Timeline of Brest, France

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 1060s – Moat dug around the Château de Brest (approximate date).
• 1240 - Ceded by a count of Léon to John I, Duke of Brittany
• 14th C. – Tour Tanguy built (approximate date).
• 1342 – 18 August: Battle of Brest (1342).
• 1386 - Siege of Brest (1386)
• 16th C. Château de Brest construction concluded. ^[1]
• 1512 – 10 August: Naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu occurs offshore.
• 1631 - Richelieu constructed a harbour with wooden wharves. ^[1]
• 1680/88 - Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban fortified the harbour. ^[1]
• 1694 - (18 June) Battle of Camaret, an English squadron under John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton, was miserably defeated. ^[1]
• 1702 – Saint-Louis de Brest Church 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.
• 1794 - French fleet, under Villaret de Joyeuse, was beaten by the English Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
• 1805 – Prison de Pontaniou  [ fr ] built.
• 1848
  • Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
  • Lycée de Brest  [ fr ] (school) founded.
• 1851 – Chamber of Commerce established. ^[3]

Brest in c. 1700

• 1858
  • Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
  • Société académique de Brest  [ fr ] founded.
• 1861 – Pont National (swing-bridge) built.
• 1865 – Paris–Brest railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Population: 66,828. ^[4]
• 1882 – Société de géographie de Brest founded. ^[2]
• 1886
  • La Dépêche de Brest newspaper begins publication. ^[5]
  • Population: 70,778. ^[6]
• 1898 – Brest tramway begins operating.

20th century

• 1903 – Tramways Électrique du Finistère begins operating.
• 1905 – AS Brestoise  [ fr ] football club formed.
• 1911 – Population: 90,540. ^[7]
• 1930 – Plougastel Bridge built near city.
• 1932 – Gare de Brest built.
• 1939 – Augustin-Morvan Hospital  [ fr ] built.
• 1940
  • World War II  [ fr ] begins.
  • Gegen Engeland German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1942 – Brest submarine base  [ fr ] built in the Arsenal.
• 1944
  • August: Battle for Brest begins.
  • 9 September: Sadi-Carnot explosion  [ fr ].
  • 18 September: Germans ousted by Allied forces. ^[8]
• 1947
  • 28 July: Ocean Liberty explosion  [ fr ].
  • Brest trolleybus  [ fr ] begins operating.
• 1951 – Pont de l'Harteloire (bridge) built.
• 1954
  • Pont de Recouvrance (bridge) built.
  • Société d'études de Brest et du Léon  [ fr ] founded. ^[2]
• 1957 – Bibus  [ fr ] regional transit network created.
• 1958 – St. Louis Church, Brest  [ fr ] rebuilt.
• 1959 – Georges Lombard  [ fr ] becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Hôtel de Ville completed. ^{[9] [10]}
• 1970 – University of Western Brittany founded. ^[11]
• 1973 - Rïnkla Stadium built.
• 1974 - Urban Community of Brest established.
• 1975 - Population: 166,826.
• 1976 – Dialogues (bookshop)  [ fr ] 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  [ fr ] becomes mayor.
• 2012
  • Brest tramway begins operating.
  • Population: 141,315.
• 2014 – Brest Arena built.
• 2016 – Brest aerial tram  [ fr ] begins operating.
• 2017 – Les Ateliers des Capucins  [ fr ], a mall and cultural venue, opens.

See also

• Brest history
• History of Brest, France  [ fr ]
• List of mayors of Brest, France  [ fr ]
• Timeline of Brittany  [ fr ]

other cities in the Brittany region

• Timeline of Rennes
• Timeline of Vannes  [ fr ]

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Sociétés savantes de France (Brest)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
4. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
5. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
6. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
7. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
8. "Brest". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. "Medal – Ville de Brest". Numista. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
10. "Hôtel de Ville de Brest". PSS Architecture. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
11. Walter Rüegg [in German], ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 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 . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 500.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brest", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776

in French

• Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau [in French] (1850). "Brest". Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France (in French) (3rd ed.). Paris: Firmin Didot frères  [ fr ]. 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.

External links

• Items related to Brest, various dates (via Europeana).
• Items related to Brest, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).