Timeline of Padua
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Padua in the Veneto region of Italy.
Prior to 15th century[]
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- 89 BCE - Romans in power.[1]
- 45 BCE - Patavium designated a municipium.[1]
- 350 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua established (approximate date).[2]
- 452 CE - Padua besieged by Hun forces of Attila.[3]
- 540 - Greeks in power.[3]
- 601 - Padua besieged by forces of Lombard Agilulf.[3]
- 11th century - Constitution created.[3]
- 1219 - Palazzo della Ragione built.[3]
- 1222 - University of Padua founded.[4]
- 1230 - Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua construction begins.[3]
- 1237 - Ezzelino III da Romano in power.[5]
- 1256 - Ezzelino III ousted.[5]
- 1266 - Padua takes nearby Vicenza.[6]
- 1284 - Tomb of Antenor rebuilt in the .[7][6]
- 1305 - Artist Giotto paints the Scrovegni Chapel (approximate date).[8]
- 1311 - Cangrande I della Scala in power.[3]
- 1318 - Jacopo I da Carrara becomes lord of Padua.[3]
- 1360 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[9]
- 1386 - fought near Padua.
15th-19th centuries[]
- 1404 - begins.
- 1405 - Venetians in power.[3]
- 1431 - Squarcione's school of art active.[10]
- 1453 - Equestrian statue of Gattamelata erected in the .[11]
- 1472 - Printing press in operation.[12]
- 1509 - September: Siege of Padua during the War of the League of Cambrai; Venetian forces defeat those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1526 - Piazza dei Signori.[3] built on the
- 1540 - Accademia degli Infiammati (learned society) formed.
- 1545 - Orto botanico di Padova (garden) founded.[13]
- 1548 - Italian Synagogue founded.[14](it)
- 1594 - Anatomical Theatre of Padua built in the university's Bo Palace.
- 1617 - Spanish synagogue established.[14]
- 1629 - (library) founded.
- 1631 - Plague.
- 1678 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia earns PhD degree from the university.[15]
- 1767 - Prato della Valle (square) property transferred to city.
- 1779 - Accademia di scienze lettere e arti (learned society) active.[16]
- 1780 - Museo civico di Padova (city museum) founded.[17]
- 1797 - Republic of Venice ends.[3]
- 1831 - Pedrocchi Café in business.
- 1842 - Padova railway station opens.
- 1846 - becomes mayor.
- 1857 - Biblioteca Civica di Padova (library) established.[18]
- 1866 - Padua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[3]
- 1883 - begins operating.
- 1897 - Population: 82,210.[19]
20th century[]
- 1911 - Population: 96,230.[20]
- 1937 - begins operating.
- 1941 - Cinema Theatro Concordi built.[21]
- 1944 - Aerial bombardment of Padua during World War II.[22]
- 1947 - becomes mayor (until 1970).
- 1948 - Archivio di Stato di Padova (state archives) established.[23]
- 1953 - (war memorial) dedicated.
- 1961 - [24] (publisher) in business.
- 1974 - Banca d'Italia building constructed.[24]
- 1977 - [24] begins broadcasting.
- 1978 - Il Mattino di Padova newspaper begins publication.[25]
- 1980 - Palasport San Lazzaro (arena) opens.
- 1981 - Stadio Plebiscito (stadium) opens.
- 1982 - 28 January: Rescue of kidnapped U.S. military officer Dozier.
- 1993 - Flavio Zanonato becomes mayor.
- 1996 - Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta established.
21st century[]
- 2002 - Regional newspaper begins publication.
- 2006
- Controversial Via Anelli Wall built.
- Il Padova newspaper begins publication.(it)
- 2007 - Rubber-tyred "tramway" (Translohr technology) begins operating.
- 2011 - Population: 214,125.
- 2014 - Municipal election held; Massimo Bitonci becomes mayor.(it)
- 2015 - 31 May: Venetian regional election, 2015 held.
See also[]
- History of Padua
- List of mayors of Padua
- History of Veneto region (it)
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Padua was part 1405-1797
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
- ^ Selvatico 1869, pp. xix–xxxiv, Cronologia de principali fatti risguardanti la storia di Padova.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hyde 1966.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Beneš 2011.
- ^ Armstrong 2004.
- ^ "Italian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (1996).
- ^ "Padua". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty
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(help) Retrieved 3 December 2016 - ^ "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Padova". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
- ^ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Elbogen 1905.
- ^ Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-28803-8.
- ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 261+. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ Andrea Moschetti (1903). Il Museo Civico di Padova: cenni storici e illustrativi (in Italian). P. Prosperini.
- ^ "(Comune: Padova)". (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Padova, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Storia della città di Padova" [History of the City of Padua]. Padovanet (in Italian). Comune di Padova. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "La Storia". Archivio di Stato di Padova (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
in English[]
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Padua", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Patavium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Padua", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- T. Francis Bumpus (1900), "Padua", Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy, London: Laurie
- "Padua". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- Ismar Elbogen (1905), "Padua", Jewish Encyclopedia, 9, New York
- Horatio Robert Forbes Brown (1910), "Padua", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Padua", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- "Padua", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 + 1870 ed.
- Luigi Lenzi (1928). "Padua, Italy. A Replanning Scheme: Illustrated". Town Planning Review. University of Liverpool. 13. ISSN 0041-0020.
- John Kenneth Hyde (1966). Padua in the Age of Dante. Manchester University Press.
- Benjamin G. Kohl (1972). "Government and Society in Renaissance Padua". Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. ISSN 0047-2573.
- Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin, eds. (1995). "Padua". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1884964052.
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Veneto: Padua". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 383+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Lawrin Armstrong (2004). "Padua". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 815–823. ISBN 0415939291.
- Carrie E. Beneš (2011). "Padua: Rehousing the Relics of Antenor". Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 39–62. ISBN 978-0-271-03765-3.
in Italian[]
- Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1790) [1753], "Monaco padovano", (in Italian), 8, Venice
- Simone Stratigo (1795). Dell'antico teatro di Padova (in Italian).
- Giannantonio Moschini (1817). Guida per la citta di Padova (in Italian). Venice: Fratelli Gamba.
- Augusto Meneghini (1859). Cesare Cantù (ed.). Padova e sua provincia. Grande illustrazione del Lombardo-Veneto (in Italian). 4. Milan: Corona e Caimi.
- Guida di Padova e dei principali suoi contorni (in Italian). Padua: F. Sacchetto.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (1869).
- "Padova". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). 16 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884.
- Melchiorre Roberti (1902), Le corporazioni padovane d'arti e mestieri [Paduan guilds of arts and crafts], Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian), 26, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
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