Timeline of Piacenza

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

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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 -  [it] 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[]

20th century[]

  • 1902 -  [it] begins operating.
  • 1903 - Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
  • 1911 - Population: 38,542.[12]
  • 1919 - Piacenza Football Club formed.
  • 1920 -  [it] (stadium) opens.
  • 1932 -  [it] (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;  [it] (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
  • 1995 - Local election held;  [it] (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 - held; the lawyer  [it] (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 - held;  [it] (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.

21st century[]

  • 2000 - newspaper begins publication.
  • 2002 - held;  [it] (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote.
  • 2004 - held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza.
  • 2007 - 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 - held;  [it] 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[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Domenico 2002.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Haydn 1910.
  5. ^  [de] (1996). 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)
  6. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Piacenza". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
  9. ^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
  10. ^ "(Comune: Piacenza)".  [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. ^ Berger 1899.
  12. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913 – via HathiTrust.
  13. ^ "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Portrait of Cristoforo Poggiali, 18th century historian of Piacenza

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