Timeline of Piacenza explained

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

Prior to 18th century

• 218 BCE – Placentia becomes a Roman colony.
• 205 BCE – Placentia besieged by Carthaginian forces of Hasdrubal.
• 200 BCE – Town sacked by Gaulish forces.
• 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (Ariminum-Placentia road) built.
• 271 CE – The Marcomanni defeat the Aurehan outside the city walls.
• 375 CE – Basilica of Sant'Antonino built.
• 450 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approximate date).^[1]
• 546 – "Totila reduced Piacenza by famine."
• 903 – San Savino church construction begins.
• 988 – Piacenza becomes an archbishopric.^[2]
• 997 – Piacenza demoted to a bishopric;^[2] Emperor Otto III removes the city from the county of Piacenza and gives it to the bishop.^[3]
• 1005 – Bishop Siegfried moves San Savino outside the walls and rebuilds it.
• 1107 – San Savino rebuilt in a Romanesque style.
• 1095 – Council of Piacenza a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen.
• 1122 – Piacenza Cathedral construction begins.
• 1167 – Piacenza joins the Lombard League.
• 1183 – Meeting of Lombard League held in Piacenza regarding the Peace of Constance.
• 1226 – Piacenza joins renewed Lombard League.^[4]
• 1229 – Piacenza participates in War of the Keys on the side of the pope^[4] and the Battle of San Cesario on the side of Bologna.
• 1233 – Piacenza Cathedral construction completed.
• 1235 – Guelph Annals of Piacenza finished.^[4]
• 1254 – in power.
• 1278 – San Francesco church construction begins.
• 1281 – Palazzo Comunale built.
• 1334 – Sant'Anna church built.
• 1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[5]
• 1447 – Piacenza taken by forces of Francesco I Sforza.
• 1471 – Hospital built.
• 1475 – Printing press in operation.^[6]
• 1499 – San Sisto church construction begins.
• 1512 – Piacenza "occupied by the papal forces."
• 1545 – Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created under Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma.
• 1558 – Palazzo Farnese construction begins.
• 1620 – Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.
• 1625 – Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.

18th–19th centuries

• 1738 – Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).
• 1746 – 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.
• 1748 – Spaniards in power.
• 1796 – Piacenza occupied by French forces.
• 1801 – Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia per Treaty of Lunéville.
• 1804 – (theatre) opens.
• 1811 – Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.^{[7] [8]}
• 1821
  • Political unrest.
  • (cemetery) established.
• 1831 – Political unrest.
• 1848 – 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.^[9]
• 1859
  • Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens.
  • Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
  • (provincial district) established.
• 1860 – Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
• 1861 – Population: 40,582.^(it)
• 1867 – Progresso newspaper begins publication.
• 1883 – Libertà newspaper begins publication.^[10]

20th century

• 1902 – begins operating.
• 1903 – Museo Civico (museum) founded.
• 1911 – Population: 38,542.^[11]
• 1919 – Piacenza Football Club formed.
• 1920 – (stadium) opens.
• 1932 – (railway) begins operating.
• 1933 – Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
• 1936 – Population: 64,210.^(it)
• 1961 – Population: 88,541.^(it)
• 1969 – Stadio Leonardo Garilli (stadium) opens.
• 1981 – Population: 109,039.^(it)
• 1994 – Local election held; (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
• 1995 – Local election held; (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
• 1998 – Local election held; the lawyer (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term.
• 1999 – Local election held; (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.

21st century

• 2000 – La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
• 2002 – Local election held; (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote.
• 2004 – Local election held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza.
• 2007 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) is re-elected Mayor. He is the first incumbent Mayor re-elected by direct vote.
• 2008 – Museo civico di storia naturale di Piacenza (museum) opens in the Fabbrica del Ghiaccio.^[12]
• 2009 – Local election held; is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President of the center-right elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Gianluigi Boiardi is the first President to lost at the first round in the direct vote.
• 2012 – Local election held; Paolo Dosi (center-left) becomes Mayor.
• 2013
  • Piacenza–Cremona railway closed.
  • Population: 100,843.^[13]
• 2017 – Local election held; the lawyer Patrizia Barbieri (center-right) becomes Mayor. She is the first female Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Paolo Dosi is the second Mayor to not run for a second final term.

See also

• Piacenza history
  • List of mayors of Piacenza
• List of counts of Piacenza, 8th–11th centuries
• List of bishops of Piacenza
• (state archives)

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

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; 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

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• Arthur Kingsley Porter . A. Kingsley . Porter . San Savino at Piacenza, I: History and Structure . American Journal of Archaeology . 1912 . 16 . 3 . 350–367. 10.2307/497193 . 497193 . 191373774 .

in Italian

• Book: Cristoforo Poggiali .

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  . Memorie storiche della città di Piacenza. Gicopazzi . 1757-1766 (12 volumes)
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• Book: Luciano Scarabelli .

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  . Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza. 1841. Wilmant e Figli . Lodi .
• Book: Nuovissima guida della citta di Piacenza . Domenico Tagliaferri . Piacenza . 1842 .
• Book: Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . it . Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese . Turin . 6th . Piacenza . 17 . 1884. 2027/nnc1.cu08476845?urlappend=%3Bseq=295 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu08476845?urlappend=%3Bseq=295 .
• Book: Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia . Carlo Lozzi . Imola . 12117233 . it . 1887 . 2 . Storie de'Municipii: Piacenza . https://books.google.com/books?id=IOBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA44. (bibliography)
  • • Book: Storia di Piacenza . it . 25082754 . Piero Castignoli . circa 1980-2002 (6 volumes)
• Book: Maria Luigia Pagliani . Piacenza: forma e urbanistica. . Città antiche in Italia . 978-88-7062-719-0 . 1991 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 23 January 2017 .
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5. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

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   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-15510-4 . 392 .
6. 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: Piacenza . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=512 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=512 .
7. Book: American Library Annual . 1916 . . New York . Leading Libraries of the World: Italy . 475–477 . https://books.google.com/books?id=S03QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA475 .
8. Web site: (Comune: Piacenza) . . Registry of Italian Libraries . . it . 23 January 2017 .
9. Book: Mark Gilbert. Robert K. Nilsson. Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6428-3 .
10. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
11. 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 . .
12. Web site: MiBACT . it . . 24 January 2017 .
13. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 23 January 2017 .