Timeline of Modena

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

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Prior to 18th century[]

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  • 218 BCE –  [it].
  • 193 BCE – Battle of Mutina (193 BC) fought near town.
  • 187 BCE – Via Aemilia built, passing through Mutina.[1]
  • 183 BCE – Mutina becomes "seat of a Roman colony."[2]
  • 78 BCE – Mutina besieged by forces of Pompey during the Roman civil wars.[2]
  • 44 BCE –  [it] begins.
  • 43 BCE – Battle of Mutina fought in vicinity of town.
  • 312 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Modena established (approximate date).[3]
  • 7th century CE – Citta Geminiana established near Modena.[2]
  • 872 – Leodoino becomes bishop.[1]
  • 1054 – Eriberto becomes bishop.[1]
  • 1099 – Modena Cathedral construction begins.[2]
  • 1184 – Cathedral consecrated.[2]
  • 1288 – Obizzo II d'Este in power; Este rule continues until 1796.[2]
  • 1325 – Modenese forces fight the Bolognese in the Battle of Zappolino.
  • 1348 – Black Death plague outbreak.[4]
  • 1452 – Duchy of Modena and Reggio established.[2]
  • 1474 – Printing press in operation.[5]
  • 1476 – San Pietro church construction begins.[4]
  • 1598 – Biblioteca Estense (library) relocated to Modena from Ferrara.[4]
  • 1635 – Ducal Palace of Modena construction begins.[2]
  • 1671 – June: Earthquake.[6]
  • 1677 – Demetrio Degni starts publishing its weekly gazette named Modona, it lasted until 1701
  • 1680 –  [it] founded.[7]
  • 1683 – University of Modena reestablished.

18th–19th centuries[]

  • 1703 – August: City occupied by French troops.[8]
  • 1707 – February: French troops depart.[8]
  • 1734 – July: City occupied by French troops.[8]
  • 1736 – May: French troops depart.[8]
  • 1742 – June: City occupied by Austrian troops.[8]
  • 1749 – February: Austrian troops depart.[8]
  • 1749 – 14 August: first issue of the newspaper Il Messaggiere, which lasted till 1859
  • 1762 – Grande Ospedale Civile (hospital) built.[4]
  • 1771 – Grande Albergo dei Poveri (poorhouse) built.[4]
  • 1797 – Modena becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.[9]
  • 1815 – Military Academy of Modena active.
  • 1816 – Fortifications dismantled.[2]
  • 1841 – Teatro Comunale Modena opens.
  • 1859
  • 1860 – Modena becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[2]
  • 1872 –  [it] begins operating.
  • 1873 –  [it] built.[10]
  • 1877 – Il Cittadino newspaper begins publication.[11]
  • 1881 –  [it] begins operating, with horsecars
  • 1888 – Teatro Storchi (theatre) built.[12]
  • 1893 –  [it] begins operating.
  • 1897 – Population: 67,658.[13]

20th century[]

  • 1911 – Population: 70,923.[14]
  • 1912
    • Electric  [it] begin operating.[15]
    • Modena F.C. (football club) formed.
  • 1913 – Cinema Scala built.[10]
  • 1915 – Cinema Metropol built.[10]
  • 1916 –  [it] (railway) begins operating.
  • 1920 – Modena railway station rebuilt.
  • 1931
    •  [it] (market) opens.[15]
    • Population: 92,757.[8]
  • 1936 – Stadio Alberto Braglia (stadium) opens.
  • 1941 – AMCM (transit entity) formed.[15]
  • 1950
  • 1963 –  [it] (health clinic) established.
  • 1966 – November: Flood.[15]
  • 1967 – "Superachitettura" exhibit held.[16][17]
  • 1970 – Biblioteca civica Antonio Delfini (library) established.[18]
  • 1971 –  [de] opens.
  • 1972 – September: Flood.[15]
  • 1981 – Gazzetta di Modena newspaper begins publication.
  • 1996 – 15 October: Earthquake.[15](it)

21st century[]

See also[]

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Modena". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 19 December 2016
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Wood 1995.
  5. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Modena". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
  6. ^  [it] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes chronology)
  7. ^ James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Treccani 1934.
  9. ^ Haydn 1910.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente" [The Sustainable City] (in Italian). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  11. ^ Bernardini 1890.
  12. ^ Tardini 1899.
  13. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
  14. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Cronologia essenziale del '900" [Timeline of the 20th century]. Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente (in Italian). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  16. ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
  17. ^ "Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  18. ^ "(Comune: Modena)".  [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

in Italian[]

  • L. Vedriani (1666). Historia di Modena (in Italian).
  • Girolamo Tiraboschi, ed. (1825). "Mutina". Dizionario topografico storico degli stati estensi (in Italian).
  • C. Campori (1864). Del governo a comune in Modena.
  • Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Modena". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. p. 545+.
  • Vicenzo Tardini. I teatri di Modena (in Italian). 1899–1902 (3 volumes)
  • E. P. Vicini (1913). I podestà di Modena (1556–1796).
  • "Modena", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1934

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