Timeline Of Besançon

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

Prior to 19th century

* 58 BCE - Julius Caesar occupied Vesontio, the chief town of the Sequani.
* 1st C. CE – (amphitheatre) built on outskirts of in .
* 175 CE – (arch) built (approximate date).
* 4th C. – Roman Catholic diocese of Besançon active.
* 11th C. – built.
* 1184 - Frederick I made it a free imperial city.
* 1393 – built.
* 1487 – Printing press in operation.
* 1537 – adopted.
* 1540 – built by Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle.
* 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.
* 1694 - Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon (municipal library) founded.
* 1749 – rebuilt.
* 1751 - Birth of Marquis de Jouffroy d'Abbans, inventor of steam-navigation.
* 1752 – founded.
* 1766 – St. Madeleine Church built.
* 1786 – built.
* 1790 – Besançon becomes part of the Doubs souveraineté.
* 1793 – Population: 25,328.
* 1796 – Departmental archives of Doubs established.

19th century

* 1802 – 26 February: Birth of Victor Hugo, writer.
* 1814 – Besançon besieged by Austrian forces.
* 1818 – Besançon municipal library building opens.
* 1819 – Chamber of Commerce established.
* 1831 – Fort Beauregard built.
* 1833 – Rhone–Rhine Canal opens.
* 1843 – created.
* 1850 – laid out.
* 1854 – Fountain installed in the .
* 1856 – Railway begins operating.
* 1871 – A project of Besançon Commune is engaged.
* 1876 – Population: 54,404.
* 1883 – ' newspaper in publication.
* 1888 – founde

* 1892 – built.
* 1893 – (theatre) opens.
* 1896 – ''Dépêche Républicaine'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1897 – Besançon tramway begins operating.^{( fr)}
* 1899 – Société d'histoire naturelle du Doubs established.
* 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.
* 1906 - Population: 56,168.
* 1910 – January 1910 Doubs river flood.
* 1911 – Population: 57,978.
* 1945 – Jean Minjoz becomes mayor.
* 1948 – Besançon International Music Festival begins.
* 1951 – International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors begins.
* 1953 – rebuilt.
* 1954 – Population: 73,445.
* 1957 – Botanical garden established at Place Leclerc.
* 1960 – Planoise redevelopment process begins.
* 1964 – Gare de Besançon-Viotte rebuilt.
* 1968 – Population: 113,220.
* 1970 – Besançon courthouse attack.
* 1972
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** Francis of Assisi Church built.
* 1975 – Population: 120,315.
* 1977 – becomes mayor.
* 1983 – Jean Minjoz Hospital opens.
* 1994 – established.^{( fr)}

21st century

* 2001 – Jean-Louis Fousseret becomes mayor.
* 2002 – opens.
* 2005 – 3 November: 2005 Planoise Forum fire.
* 2010 – 13 December: School hostage crisis.
* 2011 – Population: 115,879.
* 2014 – 30 August: commissioning of the Besançon tramway.
* 2015 – December: held.
* 2016 – Besançon becomes part of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
* 2001 – Anne Vignot becomes mayor.

See also

* Besançon history
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* Chronology of Planoise, a neighborhood in Besançon
* Other names of Besançon e.g. Bisanz, Vesontio
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* department
* region

;other cities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region
* Timeline of Dijon

References

''This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.''

Bibliography

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External links

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