Timeline of Brest, France explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 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)
• 16th C. Château de Brest construction concluded.
• 1512 – 10 August: Naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu occurs offshore.
• 1631 - Richelieu constructed a harbour with wooden wharves.
• 1680/88 - Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban fortified the harbour.
• 1694 - (18 June) Battle of Camaret, an English squadron under John Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley of Stratton, was miserably defeated.
• 1702 – consecrated.
• 1749 – Saint-Sauveur Church built in Recouvrance.
• 1751 – Brest Prison built.
• 1752 – Académie de Marine founded.^[1]
• 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 – built.
• 1848
  • Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
  • (school) founded.
• 1851 – Chamber of Commerce established.^[2]

• 1858
  • Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
  • founded.
• 1861 – Pont National (swing-bridge) built.
• 1865 – Paris–Brest railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Population: 66,828.^[3]
• 1882 – Société de géographie de Brest founded.
• 1886
  • newspaper begins publication.^[4]
  • Population: 70,778.^[5]
• 1898 – Brest tramway begins operating.

20th century

• 1903 – Tramways Électrique du Finistère begins operating.
• 1905 – football club formed.
• 1911 – Population: 90,540.^[6]
• 1930 – Plougastel Bridge built near city.
• 1932 – Gare de Brest built.
• 1939 – built.
• 1940
  • begins.
  • Gegen Engeland German-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1942 – built in the Arsenal.
• 1944
  • August: Battle for Brest begins.
  • 9 September: .
  • 18 September: Germans ousted by Allied forces.^[7]
• 1947
  • 28 July: .
  • begins operating.
• 1951 – Pont de l'Harteloire (bridge) built.
• 1954
  • Pont de Recouvrance (bridge) built.
  • founded.
• 1957 – regional transit network created.
• 1958 – rebuilt.
• 1959 – becomes mayor.
• 1970 – University of Western Brittany founded.^[8]
• 1973 - Rïnkla Stadium built.
• 1974 - Urban Community of Brest established.
• 1975 - Population: 166,826.
• 1976 – 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 – becomes mayor.
• 2012
  • Brest tramway begins operating.
  • Population: 141,315.
• 2014 – Brest Arena built.
• 2016 – begins operating.
• 2017 –, a mall and cultural venue, opens.

See also

• Brest history

other cities in the Brittany region

• Timeline of Rennes

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: John Murray. London. Handbook for Travellers in France. 1861. https://archive.org/stream/handbookfortrave1861john#page/126/mode/2up. Brest.
• Book: Adam and Charles Black. Edinburgh. Guide to the North of France. 1876. C.B. Black. https://archive.org/stream/guidetonorthfra01blacgoog#page/n572/mode/2up. Brest.
• Book: Karl Baedeker. Leipsic. Northern France. 1899. 2229516. https://archive.org/stream/northernfrance00karl#page/n327/mode/2up. Brest.
• Brest . 4 . 500 . 1910 . . 1.

in French

• Book: Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau.

  fr:Eusèbe Girault de Saint-Fargeau

  . Guide pittoresque: portatif et complet, du voyageur en France. fr. . Paris. 1850. 3rd. Brest. 244. 2027/uiug.30112081968700.
• Book: Bretagne. fr. Guides Joanne. 1890. Brest. Joanne. Paul.
• Book: L'Armorique. À la France: sites et monuments. Touring-Club de France. 457600236. Paris. fr. 1903. Brest. https://books.google.com/books?id=uDRPAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA71.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sociétés savantes de France (Brest) . . fr . Paris . 30 December 2015 .
2. Book: United States Department of Commerce . Archibald J. Wolfe . Commercial Organizations in France . 1915 . Government Printing Office . USA . List of Chambers . https://books.google.com/books?id=t3xHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA34 .
3. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1882 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France . 2027/nyp.33433081590428?urlappend=%3Bseq=106 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590428?urlappend=%3Bseq=106 .
4. Book: A. de Chambure. A travers la presse . 1914. Fert, Albouy & cie. . Paris . fr .
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1890 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . 2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590527?urlappend=%3Bseq=495 .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. France: Area and Population: Principal Towns . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=896 .
7. Web site: Brest . fr . Encyclopédie Larousse . . 30 December 2015 .
8. Book: Walter Rüegg .

   de:Walter Rüegg

   . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC&pg=PA578 .