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A port on the English Channel, famous for its scallops, with a regular ferry service to Newhaven, East Sussex, Dieppe also has a popular beach, a 15th century castle and the churches of St. Jacques and St. Remy.
Dieppe belongs to the Pays de Caux region.
First recorded as a small fishingFishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). Fishing is done in a river, canal, lak settlement in 1030Events Battle of Stiklestad ensures the Christianization of Norway. The city of Kaunas in Lithuania is founded. The city of Tartu in Estonia is founded. earliest mention of Thalwil, Switzerland Deaths September 30 William V, Duke of Aquitaine Olav Haralds, Dieppe was an important prize fought over during the Hundred Years' WarThe Hundred Years' War a conflict between England and France, is generally considered to have lasted 116 years, beginning in 1337 and ending in 1453. The effective beginning of the war was the decision of King Edward III of England to make a claim to the. Dieppe housed the most advanced French school of cartographyCartography (or mapmaking is the study and practice of making maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography. Most commercial quality maps are now made with map in the 16th century, and was the premiere port of the kingdom in the 17th century. On July 23July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. Events 1632 300 colonists bound for New France depart Dieppe, France. 1829 In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewrite, 1632See also: 1632 (novel Events February 22 Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe. November 16 Battle of Lutzen Christina becomes queen of Sweden; five regents, headed by Axe 300 colonistsColonialism is a system in which a state claims sovereignty over territory and people outside its own boundaries, often to facilitate economic domination over their resources, labor, and often markets. The term also refers to a set of beliefs used to legi headed for New FranceNew France ( French: la Nouvelle-France describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Brit departed Dieppe. At the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, Dieppe lost 3000 of its citizens, who fled abroad. Dieppe was an important target in wartime; the town was largely destroyed by Anglo- Dutch naval bombardment in 1694. Rebuilt after 1696, it was popularised as a seaside resort following the first visit in 1824 of the widowed Duchess of Berry , daughter-in-law of Charles X. She encouraged the building of the recently-renovated municipal theater, the Petit-Theatre (1825), associated above all others with Camille Saint-Saens.
On August 19, 1942, during the Second World War, it was the site of the Dieppe Raid, a bloody landing by Allied soldiers, mainly Canadian.