Caen: All Data
Caen 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
Caen: 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.
1047 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Val-ès-Dunes
1346 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hundred Years' War
1346 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Caen (1346), part of Hundred Years' War
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Calvados, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Calvados, 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
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Caen
1982 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Basse-Normandie, part of French Fifth Republic
2016 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Normandie, part of French Fifth Republic