The following is a timeline of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

of the city of Rouen,

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Prior to 18th century

* 5th century -

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rouen (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Rothomagensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Rouen'') is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. As one of the fifteen Archbishops of France, the Arch ...

created. * 586 -

Prætextatus (bishop of Rouen) Prætextatus or Praetextatus may refer to: * Prætextatus (Bishop of Rouen), also known as Saint Prix *Vettius Agorius Praetextatus Vettius Agorius Praetextatus (ca. 315 – 384) was a wealthy pagan aristocrat in the 4th-century Roman Empire, and ...

assassinated. * 841 - Town besieged by

Vikings Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and ...

. * 911 -

Rollo Rollo ( nrf, Rou, ''Rolloun''; non, Hrólfr; french: Rollon; died between 928 and 933) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, today a region in northern France. He emerged as the outstanding warrior among the Norsemen who had se ...

takes power. * 912 - Rouen becomes capital of

Duchy of Normandy The Duchy of Normandy grew out of the 911 Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between King Charles III of West Francia and the Viking leader Rollo. The duchy was named for its inhabitants, the Normans. From 1066 until 1204, as a result of the Norman c ...

. * 1087 - Death of

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

at Priory of St Gervase. * 1150 - Founding charter. * 1200 - Cathedral burns down. * 1202 -

Rouen Cathedral Rouen Cathedral (french: Cathédrale primatiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Rouen) is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, Normandy, France. It is the see of the Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It is famous for its three towers, each i ...

construction begins. * 1204 -

Philip II of France Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French m ...

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 Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...

executed. * 1432 -

Church of Saint-Maclou The Church of Saint-Maclou is a Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France which is considered one of the best examples of the Flamboyant style of Gothic architecture in France. Saint-Maclou, along with Rouen Cathedral, the Palais de Justice (also Fl ...

construction begins (approximate date). * 1449 - Charles VII of France takes power. * 1486 -

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formed. * 1487 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...

in operation. * 1499 **

Parlement de Normandie The Parliament of Normandy (''parlement de Normandy, Normandie''), also known as the Parliament of Rouen (''parlement de Rouen'') after the place where it sat (the provincial capital of Normandy), was a provincial parlement of the Kingdom of Fra ...

begins meeting in Rouen. ** Exchequer of Normandy installed. * 1508 - Palais de Justice built. * 1550 -

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into Rouen of Henri II and Catherine de' Medici. * 1562 - Siege of Rouen. * 1583 - Codified

Norman law Norman law (, , ) refers to the customary law of the Duchy of Normandy which developed between the 10th and 13th centuries and which survives today in the legal systems of Jersey and the other Channel Islands. It grew out of a mingling of Frankish ...

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

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in operation.

18th-19th centuries

* 1703 - Chamber of Commerce created. * 1734 - School of surgery founded. * 1744 -

Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen The Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen is a learned society created by letters patent of Louis XV on 17 June 1744. The Academy of Rouen got its early start with a few friends with a common appreciation for botany who were in t ...

founded. * 1749 - built. * 1758 - Hospital opens. * 1785 - ' newspaper begins publication. * 1790 - Rouen becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté. * 1793 - Population: 84,323. * 1801 ** Cantons of Rouen , , , 4, 5, and 6 created. ** Musée des Beaux-Arts founded. * 1809 - opens. * 1821 - 12 December: Birth of

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , , ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. Highly influential, he has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flauber ...

. * 1828 - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen founded. * 1834 - opens. * 1836 - Population: 92,083. * 1840 - Jardin des Plantes opens. * 1843 -

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to Paris begins operating. * 1847 -

Rouen-Rive-Droite station Rouen-Rive-Droite is a large railway station serving the city of Rouen, Normandy, France. The station is on Rue Verte in the north of the city. Services are mainly intercity but many services are local. There are also TGV from Le Havre to Marseil ...

opens. * 1851 - Population: 100,265. * 1856 - Flaubert's fiction novel ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary'' (; ), originally published as ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' ( ), is a novel by French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The eponymous character lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emp ...

'' published (set in Rouen). * 1864 - Rouen Ceramic Museum established. * 1867 - Rouen-Martainville station opens. * 1869 - Société de l'histoire de Normandie founded. * 1870 -

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occupation. * 1871 - Rouen Business School established. * 1874 - Église Saint-Gervais de Rouen rebuilt. * 1876 - Population: 104,902. * 1877 -

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begin operating. * 1879 - Société de géographie de Rouen founded. * 1880 - Musee-Bibliothèque built. * 1883 - Rouen Orléans station (rail station) opens. * 1888 - (bridge) constructed. * 1891 - Photo-club rouennais formed. * 1892 - Artist Monet begins painting cathedral

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. * 1899 -

FC Rouen Football Club de Rouen 1899 (; commonly referred to as simply FC Rouen) is a French association football club based in Rouen, Normandy. The club was formed in 1899 and currently plays in Championnat National 2, the fourth level of French foot ...

sport club formed.

20th century

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* 1906 - Population: 118,459. * 1911 ** Norman Museum opens. ** Population: 124,987. * 1917 - Stadium opens. * 1926 - Rubis Terminal chemical storage site established in

Le Grand-Quevilly Le Grand-Quevilly is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-western France. Geography The town is third largest suburb of Rouen, a port with considerable light industry situated just southwest of the centre o ...

. * 1940 - June 9:

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occupation begins. * 1942 - Subcamp of the Stalag 356

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established by the Germans. * 1944 ** April: Subcamp of the V

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established. The prisoners were mostly

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and Soviets. ** 30 May-5 June: City bombed during the . ** August: Subcamp of the V SS construction brigade dissolved. Surviving prisoners deported to the

Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany. It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour f ...

. ** August 15: German occupation ends. * 1950 -

Rouen-Les-Essarts Rouen-Les-Essarts was a motor racing circuit in Orival, near Rouen, France. From its opening in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe's finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands. The street ci ...

racetrack opens. * 1953 - established. * 1955 - Pont Boieldieu rebuilt. * 1959 - Rouen twinned with

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, United Kingdom. * 1965 - Archives department of Seine-Maritime building constructed. * 1966 **

University of Rouen The University of Rouen Normandy (''Université de Rouen Normandie'') is a French university, in the Academy of Rouen. History and demographics Located not in Rouen, but in the suburb of Mont-Saint-Aignan (a "township" in the Normandy region), th ...

founded. ** Rouen twinned with

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, West Germany. * 1979 -

Church of St Joan of Arc The Church of Saint Joan of Arc (French: ''L'église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc'') is a Catholic church in the city centre of Rouen, northern France. The church of Saint Joan of Arc was completed in 1979 in the centre of the ancient market square, known ...

built. * 1982 - Dragons de Rouen ice hockey team formed. * 1984 ** City becomes regional capital of

Upper Normandy Upper Normandy (french: Haute-Normandie, ; nrf, Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. History It was created in 1956 from two d ...

. ** Restaurant Gill in business. * 1985 - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen established. * 1988 -

Rouen Nordic Film Festival The Rouen Nordic Film Festival (french: Festival du Cinéma Nordique) was a film festival hold in Rouen, France for screening and competition films made in Nordic and Baltic countries, the Netherlands and Belgium. In December 2010, the organisers ...

begins. * 1991 -

Rouen Airport Rouen Airport or ''Aéroport de Rouen - Vallée de Seine'' is an airport located in Boos and 10 km southeast of Rouen, both ''communes'' of the Seine-Maritime ''département'' in the Normandy '' région'' of France. Airlines and destinati ...

opens. * 1992 - Île Lacroix ice rink opens. * 1994 - Métro begins operating. * 1995 - becomes mayor. * 1999 ** Maritime, Fluvial and Harbour Museum opens. ** Population: 106,592.

21st century

* 2001 ** Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais buses begin operating. ** (concert hall) opens. * 2002 - Rouen twinned with Salerno, Italy. * 2007 - Population: 110,276. * 2008 **

Pont Gustave-Flaubert The Pont Gustave-Flaubert ( en, Gustave Flaubert Bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge over the river Seine in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. It was officially opened on 25 September 2008 after four years of construction. The bridge itself ...

(bridge) opens. ** Rouen twinned with

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, USA. * 2010 - City becomes part of the Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe. * 2014 - March: held. * 2015 - December: held. * 2016 ** Rouen becomes part of

Normandy (administrative region) Normandy (; french: Normandie, link=no ; nrf, Normaundie; from Old French , plural of , originally from the word for 'northman' in several Scandinavian languages) is the northwesternmost of the eighteen regions of France, roughly coextensive with ...

. ** Thirteen people are killed in a fire in Rouen.

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