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
19th century
- 1809 - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and Bibliothèque de Caen[11] open.
- 1820 - Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.[6]
- 1821 - Caen Chamber of Commerce established.[12]
- 1823 - Société linnéenne de Normandie (learned society) founded.[6]
- 1824 - Société des antiquaires de Normandie (historical society) founded.[6]
- 1828 - Journal de Caen et de la Normandie newspaper begins publication.(fr)
- 1843 - Paris-Caen railway begins operating.[14]
- 1855 - Société des beaux-arts de Caen (art society) founded.[6]
- 1857
- 1860 - Séminaire des Eudistes de Caen built.
- 1875
- 1886 - Population: 43,809.[15]
20th century
- 1901 - Tram begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 46,934.[16]
- 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
- 1945 - Rebuilding of Caen begins.
- 1954 - Population: 67,851.[8]
- 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.[17]
- 1965 - City Hall moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.
- 1967 - Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
- 1968 - Population: 110,262.[8]
- 1970 - Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
- 1973 - Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 created.[8]
- 1982 - Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
- 1986 - Postal Museum opens.[18]
- 1987 - Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.[17]
- 1991 - Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.[17]
- 1992 - Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.[17]
- 1993 - Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
- 1999 - Population: 113,987.[8]
21st century
See also
- other cities in the Normandy region
References
- ↑ "Caen". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). H. Grevel, ed. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co. pp. 368–374.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sociétés savantes de France (Caen)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Notice communale: Caen". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Charles-Victor Langlois; Henri Stein (1891), "Archives départementales: Calvados", Les archives de l'histoire de France (in French), Paris: Alphonse Picard
- ↑ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
- ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
- ↑ "History: Timeline". Normandy. Green Guide. Michelin. 2012. ISBN 978-2-06-718264-6.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- 1 2 3 4 "Les sept villes partenaires de Caen". Caen.fr (in French). Ville de Caen. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "(Caen)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 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
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