Timeline of Bologna
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 189 BCE - Town becomes a Roman colony.[1]
- 6th century CE - Byzantines in power.[2]
- 9th century CE - Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.[3]
- 902 - Town sacked by Hungarian forces.[4]
- 1109 - Torre Asinelli (tower) built.[4]
- 1110 - Torre Garisenda (tower) built.[4]
- 1112 - Bologna becomes a free town.[5]
- 1116 - University established.[1][6]
- 1167 - City joins Lombard League.[7]
- 1200 - Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
- 1245 - Palatium Novum built.
- 1249 - Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.[5]
- 1252 - Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.[3]
- 1263 - Church of San Francesco built.[7]
- 1337 - Taddeo de Pepoli in power.[4]
- 1348 - Black Death epidemic.[8]
- 1351 - Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.[1]
- 1356 - Public clock installed.[9]
- 1364 - Collegio di Spagna founded.[6]
- 1390 - San Petronio Basilica construction begins.[3]
- 1401 - Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.[4]
- 1436 - Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.[10]
- 1444 - Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.[5]
- 1477 - Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.[11]
- 1506 - Bologna annexed to the Papal States.[12]
- 1511 - French in power.[1]
- 1530 - Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1563 - Archiginnasio built.[2]
- 1567 - Fountain of Neptune installed.[5]
- 1568 - Orto Botanico (garden) established.
- 1582
- Catholic archbishopric established.[1]
- Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.[13]
- 1603 - Palazzo Caprara built.[14]
- 1615 - Accademia dei Floridi founded.[15]
- 1651 - Teatro Malvezzi built.
- 1666 - Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
- 1712 - Painting academy founded.[1]
- 1714 - Observatory built.[6]
- 1763 - Teatro Comunale built.[5]
- 1789 - Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.[6]
- 1796 - City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.[5]
- 1805 - Teatro del Corso opens.[5]
- 1814
- 1831 - 4 February: "Insurrection."[1]
- 1833 - Young Italy Party unrest.[6]
- 1859 - June: "Insurrection."[6]
- 1860 - Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[4]
- 1899 - Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.[16]
20th century
- 1901 - Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.[4]
- 1914 - Maserati automaker in business.
- 1926 - Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.[17]
- 1944 - Aerial bombing.[2]
- 1945 - April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
- 1950 - Population: 226,771.[2]
- 1977 - Student protest.[18]
- 1980 - 2 August: Train station bombing.[19]
- 1985 - Museo civico medievale opens.[20]
21st century
- 2011 - Virginio Merola becomes mayor.[21]
- 2013 - Population: 380,635.[22]
See also
- History of Bologna
- History of Bologna with timeline (in Italian)
- Other cities in Italy
- Timeline of Genoa
- Timeline of Milan
- Timeline of Naples
- Timeline of Siena
- Timeline of Trieste
- Timeline of Turin
- Timeline of Venice
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 George Henry Townsend (1867), "Bologna", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 241, OL 6112221M
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Colum Hourihane (2012). "Bologna". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Bologna", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Bologna", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Charles E. Little (1900), "Italy", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Bologna". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 96+. OCLC 31045650.
- ↑ Shona Kelly Wray (2009). Communities and Crisis: Bologna During the Black Death. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-17634-9.
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ Marc Vanscheeuwijck (1995). "Musical Performance at San Petronio in Bologna: a Brief History". Performance Practice Review 8 – via Claremont University Consortium.
- ↑ John Block Friedman; Kristen Mossler Figg (2000). "Ptolemy". Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-59094-9.
- ↑ Umberto Benigni (1913). "Bologna". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ "Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ Guida per la città di Bologna (in Italian). Bologna: Tipografia de S. Tommaso d' Aquino. 1844.
- ↑ Victor Crowther (1999). The Oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-158441-1.
- ↑ "Bologna (Italy) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Bologna". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ↑ "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ "Our Museums". Comune di Bologna. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved November 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Frederic Leopold Stolberg (1796), "(Bologna)", Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, Translated by Thomas Holcroft, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Bologna", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- Josiah Conder (1834), "Bologna", Italy, The Modern Traveller 32, London: J.Duncan
- "Bologna", Ober-Italien [Northern Italy], Meyers Reisebücher (in German), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1892
- "Bologna", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- T. Francis Bumpus (1900), "Ferrara and Bologna", Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy, London: Laurie
- Nuova guida di Bologna (in Italian). 1921.
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