Timeline of Bologna
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.
Prior to 18th century
    
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- at least 1000 BCE - First settlement.
 - 9th C. BCE - Etruscan settlement.[1]
 - end of the 5th century BCE - Celtic settlement.[2]
 - 189 BCE - Town becomes a Roman colony.[3]
 - 3rd C. CE - Catholic diocese of Bologna established.[4]
 - 6th C. CE - Byzantines in power.[5]
 - 9th C. CE - Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.[6]
 - 902 - Town sacked by Hungarian forces.[7]
 - 1088 - University established.[3][8][7]
 - 1109 - Torre Asinelli (tower) built.[7]
 - 1110 - Torre Garisenda (tower) built.[7]
 - 1112 - Bologna becomes a free town.[9]
 - 1167 - City joins Lombard League.[10]
 - 1184 - Bologna Cathedral consecrated by Pope Lucius III.
 - 1200 - Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
 - 1206 - Inner city fortifications.[7]
 - 1245 - Palatium Novum & Palazzo d'Accursio built.[7]
 - 1249 - Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.[9][7]
 - 1252 - Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.[6]
 - 1263 - Church of San Francesco built.[10]
 - 1293 - Paper mill established.[11]
 - 1337 - Taddeo de Pepoli in power.[7]
 - 1348 - Black Death epidemic.[12]
 - 1351 - Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.[3]
 - 1356 - Public clock installed.[13]
 - 1364 - Collegio di Spagna founded.[8]
 - 1390 - San Petronio Basilica construction begins.[6]
 - 1401 - Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.[7]
 - 1436 - Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.[14]
 - 1438 - Bentivoglio family in power again.[7]
 - 1444 - Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.[9]
 - 1471 - Printing press in operation.[15][16]
 - 1477 - Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.[17]
 - 1506 - Bologna annexed to the Papal States from the Bentivoglio family.[18][7]
 - 1511 - French in power.[3]
 - 1530 - Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
 - 1563 - Archiginnasio built.[5]
 - 1567 - Fountain of Neptune installed.[9]
 - 1568 - Orto Botanico (garden) established.[19]
 - 1582
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.[3]
 - Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.[20]
 
 - 1603 - Palazzo Caprara built.[21]
 - 1615 - Accademia dei Floridi founded.[22]
 - 1642 - The gazette named Bologna was published for the first time
 - 1651 - Teatro Malvezzi built.
 - 1653 - Marcello Malpighi, biologist and physician, granted doctorates at University of Bologna.[7]
 - 1666 - Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
 - 1675 - Birth of Prospero Lambertini, later Pope Benedict XIV.[7]
 
18th-19th centuries
    
- 1712 - Painting academy founded.[3]
 - 1714
- Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.[23]
 - Observatory built.[8]
 
 - 1737 - Birth of Luigi Galvani a pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.[7]
 - 1763 - Teatro Comunale built.[9]
 - 1789 - Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.[8]
 - 1796 - City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.[9]
 - 1801 - Biblioteca Comunale (library) opens.
 - 1805 - Teatro del Corso opens.[9]
 - 1814
 - 1831 - 4 February: "Insurrection."[3]
 - 1833 - Young Italy Party unrest.[8]
 - 1859 - June: "Insurrection."[8]
 - 1860
- Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[7]
 - Gazzetta dell'Emilia newspaper begins publication.[24]
 
 - 1871 - Population: 115,957.[25]
 - 1874 - Archivio di Stato di Bologna (state archives) established.[26]
 - 1897 - Population: 153,206.[27]
 - 1899 - Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.[28]
 
20th century
    
- 1901 - Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.[7]
 - 1909
- 5 February: Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism published in Gazzetta dell’Emilia.
 - Bologna F. C. 1909 football club founded.
 
 - 1914 - Maserati automaker in business.
 - 1926 - Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.[29]
 - 1944 - Aerial bombing.[5]
 - 1945 - April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
 - 1950 - Population: 226,771.[5]
 - 1963 - Cineteca di Bologna founded.
 - 1974 - Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna headquartered in Bologna.
 - 1977 - 1977 Bologna events (student protest).[30]
 - 1980 - 2 August: Train station bombing.[31]
 - 1985 - Museo civico medievale opens.[32]
 
21st century
    
- 2002 - Associazione Home Movies film archive founded.[33]
 - 2003 - Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.[34]
 - 2011 - Virginio Merola becomes mayor.[35]
 - 2013 - Population: 380,635.[36]
 - 2016 - May: Bologna municipal election, 2016 held.
 
See also
    
- Bologna history
 - History of Bologna with timeline (in Italian)
 - List of mayors of Bologna
 
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
 - Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
 - Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
 - Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
 
References
    
- "Etruscan Bologna | Museum: Sections: Etruscan Bologna | Archaeological Museum of Bologna | Iperbole".
 - Williams, J. H. C. (2001). Beyond the Rubicon: Romans and Gauls in Republican Italy (illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-0-19-815300-9.
 - Townsend 1867.
 - "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
 - Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 241, OL 6112221M
 - Hourihane 2012.
 - Britannica 1910.
 -  Charles E. Little (1900), "Italy", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls 
{{citation}}: External link in(help)|author= - Baedeker 1913.
 - Ring 1996.
 - Wilhelm Sandermann (2013). "Beginn der Papierherstellung in einigen Landern". Papier: Eine spannende Kulturgeschichte (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-662-09193-7. (timeline)
 - Wray 2009.
 -  Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Marc Vanscheeuwijck (1995). "Musical Performance at San Petronio in Bologna: a Brief History". Performance Practice Review. 8 – via Claremont University Consortium.
 - Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
 - Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Bologna". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
 - John Block Friedman; Kristen Mossler Figg (2000). "Ptolemy". Trade, Travel, and Exploration in the Middle Ages: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-59094-9.
 - Catholic Encyclopedia 1913.
 - "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
 - "Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - Guida per la città di Bologna 1844.
 - Crowther 1999.
 - James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
 - Bernardini 1890.
 - "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
 - "La Storia" (in Italian). Archivio di Stato di Bologna. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
 - "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
 - "Bologna (Italy) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - "Movie Theaters in Bologna". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
 - "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - "Our Museums". Comune di Bologna. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - "Associazione Home Movies, l'Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia". Film History. Indiana University. 19. 2007. ISSN 1553-3905. JSTOR 25165448.
 - "Sister Cities". USA: City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
 - "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 - "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
 
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
    
in English
- Frederic Leopold Stolberg (1796), "(Bologna)", Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, translated by Thomas Holcroft, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
 - Abraham Rees (1819), "Bologna", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
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in other languages
- Guida per la città di Bologna (in Italian). Bologna: Tipografia de S. Tommaso d' Aquino. 1844.
 - Giuseppe Ottino (1875), "Elenco dei periodici italiani per ordine di provincie: Bologna", La stampa periodica, il commercio dei libri e la tipografia in Italia (in Italian), Milan: G. Brigola, hdl:2027/umn.31951001486193y. (List of newspapers in Bologna)
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 - A. Prosperi, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 3 - Bologna nell'età moderna. Cultura, istituzioni culturali, Chiesa e vita religiosa, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-88-7395-394-4.
 - A. Berselli, A. Varni, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 4 - Bologna in età contemporanea. 1796–1914, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-88-7395-571-9.
 
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