Besançon: All Data
Besançon is a city in France and Monaco. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Besançon: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1291 AD
Capital of Imperial City of Bisanz
1649 AD
Mentioned in Event: Peace of Westphalia
1668 AD
Mentioned in Event: France Comté Front (War of Devolution)
1669 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
1674 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Dutch War
1674 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Besançon, part of Franco-Dutch War
1789 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Franche-Comté, part of Kingdom of France
1803 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Doubs, part of First French Republic
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Doubs, part of First French Empire
1814 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Besançon (1814), part of War of the Sixth Coalition
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal (Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Government of National Defence
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fall Rot
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Dragoon
1982 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Region of Franche-Comté, part of French Fifth Republic