Timeline of Le Havre

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1516 – Harbour construction begins.
 * 1520 - Belltower of Le Havre Cathedral.
 * 1524 - Port of Le Havre opened.
 * 1562 - Town delivered over to the keeping of Queen Elizabeth I by Louis, Prince of Condé.
 * 1563 - English, under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick expelled.
 * 1572 - Despatched vessels for whale and cod-fishing at Spitsbergen and Newfoundland.
 * 1669 - The oldest of the nine harbour basins dates from here.
 * 1672 – Le Havre becomes the "entrepôt of the French East India Company."
 * 1694 – Le Havre besieged by Anglo-Dutch forces during the Nine Years' War.
 * 1750 – Journal du Havre newspaper begins publication.
 * 1752 – Almanach de la Marine au Havre published.
 * 1772 – City directory published.
 * 1790 – Le Havre becomes part of the Seine Inférieure souveraineté.
 * 1800 – (library) opens.
 * 1806 – Population: 19,482.
 * 1833 – founded.
 * 1839 – Courrier du Havre newspaper begins publication.
 * 1845 – Musée des Beaux-Arts opens.
 * 1847
 * Le Havre station opened.
 * Paris–Le Havre railway begins operating.
 * 1848 – founded.
 * 1851 – Population: 56,964.
 * 1857 – Le Havre City Hall built.
 * 1864 – (bank) established.
 * 1868 – Le Havre newspaper begins publication.
 * 1874 – begins operating.
 * 1876 – Population: 92,068.
 * 1881
 * Petit Havre newspaper begins publication.
 * opens.
 * 1884 – Société de géographie du Havre founded.
 * 1886 – Population: 112,074.
 * 1887 - Canal de Tancarville completed.
 * 1888 – Cantons, , , , , and created.

20th century

 * 1904 – Havre-Eclair newspaper begins publication.
 * 1905 – football club formed.
 * 1906 - Population: 129,403.
 * 1911 – Population: 136,159.
 * 1913 – Société linnéenne de la Seine-Maritime founded.
 * 1919 – The village of Graville-Sainte-Honnorine is annexed by Le Havre.
 * 1928 – begins operating.
 * 1932 – Gare du Havre rebuilt.
 * 1940 – May: Bombing of city by Allied forces begins (→Bombing of France during World War II).
 * 1944 – September: greatest destruction of the city centre and the port during bombings of the British Royal Air Force, more than 5,000 dead (Operation Astonia).
 * 1945 – Rebuilding begins ("75% of Le Havre was leveled in Second World War"). (fr)
 * 1958 – Le Havre City Hall rebuilt.
 * 1961 – Museum of modern art opens.
 * 1968 –  newspaper in publication.
 * 1971 – becomes mayor.
 * 1974 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre established.
 * 1975 – Population: 217,882.
 * 1984 – Le Havre twinned with Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
 * 1985 – Le Havre twinned with Dalian, China.
 * 1990 – Population: 195,854.
 * 1995 – Antoine Rufenacht becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2008 – established.
 * 2010
 * Édouard Philippe becomes mayor.
 * Population: 177,259.
 * 2011
 * Le Havre twinned with Magdeburg, Germany.
 * Population: 174,156.
 * 2012 – Le Havre tramway begins operating.
 * 2014 – March: held.
 * 2015
 * Le Havre Normandy University opened.
 * December: held.
 * 2016 – Le Havre becomes part of Normandy (administrative region).

in French

 * 1880–1885
 * 1880–1885
 * 1880–1885