Timeline of Siena
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
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Prior to 15th century
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- 1st century CE - Saena Julia founded by Romans.
- 1205 - Palazzo Tolomei built (approximate date).[1]
- 1240 - Studium Senese established.
- 1255
- Gran Tavola bank founded.
- Basilica of San Francesco built.
- 1260 - Battle of Montaperti.
- 1263 - Siena Cathedral built.
- 1265 - Basilica of San Domenico built.
- 1287 - Noveschi in power.
- 1308 - Palazzo Pubblico built.[2]
- 1328 - Famine.[3]
- 1348
- Black Death plague.
- Torre del Mangia built.
- 1360 - Public clock installed.[4]
15th century
- 1419 - Fonte Gaia built.
- 1423 - Council of Siena begins.
- 1438 - Loggia della Mercanzia built (approximate date).[5]
- 1459 - Palazzo Marsili rebuilt.[5]
- 1462 - Loggia del Papa erected.[5]
- 1463 - Palazzo Piccolomini-delle Papesse built.[5]
- 1472
- Monte dei Paschi di Siena founded.
- Palazzo Spannocchi built (approximate date).
- 1484 - Printing press in operation.
- 1490 - Basilica dell'Osservanza built (approximate date).
- 1495
- Palazzo delle Papesse completed (approximate date).
- Piccolomini Library built (approximate date).[5]
16th-18th centuries
- 1504 - Santo Spirito renovated.
- 1506 - Palazzo Chigi-Saracini renovated.
- 1508 - Palazzo del Magnifico built.[5]
- 1520 - Palazzo Bichi built (approximate date).[5]
- 1527 - Accademia degli Intronati founded (approximate date).
- 1533 - Santa Maria dei Servi consecrated.
- 1554 - Battle of Marciano.
- 1555 - Republic of Siena surrenders to Spain; Siena ceded to Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
- 1604 - Porta Camollia rebuilt.[5]
- 1613 - San Martino renovated.
- 1656 - Palio di Siena horse race begins.
- 1691 - Accademia dei Fisiocritici founded.[6]
- 1729 - Consolidation of districts; elimination of contrade Gallo, Leone, Orso, Quercia, Spadaforte, and Vipera.
19th century
- 1816 - Fine Arts Institution founded.[7]
- 1848 - Palazzo Buonsignori restored.[5]
- 1854 - Palazzo del Capitano restored.[5]
- 1856 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena laid out.
- 1858 - Municipal Archivio instituted.[8]
- 1865 - Empoli-Siena railway begins operating.
- 1866 - Cemetery della Misericordia established.
- 1871 - Mens Sana in Corpore Sano 1871 formed.
20th century
- 1901 - Population: 25,539.[7]
- 1904 - Società Studio e Divertimento formed.
- 1923 - Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena opens.
- 1932
- Accademia Musicale Chigiana founded.
- Pinacoteca Nazionale inaugurated.
- 1935 - Siena railway station opens.
- 1944 - Bombing by Allies.
- 1976 - Palasport Mens Sana arena opens.
- 1995 - Santa Maria della Scala museum opens.
21st century
- 2003
- Fondazione Musei Senesi established.[9]
- Siena-Ampugnano Airport renovated.[10]
See also
- History of Siena
- List of Governors of Siena
- List of mayors of Siena
- Republic of Siena, 11th-16th centuries
- Other cities in Italy
- Timeline of Bologna
- Timeline of Florence
- Timeline of Genoa
- Timeline of Milan
- Timeline of Naples
- Timeline of Palermo
- Timeline of Rome
- Timeline of Trieste
- Timeline of Turin
- Timeline of Venice
References
- ↑ Gilbert Hastings (1902), Siena: its architecture and art, London: The De La More Press, OCLC 3571094
- ↑ Edmund Garratt Gardner (1909), The story of Siena and San Gimignano, Mediaeval Towns (3rd ed.), London: J.M. Dent & Co.
- ↑ Ferdinand Schevill (1909), Siena: the story of a mediaeval commune, New York: Scribner
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Siena", Central Italy and Rome: Handbook for Travellers (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 423237
- ↑ "La Storia dell'Accademia". Accademia dei Fisiocritici Onlus. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- 1 2 "Siena", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ William Heywood; Lucy Olcott (1905), Guide to Siena: History and Art (3rd ed.), Siena: E. Torrini, OCLC 6980800
- ↑ "Forty-three museums scattered throughout the Province of Siena are part of the Fondazione Musei Senesi". Siena: Fondazione Musei Senesi. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
- ↑ "Our history". Aeroporto di Siena. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
Further reading
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- Josiah Conder (1834), "Siena", Italy, The Modern Traveller 33, London: J.Duncan
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