Timeline of Livorno explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Livorno in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

• 1077 - Matilda of Tuscany tower built.
• 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria (1284) fought near Livorno with the win of Genoa.
• 1303 - Livorno Lighthouse (Fanale dei Pisani) built.^[1]
• 1399 - Livorno sold by Pisa to the Visconti.
• 1407 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Genoa.
• 1421 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Florence.
• 1423 - (tower) built.
• 1551 - Population: 749.
• 1571 - Port of Livorno construction begins.
• 1575 - Pisa-Livorno Navicelli channel created.
• 1603 - Synagogue of Livorno built.
• 1606
  • Livorno attains city status.
  • Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi built.
• 1626 - Monument of the Four Moors erected in the Piazza Micheli.^[2]
• 1630 - Venezia Nuova area development begins.
• 1645 - Old English Cemetery, Livorno established (until 1838).
• 1653 - 4 March: Naval battle fought near city during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
• 1691 - Port declared Free port.
• 1718 - Status as free port confirmed in the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
• 1742 - Earthquake.^{[3] (it)}
• 1796 - French forces enter city.
• 1806 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno established.^[4]
• 1813 - Attempted siege of Livorno by British and Italian forces.
• 1816 - Biblioteca Labronica (library) founded.^[5]
• 1825
  • founded.
  • "British 'factory'" closes.
• 1840 - New built.
• 1842 - built.
• 1847 - (theatre) opens.
• 1848 - Cisternino di città built.
• 1849 - May: by Austrian forces during the First Italian War of Independence.
• 1856 - Santa Maria del Soccorso, Livorno opened.
• 1857 - June: Fire.
• 1867 - Livorno–Rome railway opened.
• 1868 - Livorno's free port status ends.
• 1871 - Population: 97,096.^[6]
• 1872 - Chamber of Commerce headquartered in the .
• 1881 - Italian Naval Academy established.
• 1899 - City Archive opens on .^[7]

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 78,308.
• 1911 - Population: 105,315.^[8]
• 1915 - A.S. Livorno Calcio (football club) formed.
• 1920 - Scuola Labronica artists' group formed.
• 1921 - January: held in Livorno.
• 1935
  • (railway) begins operating.
  • Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini (stadium) opens.
• 1940 - in World War II begins.
• 1942 - built.
• 1943 - City bombed by allied forces in World War II; cathedral demolished.
• 1944
  • Bombing by allied forces.
  • becomes mayor.
• 1945 - Bombing of Livorno ends.
• 1953 - Cathedral reconstructed.
• 1954 - becomes mayor.
• 1962 - New Synagogue of Livorno built.
• 1978 - Il Tirreno newspaper in publication.^[9]
• 1985 - May: held.
• 1992 - becomes mayor.
• 1994 - (museum) moves into the .

21st century

• 2004 - Alessandro Cosimi becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 156,998.^[10]
• 2014 - Filippo Nogarin becomes mayor.
• 2015 - Population: 159,431^[11]
• 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
• 2019 - Luca Salvetti becomes mayor.

See also

• and Timeline (in Italian)
• List of mayors of Livorno
• 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 Lucca, Tuscany
• Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
• Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
• Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
• Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
• Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
• Timeline of Siena, Tuscany

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • Leghorn . 16 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist). 377 - 378 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Tuscany: Livorno . 329+. .

in Italian

• 1842-
• P. Volpi, Guida del Forestiere per la città e contorni di Livorno, 1846.
• Book: Giuseppe Piombanti . Guida storica ed artistica della città e dei dintorni di Livorno . it . Bologna . Forni . 1903. .
• P. Vigo, Livorno. Aspetti storici-artistici, Bergamo 1915.
  • G. Nudi. Storia urbanistica di Livorno: Dalle origini al secolo XVI (Venice, 1959)
• L. Bortolotti. Livorno dal 1748 al 1958: Profilo storico-urbanistico (Florence, 1970)
• A. Melosi, Resistenza, dopoguerra e ricostruzione a Livorno. 1944/48, S. Giovanni in Persiceto (Bo) 1984.
  • Book: Tiziana Noce . Nella città degli uomini: donne e pratica della politica a Livorno fra guerra e ricostruzione. it . . . 978-88-498-0843-8 . 2004. .
• A. Santini, 400 anni di Livorno, Pisa 2006.
• A. Prosperi (a cura di), Livorno 1606–1806. Luogo di incontro tra popoli e culture, Torino, Allemandi, 2009.

External links

• (state archives)
• Items related to Livorno, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Livorno, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Livorno . 11 November 2009 . Leghorn Merchant Networks . 16 December 2016.
2. Web site: . Livorno . Cornelia Danielson . Retrieved 15 December 2016
3. Book: Mario Baratta .

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   . I terremoti d'Italia . Earthquakes in Italy . 1901. . Turin . it. (includes chronology)
4. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 14 December 2016 .
5. Web site: (Comune: Livorno) . . Registry of Italian Libraries) . . it . 15 December 2016 .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1873 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/nyp.33433081590360?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590360?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
7. Web site: Storia dell'Archivio . Ezio Papa . Comune di Livorno . it . 15 December 2016 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1913 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 .
9. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
10. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 14 December 2016 .
11. http://demo.istat.it/index.html Istat