Timeline of Le Mans
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Le Mans, France.
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Prior to 18th century
18th-19th centuries
- 1756 - Town Hall built.
- 1760 - Prefecture built.
- 1790 - Le Mans becomes part of the Sarthe souveraineté.[7]
- 1793
- 1799 - Royalist Chouans take Le Mans.
- 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.
- 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
- 1946 - Population: 100,455.[7]
- 1947 - Jean-Yves Chapalain becomes mayor.[16]
- 1965 - Jacques Maury becomes mayor.[16]
- 1967
- 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
- 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]
See also
- other cities in the Pays de la Loire region
References
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ 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). (fulltext)
- ↑ 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", Encyclopaedia 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
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