Timeline of Pisa explained

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

Prior to 15th century

• 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa.
• 180 BCE - Pisa becomes a Roman colony.
• 89 BCE - Pisans granted Roman citizenship.
• 300 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Pisa established (approximate date).^[1]
• 805 CE - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno monastery founded.
• 812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded.
• 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs.
• 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens.
• 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins.
• 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again.
• 1092
  • Pisa Cathedral construction completed.
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa established.
• 1095 - Pisans join religious First Crusade forces fighting abroad.
• 1118 - Pisa Cathedral consecrated.
• 1119 - San Pietro in Vinculis church reconsecrated.
• 1132 - San Sisto church consecrated.
• 1140 - Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa. the square become the center of Pisa.
• 1147–1150 - The Pisans joined in the Second Crusade.
• 1150 - Santo Sepolcro church built (approximate date).
• 1152 - Pisa Baptistery construction begins.
• 1161 - built.
• 1162 - Pisan territory expands.^[2]
• 1167 - Flood.^(it)
• 1173 - Tower of Pisa construction begins.
• 1187 - Papal election, December 1187 held at Pisa.
• 1228 - Conflict with the united forces of Florence and Lucca near Barga
• 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina church and tower of the San Nicola church built (approximate date).
• 1252 - Santa Caterina church built.
• 1257 - Hospital built.
• 1264 - San Francesco church built.
• 1278 - Camposanto Monumentale (cemetery) built.
• 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria fought between Pisan and Genoese forces near Livorno; Genoese win.
• 1329 - Santa Maria del Carmine church built.
• 1342 - Lucca annexed to Pisa.
• 1343 - University of Pisa founded by edict of Pope Clement VI.
• 1399 - Republic of Pisa becomes a client state of the Duchy of Milan.

15th–19th centuries

• 1402 - Gabriele Maria Visconti becomes signore.
• 1406
  • Pisa besieged by Florentine forces.
  • Cittadella Nuova (fortress) construction begins.
• 1482 - Printing press in operation.^[3]
• 1494 - French in power.
• 1509 - Florentines in power.
• 1543
  • Orto botanico di Pisa (garden) founded.^[4]
  • built.
• 1551 - Population: 8,574 within the walls.
• 1555 - Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa rebuiling completed.
• 1562 - Piazza dei Cavalieri remodelled.
• 1564
  • Palazzo della Carovana built.
  • Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.
• 1569 - Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri church consecrated.
• 1589 - Galileo begins teaching at the university.
• 1590 - Lanfreducci palace built.
• 1596 - Museo storia naturale di Pisa (museum) founded.
• 1605 - built.
• 1680 - Flood.^(it)
• 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power.
• 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls.
• 1777 - Flood.^(it)
• 1810 - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (school) founded.
• 1815 - created.
• 1841 - Population: 40,477.
• 1844 - Pisa-Livorno railway begins operating.
• 1846 - Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
• 1851 - University closes.
• 1859 - University reestablished.
• 1860 - Pisa becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1861 - Pisa-Massa railway begins operating.
• 1865 - (theatre) opens.
• 1867 - (theatre) opens.^[5]
• 1881 - Population: 42,779.
• 1885 - opens.
• 1897 - Population: 65,516.^[6]

20th century

• 1909 - Pisa Sport Club formed.
• 1919 - Arena Garibaldi opens.
• 1930 - Società Storica Pisana (history society) formed.^{[7] (it)}
• 1943 - Bombing of Pisa in World War II in World War II.^[8]
• 1944 - Bombing.
• 1945 - in operation.
• 1950 - (bridge) built.
• 1952 - United States military Camp Darby established near city.
• 1963 - Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa (library) established.^{[9] [10]}
• 1979 - Associazione Teatro di Pisa (theatre organization) formed.
• 1985 - May: held.
• 1987 - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies established.^[11]

21st century

• 2008 - Marco Filippeschi becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 86,263.^[12]
• 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
• 2018 - Michele Conti becomes mayor.

See also

• • List of mayors of Pisa
• List of bishops of Pisa
• List of rulers of the Republic of Pisa, 11th-15th c. (in Italian)
• (state archives)
• 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 Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
• Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
• 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. Pisae . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=652 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=652. .
• Book: Bella Duffy . The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca) with Genoa. 1892 . T. Fisher Unwin . London . .
  • • Pisa . 21 . Villari . Pasquale . Pasquale Villari . 643 - 646 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York . Pisa . 12 . 1911. https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop12herbuoft#page/110/mode/2up. .
  • Book: William Heywood. History of Pisa: Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. 1921. Cambridge University Press.
• David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
• Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3 . 1996 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 31045650 . Pisa . 539–542 . Jane Skinner Sawyers. . 9781134259588 .
• Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Tuscany: Pisa . 334+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Pisa.
• O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
• Book: . Sleepwalking into a New World: The Emergence of Italian City Communes in the Twelfth Century. 2015. Princeton University Press. 978-1-4008-6582-6. Pisa . 67–118.

in Italian

• Book: Ranieri Grassi . Descrizione storica e artistica di Pisa e de' suoi contorni con XXII tavole in rame . Ranieri Prosperi . it . 1836 .
• Book: . Florence . Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana . it . Supplement . 1845. Pisa . 185–191. 2027/hvd.32044021571781?urlappend=%3Bseq=189 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044021571781?urlappend=%3Bseq=189. .
• Book: Giovanni Sforza . Memorie storiche della città di Pisa dal 1838 al 1871. Angelo Valenti . it . 1871. .
• Book: F. da Scorno. Nuova guida di Pisa . Giovanni Maria Pizzanelli . it . 1874. Principali fatti della storia di Pisa, dall'anno 823 al 1866. https://books.google.com/books?id=DkoQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA154. . (timeline)
• Book: Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . it . Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese . Turin . 6th. 1884. Pisa . 2027/nnc1.cu08476845?urlappend=%3Bseq=707 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu08476845?urlappend=%3Bseq=707.
• Book: Ligúria, Toscana settentrionale, Emília. Guida d'Italia . . Milan . it. 1916. Pisa . 267+. 2027/wu.89003452653 .
  • A. R. Masetti. Pisa storia urbana (Pisa, 1964)
• L. Nuti. Pisa progetto e città, 1814–1865 (Pisa, 1986)
• Book: Teatri di Pisa (1773-1986) . it . Gino dell'Ira . 1987 .
• E. Tolaini. Pisa (Rome, and Bari, 1992)
• P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 15 December 2016 .
2. Web site: . Pisa . Retrieved 17 December 2016
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: Pisa . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=519 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=519 .
4. Web site: Garden Search: Italy . . London . 16 December 2016 .
5. Web site: Teatro di Pisa . Fondazione Teatro di Pisa . it . 17 December 2016 .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1899 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 . HathiTrust . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
7. Web site: Società Storica Pisana . it . 16 December 2016 .
8. Web site: Cenni storici . it . Comune di Pisa . 16 December 2016 .
9. Web site: Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa: Storia della biblioteca . it . Comune di Pisa . 16 December 2016 .
10. Web site: (Comune: Pisa) . Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) . . it . 16 December 2016 .
11. Book: Walter Rüegg . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . 576+ .
12. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 15 December 2016 .