Timeline of Le Havre

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

Prior to 20th century

1516 – Harbour construction begins. 1520 - Belltower of Le Havre Cathedral. 1524 - Port of Le Havre opened. 1562 - Town delivered over to the keeping of Queen Elizabeth I by Louis, Prince of Condé. 1563 - English, under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick expelled. 1572 - Despatched vessels for whale and cod-fishing at Spitsbergen and Newfoundland. 1669 - The oldest of the nine harbour basins dates from here. 1672 – Le Havre becomes the "entrepôt of the French East India Company." 1694 – Le Havre besieged by Anglo-Dutch forces during the Nine Years' War. 1750 – Journal du Havre newspaper begins publication. 1752 – Almanach de la Marine au Havre published. 1772 – City directory published. 1790 – Le Havre becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté. 1800 – (library) opens. 1806 – Population: 19,482. 1833 – founded. 1839 – Courrier du Havre newspaper begins publication. 1845 – Musée des Beaux-Arts opens. 1847 Le Havre station opened. Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating. 1848 – founded. 1851 – Population: 56,964. 1857 – Hôtel de Ville built. 1864 – (bank) established. 1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication. 1874 – begins operating. 1876 – Population: 92,068. 1881 Petit Havre newspaper begins publication. opens. 1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded. 1886 – Population: 112,074. 1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed. 1888 – Cantons , , , , , and created.

20th century

1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication. 1905 – football club formed. 1906 - Population: 129,403. 1911 – Population: 136,159. 1913 – Société linnéenne de la Seine-Maritime founded. 1919 – The village of Graville-Sainte-Honnorine is annexed by Le Havre. 1928 – begins operating. 1932 – Gare du Havre rebuilt. 1940 – May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins (→Bombing of France during World War II). 1944 – September: greatest destruction of the city centre and the port during bombings of the British Royal Air Force, more than 5,000 dead (Operation Astonia). 1945 – Rebuilding begins ("75% of Le Havre was leveled in Second World War").(fr) 1958 – Hôtel de Ville rebuilt. 1961 – Museum of modern art opens. 1968 – newspaper in publication. 1971 – becomes mayor. 1974 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre established. 1975 – Population: 217,882. 1984 – Le Havre twinned with Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. 1985 – Le Havre twinned with Dalian, China. 1990 – Population: 195,854. 1995 – Antoine Rufenacht becomes mayor.

21st century

2008 – established. 2010 Édouard Philippe becomes mayor. Population: 177,259. 2011 Le Havre twinned with Magdeburg, Germany. Population: 174,156. 2012 – Le Havre tramway begins operating. 2014 – March: held. 2015 Le Havre Normandy University opened. December: held. 2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).

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