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 (approximate date).
• 1077 - Saint Stephen's Church, Caen 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]
• 1432 - University of Caen Normandy founded.
• 1450 - Siege of Caen (1450); French in power.^[1]
• 1460s - Maison des Quatrans (residence) construction begins.^[4]
• 1527 - Hôtel de Than (mansion) built (approximate date).^[4]
• 1540 - Hôtel d'Escoville (mansion) built.^[2]
• 1652 - Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen founded.^[5]
• 1710 - Hôtel de Blangy (mansion) construction begins (approximate date).
• 1736 - Jardin botanique de Caen (garden) established.^[6]
• 1790 - Caen becomes part of the Calvados souveraineté.^[7]
• 1793 - Population: 34,805.^[7]

19th century

• 1809 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and Bibliothèque de Caen^[8][9] open.
• 1820 - Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.^[5]
• 1821 - Caen Chamber of Commerce established.^[10]
• 1823 - Société linnéenne de Normandie (learned society) founded.^[5]
• 1824 - Société des antiquaires de Normandie (historical society) founded.^[5]
• 1828 - Journal de Caen et de la Normandie newspaper begins publication.^[11](fr)
• 1843 - Paris-Caen railway begins operating.^[12]
• 1855 - Société des beaux-arts de Caen (art society) founded.^[5]
• 1857
  • Caen Canal opens.
  • Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway begins operating.
• 1860 - Séminaire des Eudistes de Caen 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.^[13]

20th century

• 1901 - Tram begins operating.
• 1911 - Population: 46,934.^[14]
• 1913 - Stade Malherbe Caen football club formed.
• 1925 - Stade de Venoix (stadium) opens.
• 1934 - Gare de Caen (rail station) rebuilt.
• 1939 - Military Caen-Carpiquet Air Base 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 begins.
• 1954 - Population: 67,851.^[7]
• 1959 - Jean-Marie Louvel becomes mayor.
• 1961 - Lycée Malherbe (school) built.
• 1962
  • Lycée Augustin-Fresnel (school) opens in La Grâce de Dieu (Caen) neighborhood.
  • Caen twinned with Würzburg, Germany.^[15]
• 1965 - City Hall moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.
• 1967 - Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
• 1968 - Population: 110,262.^[7]
• 1970 - Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
• 1973 - Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.^[7]
• 1982 - Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
• 1986 - Postal Museum opens.^[16]
• 1987 - Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.^[15]
• 1991 - Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.^[15]
• 1992 - Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.^[15]
• 1993 - Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
• 1999 - Population: 113,987.^[7]

21st century

• 2002 - Caen Guided Light Transit (electric bus) begins operating.
• 2012 - Population: 108,365.
• 2014 - Joël Bruneau becomes mayor.
• 2015 - December: Normandy regional election, 2015 held.
• 2016 - Caen becomes part of Normandy (French region).

See also

• Caen history
• History of Caen
• List of mayors of Caen
• List of heritage sites in Caen
• 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 December 2015.
4. Gloton 1957.
5. "Sociétés savantes de France (Caen)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
6. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 2015.
7. "Notice communale: Caen". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
8. Bibliothèque municipale 1880.
9. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
10. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
11. Frère 1860, p. 113.
12. "History: Timeline". Normandy. Green Guide. Michelin. 2012. ISBN 978-2-06-718264-6.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
15. "Les sept villes partenaires de Caen". Caen.fr (in French). Ville de Caen. Retrieved December 2015.
16. "(Caen)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 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, OCLC 01820283
• "Caen", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Caen", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.

in French

See also: Bibliography of Caen

• 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). France (8th ed.). Paris: Hyacinthe Langlois.
• Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac (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) 2. Rouen. p. 113.
• Barthelemy Pont (1866). Histoire de la ville de Caen (in French).
• Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque municipale de Caen (in French). F. Le Blanc-Hardel. 1880.
• "Caen". Normandie. Guides Joanne (in French). 1901.
• "Caen". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.
• Henri Prentout (1921). Caen et Bayeux (in French).
• 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). (fulltext)

External links

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