Timeline of Piacenza
Appearance
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
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- 218 BCE - Placentia becomes a Roman colony.[1]
- 207 BCE - Placentia besieged by Carthaginian forces of Hasdrubal.[2]
- 200 BCE - Town sacked by Gaulish forces.[2]
- 187 BCE - Via Aemilia (Ariminum-Placentia road) built.[1]
- 375 CE - Basilica of Sant'Antonino built.[1]
- 450 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approximate date).[3]
- 546 - "Totila reduced Piacenza by famine."[1]
- 903 - San Savino church construction begins.[1]
- 1122 - Piacenza Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1167 - Piacenza joins the Lombard League.[citation needed]
- 1183 - Meeting of Lombard League held in Piacenza regarding the Peace of Constance.[1]
- 1254 - Scotti (family) in power.[4]
- 1278 - San Francesco church construction begins.[1]
- 1281 - Palazzo Comunale built.[1]
- 1334 - Sant'Anna church built.[1]
- 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[5]
- 1447 - Piacenza taken by forces of Francesco I Sforza.[1]
- 1471 - Hospital built.[1]
- 1475 - Printing press in operation.[6]
- 1499 - San Sisto church construction begins.[1]
- 1512 - Piacenza "occupied by the papal forces."[1]
- 1545 - Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created.[1]
- 1558 - Palazzo Farnese construction begins.[1]
- 1620 - Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.[1]
- 1625 - Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.[1]
18th-19th centuries
- 1738 - Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).[7]
- 1746 - 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.[4]
- 1748 - Spaniards in power.[7]
- 1796 - Piacenza occupied by French forces.[1]
- 1801 - Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont per Treaty of Lunéville.[8]
- 1804 - Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) (theatre) opens.
- 1811 - Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.[9][10]
- 1821
- Political unrest.[2]
- Cimitero di Piacenza (cemetery) established.
- 1831 - Political unrest.[2]
- 1848 - 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.[2][8]
- 1859
- Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens.
- Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont.[2]
- Circondario di Piacenza (provincial district) established.
- 1860 - Ferrovia Alessandria-Piacenza (railway) begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 40,582.(it)
- 1867 - Progresso newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1883 - Libertà newspaper begins publication.[7]
20th century
- 1902 - Piacenza tram begins operating.
- 1903 - Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
- 1911 - Population: 38,542.[12]
- 1919 - Piacenza Football Club formed.
- 1920 - Stadio comunale di Piacenza (stadium) opens.
- 1932 - Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola (railway) begins operating.
- 1933 - Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
- 1936 - Population: 64,210.(it)
- 1961 - Population: 88,541.(it)
- 1969 - Stadio Leonardo Garilli (stadium) opens.
- 1981 - Population: 109,039.(it)
- 1994 - Local election held; Giacomo Vaciago (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
- 1995 - Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
- 1998 - Local election held; the lawyer Gianguido Guidotti (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term.
- 1999 - Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.
21st century
- 2000 - La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
- 2002 - Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote.
- 2004 - Local election held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza.
- 2007 - Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) is re-elected Mayor. He is the first incumbent Mayor re-elected by direct vote.
- 2008 - Museo civico di storia naturale di Piacenza (museum) opens in the Fabbrica del Ghiaccio.[13]
- 2009 - Local election held; Massimo Trespidi is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President of the center-right elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Gianluigi Boiardi is the first President to lost at the first round in the direct vote.
- 2012 - Local election held; Paolo Dosi (center-left) becomes Mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 100,843.[14]
- 2017 - Local election held; the lawyer Patrizia Barbieri (center-right) becomes Mayor. She is the first female Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Paolo Dosi is the second Mayor to not run for a second final term.
See also
- Piacenza history
- History of Piacenza
- List of mayors of Piacenza
- List of counts of Piacenza, 8th-11th centuries
- List of bishops of Piacenza
- Archivio di Stato di Piacenza (state archives)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ a b Haydn 1910.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van RossumHistory of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
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- ^ a b Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
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- ^ Berger 1899.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913 – via HathiTrust.
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This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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- Maria Luigia Pagliani (1991). Piacenza: forma e urbanistica. Città antiche in Italia. L'Erma di Bretschneider . ISBN 978-88-7062-719-0.
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