Timeline of Novara explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.
• 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).^[1]
• 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
• 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.
• 450 - (baptistery) built (approximate date).^[2]
• 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.
• 569 - Lombards in power.^[3]
• 774 - Franks in power.
• 830 - becomes bishop.
• 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.
• 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.
• 1123 - becomes bishop.
• 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.
• 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.
• 1178 - Communal palace built.
• 1185 - Office of podestà established.
• 1277 - Legal code established.
• 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."
• 1346 - Courthouse built.
• 1448 - Sforza in power.
• 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1538 - Farnese in power.
• 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.
• 1607 - San Marco church built.^(it)
• 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.^[4]

18th and 19th centuries

• 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."
• 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."
• 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.
• 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."
• 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.
• 1838 - Population: 18,524.
• 1842 - Market built.
• 1847 - Public library founded.^{[5] [6]}
• 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.^[7]
• 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
• 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1859 - (provincial district) established.
• 1861 - Population: 25,144.^(it)
• 1864 - begins operating
• 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
• 1881 - (tram) begins operating.
• 1884
  • Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.
  • (tram) begins operating.
• 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
• 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 45,189.^[8]

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 54,571.^[9]
• 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
• 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.^[10]
• 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1951 - Population: 69,395.^(it)
• 1952 - founded.
• 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.^[11]
• 1961 - Population: 87,704.^(it)
• 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.^[12]
• 1975 - begins broadcasting.
• 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
• 1989 - founded.
• 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

21st century

• 2004 - begins.
• 2013 - Population: 101,933.^[13]
• 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
• 2021 - Novara ramming

See also

• • Novara history List of mayors of Novara
• List of bishops of Novara

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:^(it)

• • Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
• Piedmont region: Timeline of Turin

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Sources

in English

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Novaria . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=468. . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=468 .
• Novara . 19 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) . 829 - 830 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Novara . .

in Italian

• Book: Francesco A. Bianchini . Le cose rimarchevoli della città di Novara . 1828 . Girolamo Miglio.
• Book: Carlo Morbio . Storie dei municipi italiani . Manini . Milan . 758844008 . it . Storia della città e diocesi di Novara . 1841 .
  • • 1912 ed.
• Book: Giuseppe Garone . I reggitori di Novara . 1865. Francesco Merati .
• Book: Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . it . Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese . Turin . 6th . Novara . 15 . 1883. https://books.google.com/books?id=pVY_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA665 . Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana .
• Book: Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia . Carlo Lozzi . Imola . 12117233 . it . 1887 . 2 . Storie de'Municipii: Novara . https://books.google.com/books?id=IOBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA483. (bibliography)
  • 1907-
• Book: Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino . Guida d'Italia . . Milan . it . 1916. Novara . 2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w?urlappend=%3Bseq=399 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w?urlappend=%3Bseq=399 .
• N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 28 January 2017 .
2. Web site: . Navara . Carlo Tosco . Retrieved 28 January 2017
3. Web site: Novara ieri e oggi . Comune di Novara . it . 28 January 2017 .
4. Web site: I principali monumenti della citta . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014948/http://www.comune.novara.it/citta/monumenti/monumenti.php?monumento=0&elenco=elenco . dead . 27 September 2007 . Comune di Novara . it . 28 January 2017 .
5. Web site: (Comune: Novara) . (Registry of Italian Libraries) . . it . 28 January 2017 .
6. Web site: Biblioteca civica Carlo Negroni . Novara . it . 28 January 2017 .
7. Book: Mark Gilbert. Robert K. Nilsson. Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6428-3 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1899 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 . . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 .
9. 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 .
10. Web site: Società Storica Novarese . it . 28 January 2017 .
11. Web site: MiBACT . it . . 28 January 2017 .
12. Web site: Archivio di Stato di Novara . it . Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali . 28 January 2017 .
13. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 28 January 2017 .