Timeline of Bergamo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century[]
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- 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.[1]
- 4th century CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.[2]
- 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.[1]
- 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.[1]
- 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.[3]
- 1264 - Milanese in power.[4]
- 1336 - (castle) built.[1]
- 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.[1]
- 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.[4]
- 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.[1]
- 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.[1]
- 1549 - Population: 20,843.[3]
- 1561 - construction begins.[3]
- 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.[5]
- 1776 - Population: 28,581.[3]
- 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.[1]
- 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
- 1797
- French client Republic of Bergamo created.
- Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
- 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (music school) founded.[3]
- 1814 - Austrians in power.[3]
- 1840 - built.
- 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
- 1859 - (administrative area) established.
- 1860 - becomes mayor.
- 1861 - Population: 37,343.[3]
- 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
- 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
- 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.[3]
- 1890 - begins operating.
- 1897
- Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
- Population: 45,929.[6]
20th century[]
- 1901 - begins operating.
- 1907
- City walls dismantled.[1]
- Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
- 1911 - Population: 55,306.[7]
- 1912 - and (funicular) begin operating.
- 1927 - Colognola del Piano, , and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.[3]
- 1928
- Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
- Population: 81,400.[3]
- 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.[8]
- 1983 - (festival) begins.
21st century[]
- 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
- 2013 - Population: 115,072.[9]
- 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.
See also[]
- History of Bergamo
- List of mayors of Bergamo
- List of bishops of Bergamo
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Bergamo was part 1428-1797
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
- Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
- Lombardy region: Timeline of Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
- Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bergamo". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty
|url=(help) Retrieved 22 December 2016 - ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Treccani 1930.
- ^ a b Britannica 1910.
- ^ "(Comune: Bergamo)". (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
- ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
in English[]
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Bergomum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Bergamo", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- "Bergamo", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Bergamo", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
- "Bergamo", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
- Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Bergamo (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
in Italian[]
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Bergamo". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
- P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910)
- "Bergamo", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1930
- B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
- V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)
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