Timeline of Besançon

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

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Prior to 19th century

• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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]

20th century

• 1900 - Fountain built on the Place Jean-Cornet.^(fr)
• 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.
  • 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

• Timeline of Dijon

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: France". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved December 2015.
3. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
4. Henry R. Tedder; E.C. Thomas (1882), "Libraries: France", Encyclopaedia Britannica 14 (9th ed.), New York (list of cities)
5. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Retrieved December 2015.
6. "Besancon". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Éditions Larousse. Retrieved December 2015.
7. "Notice communale: Besançon". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (in French). France: School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Retrieved December 2015.
8. United States Department of Commerce; Archibald J. Wolfe (1915). "List of Chambers". Commercial Organizations in France. USA: Government Printing Office.
9. Histoire et formes urbaines (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved December 2015
10. "France". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1882.
11. A. de Chambure (1914). A travers la presse (in French). Paris: Fert, Albouy & cie.
12. Salles de spectacles (in French), Ville de Besançon, retrieved December 2015
13. "Sociétés savantes de France (Besançon)" (in French). Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved December 2015.
14. "France: Area and Population: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
15. "Garden Search: France". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 2015.
16. French nursery hostage drama ends safely, Reuters, 13 December 2010
17. "Données du Monde: Besançon", Le Monde (in French), retrieved 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", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive

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 (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 (1964). Histoire de Besançon (in French). Nouvelle Librairie de France.

External links

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