Timeline of Bologna

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• at least 1000 BCE - First settlement.
• 9th century BCE - Etruscan settlement.[1]
• end of the 5th century BCE - Celtic settlement.[2]
• 189 BCE - Town becomes a Roman colony.[3]
• 3rd century CE - Catholic diocese of Bologna established.[4]
• 6th century CE - Byzantines in power.[5]
• 9th century CE - Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.[6]
• 902 - Town sacked by Hungarian forces.[7]
• 1109 - Torre Asinelli (tower) built.[7]
• 1110 - Torre Garisenda (tower) built.[7]
• 1112 - Bologna becomes a free town.[8]
• 1116 - University established.[3][9]
• 1167 - City joins Lombard League.[10]
• 1200 - Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
• 1245 - Palatium Novum built.
• 1249 - Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.[8]
• 1252 - Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.[6]
• 1263 - Church of San Francesco built.[10]
• 1293 - Paper mill established.[11]
• 1337 - Taddeo de Pepoli in power.[7]
• 1348 - Black Death epidemic.[12]
• 1351 - Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.[3]
• 1356 - Public clock installed.[13]
• 1364 - Collegio di Spagna founded.[9]
• 1390 - San Petronio Basilica construction begins.[6]
• 1401 - Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.[7]
• 1436 - Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.[14]
• 1444 - Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.[8]
• 1471 - Printing press in operation.[15][16]
• 1477 - Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.[17]
• 1506 - Bologna annexed to the Papal States.[18]
• 1511 - French in power.[3]
• 1530 - Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1563 - Archiginnasio built.[5]
• 1567 - Fountain of Neptune installed.[8]
• 1568 - Orto Botanico (garden) established.[19]
• 1582
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.[3]
  • Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.[20]
• 1603 - Palazzo Caprara built.[21]
• 1615 - Accademia dei Floridi founded.[22]
• 1642 - The gazette named Bologna was published for the first time
• 1651 - Teatro Malvezzi built.
• 1666 - Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.

18th-19th centuries

• 1712 - Painting academy founded.[3]
• 1714
  • Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.[23]
  • Observatory built.[9]
• 1763 - Teatro Comunale built.[8]
• 1789 - Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.[9]
• 1796 - City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.[8]
• 1801 - Biblioteca Comunale (library) opens.
• 1805 - Teatro del Corso opens.[8]
• 1814
  • City occupied by Austrians.[3]
  • Teatro Contavalli established.[8]
• 1831 - 4 February: "Insurrection."[3]
• 1833 - Young Italy Party unrest.[9]
• 1859 - June: "Insurrection."[9]
• 1860
  • Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[7]
  • Gazzetta dell'Emilia newspaper begins publication.[24]
• 1871 - Population: 115,957.[25]
• 1874 - Archivio di Stato di Bologna (state archives) established.[26]
• 1897 - Population: 153,206.[27]
• 1899 - Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.[28]

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.[7]
• 1909
  • 5 February: Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism published in Gazzetta dell’Emilia.
  • Bologna F. C. 1909 football club founded.
• 1914 - Maserati automaker in business.
• 1926 - Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.[29]
• 1944 - Aerial bombing.[5]
• 1945 - April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
• 1950 - Population: 226,771.[5]
• 1963 - Cineteca di Bologna founded.
• 1974 - Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna headquartered in Bologna.
• 1977 - 1977 Bologna events (student protest).[30]
• 1980 - 2 August: Train station bombing.[31]
• 1985 - Museo civico medievale opens.[32]

21st century

• 2002 - Associazione Home Movies film archive founded.[33]
• 2003 - Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.[34]
• 2011 - Virginio Merola becomes mayor.[35]
• 2013 - Population: 380,635.[36]
• 2016 - May: Bologna municipal election, 2016 held.

See also

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

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

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

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This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

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in English

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in other languages

• Guida per la città di Bologna (in Italian). Bologna: Tipografia de S. Tommaso d' Aquino. 1844.
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External links

• Europeana. Items related to Bologna, various dates.