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 Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz, Maréchal de France en 1573  Bateau Terre-neuvier  François Athanase Charette de la Contrie | 1548
Only Pornic appears in the Pays de Retz on a map of the Brittany coast.
1581
Under Catherine de Clermont and Albert de Gondi (or Gondy), the Barony of Rais is erected as a duchesse and the spelling of "Rais" becomes "Retz".
1591
The Leagers take over Pornic.
1597
Albert de Gondi, Duke of Retz, friend of Henry IV, receives the feodal avowal from Saint-André of Pornic.
From 1600
Piracy harms the economy of Pornic.
1609
Henry de Gondy, Duke of Retz, decides to build the covered market.
1617
Three vessels coming from Pornic are captured by the Turks near the Pilier.
After 1668
Pornic becomes a privateer port.
From 1700
Since the XVIIth century, Pornic is one of the most important cod fishing port (on the banks of Terre Neuve / Newfoundland - Canada) and becomes an important port of trades.
The shipyards develop.
The coastal path along the seashore is created in order to enable the "gabelous" (customs officers in charge of gathering the salt tax) to watch over the shipping traffic and fight against smuggling.
The North Atlantic triangular trade expands.
1721
Pornic's General Hospital is created on the estate of Montplaisir.
1747
The Duke of Penthièvre, Brittany's Governor, inspects the defense of the Pornic seacoast.
1758
Pornic becomes the headquarter of a port authority for the coastguards.
1762
The Duke of Aiguillon, Brittany's Governor, inspects the defense of the Pornic seacoast.
1774
The Marquis of Brie-Serrant acquires the Barony of Retz. He thinks about building a channel connecting Pornic to the river Loire and a port of war in Pornic.
1780
FIve vessels coming from Pornic sink with their 36 sailors while fishing.
1783
The Priest Guillaume Galipaud is at the origin of the many stairs going down from the uptown to the quartier des Sables (Sand area). The people working at those stairs were jobless at the time.
1793
On March 23rd, Pornic, a Republican City, gets attacked, taken over and lost by the insurgents of the Vendée. Over 200 dead people get buried nearby La Sablière at the foot of the Huguenot Cross.
On March 27th, the insurgents of the Vendée, under the authority of Charette de la Contrie, take over Pornic again setting it on fire. They finally lose control at the end of April.
Source: "Pornic - Etoile et Reine" by Dominique PIERRELEE, Ed. SILOË, Laval, 1998
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