The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Besançon, France.
Prior to 19th century edit
- 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 – Besançon Town Hall built.
- 1487 – Printing press in operation.[3]
- 1537 – Besançon coat of arms adopted.
- 1540 – Palais Granvelle (Besançon) built by Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle.[1]
- 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.[4]
- 1766 – St. Madeleine Church built.
- 1786 – St. Peter's Church, Besançon built.[5]
- 1790 – Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.[6]
- 1793 – Population: 25,328.
- 1796 – Departmental archives of Doubs established.
19th century edit
- 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.[7]
- 1831 – Fort Beauregard built.[8]
- 1833 – Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.[citation needed]
- 1843 – Parc Micaud created.[8]
- 1850 – Rue de Dole laid out.
- 1854 – Fountain installed in the Place de la Révolution (Besançon).
- 1856 – Railway begins operating.[8]
- 1871 – A project of Besançon Commune is engaged.
- 1876 – Population: 54,404.[9]
- 1883 – Le Petit Comtois newspaper in publication.[10]
- 1888 – Dairy College founded.[1]
- 1892 – Besançon-les-Bains built.[8]
- 1893 – Kursaal de Besançon (theatre) opens.[11]
- 1896 – Dépêche Républicaine newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1897 – Besançon tramway begins operating.(fr)
- 1899 – Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.[12]
- 1900 – Fountain built on the Place Jean-Cornet.(fr)
20th century edit
- 1902 – Victor Hugo statue erected on the Promenade Granvelle.(fr)
- 1903 – Eclair Comtois newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1906 - Population: 56,168.[1]
- 1910 – January 1910 Doubs river flood.
- 1911 – Population: 57,978.[13]
- 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.[14]
- 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.[2]
- 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 edit
- 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.[15]
- 2011 – Population: 115,879.
- 2014 – 30 August: commissioning of the Besançon tramway.
- 2015 – December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 held.[16]
- 2016 – Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
- 2001 – Anne Vignot becomes mayor.
See also edit
- 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
- other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Henri Bouchot [in French] (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Besancon". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Besançon, EHESS (in French).
- ^ United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
- ^ a b c d Histoire et formes urbaines (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved 30 December 2015
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1882). "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590428.
- ^ a b c A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
- ^ Salles de spectacles (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved 30 December 2015
- ^ "Sociétés savantes de France (Besançon)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ French nursery hostage drama ends safely, Reuters, 13 December 2010
- ^ "Résultats élections: Besançon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 11 April 2022
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- "Besançon", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, hdl:2027/hvd.hnny8y, OCLC 01820283
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 819–820.
in French edit
- L'Indicateur de Besançon: ou Almanach administratif, industriel et commercial (in French). Ch. Deis. 1837.
- Alexandre Guénard (1860). Besançon: description historique des monuments et établissements publics (in French). Baudin.
- Auguste Castan [in French] (1880). Besançon et ses environs (in French). Marion.
- "Besancon". Le Jura. À la France: sites et monuments (in French). Paris: Touring-Club de France. 1905. OCLC 457600236.
- "Besançon". Bourgogne, Morvan, Nivernais, Lyonnais. Guides Joanne (in French). 1907. hdl:2027/uc1.$b192332.
- Claude Fohlen [in French] (1964). Histoire de Besançon (in French). Nouvelle Librairie de France.
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