Timeline of Besançon
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Prior to 19th century
- 58 BCE - Julius Caesar occupied Vesontio, the chief town of the Sequani.[1]
- 1st C. CE – Arènes de Besançon (amphitheatre) built on outskirts of La Boucle in Vesontio.
- 175 CE – Porte Noire (Besançon) (arch) built (approximate date).[1]
- 4th C. – Roman Catholic diocese of Besançon active.[2]
- 11th C. – Church of Notre-Dame, Besançon built.
- 1184 - Frederick I made it a free imperial city.[1]
- 1393 – Hôtel de Ville built.[3]
- 1487 – Printing press in operation.[4]
- 1537 – Besançon coat of arms adopted.
- 1540 – Palais Granvelle (Besançon) built by Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle.[1]
- 1573 – Hôtel de Ville rebuilt.[5]
- 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 - Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon (municipal library) founded.[1]
- 1749 – Besançon courthouse rebuilt.
- 1751 - Birth of Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans, inventor of steam-navigation.[1]
- 1752 – Besançon Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[6]
- 1766 – St. Madeleine Church built.
- 1786 – St. Peter's Church, Besançon built.[7]
- 1790 – Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.[8]
- 1793 – Population: 25,328.
- 1796 – Departmental archives of Doubs established.
19th century
- 1802 – 26 February: Birth of Victor Hugo, writer.[1]
- 1814 – Besançon besieged by Austrian forces.[1]
- 1818 – Besançon municipal library building opens.
- 1819 – Chamber of Commerce established.[9]
- 1831 – Fort Beauregard built.[10]
- 1833 – Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.[citation needed]
- 1843 – Parc Micaud created.[10]
- 1850 – Rue de Dole laid out.
- 1854 – Fountain installed in the Place de la Révolution (Besançon).
- 1856 – Railway begins operating.[10]
- 1871 – A project of Besançon Commune is engaged.
- 1876 – Population: 54,404.[11]
- 1883 – Le Petit Comtois newspaper in publication.[12]
- 1888 – Dairy College founded.
- 1892 – Besançon-les-Bains built.[10]
- 1893 – Kursaal de Besançon (theatre) opens.[13]
- 1896 – Dépêche Républicaine newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1897 – Besançon tramway begins operating.(fr)
- 1899 – Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.[14]
- 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.[12]
- 1906 - Population: 56,168.[1]
- 1910 – January 1910 Doubs river flood.
- 1911 – Population: 57,978.[15]
- 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.[16]
- 1960 – Planoise redevelopment process begins.
- 1964 – Gare de Besançon-Viotte rebuilt.
- 1968 – Population: 113,220.
- 1970 – Besançon courthouse attack.
- 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.[17]
- 2011 – Population: 115,879.
- 2014 – 30 August: commissioning of the Besançon tramway.
- 2015 – December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 held.[18]
- 2016 – Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
- 2001 – Anne Vignot becomes mayor.
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
- Arenas of Besançon
- other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
