The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Le Mans, France.
Prior to 18th century
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- 3rd C. – Wall built around Vindunum.[1]
 - 4th C. - Julian of Le Mans becomes bishop.
 - 5th C. – Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans established.[2]
 - 6th C. – Le Mans Cathedral rebuilding begins.[3]
 - 832 – Aldric of Le Mans becomes bishop.
 - 1063 – William the Conqueror in power.[1]
 - 1120 – Le Mans 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]
 - 1857 - Notre Dame de Sainte Croix completed.
 - 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.
 - Population: 54,907.[1]
 
 - 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
 - 1974 – Le Mans twinned with Bolton, England, United Kingdom.[17]
 - 1977
- Le Mans University opens.
 - 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]
 - 1985 Le Mans FC founded.
 - 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.
 - 2014 – March: Le Mans municipal election, 2014 held.
 - 2015 – December: Pays de la Loire regional election, 2015 held.[22]
 
See also
- Le Mans history
 - History of Le Mans
 - List of mayors of Le Mans
 - List of heritage sites in Le Mans
 - List of bishops of Le Mans
 - County of Maine history
 - List of Counts and dukes of Maine, 8th–18th c., centered in Le Mans
 
- other cities in the Pays de la Loire region
 
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Le Mans, EHESS (in French).
 - 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. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
 - ↑ "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. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
 - ↑ "The Legend | The official website of 24 Heures du Mans". www.24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
 - 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
 - ↑ "Résultats élections: Le Mans", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
 
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Mans". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Le Mans", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063869328, OCLC 01820283
 - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 408–409.
 - Georges Goyau (1910). "Le Mans". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Jean Caswell; Ivan Sipkov (1977). "Maine". Coutumes of France in the Library of Congress: an Annotated Bibliography. USA: Library of Congress. hdl:2027/mdp.39015034753866.
 - 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), Hachette, 1888
 - "Mans". Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French) (34th ed.). 1914. hdl:2027/mdp.39015074817142.
 
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