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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.
Prior to 18th century
- at least 1000 BCE – First settlement.
- 9th C. BCE – Etruscan settlement.[1]
- end of the 5th century BCE – Celtic settlement.[2]
- 189 BCE – Town becomes a Roman colony.[3]
- 3rd C. CE – Catholic diocese of Bologna established.[4]
- 6th C. CE – Byzantines in power.[5]
- 9th C. CE – Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.[6]
- 902 – Town sacked by Hungarian forces.[7]
- 1088 – University established.[3][8][7]
- 1109 – Torre Asinelli (tower) built.[7]
- 1110 – Torre Garisenda (tower) built.[7]
- 1112 – Bologna becomes a free town.[9]
- 1167 – City joins Lombard League.[10]
- 1184 – Bologna Cathedral consecrated by Pope Lucius III.
- 1200 – Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
- 1206 – Inner city fortifications.[7]
- 1245 – Palatium Novum & Palazzo d'Accursio built.[7]
- 1249 – Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.[9][7]
- 1252 – Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.[6]
- 1263 – Church of San Francesco built.[10]
- 1293 – Paper mill established.[11]
- 1337 – Taddeo de Pepoli in power.[7]
- 1348 – Black Death epidemic.[12]
- 1351 – Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.[3]
- 1356 – Public clock installed.[13]
- 1364 – Collegio di Spagna founded.[8]
- 1390 – San Petronio Basilica construction begins.[6]
- 1401 – Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.[7]
- 1436 – Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.[14]
- 1438 – Bentivoglio family in power again.[7]
- 1444 – Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.[9]
- 1471 – Printing press in operation.[15][16]
- 1477 – Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.[17]
- 1506 – Bologna annexed to the Papal States from the Bentivoglio family.[18][7]
- 1511 – French in power.[3]
- 1530 – Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1563 – Archiginnasio built.[5]
- 1567 – Fountain of Neptune installed.[9]
- 1568 – Orto Botanico (garden) established.[19]
- 1582
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.[3]
- Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.[20]
- 1603 – Palazzo Caprara built.[21]
- 1615 – Accademia dei Floridi founded.[22]
- 1642 – The gazette named Bologna was published for the first time
- 1651 – Teatro Malvezzi built.
- 1653 – Marcello Malpighi, biologist and physician, granted doctorates at University of Bologna.[7]
- 1666 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
- 1675 – Birth of Prospero Lambertini, later Pope Benedict XIV.[7]
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18th–19th centuries
- 1712 – Painting academy founded.[3]
- 1714
- Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.[23]
- Observatory built.[8]
- 1737 – Birth of Luigi Galvani a pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.[7]
- 1763 – Teatro Comunale built.[9]
- 1789 – Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.[8]
- 1796 – City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.[9]
- 1797 – 3rd Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Bologna.[24]
- 1801 – Biblioteca Comunale (library) opens.
- 1805 – Teatro del Corso opens.[9]
- 1814
- 1831 – 4 February: "Insurrection."[3]
- 1833 – Young Italy Party unrest.[8]
- 1859 – June: "Insurrection."[8]
- 1860
- Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[7]
- Gazzetta dell'Emilia newspaper begins publication.[25]
- 1871 – Population: 115,957.[26]
- 1874 – Archivio di Stato di Bologna (state archives) established.[27]
- 1897 – Population: 153,206.[28]
- 1899 – Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.[29]
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20th century
- 1901 – Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.[7]
- 1909
- 5 February: Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism published in Gazzetta dell'Emilia.
- Bologna F. C. 1909 football club founded.
- 1914 – Maserati automaker in business.
- 1926 – Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.[30]
- 1933 – 19 January: Honorary Consulate of Poland opened (see Italy–Poland relations).[31]
- 1944 – Aerial bombing.[5]
- 1945 – April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
- 1950 – Population: 226,771.[5]
- 1963 – Cineteca di Bologna founded.
- 1974 – Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna headquartered in Bologna.
- 1977 – 1977 Bologna events (student protest).[32]
- 1980 – 2 August: Train station bombing.[33]
- 1985 – Museo civico medievale opens.[34]
- 1990 – Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bologna.
21st century
- 2002 – Associazione Home Movies film archive founded.[35]
- 2003 – Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.[36]
- 2011 – Virginio Merola becomes mayor.[37]
- 2013 – Population: 380,635.[38]
- 2016 – May: Bologna municipal election, 2016 held.
- 2022 – July: City hosts the final round of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.
See also
- Bologna history
- History of Bologna with timeline (in Italian)
- List of mayors of Bologna
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of 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 Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
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