Timeline of Florence
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
The earliest timeline of Florence, the Annales florentini, was created in the 12th century.
Prior to 14th century
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- 59 BCE - Roman colony founded (approximate date).[1]
- 1st century CE - Catholic Diocese of Florence established.
- 285 - Florence becomes seat of Tuscia region.[2]
- 405 - Siege of Florence (405).[2]
- 541 - Florence sacked by forces of Ostrogoth Totila.[1]
- 1078 - City walls built.[2]
- 1080 - Stone Ponte Vecchio (bridge) built.[3]
- 1107 - Monte Orlandi and Prato become part of Florence.[3]
- 1115-16 - Commune form of government adopted;[2] Republic of Florence established.
- 1128 - Florence Baptistery built.
- 1138 - "City divided into six wards."[3]
- 1182 - Arte di Calimala (cloth guild) first mentioned (approximate date).
- 1201 - Bankers' guild active (approximate date).[3]
- 1222 - Monte comune (pawnshop) opens.[3]
- 1230 - Eucharistic miracle of Florence allegedly occurs.
- 1237 - Ponte alle Grazie (bridge) built.[3]
- 1244 - Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze founded.
- 1251 - First Capitano del popolo elected.[3]
- 1252
- Mint established;[3] Florin (Italian coin) introduced.
- Santa Trinita bridge built.[3]
- 1258 - Bargello built.[3]
- 1261 - Public prison established.[3]
- 1267 - Charles of Anjou in power.[2]
- 1269 - Flood.[3]
- 1282 - "Florence adopts a new system of government by members of a guild."[4][2]
- 1284 - Tertio Cerchio (wall) built.[3]
- 1285 - Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova founded.[5]
- 1289
- 1299 - Palazzo Vecchio construction begins.
14th-16th centuries
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- 1321 - University of Florence founded.
- 1345 - Ponte Vecchio rebuilt.
- 1348 - Black Death plague.[3]
- 1353 - Public clock installed in Palazzo Vecchio tower.[6]
- 1355 - Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fiore a Lapo (church) built.
- 1360 - Cathedral Campanile built.[7]
- 1377 - Medici in power.[4]
- 1382 - Loggia dei Lanzi built.
- 1385 - Basilica of Santa Croce built.
- 1397 - Medici Bank established.
- 1415 - Bruni's History of Florence issued.[4]
- 1427 - Catasto tax begins.[3]
- 1434 - Cosimo de' Medici in power.[5]
- 1436 - Duomo consecrated.[3]
- 1471 - Printing press in operation.[3][8]
- 1478 - Pazzi conspiracy foiled.[4]
- 1486 - Medici giraffe arrives.
- 1488 - Ancient Greek poet Homer first published in print.
- 1490 - Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori built.
- 1494 - Salone dei Cinquecento built.
- 1497 - 7 February: Bonfire of the Vanities.
- 1498
- Niccolò Machiavelli becomes secretary.[4]
- 23 May: Savonarola executed.[2]
- 1504 - Michelangelo's David sculpture installed in the Piazza della Signoria.[9]
- 1509 - Militia established.[3]
- 1513 - Giulio de Medici becomes Archbishop of Florence.
- 1529 - 24 October: Siege of Florence (1529–30) begins.
- 1532 - Alessandro de Medici becomes duke of Florence;[3] Republic of Florence ends.
- 1536 - Charles V visits city.[3]
- 1537 - Villani's Nuova Cronica published.
- 1545 - Orto Botanico di Firenze established.
- 1559 - Palazzo Uguccioni built.
- 1562 - Accademia del Disegno established.[10]
- 1564 - Vasari Corridor built.
- 1565 - Fountain of Neptune inaugurated.
- 1569 - Ponte Santa Trinita (bridge) rebuilt.
- 1574 - Florentine Camerata active.[11]
- 1580 - Rules of Calcio Fiorentino sport published.[12]
- 1581 - Uffizi art museum built.
- 1582 - State Archives of Tuscany established.[5]
- 1592 - Theorbo musical instrument invented.[11]
- 1598 - Premiere of Peri's opera Dafne.[11]
17th-19th centuries
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- 1600
- 5 October: Wedding of Maria de 'Medici and Henry IV of France.
- Biblioteca Riccardiana founded (approximate date).[5]
- Premiere of Peri's opera Euridice.[13]
- 1625 - Premiere of Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero.[14]
- 1656 - Teatro della Pergola built.
- 1700 - Fortepiano musical instrument prototyped.[11]
- 1739 - Academia Botanica established.[15]
- 1740 - Teatro di Santa Maria built.
- 1753 - Accademia dei Georgofili established.[15]
- 1775 - Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze established.
- 1784 - Galleria dell'Accademia established.
- 1799 - French occupation begins.[2]
- 1814
- 1817 - Teatro Goldoni, Florence opens.
- 1828 - Teatro Alfieri opens.
- 1847 - Premiere of Verdi's opera Macbeth.[13]
- 1848
- Prato-Florence railway begins operating.
- Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station opens.
- 1859 - La Nazione newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1860 - Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale established.[5]
- 1861 - Population: 150,864.
- 1862 - Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele amphitheatre opens.
- 1864 - Florence becomes part of Italy.[1]
- 1865 - Italian capital relocated to Florence from Turin.[18]
- 1871
- Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali built.
- Population: 167,093.[19]
- 1879 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
- 1882 - Great Synagogue of Florence built.
- 1891 - Cathedral Museum opens.[5]
- 1896 - Firenze Campo di Marte railway station opens.
- 1897 - Population: 209,540.[20]
20th century
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- 1901 - Population: 236,635.
- 1904 - Giardino Tropicale established.[21]
- 1908 - La Voce magazine begins publication.
- 1922 - Cinema Teatro Savoia opens.[22]
- 1925 - Non Mollare newspaper begins publication.[18]
- 1926 - Chiesa di Santa Maria a Ricorboli (church) built.
- 1931 - Population: 304,160.
- 1933 - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino begins.
- 1934 - Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[2]
- 1936 - Cinema Vittoria built.[22]
- 1943
- German occupation begins.
- 25 September: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.
- 1944
- 1948 - Ponte alla Carraia (bridge) rebuilt.
- 1954 - 27 October: 1954 UFO sighting in Florence
- 1957 - Ponte Amerigo Vespucci (bridge) built.
- 1959 - Giardino dell'Iris (garden) established.[21]
- 1961 - Population: 436,516.
- 1966 - 4 November: 1966 Flood of the Arno River.[2]
- 1968 - Ospedale Piero Palagi (hospital) built.
- 1977 - Florence–Rome high-speed railway begins operating.
- 1978 - Indiano Bridge built.
- 1982 - Historic Centre of Florence designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1986 - Gran Caffé Doney closes.
- 1991 - Population: 403,294.
- 1993 - 27 May: Via dei Georgofili bombing.[2]
- 1995 - European Rapid Operational Force headquartered in Florence.
- 1997 - City website online (approximate date).[23]
21st century
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- 2001 - Population: 356,118.
- 2002 - November: European Social Forum held in city.
- 2009
- Bologna–Florence high-speed railway begins operating.
- Matteo Renzi becomes mayor.
- 2011 - 13 December: 2011 Florence shootings.
- 2013 - Population: 366,039 city; 987,354 province.[24]
- 2014 - Dario Nardella becomes mayor.
- 2015 - City becomes capital of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Florence.
See also
Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Timeline of the history of Florence". Provincia di Firenze. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Firenze". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
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- ^ "Città di Firenze Rete Civica" (in Italian). Archived from the original on January 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
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This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
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