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 – 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 – built.
- 1848
- Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
- (school) founded.
- 1851 – Chamber of Commerce established.[3]
- 1858
- Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
- 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 – begins operating.
20th century[]
- 1903 – Tramways Électrique du Finistère begins operating.
- 1905 – football club formed.
- 1911 – Population: 90,540.[7]
- 1930 – Plougastel Bridge built near city.
- 1932 – Gare de Brest built.
- 1939 – built.
- 1940
- begins.
- Gegen Engeland German-language newspaper begins publication.
- 1942 – Arsenal. built in the
- 1944
- August: Battle for Brest begins.
- 9 September: .
- 18 September: Germans ousted by Allied forces.[8]
- 1947
- 28 July: .
- begins operating.
- 1951 – Pont de l'Harteloire (bridge) built.
- 1954
- Pont de Recouvrance (bridge) built.
- [2] founded.
- 1957 – regional transit network created.
- 1958 – rebuilt.
- 1959 – becomes mayor.
- 1970 – University of Western Brittany founded.[9]
- 1973 - built.
- 1974 - Urban Community of Brest established.
- 1975 - Population: 166,826.
- 1976 – 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 – becomes mayor.
- 2012
- Brest tramway begins operating.
- Population: 141,315.
- 2014 – Brest Arena built.
- 2016 – begins operating.
- 2017 – , a mall and cultural venue, opens.
See also[]
- Brest history
- History of Brest, France
- other cities in the Brittany region
- Timeline of Rennes
References[]
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "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: . p. 244. hdl:2027/uiug.30112081968700.
- Joanne, Paul (1890). "Brest". Bretagne. Guides Joanne (in French).
- "Brest". L'Armorique. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1903. OCLC 457600236.
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