Timeline of Milan
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Milan, Italy.
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BC era
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- 222 BC - Romans conquer Mediolanum.
3rd-8th centuries
- 286 AD - Western Roman Empire capital moves from Rome to Mediolanum
- 313 - Edict of Milan.
- 370 - Basilica of San Lorenzo consecrated.
- 379 - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio consecrated.
- 382 - San Nazaro in Brolo construction begins.
- 402 - City besieged by Visigoths.
- 452 - City besieged by Huns.
- 538 - City sacked by Ostrogoths.
- 569 - Lombards conquer city.
- 774 - Milan surrenders to the Franks.
12th-14th centuries
Ground was broken for Milan Cathedral in 1386
- 1162 - City sacked.
- 1183 - Milan becomes a duchy.
- 1233 - Palazzo della Ragione built.
- 1277 - Battle of Desio.
- 1336 - Public clock installed.[1]
- 1381 - Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Scala built.
- 1386 - Milan Cathedral begins construction.
15th-16th centuries
- 1447 - Golden Ambrosian Republic begins.
- 1450 - House of Sforza takes power.
- 1456 - Ospedale Maggiore begins construction.
- 1471 - Panfilo Castaldi printer in business (approximate date).
- 1482 - Santa Maria delle Grazie built.
- 1493 - Santa Maria presso San Celso begins construction.
- 1496 - Chiesa di Santa Maria della Passione built.
- 1508 - Santa Maria alla Fontana built.
- 1535 - City becomes part of Habsburg Spain.
- 1562 - Palazzo dei Giureconsulti begins construction.
- 1565 - Casa degli Omenoni built (approximate date).
- 1579 - San Fedele built.
- 1580 - Plague.[2]
17th century
- 1608 - Palazzo del Senato construction begins.
- 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens.
- 1618 - Pinacoteca Ambrosiana opens.
- 1630 - Plague begins.[2][3]
- 1631 - Palazzo Annoni construction begins.
- 1644 - Palazzo delle Scuole Palatine rebuilt.
18th century
- 1717 - Teatro Regio Ducal built.
- 1761 - Palazzo Litta built.
- 1762 - Madonnina (statue) erected.
- 1774 - Orto Botanico di Brera established.
- 1776 - Brera Academy founded.
- 1778
- La Scala inaugurated.
- Royal Palace of Milan expanded.
- 1779 - Teatro Lirico built.
- 1784 - Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli established.
- 1793 - Palazzo Serbelloni built.
- 1796 - Milan declared capital of Cisalpine Republic.
19th century
- 1807 - Milan Conservatory established.
- 1808 - Milan stock exchange established.
- 1817 - Caffè Cova opens.
- 1824 - Pasticceria Marchesi in business.[4]
- 1838 - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano founded.
- 1840 - Milan-Monza railway begins operating.
- 1848 - Five Days uprising against Austrian Empire.
- 1860 - Antonio Beretta becomes mayor.
- 1861
- Milan becomes part of Kingdom of Italy.
- City hall opens in Palazzo Marino.
- 1863 - Istituto Tecnico Superiore founded.
- 1864 - Milano Centrale station opens at Piazza della Repubblica.
- 1872
- Pirelli company founded.
- Ca' de Sass built.
- Teatro Dal Verme opens.
- 1876
- Corriere della Sera newspaper begins publication.[5]
- Trams begin operating.
- 1877 - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II built.
- 1879 - Milano Affori railway station and Milano Bovisa-Politecnico railway station open.
- 1881 - Population: 321,839.[6]
- 1886 - German School of Milan founded.
- 1888 - Parco Sempione established.
- 1896 - Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded.
- 1898 - Bava-Beccaris massacre.
- 1899 - A.C. Milan football club founded.
20th century
1900s-1940s
- 1902 - Bocconi University founded.
- 1903 - Palazzo Castiglioni built.
- 1906
- Simplon Tunnel opens.
- Casa Campanini built.
- Population: 560,613.[6]
- 1908 - Inter Milan football club founded.
- 1909 - Malpensa Airport established.
- 1912 - Messina tram depot built.
- 1915
- Castello Cova built.
- American Chamber of Commerce established.[7][8]
- 1917 - La Rinascente (shop) in business.[7]
- 1921
- Milan Sample Fair begins.[9]
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore established.
- 1924 - University of Milan founded.
- 1926 - Stadio San Siro opens.
- 1927 - A. Rizzoli & Co. founded.
- 1930 - Planetario di Milano inaugurated.
- 1931 - Milano Centrale railway station opens.
- 1933
- Trolleybuses begin operating.
- Torre Branca built in Parco Sempione.[10]
- 1934 - Institute for International Political Studies founded.
- 1935 - Villa Necchi Campiglio (residence) built.[11]
- 1937 - Linate Airport opens.
- 1939 - Anteo Spazio Cinema opens.[12]
- 1947 - Piccolo Teatro founded.[13]
1950s-1990s
- 1954 - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea inaugurated.
- 1955 - Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea founded.
- 1956 - Palazzo dell'Arengario built.
- 1958 - Milan Fashion Week begins.
- 1960 - Cinema Ambasciatori opens.[12]
- 1961 - Milan Furniture Fair begins.
- 1962 - Amica fashion magazine in publication.
- 1964 - Milan Metro begins operating.
- 1968 - IULM University of Milan founded.
- 1969 - Piazza Fontana bombing.
- 1975 - Armani fashion house founded.
- 1979 - MIP- Politecnico di Milano School of Management formed.
- 1980
- Plastic (nightclub) opens.
- Parco Alessandrini inaugurated.
- 1982 - Domus Academy established.
- 1985 - Dolce & Gabbana fashion house founded.
- 1986 - Class Editori founded.
- 1987
- MF Milano Finanza newspaper begins publication.
- Massimo De Carlo art gallery opens.
- 1990
- Milan Metro Line 3 begins operating.[14]
- Parco Agricolo Sud Milano established.
- 1991
- Viafarini (art entity) established.[15]
- 10 Corso Como in business.[16]
- 1995 - Documentation Center for Visual Arts founded.[15]
- 1996 - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Trussardi Foundation established.
- 1997 - Milan Passante railway begins operating.
- 1998 - University of Milan Bicocca established.
- 1999 - Malpensa Express begins operating.
21st century
- 2001 - O’artoteca (art organization) founded.[15]
- 2002
- Orto Botanico di Cascina Rosa established.
- Teatro degli Arcimboldi opens.
- 2004
- Gruppo A12 architects active.
- Bulgari Hotel in business.
- 2006 - Letizia Moratti becomes mayor.[17]
- 2008
- 2009
- Peep Hole[15] and Cardi Black Box art gallery active.[18]
- Homeless World Cup football contest held.
- 2010 - Population: 1,315,803.[19]
- 2011 - Giuliano Pisapia becomes mayor.[20]
- 2012
- Portello Park inaugurated.[21]
- Milan Area C congestion charge begins.
- Naples-Milan Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (train) begins operating.[22]
See also
- List of mayors of Milan
- List of rulers of Milan
- History of Milan
- History of Milan (in Italian)
- Other cities in Italy
- Timeline of Bologna
- Timeline of Florence
- Timeline of Genoa
- Timeline of Naples
- Timeline of Palermo
- Timeline of Rome
- Timeline of Siena
- Timeline of Trieste
- Timeline of Turin
- Timeline of Venice
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Plague at Milan", Saturday Magazine (London) (52), 27 April 1833
- ↑ Stefano D'Amico (2001). "Rebirth of a City: Immigration and Trade in Milan, 1630-59". The Sixteenth Century Journal 32. JSTOR 2671508.
- ↑ "Pasticceria Marchesi: ricordi al profumo di pasta frolla". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Milan. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ "Milan (Italy) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Milan", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Elisabetta Merlo; Francesca Polese (2006). "Turning Fashion into Business: The Emergence of Milan as an International Fashion Hub". Business History Review 80. JSTOR 25097225.
- ↑ Bulletin of the American Chamber of Commerce in Milan 1 (1), 1915
- ↑ "Milan Fair", Trade Bulletin of the Italy America Society, June 1925
- ↑ "You Know You’re a Milan Insider When". New York Times. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ "Leading Mansion". New York Times. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Movie Theaters in Milan". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ François Colbert (2005). "Company Profile: The Piccolo Teatro of Milan: Theatre of Europe". International Journal of Arts Management 7. JSTOR 41064853.
- ↑ Anna Trono; Maria Chiara Zerbi (2002). "Milan: The city of constant renewal". GeoJournal 58.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 "Italy". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Ten of the world’s most beautiful bookshops, BBC, 27 March 2014
- ↑ "Il Sindaco" (in Italian). Commune di Milano. Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ "Exhibitions". Milano: Cardi Black Box. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- ↑ "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ "Inaugurato il Parco Portello" (in Italian). Commune di Milano. 6 December 2012.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Bernardino Corio (1554), L'historia di Milano (in Italian), Vinegia: Giovan Maria Bonelli
- Morigia, Paolo (1595), La nobiltà di Milano, Milan: Pontio; 2nd edn (1619) with additions by Girolamo Borsieri, Milan: Bidelli.
Published in the 19th century
- 1800s-1840s
- Guide des étrangers à Milan et dans les environs de cette ville (in French), Milan: Pierre et Joseph Vallardi, 1819
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Milan", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Milan". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- Josiah Conder (1834), "Milan", Italy, The Modern Traveller 31, London: J.Duncan
- Mariana Starke (1839), "Milan", Travels in Europe (9th ed.), Paris: A. and W. Galignani
- Valery (1842). "Milan". Italy and its Comforts. London: Longman.
- 1850s-1890s
- Pietro Verri (1850), Storia di Milano (in Italian), Milano: Oliva
- "Milan", Black's Guide to Italy, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869
- "Milan", Italy (2nd ed.), Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1870
- "Milan", Ballou's Monthly Magazine (Boston: Thomes & Talbot), February 1875
- Fin Bec (August 1876), "Under Foreign Mahogany: Hotel Life in Milan", Gentleman's Magazine (London)
- "Milan", Cook's Tourist's Handbook for Northern Italy, London: T. Cook & Son, 1881
- J. Hardmeyer (1884), Milan, Illustrated Europe (15-16), Zurich: Orell Füssli & Co.
- W. Pembroke Fetridge (1884), "Milan", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East (23rd ed.), New York: Harper & Brothers
- "Milano". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian) (6th ed.). Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1887.
- "Milan", Appleton's European Guide Book, New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1888
- "Milan", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Italy, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1894
- "Milan", Hand-book for travellers in northern Italy (16th ed. ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
Published in the 20th century
- George Charles Williamson (1901), "Milan", Cities of Northern Italy, New York: A. Wessels company, OCLC 6516634
- Francesco Malaguzzi Valeri (1906), Milano (in Italian), Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche
- Cecilia M. Ady (1907), History of Milan under the Sforza, London: Methuen & Co., OCLC 4369439
- Milan, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1908
- "Milan", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
- W.J. Rolfe (1914), "Milan", Satchel Guide for the Vacation Tourist in Europe, Boston: Houghton Mifflin
- John Foot (1995). "The Family and the 'Economic Miracle': Social Transformation, Work, Leisure and Development at Bovisa and Comasina (Milan), 1950-70". Contemporary European History 4. JSTOR 20081556.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Milan". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
- John Foot (1999). "Television and the City: The Impact of Television in Milan, 1954-1960". Contemporary European History 8. JSTOR 20081718.
Published in the 21st century
- Stefano D'Amico (2000). "Crisis and Transformation: Economic Organization and Social Structures in Milan, 1570-1610". Social History 25. JSTOR 4286606.
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