Timeline of Parma explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma.
• 183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony.
• 4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date).^[1]
• 452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila.
• 569 CE – Alboin in power.
• 1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop.
• 1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated.
• 1117 – Earthquake.^[2]
• 1248 – Battle of Parma.
• 1281 – Parma Baptistery built.
• 1307 – in power.
• 1346 – Visconti in power.
• 1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built.
• 1472 – Printing press in operation.^[3]
• 1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established.
• 1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date).
• 1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession.
• 1521 – by French forces.
• 1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built.
• 1545 – Duchy of Parma established.
• 1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded.
• 1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins.
• 1591 – built.
• 1627 – and rebuilt (approximate date).
• 1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.

18th–19th centuries

• 1734 – Austrians in power.
• 1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
• 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.
• 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).
• 1817 – (cemetery) established.
• 1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto^[5]
• 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
• 1833 – Population: 48,523.
• 1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.
• 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
• 1859
  • June: Political unrest.
  • Parma railway station opens.
• 1860 – (history society) founded.
• 1861
  • Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
  • (concert band) active.
• 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.
• 1866 – built.
• 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.
• 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
• 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
• 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
• 1899 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 48,523.
• 1908 – Labor strike.
• 1910 – and begin operating.
• 1911 – Population: 51,910.^[6]
• 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
• 1920 – erected.
• 1922 – August: (political unrest).
• 1923
  • Parma Airport built.
  • Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
• 1925 – constructed.
• 1930 – (library) established.^[7]
• 1931 – Population: 71,282.
• 1941 – (theatre) built in the .
• 1943 – Parma occupied by German forces.
• 1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II.
• 1945 – German forces ousted.
• 1951 – Population: 122,978.
• 1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
• 1961 – Population: 147,368.
• 1971 – Population: 175,228.
• 1978 – begins broadcasting.

21st century

• 2001 – built.
• 2002 – established.
• 2012 – May: held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 177,714.^[8]

See also

• Parma history
  • • List of mayors of Parma
• List of bishops of Parma
• List of dukes of Parma, 1545–1859
• (state archives)

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

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Parma . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=571. . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=571 .
  • • Parma . 20 . 850 - 851 . 1910 . . 1.
    • + (1870 ed.)
• Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Emilia Romagna: Parma . 92+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Parma . 855+.
• Book: Charles M. Rosenberg. Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini . Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-79248-6 . 2010.
• Book: Italian Academies 1525–1700: Networks of Culture, Innovation and Dissent . Jane E. Everson . etal . Routledge . 978-1-317-19630-3 . 2016. Reforming Theatre in Farnese Parma: The Case of the Accademia degli Innominati (1574–1608). Lisa Sampson. 62–76. .

in Italian

• Book: Statistica del Regno d'Italia: biblioteche. Florence . it. 1865. Elenco delle biblioteche del regno: Parma. https://books.google.com/books?id=-SHLOdWcNDoC&pg=PR92. . Italien . (List of libraries)
• Book: Nicola Bernardini . Guida della stampa periodica italiana . Guide to Italian Periodicals . it . R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante . Lecce . 1890. Provincia di Parma . 591+. https://books.google.com/books?id=hJBJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA591. .
• Book: Statistica delle biblioteche . Ministero dell'agricoltura, dell'industria e del commercio .

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  . Rome . it. 1893. Parma. https://books.google.com/books?id=DYsZAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA79. . (List of libraries)
• Book: Stefano Lottici . Giuseppe Sitti . Bibliografia generale per la storia parmense . Bibliography of the history of Parma . it . Alfonso Zerbini . 1904 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 29 December 2016 .
2. Book: Mario Baratta .

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   . I terremoti d'Italia . Earthquakes in Italy . 1901. . Turin . it. (includes chronology)
3. Book: Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . Robert Proctor . Robert Proctor (bibliographer) . London . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company . 1898 . Books Printed From Types: Italy: Parma . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=471 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=471 .
4. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
5. Encyclopedia: Parma, Il Conservatorio di musica. Dizionario della musica e dei musicisti del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza. 2011. Gaspare Nello Vetro.
6. 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 .
7. Web site: (Comune: Parma) . . Registry of Italian Libraries . . it . 29 December 2016 .
8. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 29 December 2016 .