# 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.
* 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 – Bibliothèque municipale du Havre [fr] (library) opens.
* 1806 – Population: 19,482.
* 1833 – Société havraise d'études diverses [fr] 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 – Banque Chalot [fr] founded.
* 1851 – Population: 56,964.
* 1857 – Hôtel de Ville built.
* 1864 – Crédit havrais [fr] (bank) established.
* 1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication.
* 1874 – Tram [fr] begins operating.
* 1876 – Population: 92,068.
* 1881
** Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.
** Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre [fr] opens.
* 1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded.
* 1886 – Population: 112,074.
* 1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed.
* 1888 – Cantons 1 [fr], 2 [fr], 3 [fr], 4 [fr], 5 [fr], and 6 [fr] created.

## 20th century

* 1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication.
* 1905 – Le Havre sports [fr] 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 – Havre escalator [fr] 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").
* 1958 – Hôtel de Ville rebuilt.
* 1961 – Museum of modern art opens.
* 1968 – Le Havre presse [fr] newspaper in publication.
* 1971 – André Duroméa [fr] 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 – Hanging Gardens, Le Havre [fr] 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: Havre municipal election, 2014 [fr] held.
* 2015
** Le Havre Normandy University opened.
** December: Normandy regional election, 2015 [fr] held.
* 2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).

## Images

* Railway station, built 1882
* Place Gambetta, circa 1910
* Entrance to escalator, installed in 1928