Timeline of Le Mans

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

Prior to 18th century

18th-19th centuries

  • 1756 - Town Hall built.[1]
  • 1760 - Prefecture built.[1]
  • 1790 - Le Mans becomes part of the Sarthe souveraineté.[7]
  • 1793
  • 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

21st century

See also

other cities in the Pays de la Loire region

References

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. Hourihane 2012.
  4. Caswell 1977.
  5. 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).
  6. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 767, OL 6112221M
  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.
  8. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
  9. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
  10. "France". International Banking Directory. New York: Bankers Publishing Company. 1922. hdl:2027/hvd.hb1sji.
  11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Le Mans)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  12. "Société philotechnique. Maine". Data.bnf.fr. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  13. "French impressed by Wright brothers' flying machine", The Guardian, 14 August 1908
  14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. "The Legend | The official website of 24 Heures du Mans". www.24h-lemans.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  16. "Le maire: La chronologie". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  17. "Les jumelages". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  18. "(Le Mans)". Muséofile: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  19. "L'année culturelle". LeMans.fr (in French). Ville du Mans et Le Mans Métropole. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  20. "Le Mans". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  21. "Ancient temple complex discovered near Le Mans", The Guardian, 17 August 2010
  22. "Données du Monde: Le Mans", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

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Bibliography

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