Timeline of Besançon

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Besançon, France.

Prior to 19th century[]

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• 1st century CE –  [fr] (amphitheatre) built on outskirts of  [fr] in Vesontio [fr].
• 175 CE –  [fr] (arch) built (approximate date).^[1]
• 4th century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Besançon active.^[2]
• 11th century –  [fr] built.
• 1393 –  [fr] built.
• 1487 – Printing press in operation.^[3]
• 1537 –  [fr] adopted.
• 1540 –  [fr] built.^[1]
• 1668 – Citadel of Besançon construction begins.
• 1674 – Siege of Besançon.
• 1676 – Parlement of Besançon established.
• 1678 – Besançon becomes part of France per Treaty of Nijmegen.^[1]
• 1694 – Boisot Library-Museum founded.^[4]
• 1749 –  [fr] rebuilt.
• 1752 –  [fr] founded.^[5]
• 1766 – St. Madeleine Church built.
• 1786 –  [fr] built.^[6]
• 1790 – Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.^[7]
• 1793 – Population: 25,328.
• 1796 – Departmental archives of Doubs established.
• 1871 – A project of Besançon Commune is engaged.

19th century[]

• 1802 – 26 February: Birth of Victor Hugo.
• 1814 – Besançon besieged by Austrian forces.^[1]
• 1818 – Besançon municipal library building opens.
• 1819 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[8]
• 1831 – Fort Beauregard built.^[9]
• 1833 – Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 1843 –  [fr] created.^[9]
• 1850 –  [fr] laid out.
• 1854 – Fountain installed in the  [fr].
• 1856 – Railway begins operating.^[9]
• 1876 – Population: 54,404.^[10]
• 1883 –  [fr] newspaper in publication.^[11]
• 1888 –  [fr] founded.[1]
• 1892 –  [fr] built.^[9]
• 1893 –  [fr] (theatre) opens.^[12]
• 1896 – Dépêche Républicaine newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1897 – Tram begins operating.^(fr)
• 1899 – Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.^[13]
• 1900 – Fountain built on the Place Jean-Cornet.^(fr)

20th century[]

• 1902 – Victor Hugo statue erected on the Promenade Granvelle.^(fr)
• 1903 – Eclair Comtois newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1910 – January 1910 Doubs river flood.
• 1911 – Population: 57,978.^[14]
• 1945 – Jean Minjoz becomes mayor.
• 1948 – Besançon International Music Festival begins.
• 1951 – International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors begins.
• 1953 –  [fr] rebuilt.
• 1954 – Population: 73,445.
• 1957 – Botanical garden established at Place Leclerc.^[15]
• 1960 – Planoise redevelopment process begins.
• 1964 – Gare de Besançon-Viotte rebuilt.
• 1968 – Population: 113,220.
• 1972
  •  [fr] established.[2]
  • Francis of Assisi Church built.
• 1975 – Population: 120,315.
• 1977 –  [fr] becomes mayor.
• 1983 – Jean Minjoz Hospital opens.
• 1994 –  [fr] established.^(fr)

21st century[]

• 2001 – Jean-Louis Fousseret becomes mayor.
• 2002 –  [fr] opens.
• 2005 – 3 November: 2005 Planoise Forum fire.
• 2010 – 13 December: School hostage crisis.^[16]
• 2011 – Population: 115,879.^[17]
• 2014 – 30 August: commissioning of the Besançon tramway.
• 2015 – December:  [fr] held.^[17]
• 2016 – Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
• 2001 – becomes mayor.

See also[]

• Besançon history
•  [fr]
• Chronology of Planoise, a neighborhood in Besançon
• Other names of Besançon e.g. Bisanz, Vesontio
•  [fr]
•  [fr]
•  [fr] department
•  [fr] region

other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

• Timeline of Dijon

References[]

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

External links[]

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