Timeline of Besançon

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 1st century CE - Arènes de Besançon (amphitheatre) built on outskirts of La Boucle in Vesontio.
• 175 CE - Porte Noire (Besançon) (arch) built (approximate date).[1]
• 4th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Besançon active.[2]
• 11th century - Church of Notre-Dame, Besançon built.
• 1393 - Besançon Town Hall built.
• 1487 - Printing press in operation.[3]
• 1537 - Besançon coat of arms adopted.
• 1540 - Palais Granvelle (Besançon) built.[1]
• 1668 - Citadel of Besançon construction begins.
• 1674 - Siege of Besançon.
• 1676 - Parlement of Besançon established.
• 1678 - Besançon becomes part of France per Treaty of Nijmegen.[1]
• 1694 - Boisot Library-Museum founded.[4]
• 1749 - Besançon courthouse rebuilt.
• 1752 - Besançon Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[5]
• 1766 - St. Madeleine Church built.
• 1786 - St. Peter's Church, Besançon built.[6]
• 1790 - Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.[7]
• 1793 - Population: 25,328.
• 1796 - Departmental archives of Doubs established.

19th century

• 1802 - 26 February: Birth of Victor Hugo.
• 1814 - Besançon besieged by Austrian forces.[1]
• 1818 - Besançon municipal library building opens.
• 1819 - Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
• 1831 - Fort Beauregard built.[9]
• 1833 - Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.
• 1843 - Parc Micaud created.[9]
• 1850 - Rue de Dole laid out.
• 1854 - Fountain installed in the Place de la Révolution (Besançon).
• 1856 - Railway begins operating.[9]
• 1876 - Population: 54,404.[10]
• 1883 - Le Petit Comtois newspaper in publication.[11]
• 1888 - Dairy College founded.
• 1892 - Besançon-les-Bains built.[9]
• 1893 - Kursaal de Besançon (theatre) opens.[12]
• 1896 - Dépêche Républicaine newspaper begins publication.[11]
• 1897 - Tram begins operating.^(fr)
• 1899 - Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.[13]
• 1900 - Fountain built on the Place Jean-Cornet.^(fr)

20th century

• 1902 - Victor Hugo statue erected on the Promenade Granvelle.^(fr)
• 1903 - Eclair Comtois newspaper begins publication.[11]
• 1910 - January 1910 Doubs river flood.
• 1911 - Population: 57,978.[14]
• 1945 - Jean Minjoz becomes mayor.
• 1948 - Besançon International Music Festival begins.
• 1951 - International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors begins.
• 1953 - Battant Bridge rebuilt.
• 1954 - Population: 73,445.
• 1957 - Botanical garden established at Place Leclerc.[15]
• 1960 - Planoise redevelopment process begins.
• 1964 - Gare de Besançon-Viotte rebuilt.
• 1968 - Population: 113,220.
• 1972
  • Centre dramatique national Besançon Franche-Comté established.
  • Francis of Assisi Church built.
• 1975 - Population: 120,315.
• 1977 - Robert Schwint becomes mayor.
• 1983 - Jean Minjoz Hospital opens.
• 1994 - Sunna Mosque, Besançon established.^(fr)

21st century

• 2001 - Jean-Louis Fousseret becomes mayor.
• 2002 - Musée du Temps de Besançon opens.
• 2005 - 3 November: 2005 Planoise Forum fire.
• 2010 - 13 December: School hostage crisis.[16]
• 2011 - Population: 115,879.[17]
• 2015 - December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 held.[17]
• 2016 - Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

See also

• Besançon history
• History of Besançon
• Chronology of Planoise, a neighborhood in Besançon
• Other names of Besançon e.g. Bisanz, Vesontio
• List of mayors of Besançon
• List of heritage sites in Besançon
• History of Doubs department
• History of Franche-Comté region

other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

• Timeline of Dijon

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
4. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
5. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
6. "Besancon". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
7. "Notice communale: Besançon". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
8. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
9. Histoire et formes urbaines (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved 30 December 2015
10. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
11. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
12. Salles de spectacles (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved 30 December 2015
13. "Sociétés savantes de France (Besançon)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
15. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
16. French nursery hostage drama ends safely, Reuters, 13 December 2010
17. "Données du Monde: Besançon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Besançon", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
• "Besançon", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive

in French

• L'Indicateur de Besançon: ou Almanach administratif, industriel et commercial (in French). Ch. Deis. 1837.
• Alexandre Guénard (1860). Besançon: description historique des monuments et établissements publics (in French).
• Auguste Castan (1880). Besançon et ses environs (in French).
• "Besancon". Le Jura. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1905. OCLC 457600236.
• "Besançon". Bourgogne, Morvan, Nivernais, Lyonnais. Guides Joanne (in French). 1907.
• Claude Fohlen (1964). Histoire de Besançon (in French). Nouvelle Librairie de France.

External links

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