Timeline of Le Mans

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

Prior to 18th century

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Prehistory

Ancient

Greek colonies
Celtic Gaul	until 50 BC
Roman Gaul	50 BC – 486 AD

Early Middle Ages

Franks
Merovingians	481–751
Carolingians	751–987

Middle Ages

Direct Capetians	987–1328
Valois	1328–1498

Early modern

Ancien Régime

Valois-Orléans	1498–1515
Valois-Angoulême	1515–89
Bourbon	1589–1792

Long 19th century

French Revolution	1789–1799
Kingdom of France	1791–92
First Republic	1792–1804
First Empire	1804–14
Restoration	1814–30
July Monarchy	1830–1848
Second Republic	1848–52
Second Empire	1852–70
Third Republic	1870–1940

20th century

Third Republic	1870–1940
Free France Vichy France	1940–44
Provisional Republic	1944–46
Fourth Republic	1946–58
Fifth Republic	1958–present

Timeline

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3rd century - Wall built around Vindunum.^[1]
4th century- Julian of Le Mans becomes bishop.
5th century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans established.^[2]
6th century - Le Mans Cathedral rebuilding begins.^[3]
832 - Aldric of Le Mans becomes bishop.
1063 - William the Conqueror in power.^[1]
1120 - Cathedral consecrated.^[3]
1133 - 5 March: Birth of Henry (later king of England).
1189 - Philip II of France in power.^[1]
1508 - Maine customary laws published.^[4]
1558 - Hôtel de Vignolles built.^[5]
1562 - Le Mans sacked by Huguenots.^[6]

18th-19th centuries

1756 - Town Hall built.^[1]
1760 - Prefecture built.^[1]
1790 - Le Mans becomes part of the Sarthe souveraineté.^[7]
1793
- December: Battle of Le Mans (1793).^[1]
- Population: 18,855.^[7]
1799 - Royalist Chouans take Le Mans.^[1]
1812 - Nouvelliste de la Sarthe newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1854 - Gare du Mans (rail station) opens.
1856 - Le Mans Chamber of Commerce established.^[9]
1866 - Population: 45,230.^[7]
1868 - La Sarthe newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1871 - January: Battle of Le Mans; Germans win.^[1]
1873 - Comptoir d'Escompte de la Sarthe (bank) established.^[10]
1875 - Société historique et archéologique du Maine founded.^[11]
1880 - Société philotechnique du Maine active.^[12]
1886 - Petit Manceau newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1888 - Gare du Mans-les-Halles (rail station) opens.

20th century

1906 - Automobile Club de l'Ouest founded.
1908 - August: Wright brothers demonstrate flying machine.^[13]
1911 - Population: 69,361.^[14]
1923- First edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race.^[15]
1936 - Population: 84,525.^[7]
1940 - 19 June: German forces take city, during the Battle of France.
1944
- 8 August: Germans ousted by Allied forces, during the Battle of Normandy.
- Le Maine Libre newspaper begins publication.
1946 - Population: 100,455.^[7]
1947 - Jean-Yves Chapalain becomes mayor.^[16]
1965 - Jacques Maury becomes mayor.^[16]
1967
- Cantons Centre, Est, Nord, Nord-Ouest, Sud, and Sud-Ouest created.^[7]
- Le Mans twinned with Paderborn, Germany.^[17]
1974 - Le Mans twinned with Bolton, England, United Kingdom.^[17]
1977 - Robert Jarry becomes mayor.^[16]
1981 - Le Mans twinned with Rostov-on-Don, Russia.^[17]
1982
- Le Mans becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region.
- Le Mans twinned with Haouza, Western Sahara.^[17]
1983 - Le Mans twinned with Volos, Greece.^[17]
1988 - Médiathèque Louis-Aragon du Mans opens in the Quartier des Halles (Le Mans).
1989 - Palais des congrès et de la culture du Mans opens.
1990 - Le Mans twinned with Suzuka, Japan.^[17]
1995 - Antarès arena and Musée Vert (museum)^[18] open.
1999 - Population: 146,105.^[7]

21st century

2001
- Cityglace ice rink opens.
- Jean-Claude Boulard becomes mayor.^[16]
2002 - Le Mans fait son cirque (circus) begins.^[19]
2005 - November: Socialist Party national congress held in Le Mans.
2006 - 9 March: Sablé-sur-Sarthe hostage crisis occurs near Le Mans.
2007 - Le Mans tramway begins operating.^[20]
2010 - Roman-era religious site discovered in nearby Neuville-sur-Sarthe.^[21]
2011 - Population: 143,240.^[22]
2014 - March: Le Mans municipal election, 2014 held.
2015 - December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.^[22]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Britannica 1910.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
1 2 Hourihane 2012.
↑ Caswell 1977.
↑ Damien Castel and Monique Chatenet (2008). "Jacques Androuet du Cerceau et l’hôtel de Vignolles du Mans". Bulletin monumental (in French). Société française d'archéologie (166-2) – via Persée (web portal).
↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Notice communale: Le Mans". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
1 2 3 A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
↑ "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922.
↑ "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Mans)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "Société philotechnique. Maine". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "French impressed by Wright brothers' flying machine", The Guardian, 14 August 1908
↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
↑ "The Legend | The official website of 24 Heures du Mans". www.24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
1 2 3 4 "Le maire: La chronologie". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Les jumelages". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "(Le Mans)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "L'année culturelle". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "Le Mans". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
↑ "Ancient temple complex discovered near Le Mans", The Guardian, 17 August 2010
1 2 "Données du Monde: Le Mans", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

"Mans". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
"Le Mans", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
"Le Mans", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Georges Goyau (1910). "Le Mans". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Maine". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress.
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Le Mans". Northern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 403. ISBN 978-1-136-63944-9.
Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Le Mans". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in French

Léon Hublin (1884). Le Mans pittoresque (in French). Le Mans: E. Lebrault.
Le Mans, Guides Joanne (in French), 1888
"Mans". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914.

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Timeline of Le Mans

Prior to 18th century

18th-19th centuries

20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

in English

in French

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