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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pistoia in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
- 62 BCE - Battle of Pistoria fought near town.[1]
- 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia established.[2]
- 595 CE - Cattedrale di San Zeno dedicated.[3]
- 8th C. CE - Sant'Andrea church, likely date of origin.[1]
- 772 CE - Walls of Pistoia built (approximate date).[3]
- 12th C. - Church of Sant' Andrea expanded.[3]
- 1108 - Pistoia Cathedral damaged by fire.[1]
- 1117 - Pistoia "defeated by Lucca."[4]
- 1150 - City walls expanded (approximate date).[3]
- 1240 - City walls rebuilt (approximate date).[3]
- 1294 - San Domenico church construction begins.[1]
- 1302-1306 - Pistoia besieged by Florentine and Luccan forces.[1]
- 1325 - Luccan Castruccio Castracani in power.[1]
- 1348 - Black Death plague.[5]
- 1351 - Surrendered to Florence.[1]
- 1353 - Palazzo degli Anziani (Pistoia) expanded (approximate date).[3]
- 1359 - Battistero di San Giovanni in corte (baptistery) built.[3]
- 1368 - Palazzo Pretorio (Pistoia) built.[3]
- 1401 - Pistoia becomes part of the Florentine Republic.[6]
- 1494 - Basilica of Our Lady of Humility construction begins.[4]
- 1495 - Madonna dell'Umiltà construction begins.[1]
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17th-19th centuries
- 1615 - Palazzo Ganucci Cancellieri refurbished.
- 1630 - Plague outbreak.[6]
- 1642 - Accademia dei Risvegliati founded.
- 1643 - Pistoia besieged by papal forces.[6]
- 1650 - Palazzo Marchetti sold.
- 1694 - Teatro Manzoni (Pistoia) (theatre) built.[7]
- 1696 - Biblioteca Forteguerriana (library) founded.[8][9]
- 1726 - Biblioteca Fabroniana (library) founded.[9]
- 1786
- Religious Synod of Pistoia held.[7]
- Palazzo Bracciolini commissioned.
- 1795 - Palazzo Rossi construction completed.
- 1849 - Pistoia occupied by Austrians.[6]
- 1851 - Pistoia railway station opens.
- 1860 - Circondario di Pistoia (administrative region) established.
- 1861 - Pistoia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[6]
- 1864 - Porrettana railway begins operating.
- 1881 - Population: 54,920.[7]
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20th century
- 1906 - Population: 68,131.[1]
- 1921 - U.S. Pistoiese 1921 (football club) formed.
- 1927 - Administrative Province of Pistoia created.[4]
- 1931 - Population: 70,397.[7]
- 1943 - October: Bombing of Pistoia in World War II.
- 1966
- "Superachitettura" exhibit held.[10][11]
- Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens.
- 1969 - Copit (transit entity) established.
- 1970 - Zoo di Pistoia established.
- 1971
- Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie in business.
- Population: 93,185.
- 1974 - Istituto Storico della Resistenza (historical institute) established.[12]
- 1980 - Pistoia Blues Festival begins.
- 1992 - Local election held; Lido Scarpetti becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2001 - AnsaldoBreda engineering firm in business.
- 2002 - Local election held; Renzo Berti becomes mayor.
- 2003 - Associazione Storia e Città (history society) formed.
- 2005 - Blubus (transit entity) established.
- 2007 - Biblioteca San Giorgio (library) opens.[9]
- 2009 - Il Funaro (cultural entity) established.
- 2012 - Local election held; Samuele Bertinelli becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 88,904.[13]
- 2015 - 31 May: 2015 Tuscan regional election held.
- 2017 - Local election held; Alessandro Tomasi becomes mayor.
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See also
Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)
- Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
- Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
- Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
- Timeline of Grosseto, Tuscany
- Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
- Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
- Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
- Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
- Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
- Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
- Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
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