Timeline of Le Havre
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Le Havre, France.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1516 - Harbour construction begins.[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 (library) opens.[7]
- 1806 - Population: 19,482.[6]
- 1833 - Société havraise d'études diverses founded.
- 1839 - Courrier du Havre newspaper begins publication.[4][8]
- 1845 - Musée des Beaux-Arts opens.[9]
- 1847 - Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating.
- 1848 - Banque Chalot founded.[10]
- 1851 - Population: 56,964.[6]
- 1857 - Le Havre City Hall built.
- 1864 - Crédit havrais (bank) established.[10]
- 1868 - Le Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1874 - Tram begins operating.
- 1876 - Population: 92,068.[11]
- 1881
- Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre opens.
- 1884 - Société de géographie du Havre founded.[12]
- 1886 - Population: 112,074.[13]
- 1888 - Cantons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.[6]
20th century
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- 1904 - Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1905 - Le Havre sports football club formed.
- 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 begins operating.
- 1932 - Gare du Havre rebuilt.[15]
- 1940 - May: Bombing of city by German forces begins.
- 1945 - Rebuilding begins ("75% of Le Havre was leveled in Second World War").[16](fr)
- 1958 - Le Havre City Hall rebuilt.
- 1961 - Musée Maison de la Culture opens.[9]
- 1968 - Le Havre presse newspaper in publication.
- 1971 - André Duroméa 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
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- 2008 - Hanging Gardens, Le Havre established.[19]
- 2010
- Édouard Philippe becomes mayor.
- Population: 177,259.
- 2011
- 2012 - Le Havre tramway begins operating.
- 2014 - March: Havre municipal election, 2014 held.
- 2015 - December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held.[20]
- 2016 - Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (French region).
Images
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Railway station, built 1882 -
Portrait of La Havre Sports club, 1908
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Place Gambetta, circa 1910 -
Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928
See also
- other cities in the Normandy region
References
- ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ^ Lechevalier 1901.
- ^ a b "Culture, sciences, loisirs, célébrations". Chronologies thématiques (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ A. V. Williams (1913). Development and Growth of City Directories. Cincinnati, USA.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e "Notice communale: Le Havre". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Histoire de la bibliothèque". Bibliothèques municipales du Havre (in French). Ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Frère 1860, p. 120.
- ^ a b Anton 2013.
- ^ a b "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Havre)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Chronologie par périodes historiques" (in French). Archives Municipales de la ville du Havre. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "Jumelage et coopération". LeHavre.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Données du Monde: Le Havre", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Le Havre", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Havre", Handbook for Travellers in France (8th ed.), London: John Murray, 1861
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Frederick Martin (1867), "Havre", Commercial Handbook of France, London: Longmans, Green, OCLC 4471325
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - 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.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Le Havre", Northern France (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC 2229516
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Le Havre". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Le Havre", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Havre-de-Grace", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
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in French
- Édouard Frère (1860). "Journaux: Seine-Inf.: Havre". Manuel du bibliographie normand (in French). Vol. 2. Rouen. p. 120.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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.
- 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. ISBN 979-10-240-0036-7.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Havre.
- Items related to Le Havre, various dates (via Europeana).
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- Le Havre de Grace on the 1750 Cassini Map
- 1900 Summer Olympics official report Template:Fr icon
- 1924 Summer Olympics official report Template:Fr icon
- A photographic record of the storm of iron & fire; Le Havre 1944