Timeline of Roubaix

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

Prior to 20th century

• 1469 – Factory franchise granted by Charles the Bold.
• 1790 – Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.
• 1793 – Population: 9,120.
• 1843 – textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.
• 1846 - Population: 31,039.
• 1848 - remodelled.
• 1866 – Population: 65,091.
• 1867 – Canton of Roubaix-Est and created.
• 1868 – Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.
• 1872 – Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1876 - Population: 83,000.
• 1878 – and Hôtel Prouvost (mansion) built.
• 1880 – Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (mansion) built.
• 1883 - National school of industrial arts founded.
• 1886 – Population: 100,299.
• 1888 – Gare de Roubaix (rail station) built.
• 1889 – École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (school) established.
• 1891 – Chambre syndicale métallurgique de Roubaix established.
• 1892 – created.
• 1894 – established.
• 1895 – RC Roubaix football club formed.
• 1896
• Paris–Roubaix bicycle race begins.
• Population: 124,661.

20th century

• 1906 - Population: 110,055.
• 1909 – begins operating.
• 1911
• Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) built.
• Population: 122,723.
• 1920 – brewery in business.
• 1928 – Excelsior AC Roubaix football club formed.
• 1967 – Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine established.
• 1968 – Population: 114,547.
• 1969 – 1969 Tour de France cycling race departs from Roubaix.
• 1982
• closes.
• created.
• 1983
• founded.
• becomes mayor.
• 1993
• performance space opens.
• Camaïeu (company) headquartered in Roubaix.
• 1994 – becomes mayor.
• 1996
• March: Police raid house of criminal Gang de Roubaix.
• Part of city designated an "urban tax-free zone."
• 1999
• , , , and stations open.
• Kimberly-Clark factory built.
• Population: 96,984.
• 2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.

21st century

• 2001 – "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.
• 2008 – website published.
• 2011 – Population: 94,186.
• 2012
• Bilal Mosque built.
• becomes mayor.
• 2014
• March: held.
• Abou Bakr Mosque opens.
• Guillaume Delbar becomes mayor.
• 2015
• 24 November: 2015 Roubaix shootings occur.
• December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.
• 2016 – Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.

See also

• region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

• Timeline of Amiens
• Timeline of Lille

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in French

External links

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