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DATE: 1025

Mentions of the port, the market and a fair in Caen

DATE: 1060

Construction begins on the Château of Caen

DATE: 1066

Dedication of the church of Saint-Trinity at the 'Abbaye aux Dames' in Caen (18 June)

DATE: 1077

Dedication of the church of Saint Étienne of the 'Abbaye-aux-Hommes' in Caen (13 September)

DATE: 1105

The people of Caen expel the garrison of Robert Couteheuse from the Château of Caen; Henri Ist Beauclerc celebrates Easter in the Château of Caen (13 April)

DATE: 1118

Henry I Beauclerc is in Caen

DATE: 1120

Construction of the Keep and the 'Salle de l’Échiquier' of the Château of Caen by Henry I Beauclerc / Henry I increases the height of the outer wall of the Château of Caen

DATE: 1124

Henry I Beauclerc celebrates Easter in the Château of Caen (26 March, 'Salle de l’Échiquier'?)

DATE: 1138

Caen supports Geoffrey of Anjou

DATE: 1172

Negotiations (at the Château of Caen) between Henry II and the legates of the Pope after the murder of Thomas Becket (30 May)

DATE: 1172

Reunion of Norman barons in Caen for inquiry into the military services due from each feudal lord (8 September)

DATE: 1173

Henry II Plantagenet celebrates Christmas in Caen ('Salle de l’Échiquier'?)

DATE: 1176

Session of the 'Échiquier' in the hall of the Château of Caen (first mention)

DATE: 1182

Grand Christmas court in the hall of the Château of Caen ('Salle de l’Échiquier'). On this occasion Henry II and his sons receive more than 1,000 knights

DATE: 1187

Henry II Plantagenet celebrates Christmas in Caen (Salle de l’Échiquier ?)

DATE: 1198

Extensive works in the Château of Caen

DATE: 1199

John Landless celebrates Christmas in Caen

The duchy of Normandy passes into the domain of the King of France

DATE: 1204

Caen surrenders without conflict to Philippe Auguste, King of France (21 May); the siege of Falaise, after Easter of this year, lasts 7 days.

DATE: 1210

Construction of a chemise wall around the Keep (outer wall with four round towers), of the Porte des Champs and of the two round towers of the outer wall (Puchot Tower and Matilda Tower) at the Château of Caen

DATE: 1256

Passage of Saint Louis through Caen

DATE: 1338

First mention of the Home of the King (Home of Governors) in the Château of Caen

Hundred Year War

DATE: 1346

Siege and pillage of the town of Caen by Edward III, King of England. The Château remains impregnable: first mention of the Puchot Tower; modernisation of the 'Porte des Champs' at the Château of Caen;

DATE: 1347

Extensive works within the enclosure of the Keep of the Château of Caen and reinforcement of the rampart after the raid of 1346

Normandy is occupied by the English

DATE: 1417

Siege and taking of Caen by Henry V, King of England. The Château capitulates (21 September)

DATE: 1438

Construction of the barbican of the 'Porte Saint-Pierre' at the Château of Caen

DATE: 1444

The Château receives the Duke of York, lieutenant general and governor of France and Normandy, during his stay in Caen

DATE: 1450

Caen surrenders to the King of France, Charles VII, after 15 days of siege (1st July).

DATE: 1475

Construction of the gothic choir of the church of Saint-Georges at the Château of Caen

DATE: 1503

François de Silly, bailiff of Caen, has the Château of Caen's fortifications strengthened

DATE: 1620

The governor of Caen having stood against Louis XIII, the Château threatens a cannon attack on the town acquired by the King

DATE: 1682

Refurbishment of the Home of Governors of the Château of Caen by the Count of Coigny.

French Revolution and the Franco-English wars: the reconversion of châteaux

DATE: 1789

On 21 July, Caen inhabitants force the entrance of the Château of Caen.

DATE: 1793

The National Convention (revolutionary parliament) orders the destruction of the Château of Caen, symbol of feudalism; only the Keep is progressively ruined

DATE: 1807

Redevelopment of the sector of the Keep of the Château of Caen for the construction of a powder magazine. The Keep is progressively razed to the ground.

DATE: 1811

During his passage through Caen, Napoleon envisages the total destruction of the Château given the state of dilapidation of the fortress

DATE: 1876

First taking of the garrison of the 36th Infantry Regiment of Caen. It will be finally established there only in 1901.

DATE: 1944

The Château of Caen is hit during the allied bombardments

DATE: 1947

First archeological research in the Château of Caen

DATE: 1956

The Château of Caen becomes the property of the town

DATE: 1963

Museum of Normandy open to the public in the former Home of Governors of the Château of Caen

DATE: 1997

Entire site of the Château of Caen is classed as an Historical Monument.

DATE: 2008

Opening of the Rampart Rooms in the Château of Caen (museographic section).

Norman Connections

DATE: 2009

Towns of Caen, Bayeux and Falaise, the Calvados General Council, the Calvados Departmental Committee for Tourism, the counties of Hastings, Colchester, Norwich and Medway Council collaborate within the framework of the Norman Connection project on the restoration and improvement of Norman châteaux.

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