Timeline of Besançon
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Besançon, France.
Prior to 19th century
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- 1st century CE - Arènes de Besançon (amphitheatre) built on outskirts of La Boucle in Vesontio.
- 175 CE - Porte Noire (Besançon) (arch) built (approximate date).[1]
- 4th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Besançon active.[2]
- 11th century - Church of Notre-Dame, Besançon built.
- 1393 - Besançon Town Hall built.
- 1487 - Printing press in operation.[3]
- 1537 - Besançon coat of arms adopted.
- 1540 - Palais Granvelle (Besançon) built.[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 - Boisot Library-Museum founded.[4]
- 1749 - Besançon courthouse rebuilt.
- 1752 - Besançon Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts founded.[5]
- 1766 - St. Madeleine Church built.
- 1786 - St. Peter's Church, Besançon built.[6]
- 1790 - Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.[7]
- 1793 - Population: 25,328.
- 1796 - Departmental archives of Doubs established.
19th century
- 1802 - 26 February: Birth of Victor Hugo.
- 1814 - Besançon besieged by Austrian forces.[1]
- 1818 - Besançon municipal library building opens.
- 1819 - Chamber of Commerce established.[8]
- 1831 - Fort Beauregard built.[9]
- 1833 - Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.[citation needed]
- 1843 - Parc Micaud created.[9]
- 1850 - Rue de Dole laid out.
- 1854 - Fountain installed in the Place de la Révolution (Besançon).
- 1856 - Railway begins operating.[9]
- 1876 - Population: 54,404.[10]
- 1883 - Le Petit Comtois newspaper in publication.[11]
- 1888 - Dairy College founded.[1]
- 1892 - Besançon-les-Bains built.[9]
- 1893 - Kursaal de Besançon (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1896 - Dépêche Républicaine newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1897 - Tram begins operating.(fr)
- 1899 - Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.[13]
- 1900 - Fountain built on the Place Jean-Cornet.(fr)
20th century
- 1902 - Victor Hugo statue erected on the Promenade Granvelle.(fr)
- 1903 - Eclair Comtois newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1910 - January 1910 Doubs river flood.
- 1911 - Population: 57,978.[14]
- 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.[15]
- 1960 - Planoise redevelopment process begins.
- 1964 - Gare de Besançon-Viotte rebuilt.
- 1968 - Population: 113,220.
- 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
- 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.[16]
- 2011 - Population: 115,879.[17]
- 2015 - December: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional election, 2015 held.[17]
- 2016 - Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
See also
- 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
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 14 (9th ed.), New York
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (list of cities) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Notice communale: Besançon". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ 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
- ^ "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ French nursery hostage drama ends safely, Reuters, 13 December 2010
- ^ a b "Données du Monde: Besançon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 30 December 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Besançon", Northern France (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1905, OCLC 01820283
- "Besançon", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
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in French
- 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).
- Auguste Castan [in French] (1880). Besançon et ses environs (in French).
- "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.
- Claude Fohlen [in French] (1964). Histoire de Besançon (in French). Nouvelle Librairie de France.
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