Timeline of Bergamo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

• 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.[1]
• 4th century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.[2]
• 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.[1]
• 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.[1]
• 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.[3]
• 1264 - Milanese in power.[4]
• 1336 - Rocca di Bergamo (castle) built.[1]
• 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.[1]
• 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.[4]
• 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.[1]
• 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.[1]
• 1549 - Population: 20,843.[3]
• 1561 - Venetian wall of Bergamo construction begins.[3]
• 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.[5]
• 1776 - Population: 28,581.[3]
• 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.[1]
• 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
• 1797
  • French client Republic of Bergamo created.
  • Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
• 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (music school) founded.[3]
• 1814 - Austrians in power.[3]
• 1840 - Palazzo Frizzoni built.
• 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
• 1859 - Circondario di Bergamo (administrative area) established.
• 1860 - Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova becomes mayor.
• 1861 - Population: 37,343.[3]
• 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
• 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
• 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.[3]
• 1890 - Monza-Trezzo-Bergamo Tram begins operating.
• 1897
  • Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
  • Population: 45,929.[6]

20th century

• 1901 - Bergamo-Trescore-Sarnico Tramway begins operating.
• 1907
  • City walls dismantled.[1]
  • Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 55,306.[7]
• 1912 - Bergamo-Albino Tram (1912-1953) and Funicolare di Bergamo-San Vigilio (funicular) begin operating.
• 1927 - Colognola del Piano, Grumello del Piano, and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.[3]
• 1928
  • Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
  • Population: 81,400.[3]
• 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.[8]
• 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.

21st century

• 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
• 2013 - Population: 115,072.[9]
• 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Bergamo
• List of mayors of Bergamo
• List of bishops of Bergamo
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Bergamo was part 1428-1797

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:^(it)

• Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
• Lombardy region: Timeline of Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
• Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin

References

1. "Bergamo". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 22 December 2016
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. Treccani 1930.
4. Britannica 1910.
5. "(Comune: Bergamo)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
6. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
7. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
8. 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.
9. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Bergomum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
• "Bergamo", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
• "Bergamo", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Edward Hutton (1912), "Bergamo", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
• "Bergamo", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Bergamo (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.

in Italian

• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Bergamo". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
• P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910)
• "Bergamo", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1930
• B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
• V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)

External links

• Archivio di Stato di Bergamo (state archives)
• Items related to Bergamo, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Bergamo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)