Timeline of Bergamo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.^[1]
• 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.^[2]
• 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.^[1]
• 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.^[1]
• 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.^[3]
• 1264 - Milanese in power.^[4]
• 1336 - Rocca di Bergamo [it] (castle) built.^[1]
• 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed.^[4]
• 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.^[1]
• 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.^[4]
• 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.^[1]
• 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.^[1]
• 1549 - Population: 20,843.^[3]
• 1561 - Venetian wall of Bergamo [it] construction begins.^[3]
• 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.^[5]
• 1776 - Population: 28,581.^[3]
• 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.^[1]
• 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
• 1797
  • French client Republic of Bergamo created.
  • Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
• 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded.^[3]
• 1814 - Austrians in power.^[3]
• 1840 - Palazzo Frizzoni [it] built.
• 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
• 1859 - Circondario di Bergamo [it] (administrative area) established.
• 1860 - Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova [it] becomes mayor.
• 1861 - Population: 37,343.^[3]
• 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
• 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
• 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.^[3]
• 1890 - Monza-Trezzo-Bergamo Tram [it] begins operating.
• 1897
  • Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
  • Population: 45,929.^[6]

20th century

• 1901 - Bergamo-Trescore-Sarnico Tramway [it] begins operating.
• 1907
  • City walls dismantled.^[1]
  • Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 55,306.^[7]
• 1912 - Bergamo-Albino Tram (1912-1953) [it] and Funicolare di Bergamo-San Vigilio [it] (funicular) begin operating.
• 1927 - Colognola del Piano, Grumello del Piano [it], and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.^[3]
• 1928
  • Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
  • Population: 81,400.^[3]
• 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.^[8]
• 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.

21st century

• 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
• 2013 - Population: 115,072.^[9]
• 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Bergamo [it]
• List of mayors of Bergamo
• List of bishops of Bergamo
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Bergamo was part 1428-1797

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

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