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

• 189 BCE - Town becomes a Roman colony.^[1]
• 3rd century CE - Catholic diocese of Bologna established.^[2]
• 6th century CE - Byzantines in power.^[3]
• 9th century CE - Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.^[4]
• 902 - Town sacked by Hungarian forces.^[5]
• 1109 - Torre Asinelli (tower) built.^[5]
• 1110 - Torre Garisenda (tower) built.^[5]
• 1112 - Bologna becomes a free town.^[6]
• 1116 - University established.^[1][7]
• 1167 - City joins Lombard League.^[8]
• 1200 - Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
• 1245 - Palatium Novum built.
• 1249 - Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.^[6]
• 1252 - Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.^[4]
• 1263 - Church of San Francesco built.^[8]
• 1337 - Taddeo de Pepoli in power.^[5]
• 1348 - Black Death epidemic.^[9]
• 1351 - Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.^[1]
• 1356 - Public clock installed.^[10]
• 1364 - Collegio di Spagna founded.^[7]
• 1390 - San Petronio Basilica construction begins.^[4]
• 1401 - Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.^[5]
• 1436 - Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.^[11]
• 1444 - Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.^[6]
• 1471 - Printing press in operation.^[12][13]
• 1477 - Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.^[14]
• 1506 - Bologna annexed to the Papal States.^[15]
• 1511 - French in power.^[1]
• 1530 - Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1563 - Archiginnasio built.^[3]
• 1567 - Fountain of Neptune installed.^[6]
• 1568 - Orto Botanico (garden) established.
• 1582
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.^[1]
  • Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.^[16]
• 1603 - Palazzo Caprara built.^[17]
• 1615 - Accademia dei Floridi founded.^[18]
• 1651 - Teatro Malvezzi built.
• 1666 - Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
• 1712 - Painting academy founded.^[1]
• 1714
  • Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.^[19]
  • Observatory built.^[7]
• 1763 - Teatro Comunale built.^[6]
• 1789 - Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.^[7]
• 1796 - City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.^[6]
• 1805 - Teatro del Corso opens.^[6]
• 1814
  • City occupied by Austrians.^[1]
  • Teatro Contavalli established.^[6]
• 1831 - 4 February: "Insurrection."^[1]
• 1833 - Young Italy Party unrest.^[7]
• 1859 - June: "Insurrection."^[7]
• 1860 - Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[5]
• 1899 - Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.^[20]

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.^[5]
• 1914 - Maserati automaker in business.
• 1926 - Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.^[21]
• 1944 - Aerial bombing.^[3]
• 1945 - April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
• 1950 - Population: 226,771.^[3]
• 1963 - Cineteca di Bologna founded.
• 1977 - 1977 Bologna events (student protest).^[22]
• 1980 - 2 August: Train station bombing.^[23]
• 1985 - Museo civico medievale opens.^[24]

21st century

• 2003 - Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.^[25]
• 2011 - Virginio Merola becomes mayor.^[26]
• 2013 - Population: 380,635.^[27]

See also

• Bologna history
• History of Bologna with timeline (in Italian)
• List of mayors of Bologna

References

1. Townsend 1867.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved June 2015.
3. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 241, OL 6112221M
4. Hourihane 2012.
5. Britannica 1910.
6. Baedeker 1913.
7. Charles E. Little (1900), "Italy", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
8. Ring 1996.
9. Wray 2009.
10. 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.
11. Marc Vanscheeuwijck (1995). "Musical Performance at San Petronio in Bologna: a Brief History". Performance Practice Review 8 – via Claremont University Consortium.
12. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel. The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
13. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Bologna". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
14. 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.
15. Catholic Encyclopedia 1913.
16. "Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved November 2014.
17. Guida per la città di Bologna 1844.
18. Crowther 1999.
19. James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
20. "Bologna (Italy) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved November 2014.
21. "Movie Theaters in Bologna". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved November 2014.
22. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
23. "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved November 2014.
24. "Our Museums". Comune di Bologna. Retrieved November 2014.
25. "Sister Cities". USA: City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 2015.
26. "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved November 2014.
27. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved November 2014.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• 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
• J. Willoughby Rosse (1858). "Bologna". Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World. London: H.G. Bohn – via Hathi Trust.
• George Henry Townsend (1867), "Bologna", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
• "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
• "Bologna", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Bologna", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
• Umberto Benigni (1913). "Bologna". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Bologna". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 96+. OCLC 31045650.
• Victor Crowther (1999). The Oratorio in Bologna 1650-1730. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-158441-1.
• Shona Kelly Wray (2009). Communities and Crisis: Bologna During the Black Death. Brill. ISBN 90-04-17634-9.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Bologna". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in other languages

• Guida per la città di Bologna (in Italian). Bologna: Tipografia de S. Tommaso d' Aquino. 1844.
• "Bologna", Ober-Italien [Northern Italy], Meyers Reisebücher (in German), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1892
• Nuova guida di Bologna (in Italian). 1921.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Bologna, various dates.

Coordinates: 44°30′27″N 11°21′05″E / 44.5075°N 11.351389°E