Timeline of Perugia explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy.

Prior to 17th century

• 310 BCE - Romans in power; settlement named "Perusia."
• 3rd century BCE - Etruscan built.
• 216 and 205 BCE - Assisted Rome in the Hannibalic war.
• 90 BCE - Town "received Roman citizenship."^[1]
• 40 BCE - Perusia sacked during the Perusine War.
• 5th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Perugia established.^[2]
• 548 CE - Perugia besieged by forces of Ostrogoth Totila during the Gothic War (535–554).
• 10th century - Benedictine San Pietro abbey founded.
• 1139 - Perugia "recorded as a free comune."
• 1205 - (church) rebuilt.
• 1216 - Papal election, 1216 held at Perugia.
• 1250 - (church) built (approximate date).
• 1264 - Papal election, 1264–65 held at Perugia.
• 1278 - Fontana Maggiore (fountain) erected in the Piazza Maggiore.
• 1285 - Papal election, 1285 held at Perugia.
• 1293 - Palazzo del Popolo construction begins.
• 1294 - Papal election, 1292–94 held at Perugia.
• 1304
  • Papal conclave, 1304–05 held at Perugia.
  • San Domenico church construction begins.
• 1308 - University of Perugia established.
• 1345 - Perugia Cathedral construction begins.
• 1348 - Plague.
• 1390 - (merchants' guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.
• 1416 - Braccio da Montone in power.
• 1424 - Baglioni (family) in power.
• 1453 - Università Vecchia built on the Piazza del Sopramuro.
• 1457 - Collegio del Cambio (exchange guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.
• 1461 - facade constructed.^[3]
• 1475 - Printing press in operation.^{[4] [5]}
• 1480 - (gate) built.
• 1490 - Perugia Cathedral completed.
• 1534 - Perugia "deprived of its privileges."
• 1540
  • Salt War (1540).
  • (gate) dismantled.
• 1543 - Rocca Paolina (fort) built.
• 1548 - built.
• 1561 - founded.
• 1573
  • Accademia del Disegno founded.
  • Vincenzo Danti appointed city architect.
• 1587 - Perugia Cathedral consecrated.

17th-19th centuries

• 1623 - Biblioteca Augusta (library) opens.^[6]
• 1665 - (church) built.
• 1720 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia (garden) established.^[7]
• 1723 - (theatre) opens.
• 1758 - built.
• 1762 - Montemorcino monastery built.^[8]
• 1781 - Teatro Morlacchi (theatre) opens.
• 1797 - Perugia was occupied by the French.
• 1798 - Perugia becomes part of the department of France.
• 1832 - Earthquake.^(it)
• 1838 - Earthquake.^(it)
• 1840 - Ancient Hypogeum of the Volumnus family rediscovered near Perugia.
• 1849
  • Austrians in power.
  • (cemetery) established.
• 1854 - Earthquake.
• 1859 - 20 June: 1859 Perugia uprising.
• 1860
  • Perugia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
  • in business.
• 1863 - Pinacoteca Vannucci (museum) established.
• 1866 - Perugia railway station opens.
• 1891 - (theatre) opens.
• 1899 - Tram begins operating.

20th century

• 1905 - A.C. Perugia (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 65,805.^[9]
• 1943 - begins operating.
• 1944 - 20 June: Allied forces enter city.
• 1961 - begins.
• 1974 - (history society) formed.
• 1975 - Stadio Renato Curi (stadium) opens.
• 1983 - Corriere dell'Umbria newspaper begins publication.^[10]
• 1984 - 29 April: .

21st century

• 2007 - 1 November: Murder of Meredith Kercher.
• 2008 - MiniMetro automated people mover system begins operating.
• 2011 - Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport terminal built.
• 2013 - Population: 162,986.^[11]
• 2014 - held; Andrea Romizi becomes mayor.

See also

• • Perusia, city of ancient Etruria
• List of mayors of Perugia
• List of bishops of Perugia
• (state archives)
• Umbria history (it)

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 Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
• 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

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Perusia . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=599 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=599. .
• Book: Story of Perugia . Margaret Symonds . Lina Duff Gordon . Mediaeval towns . London . . 1898 . 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6833zg6v .
  • Perugia . 21 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) . 278 - 279 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: History of Perugia . R. Langton Douglas, ed. . William Heywood . New York . G. P. Putnam's Sons . 1910 .
  • Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Umbria: Perugia . 350+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Perugia . .

in Italian

• Book: Perugia augusta descritta . . it . 1658 . 9788827122273 .
• Book: Pellini . Dell'historia di Perugia . Venice . it . 1664 .
• Book: Guida al forestiere per l'augusta città di Perugia . Baldassarre Orsini .

  it:Baldassarre Orsini

  . it . 1784 .
• Book: Serafino Siepi . Descrizione topologico-istorica della città di Perugia . it . 1822 .
• Book: Guida di Perugia . Giovan Battista Rossi Scotti . it . 2nd . 1867 .
• Book: Storia di Perugia . . it . . 1875-1879. 2 volumes: (1) to 1495, (2) 1495-1860.
  • Book: Cronache della cittá di Perugia . . Turin . it . 1887-1892 (4 vols.)
• Book: Guida di Perugia e pianta della città . Perugia . Tilli . it . 2nd . 1895 .
• Book: Raniero Gigliarelli .

  it:Raniero Gigliarelli

  . Perugia antica e Perugia moderna: indicazioni storico-topographiche. 1907. Unione Tipografica Cooperativa-Editrice . Perugia . it .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Perugia . P. Scarpellini . Retrieved 10 December 2016
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 10 December 2016 .
3. Web site: Florence and Central Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 10 December 2016 .
4. Book: . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 . Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established .
5. 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: Perugia . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=511 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=511 .
6. Book: Giovanni Cecchini. La Biblioteca Augusta del Comune di Perugia. 1978. . Rome . it .
7. Web site: Garden Search: Italy . . London . 10 December 2016 .
8. Web site: Florence and Central Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 10 December 2016 .
9. Book: Statesman's Year-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. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
11. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 10 December 2016 .