Timeline of L'Aquila

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

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1240 - Settlement founded by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate date).^[1]
1257 - Roman Catholic diocese of L'Aquila active.^[2]
1259 - Town sacked by forces of Manfred, King of Sicily.^[3]
1266 - Rebuilding of town by Charles I of Naples begins.^[4]
1272
- Walls of L'Aquila construction begins.^[4]
- Fontana delle 99 cannelle (fountain) built.^[3]
1288 - Santa Maria di Collemaggio church consecrated near town.
1300 - Cathedral of San Massimo construction begins (approximate date).^[4]
1308 - Chiesa di Santa Maria Paganica (church) built.^[4]
1309 - Chiesa di San Domenico (L'Aquila) (church) construction begins.^[4]
1315 - Earthquake.^[5]^(it)
1349 - Earthquake.^[5]^(it)
1423 - War of L'Aquila begins.
1461 - Earthquake of L'Aquila of 1461.^[5]
1469 - Santa Maria del Soccorso church construction begins.^[4]^(it)
1472 - Basilica of San Bernardino built.^[3]
1482 - Printing press in operation.^[6]
1510 - Palazzo Carli Benedetti built (approximate date).^[4]
1517 - Mausoleum of Pope Celestine V built in the Santa Maria di Collemaggio church.^[3]
1521 - Spaniards in power.^[3]
1534 - Forte Spagnolo (fort) built.^[3]
1646 - Earthquake.^[5]
1647 - Oratorio di Sant'Antonio dei Cavalieri de' Nardis consecrated.^[4]
1657 - Plague outbreak.^[7]
1703 - 14 January: Earthquake.^[1]
1719 - Accademia degli Arcadi Colonia Aternina founded.
1725 - Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (L'Aquila) (church) built.^[4]
1743 - Palazzo Ardinghelli built.
1745 - Santa Caterina Martire church built (approximate date).^[4]^(it)
1756 - Palazzo Centi built (approximate date).^[4]
1775 - Santa Maria del Suffragio church built.^[4]
1786 - Earthquake.^[5]^(it)
1799 - L'Aquila sacked by French forces.^[3]
1875 - L'Aquila railway station opens; Sulmona-L'Aquila railway begins operating.
1876 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila established.^[2]
1897 - Population: 21,202.^[8]

20th century

1922 - Ferrovia L'Aquila-Capitignano (railway) begins operating.
1927 - L'Aquila Calcio 1927 (football club) formed.
1934 - Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia (cable car) begins operating.
1950 - Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo (museum) established.
1952 - Istituto Universitario di Magistero^[9] and Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore established.
1966 - Tullio De Rubeis becomes mayor.
1968 - L'Aquila–Preturo Airport built.
1969 - Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila (school) established.
1984 - Traforo del Gran Sasso (road tunnel) opens near city.
1990 - Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation founded.
1991 - Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park in vicinity of L'Aquila.
1998 - Local election held; Biagio Tempesta becomes mayor.

21st century

2007 - Local election held; Massimo Cialente becomes mayor.
2009
- 6 April: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.^[10]
- July: International 35th G8 summit held in L'Aquila.
2013 - Population: 68,304.^[11]
2016 - Stadio Gran Sasso d'Italia-Italo Acconcia (stadium) opens.

References

1 2 Domenico 2002.
1 2 "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Britannica 1910.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Adriano Ghisetti Giavarina. "L'Aquila". Oxford Art Online. (Subscription required (help)). Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017
1 2 3 4 5 Baratta 1901.
↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Aquila". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
↑ "La Citta: La storia" (in Italian). Comune di L’Aquila. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
↑ "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
↑ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

"Aquila", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Augustus J. C. Hare (1911), "Aquila", Cities of Southern Italy, New York: Dutton
"Aquila", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
Roy Domenico (2002). "Abruzzo: L'Aquila". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 6+. ISBN 0313307334.

in Italian

See also: Bibliography of the history of L'Aquila (in Italian)

Matilde Oddo Bonafede (1888). Guida della città dell'Aquila.
Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Aquila". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
Mario Baratta (1901). "Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Abruzzo: Aquila". I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
"L'Aquila", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
L. Serra. Aquila (Bergamo, 1929)
G. Spagnesi and P. L. Properzi. L’Aquila: Problemi di forma e storia della città (Bari, 1972)
M. Ruggiero Petrignani. Egemonia politica e forma urbana: L’Aquila, città come fabbrica di potere e di consenso nel medioevo italiano (Bari, 1980)
S. Gizzi (1983), "La città dell’Aquila: Fondazione e preesistenze", Storia della Città, 28
A. Clementi and E. Piroddi. L’Aquila, Le città nella storia d’Italia (Rome, 1986)

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