Timeline of Brest, France

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

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. 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 – Saint-Louis de Brest Church 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. 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.

1858 Nantes-Brest canal begins operating. founded. 1861 – Pont National (swing-bridge) built. 1865 – Paris–Brest railway begins operating. 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 begins operating.

20th century

1903 – Tramways Électrique du Finistère begins operating. 1905 – football club formed. 1911 – Population: 90,540. 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. 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. 1961 – Hôtel de Ville completed. 1970 – University of Western Brittany founded. 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.

Timeline of Brest, France

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