel de La Rochelle . fr . Ville de La Rochelle . 8 November 2016 .
7. Web site: La petite histoire . La Coursive: scène nationale de La Rochelle. fr . 9 November 2016 .
8. Web site: La Rochelle . fr . Encyclopédie Larousse . . 9 November 2016 .