Timeline of Rouen

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

Prior to 18th century

• 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.
• 1090 - Rouen Riot
• 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) 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.

18th-19th centuries

• 1703 - Chamber of Commerce created.
• 1734 - School of surgery founded.
• 1744 - Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen 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 1, , , 4, 5, and 6 created.
• Musée des Beaux-Arts founded.
• 1809 - opens.
• 1821 - 12 December: Birth of Gustave Flaubert.
• 1825 - Hôtel de Ville completed.
• 1828 - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Rouen founded.
• 1834 - opens.
• 1836 - Population: 92,083.
• 1840 - Jardin des Plantes opens.
• 1843 - Railway to Paris begins operating.
• 1847 - Rouen-Rive-Droite station opens.
• 1851 - Population: 100,265.
• 1856 - Flaubert's fiction novel Madame Bovary published (set in Rouen).
• 1864 - Rouen Ceramic Museum established.
• 1867 - Rouen-Martainville station opens.
• 1869 - Société de l'histoire de Normandie founded.
• 1870 - Prussian occupation.
• 1871 - Rouen Business School established.
• 1874 - Église Saint-Gervais de Rouen rebuilt.
• 1876 - Population: 104,902.
• 1877 - Trams 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 series.
• 1899 - FC Rouen sport club formed.