Timeline of Roubaix
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Roubaix, France.
Prior to 20th century
- 1469 – Factory franchise granted by Charles the Bold.
- 1790 – Roubaix becomes part of the Nord souveraineté.
- 1793 – Population: 9,120.
- 1843 – textile mill built near the Canal de Roubaix.
- 1846 - Population: 31,039.
- 1848 - remodelled.
- 1866 – Population: 65,091.
- 1867 – Canton of Roubaix-Est and created.
- 1868 – Société d'émulation de Roubaix founded.
- 1872 – Chamber of Commerce established.
- 1876 - Population: 83,000.
- 1878 – and Hôtel Prouvost built.
- 1880 – Hôtel Auguste-Lepoutre built.
- 1883 - National school of industrial arts founded.
- 1886 – Population: 100,299.
- 1888 – Gare de Roubaix built.
- 1889 – École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles established.
- 1891 – Chambre syndicale métallurgique de Roubaix established.
- 1892 – created.
- 1894 – established.
- 1895 – RC Roubaix football club formed.
- 1896
- * Paris–Roubaix bicycle race begins.
- * Population: 124,661.
20th century
- 1906 - Population: 110,055.
- 1909 – begins operating.
- 1911
- * Hôtel de Ville built.
- * Population: 122,723.
- 1920 – 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
- * closes.
- * created.
- 1983
- * founded.
- * becomes mayor.
- 1993
- * performance space opens.
- * Camaïeu (company) headquartered in Roubaix.
- 1994 – becomes mayor.
- 1996
- * March: Police raid house of criminal Gang de Roubaix.
- * Part of city designated an "urban tax-free zone."
- 1999
- *,,, and stations open.
- * Kimberly-Clark factory built.
- * Population: 96,984.
- 2000 – La Piscine Museum opens.
21st century
- 2001 – "Politique de la ville" housing program implemented.
- 2008 – website published.
- 2011 – Population: 94,186.
- 2012
- * Bilal Mosque built.
- * becomes mayor.
- 2014
- * March: 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.
- 2016 – Roubaix becomes part of the Hauts-de-France region.