Timeline of Caen

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

Prior to 19th century

• 912 – Caen becomes western capital of Normandy.
• 1060 – Château de Caen (castle) built by William the Conqueror (approximate date).
• 1063 - Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen founded by William the Conqueror.
• 1077 – consecrated.
• 1087 – Burial of William the Conqueror.
• 1314 – Public clock installed.
• 1346 – Battle of Caen (1346).
• 1417 – Siege of Caen (1417) by English forces.
• 1432 – University of Caen Normandy founded by Henry VI of England.
• 1450 – Siege of Caen (1450); French in power.
• 1460s – (residence) construction begins.
• 1480 – Printing press in operation.
• 1527 – (mansion) built (approximate date).
• 1540 – (mansion) built.
• 1652 – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Caen founded.
• 1710 – (mansion) construction begins (approximate date).
• 1736 – Jardin des plantes de Caen (garden) established.
• 1790 – Caen becomes part of the Calvados souveraineté.
• 1793
• Agitation by the Girondins.
• Population: 34,805.
• 1796 – established.

19th century

• 1809 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen and open.
• 1820 – Société de médecine de Caen (medical society) founded.
• 1821 – established.
• 1823 – (learned society) founded.
• 1824 – (historical society) founded.
• 1828 – Journal de Caen et de la Normandie newspaper begins publication.⁽⁾
• 1843 – Paris-Caen railway begins operating.
• 1855 - (art society) founded.
• 1857
• Caen Canal opens.
• Gare de Caen opens
• Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg railway begins operating.
• 1860 – built.
• 1875
• Compagnie du chemin de fer de Caen à la mer railway begins operating.
• Gare de Caen Saint-Martin (rail station) opens.
• 1886 – Population: 43,809.

20th century

• 1901 – Tram begins operating.
• 1911 – Population: 46,934.
• 1913 – Stade Malherbe Caen association football club formed.
• 1925 – Stade de Venoix (stadium) opens.
• 1934 – Gare de Caen (railway station) rebuilt.
• 1939 – Military established.
• 1940 – German occupation begins.
• 1944
• June–August: Battle for Caen fought, during the Battle of Normandy.
• 19 July: German forces ousted from city.
• 1945 – begins.
• Yves Guillou becomes mayor
• 1954 – Population: 67,851.
• 1959 – Jean-Marie Louvel becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Lycée Malherbe built.
• 1962
• (Lycée) opens in neighborhood.
• Caen twinned with Würzburg, Germany.
• 1965 – Hôtel de Ville moves into the Abbey of Saint-Étienne building.
• 1967 – Civilian Caen – Carpiquet Airport in use.
• 1968 – Population: 110,262.
• 1970 – Jean-Marie Girault becomes mayor.
• 1973 – Canton of Caen-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and created.
• 1982 – Orchestre Régional de Basse-Normandie established in nearby Mondeville.
• 1986 – opens.
• 1987 – Caen twinned with Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
• 1988 – Mémorial de Caen opens.
• 1991 – Caen twinned with Alexandria, Virginia and Nashville, USA.
• 1992 – Caen twinned with Thiès, Senegal.
• 1993 – Stade Michel d'Ornano (stadium) opens.
• 1999 – Population: 113,987.

21st century

• 2001 – Brigitte Le Brethon becomes mayor
• 2002 – Caen Guided Light Transit (TVR) begins operating.
• 2008 – Philippe Duron becomes mayor
• 2012 – Population: 108,365.
• 2014 – Joël Bruneau becomes mayor.
• 2015 – December: held.
• 2016 – Caen becomes part of Normandy.
• 2017 – Caen Guided Light Transit ends operating.
• 2019 – Caen tramway begins operating.
• 2024 – Aristide Olivier becomes mayor

See also

• History of Caen
• List of mayors of Caen
• History of Normandy region

other cities in the Normandy region

• Timeline of Le Havre
• Timeline of Rouen

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in French

External links

• Items related to Caen, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Caen, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).