Timeline of Brescia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brescia in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 15th century[edit]
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- 350 BCE – Celtic Cenomani take Brixia (ancient city) from the Etruscans (approximate date).[1]
- 225 BCE – Gallic Cenomani Brixia allies with Rome.[2]
- 89 BCE – Brixia "granted Latin citizenship."[3]
- 49 BCE – Brixia granted "Roman citizenship."[3]
- 7 CE – Brixia becomes part of the Regio X Venetia et Histria.[1]
- 73 CE – Capitolium of Brixia built.[4]
- 320 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia established (approximate date).[5]
- 387 – Gaudentius of Brescia becomes bishop.
- 452 – Brescia sacked by forces of Attila.[4]
- 562 – Lombards in power.[3]
- 753 – San Salvatore monastery founded.[3]
- 756 – Desiderius in power.[3]
- 1100 - Old Cathedral, Brescia construction begins.
- 1135-1138 – The commune of Brescia revolts against the Bishop Manfred.[6]
- 1139 - Bishop Manfred, having received Pope Innocent II's support, has Arnold of Brescia exiled.[6]
- 1167 – Brescia active member of the Lombard League.[4]
- 1222 – 25 December: 1222 Brescia earthquake.
- 1235 – Broletto palace built.[2][4]
- 1238 – Attempted siege by forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.[2]
- 1258 – Scaligeri in power.[4]
- 1266 – Charles of Anjou in power.[2]
- 1339 – Visconti in power.[2]
15th–19th centuries[edit]
- 1421 - Visconti of Milan in power.[4]
- 1426 – Venetians in power.[4]
- 1473 – Printing press in operation.[7][8]
- 1478 – Plague.[9]
- 1487 – Santa Maria dei Miracoli church construction begins.[3]
- 1512 – 19 February: Sack of Brescia by French forces during the War of the League of Cambrai.[4](it)
- 1563 – Accademia degli Occulti founded.[10]
- 1574
- Palazzo della Loggia completed.[4]
- Guazzo's Civil Conversazione (etiquette book) published in Brescia.[11]
- 1604 – New Cathedral construction begins.[4]
- 1745 – Biblioteca Queriniana (library) founded.[12]
- 1769 – 18 August: Lightning causes explosion.
- 1797
- Venetian rule ends; Brescia becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.[1][4]
- Broletto palace destroyed by French forces.[4]
- 1805 – Brescia becomes part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.[3]
- 1813 – Monumental cemetery of Brescia established.
- 1814 – Austrians in power.[1]
- 1848 – March: Political unrest.[1][4]
- 1849 – Uprising against Austrian rule; crackdown.[4]
- 1850 – August: Flood.[9]
- 1854 - Brescia railway station opened.
- 1859
- June: Garibaldi and the Cacciatori delle Alpi military unit enter city.[1]
- Brescia becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[13]
- Provincial Circondario di Brescia (district) established.
- 1875 – Dismantling of city walls begins.[3]
- 1882 – Brescia tram begins operating.
- 1888 – Banca San Paolo di Brescia (bank) established.
- 1897 – Population: 67,923.[14]
20th century[edit]
- 1901 - Population: 72,731.[4]
- 1909 – Aerodrome built.
- 1911
- Population: 83,338.[15]
- Brescia Calcio (football club) formed.
- 1913 - Zoo of Brescia Castle opened.
- 1919 - Brescia University College opened as Ursuline College.
- 1925
- Morcelliana publisher in business.
- Brescia University established.
- 1927 – Mille Miglia car race begins.[16]
- 1932 – Piazza della Vittoria (Brescia) remodelled.[1]
- 1936 – Brescia trolleybus begins operating.
- 1944 – Bombing of Brescia in World War II.[3]
- 1945
- Bombing.[3]
- Giornale di Brescia newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1948 – Bruno Boni (politician) becomes mayor (until 1975).
- 1959 - Stadio Mario Rigamonti opened.
- 1974
- 28 May: Piazza della Loggia bombing.[18]
- Bresciaoggi Nuovo newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1982 – University of Brescia established.[19]
- 1988 - Zoo of Brescia Castle closed.
- 1992 – Paolo Corsini becomes mayor.
- 1999 – Museo di Santa Giulia (museum) established.[16]
21st century[edit]
- 2013
- Local election held; Emilio Del Bono becomes mayor.
- Population: 188,520.[20]
See also[edit]
- History of Brescia
- List of mayors of Brescia
- List of bishops of Brescia
- List of presidents of the Province of Brescia, 1861–present
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Brescia was part 1426-1797
- History of Lombardy (it)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
- Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
- Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
- Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b c d e Armstrong 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Giuseppe Pinna. "Brescia". Oxford Art Online.
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- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ a b Greenway, George William (1931). Arnold of Brescia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 51, 56–7.
- ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Brescia". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ a b Overall 1870.
- ^ James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
- ^ "(Comune: Brescia)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Haydn 1910.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ a b "Storia di Brescia". Turismo Brescia (in Italian). Comune di Brescia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ Zygmunt G. Baranski; Rebecca J. West, eds. (2001). "Chronology". Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55982-9.
- ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
in English[edit]
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Brescia". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Brixia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
- "Brescia", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). p. 498.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brescia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Brescia", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
- "Brescia", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Brescia". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 188+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Lawrin Armstrong (2004). "Brescia". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 155–157. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian[edit]
- Pietro Bravo. Delle storie bresciane (in Italian). 1839–1843 (5 volumes)
- Federico Odorici. Storie bresciane (in Italian). 1853–1865 (11 volumes)
- Federico Odorici (1858). Guida di Brescia (in Italian).
- "Brescia". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian) (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1877. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649802.
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Brescia". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.* Club Alpino Italiano (1903). Guida di Brescia artistica (in Italian).
- "Brescia". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 371+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
- "Brescia", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1930
- Giovanni Treccani (ed.). Storia di Brescia (in Italian). Morcelliana. OCLC 8793953. 1963–1964
- Antonio Fappani. Brescia in Enciclopedia bresciana, Editrice Voce del Popolo, Brescia, 1975.
- Brescia. Le città nella storia d'Italia (in Italian). 1989.
- Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)
Gianluigi Valotti, Il ricordo dei Prodi bresciani e dei Caduti del 1859 nel Cimitero Vantiniano di Brescia, Bornato, Sardini Editrice, 2016, ISBN 978-88-7506-227-9
Gianluigi Valotti, Brescia 1859. Il Vantiniano accoglie le spoglie delle armate europee, Brescia, Fondazione Negri, 2017. ISBN 978-88-89108-36-9Brescia 1849. I caduti delle dieci giornate di Gianluigi Valotti - La Compagnia della Stampa - 2018: ISBN 9788884867520
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