Rouen: All Data
Rouen is a city in France and Monaco. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Rouen: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
911 AD
Capital of Duchy of Normandy (West Francia)
987 AD
Capital of Duchy of Normandy
1066 AD
Mentioned in Event: Norman conquest of England
1066 AD
Capital of Duchy of Normandy (England)
1418 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Rouen (1418-1419), part of Second English Campaign (Lancastrian War)
1419 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second English Campaign (Lancastrian War)
1449 AD
Mentioned in Event: French Reconquest (final phase of the Hundred Years' War)
1591 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Rouen
1789 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Normandie, part of Kingdom of France
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Seine-Inférieure, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Seine-Inférieure, part of First French Empire
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal (Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Government of National Defence
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fall Rot
1982 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Haute-Normandie, part of French Fifth Republic
2016 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Normandie, part of French Fifth Republic