Timeline of Turin

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Prior to 17th century[]

Turin Cathedral was built in 1498
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  • 218 BC - Town besieged by forces led by Hannibal.[1]
  • 27 BC - Romans establish Castra Taurinorum.[citation needed]
  • 69 AD - Fire.[1]
  • 312 - Battle of Turin.
  • 5th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Turin established.[2]
  • 773 - Franks of Charlemagne in power.
  • 10th century - Monastery of St. Andrew established.[citation needed]
  • 940s - Contea di Torino (countship) founded.
  • 1354 -  [it] founded.[3]
  • 1404 - Palatine Towers rebuilt.
  • 1405 - University of Turin founded.[4]
  • 1453 - City sacked.[citation needed]
  • 1474 - Printing press in operation.[5]
  • 1498 - Turin Cathedral built.[1]
  • 1515 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin established.
  • 1536 - French in power.[1]
  • 1563 - City becomes capital of the Duchy of Savoy.
  • 1565 - Citadel built.[6]
  • 1568 - Collegio dei Nobili founded.
  • 1583 - Capuchin monastery founded on Monte dei Cappuccini.[3]

17th century[]

The Royal Palace of Turin was built in 1658
  • 1610 - Church of Corpus Domini and  [it] built.[3]
  • 1630 - Plague.[1]
  • 1638 - Piazza San Carlo laid out.[3]
  • 1640 - Siege of Turin; French in power.[1]
  • 1652 - Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti founded.[3]
  • 1656 - Monte dei Cappuccini church built.
  • 1658 - Royal Palace built.[3]
  • 1659 - Artillery Arsenal founded.[3]
  • 1660 - Castello del Valentino built.
  • 1669 - Palazzo de Citta (town hall) built.[3]
  • 1679 - Jesuit college built.[3]
  • 1680 - Palazzo Carignano built.[3]
  • 1687 - Church of San Lorenzo built.[3]
  • 1694 - Sindone Chapel built.

18th century[]

  • 1706 - City besieged by French forces.
  • 1718 - Palazzo Madama expanded.[3]
  • 1720
    • City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[3]
    • University Library founded.[3]
  • 1730 -  [it] built.
  • 1731 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino (garden) laid out.
  • 1736 -  [it] built.[3]
  • 1740 - Royal Theatre opens.
  • 1753 - Teatro Carignano opens.
  • 1757 - Academy of sciences founded.[1][7]
  • 1760 - Reycends publisher in business (approximate date).[8][9]
  • 1763 - Caffè Al Bicerin in business.[10]
  • 1772 - Church of San Filippo Neri built.[1]
  • 1780 - Caffè Fiorio in business.
  • 1784 - Patriottica Nobile Societa del Casino formed.[11]
  • 1785 - Società Agraria di Torino founded.
  • 1798 - French in power.[1]

19th century[]

Turin in the late 19th century, with the Mole Antonelliana under construction
  • 1801 - Fortifications demolished.[3]
  • 1802 - City becomes part of French Empire.
  • 1814 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
  • 1815 - Accademia Filarmonica founded.[12]
  • 1823 - Population: 88,000.[4]
  • 1824 - Museo Egizio (Egyptian museum) founded.
  • 1831 - Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (church) built.[3]
  • 1832 - Pinacoteca opens in Palazzo Madama.[3][13]
  • 1837 - Royal Library of Turin and Royal Armoury established.[14]
  • 1841 - Società del Whist founded.
  • 1843 -  [it] founded.[15]
  • 1848
    • Gazzetta del Popolo begins publication.
    •  [it] becomes mayor.
  • 1857 - Fortifications demolished.[3]
  • 1861
    • City becomes capital of newly united Kingdom of Italy.
    • Population: 173,305.
  • 1862 - Regio Museo Industriale Italiano (industrial museum) established.[16]
  • 1863 - Club Alpino Italiano founded.
  • 1864 - Torino Porta Nuova railway station opens.
  • 1865 - Capital of Kingdom of Italy relocates from Turin to Florence.[1]
  • 1867 - Gazzetta Piemontese newspaper begins publication.
  • 1868 -  [it] and Torino Porta Susa railway station built.
  • 1869
    • 22 February: Biblioteca Civica Centrale (Turin) (library) opens.
    • Le Nuove prison built.
  • 1871
  • 1878 - Museum of the Risorgimento established.
  • 1879 - Mont Cenis Tunnel Monument erected in Piazza Statuto.[3]
  • 1889 - Mole Antonelliana built.
  • 1892 -  [it] (hiking club) formed.[18]
  • 1896 - 1 February: Premiere of Puccini's opera La Bohème.[19]
  • 1897
    • Sport Club Juventus formed.[20]
    • Population: 351,855.[21]
  • 1899 - F.I.A.T. automotive manufactory in business.

20th century[]

The Stadio Olimpico di Torino was a venue for the 1934 FIFA World Cup
  • 1902 - International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts held.
  • 1906
    • Lancia & C. automotive manufactory in business.
    • Royal Turin Polytechnic and Torino Football Club founded.
  • 1907 - Derby della Mole athletic contest begins.
  • 1908 - September, first solo aeroplane flight by a woman, Thérèse Peltier, from the Military Square, Turin
  • 1911
    • Turin International world's fair held.
    • Population: 415,667.
  • 1922 - Conflict between Fascist and labour supporters.
  • 1933
    • Giulio Einaudi editore (publisher) in business.
    • Stadio Benito Mussolini opens.
  • 1934 - City Museum of Ancient Art housed in the Palazzo Madama.
  • 1937 -  [it] constructed.
  • 1945
  • 1949
  • 1951 - Population: 719,300.
  • 1953 - Turin Airport built.
  • 1958 - Politecnico di Torino building constructed.
  • 1960 - Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile opens.
  • 1961 - Population: 1,025,822.
  • 1971 - Population: 1,167,968.
  • 1982 - Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani begins.
  • 1983 - February 13: Cinema Statuto fire.
  • 1988 - Salone del Libro (book fair) begins.
  • 1990 - Stadio delle Alpi opens.
  • 1992 -  [it] (orchestra) formed.

21st century[]

  • 2001 - Sergio Chiamparino becomes mayor.
  • 2002 - Lumiq Studios established.
  • 2003 - Gruppo Torinese Trasporti founded.
  • 2004
    • Terra Madre conference begins.
    • ESCP Europe campus established.
  • 2006
    • Turin Metro begins operating.
    • 2006 Winter Olympics held.
    • Archaeological Park opens.
    • City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
  • 2007 - Eataly in business.[22]
  • 2008 - National Museum of Cinema and Museum of Oriental Art established.
  • 2010 - ToBike municipal bike-sharing program begins.[citation needed]
  • 2011
    • Juventus Stadium opens.
    • Piero Fassino becomes mayor.
  • 2012 - Population: 906,089.
  • 2016 - June: Turin municipal election, 2016 held.

See also[]

  • List of mayors of Turin
  • History of Turin [it]
  •  [it] (state archives)

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

  • Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
  • Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
  • Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara

References[]

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  2. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Baedeker 1913.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Morse 1823.
  5. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Torino". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
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  7. ^ Il primo secolo della R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino (in Italian), Torino: Stamperia reale di G.B. Paravia e c., 1883, OL 24347595M
  8. ^ Catalogue rangé dans un nouvel ordre pour l'utilité des gens de lettres contenant les livres françois, italiens, latins &c. qui se trouvent chez les frères Reycends, et Guibert libraires sur le coin de la ruë Neuve à Turin (in French). 1760.
  9. ^ "Reycends frères". French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe Project, 1769-1794. University of Leeds. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  10. ^ "36 Hours in Turin". New York Times. June 28, 2012.
  11. ^ Anthony L. Cardoza (1997), Aristocrats in Bourgeois Italy, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521593034
  12. ^ Bertolotti 1840.
  13. ^ Galleria Sabauda (Turin, Italy) (1899). Catalogo della Regia Pinacoteca di Torino (in Italian).
  14. ^ Catalogo della armeria reale (in Italian). Torino: Tipografia editrice G. Candeletti. 1890.
  15. ^ "Associazione Amici del Museo Storico Nazionale d'Artiglieria" (in Italian). Torino. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  16. ^ Annuario (in Italian). Regio Museo Industriale Italiano in Torino. 1898.
  17. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
  18. ^ A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857-1907". Alpine Journal. UK (177). hdl:2027/njp.32101076197365.
  19. ^ "Timeline of opera", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 June 2015
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b Tom Dunmore (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
  21. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
  22. ^ Corby Kummer (May 2007). "The Supermarket of the Future". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

published in the 18th-19th century
  • Frederic Leopold Stolberg (1796), "(Turin)", Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, Translated by Thomas Holcroft, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
  • "Turin". A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer. London: John Stockdale. 1800. OCLC 79519893.
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Turin", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
  • Mariana Starke (1839), "Turin", Travels in Europe (9th ed.), Paris: A. and W. Galignani
  • Valery (1842). "Turin". Italy and its Comforts. London: Longman.
  • Francis Coghlan (1847), "Turin", Handbook for European Tourists (2nd ed.), London: H. Hughes
  • "Turin", Black's Guide to Italy, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869
  • "Turin", Cook's Tourist's Handbook for Northern Italy, London: T. Cook & Son, 1881
  • William Pembroke Fetridge (1881), "Turin", Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Europe and the East, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "Turin", Appleton's European Guide Book, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1888
  • "Turin", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Italy, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1894
  • "Turin", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
published in the 20th-21st century

in other languages[]

Further information (in Italian):  [it]
  • Modeste Paroletti (1826). Turin a la portée de l'étranger (in French). Turin: Freres Reycend.
  • Davide Bertolotti (1840), Descrizione di Torino (in Italian), G. Pomba, OCLC 586330
  • Luigi Cibrario (1846), Storia di Torino (in Italian), Alessandro Fontana. v.1, v.2
  • Carlo Promis (1869), Storia dell'antica Torino (in Italian), Torino: Dalla Stamperia Reale
  • V. Bersezio; et al. (1880). Torino (in Italian). Torino: Roux e Favale.
  • Esposizione Generale Italiana in Torino 1884, Guida Ufficiale: Brevi cenni sulla citta e dintorni [Brief overview of the city and surroundings] (in Italian), Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice, 1884, OCLC 698384728, OL 25311191M
  • "Torino". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian) (6th ed.). Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1887.
  • "Turin". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). 1908.
  • Pietro Toesca (1911), Torino (in Italian), Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, OL 22335598M
  • Teofilo Rosse; Ferdinando Gabotto (1914), Storia di Torino (in Italian), Torino: Baravalle e Falconieri. v.1
  • Boccalatte et al., eds. Torino in guerra: 1940-1945 (Turin: Gribaudo, 1995)
  • Bruno Maida, ed. Guerra e società nella provincia di Torino, 1940-1945 (Turin: Blu Edizioni, 2007)

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