Timeline of Piacenza
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
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 - [4] in power.
- 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[]
- 1738 - Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).[7]
- 1746 - 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.[4]
- 1748 - Spaniards in power.[7]
- 1796 - Piacenza occupied by French forces.[1]
- 1801 - Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont per Treaty of Lunéville.[8]
- 1804 - (theatre) opens.
- 1811 - Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.[9][10]
- 1821
- Political unrest.[2]
- (cemetery) established.
- 1831 - Political unrest.[2]
- 1848 - 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.[2][8]
- 1859
- Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens.
- Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont.[2]
- (provincial district) established.
- 1860 - Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
- 1861 - Population: 40,582.(it)
- 1867 - Progresso newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1883 - Libertà newspaper begins publication.[7]
20th century[]
- 1902 - begins operating.
- 1903 - Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
- 1911 - Population: 38,542.[12]
- 1919 - Piacenza Football Club formed.
- 1920 - (stadium) opens.
- 1932 - (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; (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
- 1995 - Local election held; (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 Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term. (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of
- 1999 - held; Province of Piacenza. (center-left) is elected re-President of the
21st century[]
- 2000 - newspaper begins publication.
- 2002 - held; (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; 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. is elected President of the
- 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[]
- Piacenza history
- List of mayors of Piacenza
- List of counts of Piacenza, 8th-11th centuries
- List of bishops of Piacenza
- state archives) (
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Haydn 1910.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
- ^ "(Comune: Piacenza)". (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ Berger 1899.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
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Portrait of Cristoforo Poggiali, 18th century historian of Piacenza
in English[]
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Placentia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Piacenza", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
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- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Piacenza". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
- Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
in Italian[]
- CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 1757-1766 (12 volumes) . Memorie storiche della città di Piacenza. Gicopazzi.
- Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza. Lodi: Wilmant e Figli.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (1841).
- Nuovissima guida della citta di Piacenza. Piacenza: Domenico Tagliaferri. 1842.
- "Piacenza". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). 17 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884.
- Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Piacenza". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233. (bibliography)
- Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Piacenza", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan
- "Piacenza", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
- Piero Castignoli. Storia di Piacenza (in Italian). OCLC 25082754. circa 1980-2002 (6 volumes)
- Maria Luigia Pagliani (1991). Piacenza: forma e urbanistica. Città antiche in Italia. . ISBN 978-88-7062-719-0.
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