Timeline of Roubaix

{{History of France}}

• 1469 – Factory franchise granted by Charles the Bold.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1790 – Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.{{Cassini-Ehess|29736 |Roubaix}}
• 1793 – Population: 9,120.
• 1843 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Louis Motte-Bossut|fr|3=Louis Motte-Bossut|lt=Motte-Bossut}} textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.{{cite book|author= Michael Stephen Smith |title=The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France, 1800–1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zs26hd5keYkC|year= 2006|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-01939-3}}
• 1846 - Population: 31,039.
• 1848 - {{Interlanguage link multi|Saint Martin Church, Roubaix|fr|3=Église Saint-Martin de Roubaix}} remodelled.{{Base Mérimée|PA59000153|Eglise Saint-Martin}}
• 1866 – Population: 65,091.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1868 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= France |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590329?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590329?urlappend=%3Bseq=112 }}
• 1867 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Canton de Roubaix-Est|fr}} and {{Interlanguage link multi|Canton de Roubaix-Ouest|fr}} created.
• 1868 – Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.{{cite web |url= http://cths.fr/an/liste.php?sc=ss&nom=&dissoute=&ville=Roubaix&departement=®ion=0&pays=0&description=&annee_creation=&domaine=0&periode=0 |title= Sociétés savantes de France (Roubaix) |publisher=Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques |language=fr |location=Paris |access-date=30 December 2015 }}
• 1872 – Chamber of Commerce established.{{cite book|author1= United States Department of Commerce |author2= Archibald J. Wolfe |title=Commercial Organizations in France |year=1915 |publisher= Government Printing Office |location=USA |chapter= List of Chambers |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 }}
• 1876 - Population: 83,000. {{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1878 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Saint Joseph Church, Roubaix|fr|3=Église Saint-Joseph de Roubaix}}{{Base Mérimée|PA00107928|Eglise Saint-Joseph}} and Hôtel Prouvost (mansion) built.
• 1880 – Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre (mansion) built.
• 1883 - National school of industrial arts founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1886 – Population: 100,299.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1890 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= France: Area and Population: Principal Towns |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 }}
• 1888 – Gare de Roubaix (rail station) built.
• 1889 – École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles (school) established.
• 1891 – Chambre syndicale métallurgique de Roubaix established.{{sfn|Ministère du Commerce|1903}}
• 1892 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Canton de Roubaix-Nord|fr}} created.
• 1894 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Compagnie des tramways de Roubaix et de Tourcoing|fr}} established.
• 1895 – RC Roubaix football club formed.
• 1896
• Paris–Roubaix bicycle race begins.
• Population: 124,661.

• 1906 - Population: 110,055. {{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
• 1909 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Line R, Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing tramway|fr|3=Ligne R du tramway de Lille – Roubaix – Tourcoing}} begins operating.
• 1911
• Hôtel de Ville (City Hall) built.{{cite web|url= https://www.roubaix-lapiscine.com/actualites/decouvrez-lhistoire-du-panorama-de-lhotel-de-ville-de-roubaix-depuis-chez-vous/ |title= Découvrez l'histoire du Panorama de l'Hôtel de ville de Roubaix depuis chez vous!|publisher=Roubaix La Piscine|access-date=21 October 2024}}
• Population: 122,723.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= France: Area and Population: Principal Towns |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 }}
• 1920 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Brasserie Terken|fr|3=Brasserie Terken|lt=GBM}} brewery in business.
• 1928 – Excelsior AC Roubaix football club formed.
• 1967 – Lille Métropole Communauté urbaine established.
• 1968 – Population: 114,547.
• 1969 – 1969 Tour de France cycling race departs from Roubaix.
• 1982
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Motte-Bossut factory|fr|3=Usine Motte-Bossut}} closes.{{sfn|Villes lainières|2005}}
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Canton de Roubaix-Centre|fr}} created.
• 1983
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Ballet du Nord|fr|3=Centre chorégraphique national Roubaix – Nord-Pas-de-Calais}} founded.
• {{Interlanguage link multi|André Diligent|fr}} becomes mayor.
• 1993
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Cave aux Poètes|fr}} performance space opens.
• Camaïeu (company) headquartered in Roubaix.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
• 1994 – {{Interlanguage link multi|René Vandierendonck|fr}} becomes mayor.
• 1996
• March: Police raid house of criminal Gang de Roubaix.{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/09/stuartjeffries |work=The Guardian |date=8 February 2001 |title=French court links armed robbers to terrorist network }}
• Part of city designated an "urban tax-free zone."{{sfn|Colomb|2011}}
• 1999
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Alsace (Lille Metro)|fr|3=Alsace (métro de Lille Métropole)}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Gare – Jean-Lebas (Lille Metro)|fr|3=Gare – Jean-Lebas (métro de Lille Métropole)}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Roubaix-Charles de Gaulle (Lille Metro)|fr|3=Roubaix – Charles-de-Gaulle (métro de Lille Métropole)}}, and {{Interlanguage link multi|Roubaix-Grand Place (Lille Metro)|fr|3=Roubaix – Grand-Place (métro de Lille Métropole)}} stations open.
• Kimberly-Clark factory built.{{sfn|Garbaye|2008}}
• Population: 96,984.
• 2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.

• 2001 – "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.{{sfn|Miot|2012}}
• 2008 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Bibliothèque numérique de Roubaix|fr}} website published.
• 2011 – Population: 94,186.
• 2012
• Bilal Mosque built.{{citation |url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/les-six-mosquees-de-roubaix-en-pleine-reconstruction-ia24b0n1968112 |date=7 March 2014 |title=Les six mosquées de Roubaix en pleine reconstruction |work= La Voix du Nord |language=fr }}
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Pierre Dubois (politician)|fr|3=Pierre Dubois (homme politique, 1941)}} becomes mayor.
• 2014
• March: {{Interlanguage link multi|Nord municipal election, 2014|fr|3=Élections municipales de 2014 dans le Nord}} held.
• Abou Bakr Mosque opens.
• Guillaume Delbar becomes mayor.
• 2015
• 24 November: 2015 Roubaix shootings occur.
• December: 2015 Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie regional election held.{{citation |work=Le Monde |language=fr |title=Résultats élections: Roubaix |url= https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/roubaix-59512/ |access-date=11 April 2022 }}
• 2016 – Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.

• {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Roubaix|de|3=Geschichte von Roubaix}}
• {{Interlanguage link multi|List of mayors of Roubaix|fr|3=Liste des maires de Roubaix}}
• {{Interlanguage link multi|List of heritage sites in Roubaix|fr|3=Liste des monuments historiques de Roubaix}}
• {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Nord-Pas-de-Calais|fr|3=Histoire du Nord-Pas-de-Calais}} region

Other cities in the Hauts-de-France region:

• Timeline of Amiens
• Timeline of Lille

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This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

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