Timeline of Rimini

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Rimini in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 268 BCE – Ariminum becomes a Roman colony.^[1]
• 27 BCE – Arch of Augustus erected.^[1]
• 313 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini established;^[2] Stemnio becomes bishop.^[1]
• 538 – Rimini besieged by Goth forces.^[3]
• 1157 – Rimini granted "right of self-government."^[3]
• 1216 – Rimini "worsted by Cesena."^[3]
• 1237 – Giovanni Malatesta becomes podesta.^[3]
• 1295 – Malatesta da Verucchio becomes Lord of Rimini [it].
• 1432 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta becomes lord of Rimini.^[3]
• 1450 – Tempio Malatestiano (church) built (approximate date).^[3][4]
• 1512 – Spaniards and the Swiss fought against the French at Ravenna.^[3]
• 1528
  • Pope Clement VII becomes definite master of the town.^[3]
  • End of 250 years of the rule over Rimini of the House of Malatesta.^[3]
• 1619 – Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga (library) founded.^[5]
• 1861 – Bologna–Ancona railway begins operating; Rimini railway station opens.
• 1882 – "Technical school" established.^[3]
• 1889 – Ferrovia Ferrara-Rimini [it] (railway) begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 – Population: 46,801.^[3]
• 1912
  • Airport built.^{[citation needed]}
  • Libertas Rimini football club formed.
• 1916 – Verucchio-Rimini railway [it] begins operating.
• 1921 – Rimini-Riccione tram [it] begins operating.
• 1932 – Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino railway begins operating.
• 1934 – Stadio Romeo Neri (stadium) opens.
• 1939 – Trolleybuses in Rimini begin operating.
• 1960 – 31 July: 1960 Deutsche Flugdienst incident [it].
• 1976 – October: National meeting of Lotta Continua held in Rimini.^[6]
• 1992 – TRAM (Rimini) [it] (transit entity) formed.
• 1993 – Corriere Romagna newspaper begins publication.^[7][8]

21st century

• 2011 – Andrea Gnassi becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 143,731.^[9]
• 2019 – Metromare (bus rapid transit) line opens

See also

• History of Rimini [it]
• List of mayors of Rimini
• List of lords of Rimini, 1295–1500 (in Italian)
• List of bishops of Rimini (in Italian)
• History of Romagna [it] region

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

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza