Timeline of Lucca
City of Lucca, Italy
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Prior to 18th century
- 3rd C. BCE - Ligurian settlement.[1]
- 180 BCE - Latin colony established.[2]
- 89 BCE - Lucca becomes a municipium.[3]
- 56 BCE - Conference of political leaders Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus held in Lucca.[2]
- 343 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Lucca active (approximate date).[4]
- 553 CE - Lucca besieged by forces of Narses during the Gothic War.[5]
- 571 - Lucca becomes an episcopal seat of the Lombards.[1]
- 713 - Walperto becomes Lombard duke of Lucca.[2]
- 1004 - Pisa-Lucca conflict.[6]
- 1052 - Matilda of Tuscany in power.[6]
- 1057 - Anselmo da Baggio becomes bishop.[6]
- 1063 - Lucca Cathedral construction begins.[5]
- 1119 - Office of consul active.[6]
- 1147 - Basilica of San Frediano built.[5]
- 1197 - Lucca joins the Tuscan League.[6]
- 1314 - Uguccione della Faggiuola in power.[5]
- 1316 - Castruccio Castracani in power.[5]
- 1328 - death of Castruccio Castracani and triumph of the Guelph party; rule by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor begins.[7]
- 1329 - rule by John of Bohemia begins.[8]
- 1333 - rule by Marsilio, Pietro, and Orlandi de' Rossi di Parma, royal vicars of John of Bohemia begins.[9]
- 1335 - rule by Mastino and Alberto della Scala, Signori of Lucca begins.[10]
- 1341 - rule by the commune of Florence begins.[11]
- 1342 - rule by the commune of Pisa begins.[12]
- 1364 - rule by Giovanni dell'Angnello de' Conti, Doge of Pisa begins.[13]
- 1369 - Lucca resumes self rule under the Anziani of Lucca.[14]
- 1429 - Siege of Lucca begins.
- 1477 - Printing press in operation.[15]
- 1504 - Walls of Lucca construction begins.[5]
- 1578 - Ducal Palace remodelled.[5]
- 1584 - Accademia lucchese di scienze, lettere e arti founded?
18th-19th centuries
- 1726 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca established by Pope Benedict XIII.[5]
- 1790 - University of Lucca opens.[16]
- 1794 - Biblioteca statale di Lucca (library) opens.[17][18]
- 1805 - French client principality of Lucca and Piombino established.[5]
- 1806 - Consiglio municipale (city council) convenes.[19]
- 1815 - Duchy of Lucca established per Congress of Vienna.[20]
- 1819
- Teatro del Giglio (theatre) built.
- Real Liceo (school) established.
- 1820 - Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca (garden) established.[21]
- 1832 - Aqueduct of Nottolini built in vicinity of Lucca.[5]
- 1837 - Town Hall moves into the Palazzo Santini.[19]
- 1846 - Lucca railway station opens; Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.[16]
- 1847 - Became one of the divisions of Tuscany.[5]
- 1863 - Monument to Francesco Burlamacchi erected in the Piazza San Michele.[5]
- 1883 - Lucca–Ponte a Moriano tramway begins operating.[22]
20th century
- 1901 - Population: 73,465.[5]
- 1905 - Lucca Football Club formed.
- 1911 - Population: 76,160.[23]
- 1931 - Population: 81,807.[24]
- 1935 - Stadio Porta Elisa (stadium) opens.
- 1972 - Mauro Favilla becomes mayor.
- 1979 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.[19]
- 1984 - Franco Antonio Fanucchi becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Pietro Fazzi becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2005 - Lucca Film Festival begins.
- 2012 - Alessandro Tambellini becomes mayor.[25]
- 2013 - Population: 87,598.[26]
See also
- History of Lucca
- List of mayors of Lucca
- List of bishops of Lucca (in Italian)
- State Archives of Lucca (state archives)
- History of Tuscany
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 Perugia, Umbria region
- Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
- Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
- Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
- Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
