Timeline of Pisa
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Prior to 15th century
- 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa.[1]
- 180 BCE - Pisa becomes a Roman colony.[1]
- 89 BCE - Pisans granted Roman citizenship.[2]
- 300 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Pisa established (approximate date).[3]
- 805 CE - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno monastery founded.[4]
- 812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire.[2]
- 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded.[4]
- 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs.[1]
- 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens.[1]
- 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins.[2]
- 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again.[1]
- 1092
- Pisa Cathedral construction completed.[1]
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa established.[3]
- 1095 - Pisans join religious First Crusade forces fighting abroad.[2]
- 1118 - Pisa Cathedral consecrated.[1]
- 1119 - San Pietro in Vinculis church reconsecrated.[4]
- 1132 - San Sisto church consecrated.[4]
- 1140 - Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa. the square become the center of Pisa.
- 1147–1150 - The Pisans joined in the Second Crusade.[1]
- 1150 - Santo Sepolcro church built (approximate date).[1]
- 1152 - Pisa Baptistery construction begins.[2]
- 1161 - Walls of Pisa built.[4]
- 1162 - Pisan territory expands.[4]
- 1167 - Flood.(it)
- 1173 - Tower of Pisa construction begins.[2]
- 1187 - Papal election, December 1187 held at Pisa.
- 1228 - Conflict with the united forces of Florence and Lucca near Barga
- 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina church and tower of the San Nicola church built (approximate date).[1]
- 1252 - Santa Caterina church built.[4]
- 1257 - Hospital built.[4]
- 1264 - San Francesco church built.[4]
- 1278 - Camposanto Monumentale (cemetery) built.[4]
- 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria fought between Pisan and Genoese forces near Livorno; Genoese win.
- 1329 - Santa Maria del Carmine church built.[4]
- 1342 - Lucca annexed to Pisa.[2]
- 1343 - University of Pisa founded by edict of Pope Clement VI.[2]
- 1399 - Republic of Pisa becomes a client state of the Duchy of Milan.
15th–19th centuries
- 1402 - Gabriele Maria Visconti becomes signore.
- 1406
- Pisa besieged by Florentine forces.[1]
- Cittadella Nuova (fortress) construction begins.[4]
- 1482 - Printing press in operation.[5]
- 1494 - French in power.[4]
- 1509 - Florentines in power.[1]
- 1543
- Orto botanico di Pisa (garden) founded.[6]
- Palazzo della Sapienza (Pisa) built.[4]
- 1551 - Population: 8,574 within the walls.[1]
- 1555 - Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa rebuiling completed.
- 1562 - Piazza dei Cavalieri remodelled.[4]
- 1564
- Palazzo della Carovana built.
- Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.
- 1569 - Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri church consecrated.
- 1589 - Galileo begins teaching at the university.
- 1590 - Lanfreducci palace built.[1]
- 1596 - Museo storia naturale di Pisa (museum) founded.
- 1605 - Logge di Banchi built.[4]
- 1680 - Flood.(it)
- 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power.[4]
- 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls.[1]
- 1777 - Flood.(it)
- 1810 - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (school) founded.
- 1815 - Piazza Santa Caterina created.[4]
- 1841 - Population: 40,477.[7]
- 1844 - Pisa-Livorno railway begins operating.[4]
- 1846 - Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
- 1851 - University closes.[2]
- 1859 - University reestablished.[2]
- 1860 - Pisa becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[4]
- 1861 - Pisa-Massa railway begins operating.
- 1865 - Teatro Politeama (Pisa) (theatre) opens.[8][9]
- 1867 - Regio Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.[9]
- 1881 - Population: 42,779.[1]
- 1885 - Velodromo Stampace opens.
- 1897 - Population: 65,516.[10]
20th century
- 1909 - Pisa Sport Club formed.
- 1919 - Arena Garibaldi opens.
- 1930 - Società Storica Pisana (history society) formed.[11](it)
- 1943 - Bombing of Pisa in World War II in World War II.[12]
- 1944 - Bombing.[2]
- 1945 - Coltano prison camp in operation.[2]
- 1950 - Ponte di Mezzo (bridge) built.
- 1952 - United States military Camp Darby established near city.
- 1963 - Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa (library) established.[13][14]
- 1979
- 1985 - May: Tuscan communal election, 1985 held.
- 1987 - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies established.[17]
21st century
- 2008 - Marco Filippeschi becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 86,263.[18]
- 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
- 2018 - Michele Conti becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Pisa
- List of mayors of Pisa
- List of bishops of Pisa
- List of rulers of the Republic of Pisa, 11th-15th c. (in Italian)
- State Archives of Pisa (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 Lucca, Tuscany
- Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
- Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
- Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
- Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
- Timeline of Siena, Tuscany