Timeline of Brest, France
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To AD 1500
- 4th century AD – Port named as Osismis in the Notitia Dignitatum.
- AD 856 – Town name recorded as Bresta.
- 1060s – Moat dug around the Château de Brest (approximate date).
- 1240 – Ceded by a count of Léon to John I, Duke of Brittany
- 14th C. – Tour Tanguy built (approximate date).
- 1342 – 18 August: Battle of Brest (1342).
- 1386 – Siege of Brest (1386)
1500–1900
- 16th C. Château de Brest construction concluded.[1]
- 1512 – 10 August: Naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu occurs offshore.
- 1631 – Richelieu constructed a harbour with wooden wharves.[1]
- 1680/88 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban fortified the harbour.[1]
- 1694 – (18 June) Battle of Camaret, an English squadron under John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton, was miserably defeated.[1]
- 1702 – Saint-Louis de Brest Church 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.
- 1794 – French fleet, under Villaret de Joyeuse, was beaten by the English Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
- 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 (swing-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 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.
- 1961 – Hôtel de Ville completed.[9][10]
- 1970 – University of Western Brittany founded.[11]
- 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
