Timeline of Rennes

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

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Before the 20th century

• 5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Rennes active. ^[1]
• 1356 – Siege of Rennes (1356-1357). ^[2]
• 1561 – Parlement of Brittany headquartered in Rennes. ^[2]
• 1589 – 13 March: Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur takes power. ^[3]
• 1598 – May: Entry of Henry IV into Rennes. ^[2]
• 1654 – Parlement of Brittany building  [ fr ] built. ^[4]
• 1672 – Saint George Palace built. ^[4]
• 1693 – Office of mayor established. ^[5]
• 1700 – St. Stephen's Church, Rennes  [ fr ] built.
• 1720 – December: 1720 Rennes fire  [ fr ]. ^[2]
• 1743 – Rennes City Hall built.
• 1757 – Brittany Society of Agriculture, Commerce and Arts  [ fr ] founded. ^[6]
• 1768 – Saint-Sauveur Basilica, Rennes  [ fr ] built.
• 1770 – Population: 23,143.
• 1790 – Rennes becomes part of the Ille-et-Vilaine souveraineté. ^[7]
• 1793 – Population: 30,160. ^[7]
• 1794 – Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes and Musée de Bretagne established. ^[8]
• 1803
  • Municipal library founded. ^{[9] [10] (fr)}
  • Lycée Émile-Zola  [ fr ] opens.
• 1836 – Opéra de Rennes opens.
• 1853 – Société d'horticulture d'Ille-et-Vilaine founded. ^[11]
• 1856 – Population: 45,664. ^[7]
• 1857 – Gare de Rennes built.
• 1858 – Rennes Chamber of Commerce  [ fr ] founded.
• 1878 – Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes women's prison begins operating.
• 1882 – Société de géographie de Rennes founded. ^[11]
• 1886 – Population: 66,139. ^[12]
• 1899 – Alfred Dreyfus' second trial takes place in Rennes. ^[2]

20th century

Rennes in the early 20th century

• 1903 – Prison Jacques-Cartier  [ fr ] built.
• 1911 – Population: 79,372. ^[13]
• 1933 – Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport built.
• 1936 – St. Theresa Church, Rennes  [ fr ] built.
• 1940
  • German occupation begins.^(fr)
  • September: Frontstalag 127 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans. ^[14]
  • October: Frontstalag 133 POW camp established by the Germans. ^[14]
• 1944 – 4 August: Liberation of Rennes by Allied forces.
• 1946 – Population: 113,781. ^[7]
• 1956 – Rennes partnered with Exeter, UK. ^[15]
• 1958 – Rennes partnered with Rochester, New York, USA. ^[15]
• 1961 – Le Liberté (Rennes)  [ fr ] (assembly hall) opens on the Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle (Rennes)  [ fr ].
• 1962 – Population: 151,948. ^[7]
• 1964 – Rennes partnered with Erlangen, Germany. ^[15]
• 1965 – Rennes partnered with Brno, Czech Republic. ^[15]
• 1967 – Rennes partnered with Sendai, Japan. ^[15]
• 1968 – Rennes "Maison de la Culture" established.
• 1970 – University of Rennes 1 established.
• 1977 – Edmond Hervé becomes mayor.
• 1980 – Rennes partnered with Leuven, Belgium.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1982
  • Rennes partnered with Setif, Algeria; ^[15] and Cork, Ireland.
  • Rennes becomes part of the Brittany (administrative region).
• 1983 – Regional Council of Brittany headquartered in the Hôtel de Courcy in Rennes.^(fr)
• 1989 – Theatre in Old St. Stephen's  [ fr ] in use.
• 1990
  • Socialist Party national congress held in Rennes.
  • Théâtre National de Bretagne established.
• 1991 – Rennes partnered with Almaty, Kazakhstan. ^[15]
• 1992
  • Gare de Rennes rebuilt.
  • Rennes partnered with Hué, Vietnam. ^[15]
• 1994 – February: Parlement of Brittany fire  [ fr ].
• 1995 – Rennes partnered with Bandiagara Cercle, Mali. ^[15]
• 1998 – Rennes partnered with Poznań, Poland. ^[15]
• 1999
  • Rennes partnered with Sibiu, Romania. ^[15]
  • Population: 206,229. ^[7]

21st century

• 2002
  • Rennes Metro begins operating.
  • Rennes partnered with Jinan, China. ^[15]
• 2006 – Les Champs Libres cultural centre opens.
• 2008
  • Pathe Gaumont cinema opens. ^[16]
  • Daniel Delaveau becomes mayor.
• 2012 – Population: 209,860.
• 2014
  • March: Rennes municipal election, 2014  [ fr ] held.
  • Nathalie Appéré becomes mayor.
• 2015 – December: Brittany regional election, 2015  [ fr ] held. ^[17]

See also

• History of Rennes
• List of mayors of Rennes  [ fr ]
• List of heritage sites in Rennes  [ fr ]
• History of Ille-et-Vilaine  [ fr ] department
• Timeline of Brittany  [ fr ]

other cities in the Brittany region

• Timeline of Brest, France
• Timeline of Vannes  [ fr ]

References

1. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 30 November 2015.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Rennes". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
4. Chambers 1901.
5. Ducrest de Villeneuve 1845.
6. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
7. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rennes , EHESS (in French).
8. "(Rennes)". Muséofile  [ fr ]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication  [ fr ]. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. "Histoire et chiffres". Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
10. Tedder, Henry Richard; Brown, James Duff (1911). "Libraries"  . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 545–577. see page 565-France.
11. "Sociétés savantes de France (Rennes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
12. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
14. "German Frontstalag Camps" . Retrieved 21 August 2022.
15. Des jumelages a la cooperation decentralisee (PDF) (in French), Archives de Rennes  [ fr ], 2014
16. "Movie Theaters in Rennes, France". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
17. "Résultats élections: Rennes", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

In English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Rennes", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, hdl:2027/mdp.39015057241088
• "Rennes", A Handbook for Travellers in France, London: John Murray, 1861
• C.B. Black (1876), "Rennes", Guide to the North of France, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black
• "Rennes", Northern France, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1899, OCLC   2229516
• "Rennes". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.
• "Rennes"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 100.

In French

• E. Ducrest de Villeneuve; D. Maillet (1845). Histoire de Rennes (in French). Rennes: Edouard Morault. (includes timeline)
• "Rennes". Bretagne orientale et Maine. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1902. OCLC   457600236.

External links

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