Brest: All Data
Brest 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
Brest: 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.
1341 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Breton Succession
1596 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Brest (1596), part of Hundred Years' Croatian-Ottoman War
1694 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Camaret, part of Nine Years' War
1781 AD
Mentioned in: Action of 1 May 1781, part of American Revolutionary War
1781 AD
Mentioned in: Action of 4 January 1781, part of American Revolutionary War
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fall Rot
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle for Brest
1944 AD
Mentioned in: Battle for Brest, part of Battle for Brest