page_title: Timeline of Rouen
section_title: Prior to 18th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Rouen / Prior to 18th century
caption_attribution_description: Rouen
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rouen, France.
context_section_description: 5th century - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen created.
  586 - Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) assassinated.
  841 - Town besieged by Vikings.
  911 - Rollo takes power.
  912 - Rouen becomes capital of Duchy of Normandy.
  1087 - Death of William the Conqueror at Priory of St Gervase.
  1150 - Founding charter.
  1200 - Cathedral burns down.
  1202 - Rouen Cathedral construction begins.
  1204 - Philip II of France in power.
  1210 - Rouen Castle built.
  1306 - Jews expelled.
  1318 - Church of St. Ouen construction begins.
  1382 - Harelle revolt.
  1389 - Tour de la Grosse Horloge built.
  1418 - Siege of Rouen.
  1419 - Henry V of England takes power.
  1431 - Joan of Arc executed.
  1432 - Church of Saint-Maclou construction begins (approximate date).
  1449 - Charles VII of France takes power.
  1486 - Puy (society) Confrérie de la Conception de Notre Dame formed.
  1487 - Printing press in operation.
  1499
  Parlement de Normandie begins meeting in Rouen.
  Exchequer of Normandy installed.
  1508 - Palais de Justice built.
  1550 - Entry into Rouen of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici.
  1562 - Siege of Rouen.
  1583 - Codified Norman law published.
  1591 - Siege of Rouen.
  1593 - Collège de Bourbon established.
  1606 -  6 June: Birth of Pierre Corneille.
  1642 - Pascal's calculator invented.
  1673 - Rouen manufactory of porcelain in operation.
caption: Overview of Rouen, 1572
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