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Timeline of Brest, France

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 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.
  • 1702 - St. Louis Church, Brest consecrated.
  • 1749 - Saint-Sauveur Church built in Recouvrance.
  • 1751 - Brest Prison built.
  • 1752 - Académie de Marine founded.
  • 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.
  • 1840 - Paris–Brest railway begins operating.
  • 1848
  • Phare du Petit Minou and Phare du Portzic (lighthouses) built.
  • Lycée de Brest (school) founded.
  • 1851 - Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1858
  • Nantes-Brest canal begins operating.
  • Société académique de Brest founded.
  • 1861 - Pont National (bridge) built.
  • 1876 - Population: 66,828.
  • 1882 - Société de géographie de Brest founded.
  • 1886
  • La Dépêche de Brest newspaper begins publication.
  • Population: 70,778.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1957 - Bibus regional transit network created.
  • 1958 - St. Louis Church, Brest rebuilt.
  • 1959 - Georges Lombard becomes mayor.
  • 1970 - University of Western Brittany founded.
  • 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.
  • 2015 - Brest aerial tram construction begins.

    • References

    Timeline of Brest, France Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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