Timeline of Mantua
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mantua in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century[edit]
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- 3rd C. BCE - Romans in power.[1]
- 601 CE - Forces of Lombard Agilulf take Mantua.[2]
- 804 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua established.[3]
- 977 - Canossa in power.[1]
- 1007 - Boniface III in power.
- 1090 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor in power.[2]
- 1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua.[2]
- 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune."[1]
- 1150 - Mantua currency begins circulating.[citation needed]
- 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League.[4]}
- 1236 - Forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor attempt to take Mantua.[2]
- 1272 - Bonacolsi in power (until 1328).[1]
- 1281 - Tower built.
- 1328
- Ludovico I Gonzaga in power.[2]
- Ducal Palace, Mantua built.[2]
- 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
- 1403 - Mantua Cathedral rebuilt.[6]
- 1406 - Castle of St. George (Mantua) built.[2]
- 1423 - "Latin grammar school" established by Vittorino da Feltre.[7]
- 1444 - Ludovico II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua in power.[8]
- 1460 - Artist Andrea Mantegna moves to Mantua.[4]
- 1472
- Printing press in operation.[9][10]
- Rebuilding of the Basilica of Sant'Andrea begins.[4][2]
- 1480 - Poliziano's Fabula di Orfeo premieres in Mantua.[7]
- 1484 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua in power.[8]
- 1490 - Isabella d'Este becomes wife of Francesco II.[8]
- 1530 - Duchy of Mantua established.[1]
- 1535 - Palazzo del Te built near Mantua.[2]
- 1584 - Jesuit college established.[11](it)
17th-19th centuries[edit]
- 1607 - Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo premieres in Mantua.[12]
- 1625 - Jesuit Pacifico Ginnasio Mantovano (university) established.[11]
- 1630
- City sacked by Austrian forces during the War of the Mantuan Succession.[2]
- Plague.[6]
- 1631 - War of the Mantuan Succession ends; Mantuan Gonzaga-Nevers rulers become "vassals of Vienna" per Treaty of Cherasco.[1]
- 1664 - Gazzetta di Mantova newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1686 - Accademia Virgiliana founded.[14]
- 1708
- Death of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua.[2]
- Austrians in power.[1]
- 1737 - Mantua becomes part of Lombardy.[1]
- 1767 - Teatro Bibiena built.[6]
- 1768 - "Reale Accademia di Scienze e Belle Lettere" (now, Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti) founded.[15]
- 1779 - "Museum of antiquities" established.[2]
- 1780 - Biblioteca Teresiana (library) established.[2][16]
- 1796 - 4 June: Siege of Mantua (1796–97) by French forces begins.[4][2]
- 1797
- 2 February: Siege of Mantua ends; French win.[1][2]
- City becomes seat of the "Mincio department in Napoleon's puppet Cisalpine Republic."[1]
- 1799 - Siege of Mantua (1799) by Austrian forces; Austrians win.[2]
- 1801 - French in power again per Treaty of Lunéville.[2]
- 1809 - Economic unrest.[4]
- 1814 - Austrians in power again.[2]
- 1822 - Teatro Sociale (Mantua) built.[17]
- 1853 - Political dissidents executed at nearby Belfiore during the Italian unification movement.[4]
- 1866 - Mantua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[4]
- 1868 - Archivio di Stato di Mantova (state archives) established.[18]
- 1871 - Banca Agricola Mantovana (bank) in business.
- 1873 - Mantova railway station opens.
- 1884 - Economic unrest; military crackdown.[4]
- 1886 - Mantoua-Asola Tram begins operating.
- 1887 - La Provincia di Mantova newspaper begins publication.[19]
- 1897 - Population: 29,743.[20]
20th century[edit]
- 1905 - Walls of Mantua demolished.[6]
- 1906 - Population: 31,783.[2]
- 1908 - Mantua tram begins operating.[21]
- 1911
- Mantova F.C. (football club) formed.
- Population: 32,657.[22]
- 1913 - Chamber of Commerce built.[6]
- 1930 - Virgil monument erected.[6]
- 1934 - Ferrovia Mantova-Peschiera (railway) begins operating.
- 1949
- Azienda Pubblici Autoservizi Mantova (bus) begins operating.[21]
- Stadio Danilo Martelli (stadium) opens.
- 1971 - Population: 65,703.[citation needed]
- 1973 - Gianni Usvardi becomes mayor.
21st century[edit]
- 2005 - PalaBam arena opens.
- 2006 - Mincio Cycleway constructed between Peschiera del Garda and Mantua.
- 2012 - May: Earthquake.
- 2013 - Population: 47,223.[23]
- 2015 - Mattia Palazzi becomes mayor.
See also[edit]
- History of Mantua (Italian version includes timeline)
- List of rulers of Mantua, 984-1708
- List of podestàs of Mantua, 1184-1400
- List of dukes of Mantua, 1530–1708
- List of mayors of Mantua
- History of Lombardy (it)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
- Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
- Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Milan; Pavia
- Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lamontagne 1995.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mantua". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 7 December 2016 - ^ a b Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
- ^ a b c "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Mantova". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ a b Paul F. Grendler (2009). The University of Mantua, the Gonzaga, and the Jesuits, 1584–1630. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9783-2.
- ^ Radio 3. "Opera Timeline". BBC. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 261+. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ Maylender, Michele (1930). Storia delle accademie d'Italia. Vol. 5. Bologna: L. Cappelli. pp. 469–477.
- ^ "Storia della Biblioteca". Biblioteca Teresiana (in Italian). Comune di Manova. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Restori 1919.
- ^ "Archivio di Stato di Mantova". Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani (in Italian). Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ Castagnoli 2002.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b "Da 60 anni trasportati dall'Apam", Gazzetta di Mantova (in Italian), 14 July 2013
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
- Virgil. "Part 10". Aeneid. (description of Mantua)
in English[edit]
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Mantua". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
- "Mantua", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- "Mantua". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ismar Elbogen (1904), "Mantua", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 607–608.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Mantua", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Mantua", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
- "Mantua", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 + 1870 ed.
- Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Mantova (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Monique Lamontagne (1995). "Mantua". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 416–419. ISBN 1884964052.
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Mantua". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 197+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Mantua". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
- David S. Chambers (2010). "The Gonzaga Signoria, communal institutions, and the 'honour of the city': mixed ideas in quattrocento Mantua". In John E. Law; Bernadette Paton (eds.). Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6508-3.
- Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
in Italian[edit]
- Leopoldo Cammillo Volta. Compendio cronologico-critico della storia di Mantova dalla sua fondazione sino ai nostri tempi (in Italian). dalla tipografia di Francesco Agazzi. 1807-1837 (5 volumes)
- Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani [in Italian] (1865). Storia di Mantova dalla sua origine fino all' anno 1860 (in Italian). E. Caranenti.
- Giovanni Battista Intra (1882). Dell' archivio storico mantovano (in Italian). Milan: L. Bortolotti.
- "Mantova". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 453+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
- Vasco Restori (1919). Mantova; notizie storico-artistiche sotto forma di guida (in Italian). Società tipografica editrice mantovana.
- G. Coniglio; L. Mazzoldi (eds.). Mantova: La storia (in Italian). 1958–1963 (3 volumes)
- Carlo A. Ferandini; E.O. Zavatti (1973), Mantova, l'aviazione mantovana e il Migliaretto nei secoli, Tradizioni aeronautiche delle citta italiane (Aeronautical Traditions of Italian Towns) (in Italian), Rome: Stato maggiore dell'Aeronautica Militare, OCLC 19127680
- Luigi Cavazzoli. La gente e la guerra. La vita quotidiana del fronte interno: Mantova, 1940-1945 (Milan: Angeli, 1989).
- Clara Castagnoli; Giancarlo Ciaramelli, eds. (2002). Un secolo di stampa periodica mantovana: 1797-1897 (in Italian). Milan: FrancoAngeli. ISBN 978-88-464-3756-3.
- Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti (1943-1945) (Parma: MUP, 2009)
External links[edit]
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- "Archivio Comunale" (in Italian). Comune di Mantova. (city archives)
- Biblioteca Teresiana. "Biblioteca Digitale: Storia di Mantova" (in Italian). Comune di Mantova.
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