Timeline of Prato
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Prior to 20th century
- 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
- 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."[1]
- 12th C. - Walls of Prato built.[2]
- 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.[1]
- 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).[1]
- 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."[3]
- 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).[1]
- 13th C.
- Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.[3]
- Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
- 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.[2]
- 1228 - Franciscan church established.[1]
- 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.[1]
- 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.[1]
- 1283 - San Domenico church founded.[2]
- 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.[1]
- 1295 - San Francesco church built.[1]
- 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.[4]
- 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.[1]
- 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."[3]
- 1322 - Monastero e chiesa di San Niccolò construction begins.[5]
- 1347 - Black Death plague.[1]
- 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.[1]
- 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
- 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).[1]
- 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.[2]
- 1512 - Sack of Prato by Spanish forces.[3]
- 1653
- 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.[5]
- 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.[2]
- 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.[2]
- 1861 - Population: 32,710.(it)
- 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the Piazza del Comune (Prato).[1]
20th century
- 1906 - Population: 20,197.[3]
- 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
- 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.[7]
- 1934
- Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[7]
- Prato Centrale railway station built.[7]
- 1936 - Population: 64,362.(it)
- 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
- 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
- 1944 - 7 September: Eccidio del Castello dell'Imperatore.[8]
- 1945 - Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi (transit entity) formed.
- 1950 - Sede INAIL (Prato) built.
- 1951 - Population: 77,631.(it)
- 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.[6]
- 1961 - Population: 111,285.(it)
- 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
- 1971 - Population: 143,232.(it)
- 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
- 1977
- Prato textile museum opens.[9]
- Teatro Fabbricone (theatre) founded.[10][11]
- 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.[12]
- 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.[13]
- 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.[1]
- 1998 - Cantieri culturali ex Macelli-Officina Giovani built.
21st century
- 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
- 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 187,159.[14]
- 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
- 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
See also
- History of Prato
- List of mayors of Prato
- List of bishops of Prato, 1653–present (in Italian)[1]
- History of Tuscany
- State Archives of Prato
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- 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 Pistoia, Tuscany
- Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
- Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
