Timeline of Piacenza
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Piacenza in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
- 218 BCE – Placentia becomes a Roman colony.[1]
- 205 BCE – Placentia besieged by Carthaginian forces of Hasdrubal.[2]
- 200 BCE – Town sacked by Gaulish forces.[2][1]
- 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (Ariminum-Placentia road) built.[1]
- 271 CE – The Marcomanni defeat the Aurehan outside the city walls.[1]
- 375 CE – Basilica of Sant'Antonino built.[1]
- 450 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approximate date).[3]
- 546 – "Totila reduced Piacenza by famine."[1]
- 903 – San Savino church construction begins.[1]
- 988 – Piacenza becomes an archbishopric.[4]
- 997 – Piacenza demoted to a bishopric;[1][4] Emperor Otto III removes the city from the county of Piacenza and gives it to the bishop.[5]
- 1005 – Bishop Siegfried moves San Savino outside the walls and rebuilds it.[6]
- 1095 – Council of Piacenza a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen.
- 1107 – San Savino rebuilt in a Romanesque style.[6]
- 1122 – Piacenza Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1167 – Piacenza joins the Lombard League.[citation needed]
- 1183 – Meeting of Lombard League held in Piacenza regarding the Peace of Constance.[1]
- 1226 – Piacenza joins renewed Lombard League.[7]
- 1229 – Piacenza participates in War of the Keys on the side of the pope[7] and the Battle of San Cesario on the side of Bologna.
- 1233 – Piacenza Cathedral construction completed.[1]
- 1235 – Guelph Annals of Piacenza finished.[7]
- 1254 – Scotti (family) in power.[8]
- 1278 – San Francesco church construction begins.[1]
- 1281 – Palazzo Comunale built.[1]
- 1334 – Sant'Anna church built.[1]
- 1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[9]
- 1447 – Piacenza taken by forces of Francesco I Sforza.[1]
- 1471 – Hospital built.[1]
- 1475 – Printing press in operation.[10]
- 1499 – San Sisto church construction begins.[1]
- 1512 – Piacenza "occupied by the papal forces."[1]
- 1545 – Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created under Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma.[1]
- 1558 – Palazzo Farnese construction begins.[1]
- 1620 – Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.[1]
- 1625 – Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.[1]
18th–19th centuries
- 1738 – Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).[11]
- 1746 – 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.[8][1]
- 1748 – Spaniards in power.[11]
- 1796 – Piacenza occupied by French forces.[1]
- 1801 – Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia per Treaty of Lunéville.[12]
- 1804 – Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) (theatre) opens.
- 1811 – Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.[13][14]
- 1821
- Political unrest.[2]
- Cimitero di Piacenza (cemetery) established.
- 1831 – Political unrest.[2]
- 1848 – 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.[2][12]
- 1859
- Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens.
- Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.[2]
- Circondario di Piacenza (provincial district) established.
- 1860 – Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
- 1861 – Population: 40,582.(it)
- 1867 – Progresso newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1883 – Libertà newspaper begins publication.[11]
20th century
- 1902 – Piacenza tram begins operating.
- 1903 – Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
- 1911 – Population: 38,542.[16]
- 1919 – Piacenza Football Club formed.
- 1920 – Stadio comunale di Piacenza (stadium) opens.
- 1932 – Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola (railway) begins operating.
- 1933 – Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
- 1936 – Population: 64,210.(it)
- 1961 – Population: 88,541.(it)
- 1969 – Stadio Leonardo Garilli (stadium) opens.
- 1981 – Population: 109,039.(it)
- 1994 – Local election held; Giacomo Vaciago (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
- 1995 – Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
- 1998 – Local election held; the lawyer Gianguido Guidotti (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term.
- 1999 – Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.
21st century
- 2000 – La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
- 2002 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote.
- 2004 – Local election held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza.
- 2007 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) is re-elected Mayor. He is the first incumbent Mayor re-elected by direct vote.
- 2008 – Museo civico di storia naturale di Piacenza (museum) opens in the Fabbrica del Ghiaccio.[17]
- 2009 – Local election held; Massimo Trespidi is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President of the center-right elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Gianluigi Boiardi is the first President to lost at the first round in the direct vote.
- 2012 – Local election held; Paolo Dosi (center-left) becomes Mayor.
- 2013
- Piacenza–Cremona railway closed.
- Population: 100,843.[18]
- 2017 – Local election held; the lawyer Patrizia Barbieri (center-right) becomes Mayor. She is the first female Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Paolo Dosi is the second Mayor to not run for a second final term.
See also
- Piacenza history
- History of Piacenza
- List of mayors of Piacenza
- List of counts of Piacenza, 8th–11th centuries
- List of bishops of Piacenza
- State Archives of Piacenza (state archives)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
