Timeline of L'Aquila
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1240 - Settlement founded by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate date).[1]
- 1257 - Roman Catholic diocese of L'Aquila active.[2]
- 1259 - Town sacked by forces of Manfred, King of Sicily.[3]
- 1266 - Rebuilding of town by Charles I of Naples begins.[4]
- 1272
- Walls of L'Aquila construction begins.[4]
- Fontana delle 99 cannelle (fountain) built.[3]
- 1288 - Santa Maria di Collemaggio church consecrated near town.
- 1300 - Cathedral of San Massimo construction begins (approximate date).[4]
- 1308 - Chiesa di Santa Maria Paganica (church) built.[4]
- 1309 - Chiesa di San Domenico (L'Aquila) (church) construction begins.[4]
- 1315 - Earthquake.[5](it)
- 1349 - Earthquake.[5](it)
- 1423 - War of L'Aquila begins.
- 1461 - Earthquake of L'Aquila of 1461 .[5]
- 1469 - Santa Maria del Soccorso church construction begins.[4](it)
- 1472 - Basilica of San Bernardino built.[3]
- 1482 - Printing press in operation.[6]
- 1510 - Palazzo Carli Benedetti built (approximate date).[4]
- 1517 - Mausoleum of Pope Celestine V built in the Santa Maria di Collemaggio church.[3]
- 1521 - Spaniards in power.[3]
- 1534 - Forte Spagnolo (fort) built.[3]
- 1646 - Earthquake.[5]
- 1647 - Oratorio di Sant'Antonio dei Cavalieri de' Nardis consecrated.[4]
- 1657 - Plague outbreak.[7]
- 1703 - 14 January: Earthquake.[1]
- 1719 - Accademia degli Arcadi Colonia Aternina founded.
- 1725 - Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (L'Aquila) (church) built.[4]
- 1743 - Palazzo Ardinghelli built.
- 1745 - Santa Caterina Martire church built (approximate date).[4](it)
- 1756 - Palazzo Centi built (approximate date).[4]
- 1775 - Santa Maria del Suffragio church built.[4]
- 1786 - Earthquake.[5](it)
- 1799 - L'Aquila sacked by French forces.[3]
- 1875 - L'Aquila railway station opens; Sulmona-L'Aquila railway begins operating.
- 1876 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila established.[2]
- 1897 - Population: 21,202.[8]
20th century
- 1922 - Ferrovia L'Aquila-Capitignano (railway) begins operating.
- 1927 - L'Aquila Calcio 1927 (football club) formed.
- 1934 - Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia (cable car) begins operating.
- 1950 - Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo (museum) established.
- 1952 - Istituto Universitario di Magistero[9] and Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore established.
- 1966 - Tullio De Rubeis becomes mayor.
- 1968 - L'Aquila–Preturo Airport built.
- 1969 - Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila (school) established.
- 1984 - Traforo del Gran Sasso (road tunnel) opens near city.
- 1990 - Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation founded.
- 1991 - Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park in vicinity of L'Aquila.
- 1998 - Local election held; Biagio Tempesta becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2007 - Local election held; Massimo Cialente becomes mayor.
- 2009
- 6 April: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.[10]
- July: International 35th G8 summit held in L'Aquila.
- 2013 - Population: 68,304.[11]
- 2016 - Stadio Gran Sasso d'Italia-Italo Acconcia (stadium) opens.
See also
- History of L'Aquila
- Cronache aquilane (medieval city history)
- List of mayors of L'Aquila
- List of bishops of L'Aquila
- History of Abruzzo region
Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:(it)
- Timeline of Bari, Apulia region
- Timeline of Brindisi, Apulia
- Timeline of Naples, Campania region
- Timeline of Reggio Calabria
- Timeline of Salerno, Campania
- Timeline of Taranto, Apulia
References
- ^ a b Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Adriano Ghisetti Giavarina. "L'Aquila". Oxford Art Online.
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- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Aquila". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
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- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
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- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- "Aquila", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
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in Italian
See also: Bibliography of the history of L'Aquila (in Italian)
- Matilde Oddo Bonafede (1888). Guida della città dell'Aquila.
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Aquila". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
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(1901). "Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Abruzzo: Aquila". I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. - "L'Aquila", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
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- G. Spagnesi and P. L. Properzi. L’Aquila: Problemi di forma e storia della città (Bari, 1972)
- M. Ruggiero Petrignani. Egemonia politica e forma urbana: L’Aquila, città come fabbrica di potere e di consenso nel medioevo italiano (Bari, 1980)
- S. Gizzi (1983), "La città dell'Aquila: Fondazione e preesistenze", Storia della Città, vol. 28
- A. Clementi and E. Piroddi. L’Aquila, Le città nella storia d’Italia (Rome, 1986)
External links
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- Archivio di Stato dell'Aquila (state archives)
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