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Rouen is the préfecture ( capital) of the Seine-Maritime département. It is also the capital of the Haute-Normandie region of France. Rouen is part of Agglomération de Rouen Haute-Normandie which gathers 34 towns and 391,375 inhabitants.
Rouen was probably founded by the Romans who called it Rotomagus. Rouen was the chief city of the Secunda Provincia Lugdunensis under Constantine.In the 5th century it became the seat of the bishopric and later a capital of Neustria. In the 9th century, it was overrun by Normans and has been since 912 the capital of Normandy and residence of the dukes.
On April 16, 1203Events April 16 Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. June 23 Fleet of the Fourth Crusade enters Bosphorus July 17 Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Philippe Auguste entered Rouen and definitively annexed Normandy to the French KingdomDuring the latter years of the elderly Charlemagne's rule, the Vikings made advances along the northern and western perimeters of his kingdom. After Charlemagne's death in 814 his heirs were incapable of maintaining any kind of political unity and the onc in 1204Events February Byzantine emperor Alexius IV is overthrown in a revolution, and Alexius V is proclaimed emperor. April 12 The Fourth Crusade take Constantinople by storm, and pillage the city for three days. End of the Fourth Crusade. May 16 Baldwin, Coun.
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, on January 19January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 346 days remaining (347 in leap years) Events 1419 Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which makes Normandy a part of England. 1764 John Wilkes is expelled, 1419Events January 19 Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. July 30 Battle of Prague Hussite forces under Jan Zizka defeat the army of Emperor Sigismund, who is forced to withdraw from B, Rouen surrendered to Henry V of EnglandHenry V ( August 9 or September 16, 1387 August 31, 1422), King of England, son of Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, was born at Monmouth, Wales, in September 1387. On his father's exile in 1398, Richard II took the boy into his own charge, and treate who made Normandy a part of England. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen on May 30, 1431.