Timeline of Rennes

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

Before the 20th century

 * 5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Rennes active.
 * 1356 – Siege of Rennes (1356-1357).
 * 1561 – Parlement of Brittany headquartered in Rennes.
 * 1589 – 13 March: Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur takes power.
 * 1598 – May: Entry of Henry IV into Rennes.
 * 1654 – built.
 * 1672 – Saint George Palace built.
 * 1693 – Office of mayor established.
 * 1700 – built.
 * 1720 – December:.
 * 1743 – Rennes City Hall built.
 * 1757 – founded.
 * 1768 – built.
 * 1770 – Population: 23,143.
 * 1790 – Rennes becomes part of the Ille-et-Vilaine souveraineté.
 * 1793 – Population: 30,160.
 * 1794 – Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes and Musée de Bretagne established.
 * 1803
 * Municipal library founded. (fr)
 * opens.
 * 1836 – Opéra de Rennes opens.
 * 1853 – Société d'horticulture d'Ille-et-Vilaine founded.
 * 1856 – Population: 45,664.
 * 1857 – Gare de Rennes built.
 * 1858 – founded.
 * 1878 – Centre pénitentiaire de Rennes women's prison begins operating.
 * 1882 – Société de géographie de Rennes founded.
 * 1886 – Population: 66,139.
 * 1899 – Alfred Dreyfus' second trial takes place in Rennes.

20th century

 * 1903 – built.
 * 1911 – Population: 79,372.
 * 1933 – Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport built.
 * 1936 – built.
 * 1940
 * German occupation begins.(fr)
 * September: Frontstalag 127 prisoner-of-war camp for Allied POWs established by the Germans.
 * October: Frontstalag 133 POW camp established by the Germans.
 * 1944 – 4 August: Liberation of Rennes by Allied forces.
 * 1946 – Population: 113,781.
 * 1956 – Rennes partnered with Exeter, UK.
 * 1958 – Rennes partnered with Rochester, New York, USA.
 * 1961 – (assembly hall) opens on the.
 * 1962 – Population: 151,948.
 * 1964 – Rennes partnered with Erlangen, Germany.
 * 1965 – Rennes partnered with Brno, Czech Republic.
 * 1967 – Rennes partnered with Sendai, Japan.
 * 1968 – Rennes "Maison de la Culture" established.
 * 1970 – University of Rennes 1 established.
 * 1977 – Edmond Hervé becomes mayor.
 * 1980 – Rennes partnered with Leuven, Belgium.
 * 1982
 * Rennes partnered with Setif, Algeria; and Cork, Ireland.
 * Rennes becomes part of the Brittany (administrative region).
 * 1983 – Regional Council of Brittany headquartered in the Hôtel de Courcy in Rennes.(fr)
 * 1989 – in use.
 * 1990
 * Socialist Party national congress held in Rennes.
 * Théâtre National de Bretagne established.
 * 1991 – Rennes partnered with Almaty, Kazakhstan.
 * 1992
 * Gare de Rennes rebuilt.
 * Rennes partnered with Hué, Vietnam.
 * 1994 – February:.
 * 1995 – Rennes partnered with Bandiagara Cercle, Mali.
 * 1998 – Rennes partnered with Poznań, Poland.
 * 1999
 * Rennes partnered with Sibiu, Romania.
 * Population: 206,229.

21st century

 * 2002
 * Rennes Metro begins operating.
 * Rennes partnered with Jinan, China.
 * 2006 – Les Champs Libres cultural centre opens.
 * 2008
 * Pathe Gaumont cinema opens.
 * Daniel Delaveau becomes mayor.
 * 2012 – Population: 209,860.
 * 2014
 * March: held.
 * Nathalie Appéré becomes mayor.
 * 2015 – December: held.

In French

 * (includes timeline)