Timeline of Florence

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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by with reliable sources.

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 –  [it] 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
    • Slavery abolished.[3]
    • Fire.[3]
  • 1299 – Palazzo Vecchio construction begins.

14th–16th centuries[]

  • 1312 – Siege of Florence (1312)
  • 1321 – University of Florence founded.
  • 1333 – November: Flood.(it)
  • 1345 – Ponte Vecchio rebuilt.
  • 1348 – Black Death plague.[3]
  • 1353 – Public clock installed in Palazzo Vecchio tower.[6]
  • 1355 –  [it] (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.[8]
  • 1415 – Bruni's History of Florence issued.[4]
  • 1427 – Catasto tax begins.[3]
  • 1432 – Ufficiali di Notte tribunal begins.[8]
  • 1434 – Cosimo de' Medici in power.[5]
  • 1436 – Duomo consecrated.[3]
  • 1469 – Lorenzo de' Medici assumes power
  • 1471 – Printing press in operation.[3][9]
  • 1478 – Pazzi conspiracy foiled.[4]
  • 1487 – Medici giraffe arrives. [10]
  • 1488 – Ancient Greek poet Homer first published in print.
  • 1490 – Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori built.
  • 1492 – Lorenzo the Magnificent dies and is succeeded by Piero the Unfortunate
  • 1494
    • Charles VIII of France invades Italy
    • Piero II acquiesces to Charles VIII and is forced to flee Florence
    • Republic of Florence restored, ruled nominally by Girolamo Savonarola
    • 1494 – Salone dei Cinquecento built.
  • 1497 – 7 February: Bonfire of the Vanities.
  • 1498
  • 1504 – Michelangelo's David sculpture installed in the Piazza della Signoria.[11]
  • 1509 – Militia established.[3]
  • 1512
    • Florentine Republic dissolved after defeat by Papal forces under Medici control.
    • Piero Soderini and Niccolò Machiavelli exiled.
  • 1513
    • Giulio de Medici becomes Archbishop of Florence.
    • Machiavelli publishes The Prince
    • 1517 – Machiavelli publishes Discourses on Livy
  • 1527 – 21 June: Machiavelli dies
  • 1529 – 24 October: Siege of Florence (1529–30) begins.
  • 1532 – Alessandro de Medici becomes duke of the Florentine Republic.[3]
  • 1536 – Charles V visits city.[3]
  • 1537 – Villani's Nuova Cronica published.
  • 1545 – Orto Botanico di Firenze established.
  • 1557 – September: Flood.(it)
  • 1559 – Palazzo Uguccioni built.
  • 1562 – Accademia del Disegno established.[12]
  • 1564 – Vasari Corridor built.
  • 1565 – Fountain of Neptune inaugurated.
  • 1569 – Ponte Santa Trinita (bridge) rebuilt.
  • 1574 – Florentine Camerata active.[13]
  • 1580 – Rules of Calcio Fiorentino sport published.[14]
  • 1581 – Uffizi art museum built.
  • 1582 – State Archives of Tuscany established.[5]
  • 1592 – Theorbo musical instrument invented.[13]
  • 1598 – Premiere of Peri's opera Dafne.[13]
  • 1600
    • 5 October:  [it].
    • Biblioteca Riccardiana founded (approximate date).[5]
    • Premiere of Peri's opera Euridice.[15]

17th–19th centuries[]

  • 1625 – Premiere of Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero.[16]
  • 1656 – Teatro della Pergola built.
  • 1700 – Fortepiano musical instrument prototyped.[13]
  • 1739 – Academia Botanica established.[17]
  • 1740 – Teatro di Santa Maria built.
  • 1753 – Accademia dei Georgofili established.[17]
  • 1775 – Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze established.
  • 1784 – Galleria dell'Accademia established.
  • 1799 – French occupation begins.[2]
  • 1814
  • 1817 – Teatro Goldoni opens.
  • 1828 – Teatro Alfieri opens.
  • 1844 – 3 November:  [it].
  • 1847 – Premiere of Verdi's opera Macbeth.[15]
  • 1848
    • Prato-Florence railway begins operating.
    • Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station opens.
  • 1852 – Archivio di Stato di Firenze (state archives) established.
  • 1859 – La Nazione newspaper begins publication.[19]
  • 1861
    • National Library active.
    • 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.[20]
  • 1867 – Società Geografica Italiana headquartered in Florence.
  • 1871
    • Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali built.
    • Population: 167,093.[21]
  • 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
    • Leo S. Olschki Editore in business.
    • Population: 209,540.[22]

20th century[]

  • 1901 – Population: 236,635.
  • 1904 – Giardino Tropicale established.[23]
  • 1908 – La Voce magazine begins publication.
  • 1922 – Cinema Teatro Savoia opens.[24]
  • 1925 –  [it] newspaper begins publication.[20]
  • 1926 –  [it] (church) built.
  • 1931 – Population: 304,160.
  • 1933 – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino begins.
  • 1934 – Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[2]
  • 1936 – Cinema Vittoria built.[24]
  • 1943
    • German occupation begins.
    • 25 September: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.
  • 1944
    • 3 August: Bridges bombed by German forces.[2]
    • 11 August: German occupation ends.[2]
  • 1948 – Ponte alla Carraia (bridge) rebuilt.
  • 1954 – 27 October:  [it]
  • 1957 – Ponte Amerigo Vespucci (bridge) built.
  • 1959 – Giardino dell'Iris (garden) established.[23]
  • 1961 – Population: 436,516.
  • 1966 – 4 November: 1966 Flood of the Arno River.[2]
  • 1968 –  [it] (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).[25]

21st century[]

See also[]

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)

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