Timeline of Perugia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy.

Prior to 17th century

• 310 BCE - Romans in power; settlement named "Perusia."[1]
• 3rd century BCE - Etruscan walls built.[2]
• 90 BCE - Town "received Roman citizenship."[2]
• 40 BCE - Perusia sacked during the Perusine War.[3]
• 5th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Perugia established.[4]
• 548 CE - Perugia besieged by forces of Ostrogoth Totila during the Gothic War (535–554).
• 10th century - Benedictine San Pietro abbey founded.[2]
• 1139 - Perugia "recorded as a free comune."[2]
• 1205 - Chiesa di San Costanzo (Perugia) (church) rebuilt.[5]
• 1216 - Papal election, 1216 held at Perugia.
• 1250 - Chiesa di San Francesco al Prato (church) built (approximate date).[2]
• 1264 - Papal election, 1264–65 held at Perugia.
• 1278 - Fontana Maggiore (fountain) erected in the Piazza Maggiore.[2]
• 1285 - Papal election, 1285 held at Perugia.[3]
• 1293 - Palazzo del Popolo construction begins.[2]
• 1294 - Papal election, 1292–94 held at Perugia.[3]
• 1304
  • Papal conclave, 1304–05 held at Perugia.[3]
  • San Domenico church construction begins.[5]
• 1308 - University of Perugia established.[2]
• 1345 - Perugia Cathedral construction begins.[5]
• 1348 - Plague.[2]
• 1390 - Collegio della Mercanzia (merchants' guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.[5]
• 1416 - Braccio da Montone in power.[2]
• 1424 - Baglioni (family) in power.[2]
• 1453 - Università Vecchia built on the Piazza del Sopramuro.[2]
• 1457 - Collegio del Cambio (exchange guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.[5]
• 1461 - Oratorio di San Bernardino (Perugia) facade constructed.[6]
• 1475 - Printing press in operation.[7][8]
• 1480 - Porta di San Pietro (Perugia) (gate) built.[2]
• 1534 - Perugia "deprived of its privileges."[3]
• 1540
  • Salt War (1540).
  • Porta Marzia (gate) dismantled.[3]
• 1543 - Rocca Paolina (fort) built.[2]
• 1548 - Loggia dell'Angelo della Pace built.[2]
• 1561 - Accademia degli Insensati founded.[9]
• 1573
  • Accademia del Disegno founded.[2]
  • Vincenzo Danti appointed city architect.[2]
• 1587 - Cathedral consecrated.

17th-19th centuries

• 1623 - Biblioteca Augusta (library) opens.[10]
• 1665 - Chiesa di San Filippo Neri (Perugia) (church) built.[2]
• 1720 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia (garden) established.[11]
• 1723 - Teatro del Pavone (theatre) opens.
• 1758 - Palazzo Antinori built.[2]
• 1762 - Montemorcino monastery built.[12]
• 1781 - Teatro Morlacchi (theatre) opens.
• 1798 - Perugia becomes part of the Trasimène (1798) department of France.
• 1832 - Earthquake.[3]^(it)
• 1838 - Earthquake.[3]^(it)
• 1840 - Ancient Hypogeum of the Volumnus family rediscovered near Perugia.
• 1849
  • Austrians in power.[3]
  • Cimitero monumentale di Perugia (cemetery) established.
• 1854 - Earthquake.[3]
• 1859 - 20 June: 1859 Perugia uprising.[3]
• 1860
  • Perugia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]
  • Pasticceria Sandri in business.
• 1863 - Pinacoteca Vannucci (museum) established.[2]
• 1866 - Perugia railway station opens.
• 1891 - Teatro Turreno (theatre) opens.
• 1899 - Tram begins operating.

20th century

• 1905 - A.C. Perugia (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 65,805.[13]
• 1943 - Perugia trollebus begins operating.
• 1944 - 20 June: Allied forces enter city.
• 1961 - Perugia-Assisi Peace March begins.
• 1974 - Istituto per la storia dell'Umbria contemporanea (history society) formed.
• 1975 - Stadio Renato Curi (stadium) opens.
• 1983 - Corriere dell'Umbria newspaper begins publication.[14]
• 1984 - 29 April: Umbria earthquake of 1984.

21st century

• 2007 - 1 November: Murder of Meredith Kercher.
• 2008 - MiniMetro automated people mover system begins operating.
• 2011 - Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport terminal built.
• 2013 - Population: 162,986.[15]
• 2014 - Perugia local election held; Andrea Romizi becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Perugia
• Perusia, city of ancient Etruria
• List of mayors of Perugia
• List of bishops of Perugia
• Archivio di Stato di Perugia (state archives)
• Umbria history (it)

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:^(it)

• Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
• Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
• Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
• Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
• Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
• Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
• Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
• Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
• Timeline of Siena, Tuscany

References

1. Domenico 2002.
2. P. Scarpellini. "Perugia". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 10 December 2016
3. Britannica 1910.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
5. Kleinhenz 2004.
6. "Florence and Central Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
7. Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
8. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Perugia". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
9. Bonazzi 1879.
10. Giovanni Cecchini (1978). La Biblioteca Augusta del Comune di Perugia (in Italian). Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
11. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
12. "Florence and Central Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
13. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
14. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
15. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Perusia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
• Margaret Symonds; Lina Duff Gordon (1898). Story of Perugia. London: J. M. Dent. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6833zg6v.
• "Perugia", Central Italy and Rome (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1909
• "Perugia", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• William Heywood (1910). History of Perugia. R. Langton Douglas, ed. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Perugia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Umbria: Perugia". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 350+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Perugia". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

See also: Bibliography of the history of Perugia (in Italian)

• Cesare Crispolti (1658). Perugia augusta descritta (in Italian).
• Pellini (1664). Dell'historia di Perugia (in Italian). Venice.
• Baldassarre Orsini (1784). Guida al forestiere per l'augusta città di Perugia (in Italian).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Serafino Siepi (1822). Descrizione topologico-istorica della città di Perugia (in Italian).
• Giovan Battista Rossi Scotti (1867). Guida di Perugia (in Italian) (2nd ed.).
• Luigi Bonazzi. Storia di Perugia (in Italian). 1875-1879. 2 volumes: (1) to 1495, (2) 1495-1860.
• "Perugia", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 17 (6th ed.), 1884
• Ariodante Fabretti (ed.). Cronache della cittá di Perugia (in Italian). Turin. 1887-1892 (4 vols.)
• Guida di Perugia e pianta della città (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Perugia: Tilli. 1895.
• Raniero Gigliarelli (1907). Perugia antica e Perugia moderna: indicazioni storico-topographiche (in Italian). Perugia: Unione Tipografica Cooperativa-Editrice.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Items related to Perugia, various dates (via Europeana)
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