Timeline of Cremona

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

Prior to 16th century

• 218 BCE - Cremona becomes part of the Roman Republic.[1]
• 89 BCE - Roman citizenship granted to Cremonese.[2]
• 69 CE - Siege of Cremona occurs during the Roman civil war (68-69).[3]
• 450 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona established (approximate date).[4]
• 550 CE - Byzantines in power; town called "Cataulada."[1]
• 603 CE - Town sacked by Lombard forces of Agilulf.[2][3]
• 774 - Franks in power in region.[1]
• 962 - Liutprand of Cremona becomes bishop.[2]
• 1022 - Ruler Landolfo ousted.[3]
• 1098 - Commune established.[2]
• 1116 - Office of consul active (approximate date).[2]
• 1167
  • Cremona joins the Lombard League.[1]
  • Cremona Baptistery built.[3]
• 1190 - Cremona Cathedral consecrated.[3]
• 1250 - Parma-Cremona conflict.[3]
• 1291 - Torrazzo of Cremona (tower) built.[3]
• 1311 - Cremona sacked by forces of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.[3]
• 1322 - Galeazzo I Visconti in power.[3]
• 1406 - Cabrino Fondulo in power.[3]
• 1419 - Filippo Maria Visconti in power.[3]
• 1473 - Printing press in operation.[5][6]
• 1499 - Venetians in power.[3]

16th-19th centuries

• 1505 - Future luthier Andrea Amati born in Cremona.[1]
• 1512 - Maximilian Sforza in power.[3]
• 1535 - Spaniards in power in Lombardy region.[3]
• 1565 - Contado di Cremona (administrative region) formed.[7]
• 1567 - Future composer Claudio Monteverdi born in Cremona.[1]
• 1588 - Astronomical clock installed in the Torrazzo.
• 1644 - Future luthier Antonio Stradivari born in Cremona.[1][8]
• 1676 - Accademia dei Disuniti formed.[9]
• 1702 - Battle of Cremona fought during the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1707 - Austrians in power.[1]
• 1747 - Teatro Nazari (theatre) opens.
• 1775 - Jesuit library opens.[10]
• 1814 - Austrians in power in Lombardy region.[3]
• 1848 - Revolution of 1848.[1]
• 1859
  • Cremona becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[3]
  • Circondario di Cremona (provincial district) established.
• 1863 - Treviglio–Cremona railway begins operating; Cremona railway station opens.
• 1866 - Pavia–Cremona railway and Brescia–Cremona railway begin operating.
• 1875 - Interessi Cremonesi newspaper begins publication.[11]
• 1879 - Provincia newspaper begins publication.[12]
• 1897 - Population: 37,632.[13]

20th century

• 1903 - U.S. Cremonese (football club) formed.
• 1906 - Cremona–Fidenza railway begins operating.
• 1911 - Population: 40,436.[14]
• 1916 - Cremona tram begins operating.
• 1922 - "Fascist squads devastated the headquarters" of the Italian People's Party in Cremona.[15]
• 1928 - Museo Civico Ala Ponzone (museum) opens in the Palazzo Affaitati.[16]
• 1929 - Stadio Giovanni Zini (stadium) opens.
• 1933 - Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
• 1940 - Cremona trolleybus begins operating.
• 1947 - La Provincia di Cremona newspaper begins publication.[17]
• 1971 - Population: 82,904.^(it)
• 1994 - Biblioteca del Centro di Documentezione Ambientale (library) established.[18]

21st century

• 2012 - UNESCO recognized the "Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona" as intangible cultural heritage
• 2013 - Population: 72,137.[19]
• 2014 - Gianluca Galimberti becomes mayor.
• 2019 - The Museo del Violino commences the "Stradivarius Sound Bank" preservation project.[20]

See also

• Cremona history (it)
• List of mayors of Cremona
• List of bishops of Cremona (in Italian)
• Lombardy history (region)
• History of Lombardy (region)

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

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

References

1. Domenico 2002.
2. Kleinhenz 2004.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
5. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
6. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Cremona". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
7. "Istituzioni: Cremona". Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian). Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
8. "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
9. "Accademia", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
10. "Biblioteca statale di Cremona" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
11. "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio, 1896, pp. 431+ (List of newspapers)
12. Berger 1899.
13. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
14. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
15. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
16. "MiBACT" (in English and Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
17. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
18. "(Comune: Cremona)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
19. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
20. Paradiso, Max (2019-01-17). "To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Cremona". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
• "Cremona", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
• "Cremona". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• "Cremona", Jewish Encyclopedia, 4, New York, 1903
• Thomas Ashby (1910), "Cremona", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Edward Hutton (1912), "Cremona", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
• "Cremona", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Cremona (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Cremona". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 192+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Cremona". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 263+. ISBN 0415939291.
• Marco Gentile (2010). "From commune to regional state: political experiments in 14th-century Cremona". In John E. Law; Bernadette Paton (eds.). Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6508-3.
• Christoph Friedrich Weber (2013). "Cremona: a case study". In Frances Andrews (ed.). Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107044265.

in Italian

• Giuseppe Picenardi (1820). Nuova guida di Cremona. Giuseppe Feraboli.
• "Cremona". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). 6 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1878.
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Cremona". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). 1. Imola. pp. 256+. OCLC 12117233. (bibliography)
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Cremona". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
• Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Cremona", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan
• "Cremona". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 441+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
• "Cremona", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1931

External links

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