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

Brest in c. 1700

• 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 - St. Louis Church, Brest 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 - Prison de Pontaniou built.
• 1848
  • Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
  • Lycée de Brest (school) founded.
• 1851 - Chamber of Commerce established.[3]
• 1858
  • Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
  • Société académique de Brest 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
  • La Dépêche de Brest newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • Population: 70,778.[6]
• 1898 - Brest tramway (1898) begins operating.

20th century

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

See also

• Brest history
• History of Brest, France
• List of mayors of Brest, France
• Timeline of Brittany

other cities in the Brittany region

• Timeline of Rennes
• Timeline of Vannes

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.
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.
7. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
8. "Brest". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
9. 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: Firmin Didot frères. 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).