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Normandy

geographical and cultural region which extends over a part of France and the British Channel Islands

40 dated entries naming Normandy, drawn from 33 separate years between 513 CE and 1944 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 513Vigor becomes bishop of Bayeux. He opposes paganism and founds a monastery later known as Saint-Vigor-le-Grand (Normandy).source

7th century

  • 654Philibert, Frankish abbot, receives a gift from King Clovis II of Neustria, and founds Jumièges Abbey in Normandy.source

8th century

  • 709Mont Saint-Michel, built by Aubert, bishop of Avranches, has its beginnings in an oratory on Mont Tombe, on the coast of Normandy (approximate date).source
  • 718Hugh of Champagne, cousin of Charles Martel, enters the monastery of Jumièges (Normandy), and embraces the religious life as abbot.source

9th century

  • 834July 20 – Ansegisus, Frankish abbot and advisor of former emperor Charlemagne, dies at Fontenelle Abbey in Normandy (or 833).source
  • 841Summer – Vikings sail up the River Seine and devastate the city of Rouen in Normandy. They burn the Benedictine monastery of Jumièges Abbey; 68 captives are taken, and returned on payment of a ransom, by the monks of St. Denis.source

10th century

  • 914Luitgarde, duchess consort of Normandy (died 978)source
  • 961The "Shroud of Saint Josse", a rich silk Samite camel cloth from Khurasan, is made. It is preserved in the Abbey of Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, near Caen (Normandy) (approximate date).source

11th century

  • 1039The Abbey of Bec is founded at Le Bec-Hellouin in Normandy (modern France).source
  • 1070Jews from Rouen in Normandy settle in England at the invitation of King William I.source

12th century

  • 1118A rebellion against Henry I of England breaks out in Normandy.source

13th century

  • 1201April 10 – John, King of England, permits Jews to live freely in England and Normandy.source
  • 1204Angers and Normandy are captured by Philip II of France.source
  • 1259December 4 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy), in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.source

14th century

  • 1346July 3 – The English fleet attempts to sail from Portsmouth to Normandy, but is forced back by contrary winds.source
  • 1369September – Hundred Years' War: The French burn Portsmouth, England; the English raid Picardy and Normandy.source

15th century

  • 1418July 29 – The Army of England, led by King Henry V, begins the siege of Rouen, the capital of Normandy in France. The siege lasts almost six months before the Burgundian French defenders surrendersource
  • 141829 July – The English under Henry V commence the siege of Rouen in Normandy.source
  • 1419January 19 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, which brings Normandy under the control of England.source
  • 141919 January - Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England bringing Normandy under his control during the Hundred Years War.source
  • 1421March 21 – Battle of Baugé: A small French force, led by Gilbert Motier de La Fayette, surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, a brother of King Henry V of England, in Normandy. Thomas, heir to the throne and Crown Prince, is killed in the attack, along with about 1,000 other of men.source
  • 14266 March - English forces under John, Duke of Bedford win a victory at the Battle of St. James in Normandy as part of the Hundred Years' War.source
  • 1427April 22 – In France, Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, is granted the control of the county of Mortain in Normandy by the Duke of Bedford, Regent for King Henry VI in France, as a reward for his military service during the war against the French.source
  • 1432Unknown – The University of Caen is founded in Normandysource
  • 1441June - Richard, Duke of York arrives in Normandy following his appointment as English commander in the Hundred Years Warsource
  • 1445September 29 – In Normandy, Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York of England's House of Plantagenet, completes his five-year term as Lieutenant-general of British-occupied France and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset takes his place. He returns to England on October 20.source
  • 1449July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy.source
  • 1449July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy in the Normandy campaign of 1449-1450source
  • 1450June 5 – French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege Caen in English-occupied Normandy in France, attacking the fortress commanded by Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset.source
  • 1450August 12 – Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, surrenders to the French.source
  • 1450August 12 – Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the last remaining English stronghold in Normandy, surrenders to the French ending the Siege of Cherbourgsource
  • 1472Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, invaded northern France during his conflict with King Louis XI of France. Burgundian forces ravaged Picardy and Normandy, burning towns and countryside to pressure the French crown.source

16th century

  • 1531Bertrand d'Ornesan, leads an expedition to Brazil to establish a commercial post. The ship sailed from Normandy with 120 men.source
  • 1591November 11 – King Henry IV of France begins the siege of Rouen, the Spanish-held capital of Normandy. The Spanish Navy arrives after five months and King Henry abandons the siege on April 20.source
  • 1592April 20 – King Henry IV of France ends the siege of Rouen, the Spanish-held capital of Normandy, five months after its November 11 commencement, as the Spanish Navy arrives to relieve the city.source

17th century

  • 1639July 16 – Revolt of the va-nu-pieds begins in Normandy against the gabelle, suppressed by Michel Le Tellier, Pierre Séguier and Omer Talon (continues into 1640).source
  • 1639November 30 – In Normandy, the revolt of the va-nu-pieds is crushed by the troops of French Army Colonel Jean de Gassion under orders of Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, with 300 of the rebels killed.source

18th century

  • 1791Camembert cheese reputedly first made by Marie Harel, a farmer from Normandy.source

20th century

  • 1944June 5 – More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast, in preparation for D-Day.source
  • 1944June 6 – WWII: D-Day: Approximately 160,000 Allied troops shipped from England land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France, beginning Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland, in the largest amphibious military operation in history. This operation helps liberate France from Germany, and also weakens the Nazi hold on Europe.source

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