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 – Hôtel de Ville built. ^[6]
• 1757 – Brittany Society of Agriculture, Commerce and Arts  [ fr ] founded. ^[7]
• 1768 – Saint-Sauveur Basilica, Rennes  [ fr ] built.
• 1770 – Population: 23,143.
• 1790 – Rennes becomes part of the Ille-et-Vilaine souveraineté. ^[8]
• 1793 – Population: 30,160. ^[8]
• 1794 – Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes and Musée de Bretagne established. ^[9]
• 1803
  • Municipal library founded. ^{[10] [11] (fr)}
  • Lycée Émile-Zola  [ fr ] opens.
• 1836 – Opéra de Rennes opens.
• 1853 – Société d'horticulture d'Ille-et-Vilaine founded. ^[12]
• 1856 – Population: 45,664. ^[8]
• 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. ^[12]
• 1886 – Population: 66,139. ^[13]
• 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. ^[14]
• 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. ^[15]
  • October: Frontstalag 133 POW camp established by the Germans. ^[15]
• 1944 – 4 August: Liberation of Rennes by Allied forces.
• 1946 – Population: 113,781. ^[8]
• 1956 – Rennes partnered with Exeter, UK. ^[16]
• 1958 – Rennes partnered with Rochester, New York, USA. ^[16]
• 1961 – Le Liberté (Rennes)  [ fr ] (assembly hall) opens on the Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle (Rennes)  [ fr ].
• 1962 – Population: 151,948. ^[8]
• 1964 – Rennes partnered with Erlangen, Germany. ^[16]
• 1965 – Rennes partnered with Brno, Czech Republic. ^[16]
• 1967 – Rennes partnered with Sendai, Japan. ^[16]
• 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; ^[16] 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. ^[16]
• 1992
  • Gare de Rennes rebuilt.
  • Rennes partnered with Hué, Vietnam. ^[16]
• 1994 – February: Parlement of Brittany fire  [ fr ].
• 1995 – Rennes partnered with Bandiagara Cercle, Mali. ^[16]
• 1998 – Rennes partnered with Poznań, Poland. ^[16]
• 1999
  • Rennes partnered with Sibiu, Romania. ^[16]
  • Population: 206,229. ^[8]

21st century

• 2002
  • Rennes Metro begins operating.
  • Rennes partnered with Jinan, China. ^[16]
• 2006 – Les Champs Libres cultural centre opens.
• 2008
  • Pathe Gaumont cinema opens. ^[17]
  • 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. ^[18]

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. "Hôtel de ville de Rennes". PSS Architecture. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
7. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
8. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rennes , EHESS (in French).
9. "(Rennes)". Muséofile  [ fr ]: Répertoire des musées français (in French). Ministre de la Culture et de la Communication  [ fr ]. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
10. "Histoire et chiffres". Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
11. 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.
12. "Sociétés savantes de France (Rennes)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
13. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1890. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590527.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
15. "German Frontstalag Camps" . Retrieved 21 August 2022.
16. Des jumelages a la cooperation decentralisee (PDF) (in French), Archives de Rennes  [ fr ], 2014
17. "Movie Theaters in Rennes, France". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
18. "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).