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Events in Rouen History

1419-01-19 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years' War

1431-01-09 Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government

1431-05-30 Hundred Years' War: 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France

1591-11-11 French King Henry IV begins his unsuccessful siege of Rouen, capital of Normandy

1615-06-02 First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France
1869-11-17 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race, racing 13K Paris to Rouen
1940-06-10 German 5th Armoured division occupies Rouen
1942-08-17 US 8th Air Force bombers stage first independent raid on Europe, attack Rouen, France

1102-10-25 William Clito, Count of Flanders (1127-28), born in Rouen, France (d. 1128)

1442-04-28 King of England (1461-70, 71-83), born in Rouen, Normandy

1443-05-17 Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Rouen, Normandy (d. 1460)

1606-06-06 French poet and dramatist (El Cid, Horace), born in Rouen, France

1625-08-20 Thomas Corneille, French playwright (Timocrates), born in Rouen, France (d. 1709)
1642-02-18 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (Fête de Vénus), born in Rouen, France (d. 1698)
1643-11-22 René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana, Mississippi River), born in Rouen, France (d. 1687)
1715-01-12 Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, born in Rouen, France (d. 1789)

1791-09-26 French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), born in Rouen, Normandy, France

1821-12-12 French novelist (Madame Bovary), born in Rouen, France

1821-12-15 Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1884)
1840-10-04 Charles Lenepveu, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1910)
1866-09-21 Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1928), born in Rouen, France (d. 1936)
1886-05-03 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1971)
1898-10-29 Emmanuel Bondeville, French composer, born in Rouen, France (d. 1987)
1899-08-09 Armand Salacrou, French playwright, born in Rouen, France (d. 1989)
1913-04-14 Jean Fournet, French conductor (Rotterdam Philharmonic, 1968-73; Orchestre National de l’Île, 1973-82; Tokyo Metropolitan, 1983-86), born in Rouen, France (d. 2008)
1928-03-01 Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director, born in Rouen, Haute-Normandie (d. 2016)
1947-06-28 Anny Duperey, French film and television actress, born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France