Historical place archive

Le Havre in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Le Havre in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records6 event labels6 people1562–1793

Historical events in Le Havre

1562

1562
Capture of Le Havre
Louis I de Bourbon · Wars of Religion, 1st

Surrenders Le Harvre to England to gain military support against the Duke of Guise

20 September 1562
Huguenots
Bourbon · Government of France

Signs a Treaty allowing English occupation of le Havre for supporting the Huguenots

20 September 1562
Rule of Le Havre
Bourbon · Government of France

Signs a Treaty allowing English occupation of le Havre for supporting the Huguenots

1563

22 May 1563
Siege of Le Havre
Anne Montmorency · French Wars of Religion

Montmorency helps direct royal operations against English occupied Le Havre

22 May 1563
Siege of Le Havre
Catherine de Medici · French Wars of Religion

Catherine supports the campaign to recover Le Havre from the English

22 May 1563
Siege of Le Havre
Charles IX · French Wars of Religion

Royal forces begin the siege to expel the English from Le Havre

29 July 1563
Le Havre Recovered
Charles IX · French Wars of Religion

French royal forces recover Le Havre from the English garrison

1793

1793
Emigration
Marc Isambard Brunel · Civil Engineering

Brunel flees revolutionary France and sails from Le Havre for the United States aboard the Liberty.

Provenance

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