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 – 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
 * 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.