Timeline of Brest, France
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brest, France.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1060s - Moat dug around the Château de Brest (approximate date).
- 14th century - Tour Tanguy built (approximate date).
- 1342 - 18 August: Battle of Brest (1342).
- 1512 - 10 August: Naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu occurs offshore.
- 1694 - 18 June: Battle of Camaret.[1]
- 1702 - St. Louis Church, Brest consecrated.
- 1749 - Saint-Sauveur Church built in Recouvrance.
- 1751 - Brest Prison built.
- 1752 - Académie de Marine founded.[2]
- 1783 - Questel Fort built.
- 1784 - Fort Montbarey built.
- 1793
- 2 January: Childers Incident occurs in the Goulet de Brest.
- Population: 24,180.
- 1805 - Prison de Pontaniou built.
- 1848
- Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
- Lycée de Brest (school) founded.
- 1851 - Chamber of Commerce established.[3]
- 1858
- Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
- Société académique de Brest founded.
- 1861 - Pont National (bridge) built.
- 1865 - Paris–Brest railway begins operating.
- 1876 - Population: 66,828.[4]
- 1882 - Société de géographie de Brest founded.[2]
- 1886
- 1898 - Brest tramway (1898) begins operating.
20th century
- 1903 - Tramways Électrique du Finistère begins operating.
- 1905 - AS Brestoise football club formed.
- 1911 - Population: 90,540.[7]
- 1930 - Plougastel Bridge built near city.
- 1932 - Gare de Brest built.
- 1939 - Augustin-Morvan Hospital built.
- 1940
- World War II begins.
- Gegen Engeland German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1942 - Brest submarine base built in the Arsenal.
- 1944
- August: Battle for Brest begins.
- 9 September: Sadi-Carnot explosion.
- 18 September: Germans ousted by Allied forces.[8]
- 1947
- 28 July: Ocean Liberty explosion.
- Brest trolleybus begins operating.
- 1951 - Pont de l'Harteloire (bridge) built.
- 1954
- Pont de Recouvrance (bridge) built.
- Société d'études de Brest et du Léon founded.[2]
- 1957 - Bibus regional transit network created.
- 1958 - St. Louis Church, Brest rebuilt.
- 1959 - Georges Lombard becomes mayor.
- 1970 - University of Western Brittany founded.[9]
- 1973 - Rïnkla Stadium built.
- 1974 - Urban Community of Brest established.
- 1975 - Population: 166,826.
- 1976 - Dialogues (bookshop) in business.
- 1982
- Pierre Maille becomes mayor.
- Brest becomes part of the Brittany (administrative region).
- 1986 - Brest European Short Film Festival begins.
- 1997 - Socialist Party national congress held in Brest.
21st century
- 2001 - François Cuillandre becomes mayor.
- 2012
- Brest tramway begins operating.
- Population: 141,315.
- 2014 - Brest Arena built.
- 2015 - Brest aerial tram construction begins.
See also
- Brest history
- History of Brest, France
- List of mayors of Brest, France
- Timeline of Brittany
- other cities in the Brittany region
- Timeline of Rennes
- Timeline of Vannes
References
- ↑ Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 "Sociétés savantes de France (Brest)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
- ↑ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
- ↑ A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890.
- ↑ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
- ↑ "Brest". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Brest". Handbook for Travellers in France. London: John Murray. 1861.
- C.B. Black (1876). "Brest". Guide to the North of France. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black.
- "Brest". Northern France. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1899. OCLC 2229516.
- "Brest", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brest", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
in French
- Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau (1850). "Brest". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères. p. 244.
- "Brest". Bretagne. Guides Joanne (in French). 1890.
- "Brest". L'Armorique. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1903. OCLC 457600236.
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