Timeline of Perugia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
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- 310 BCE - Romans in power; settlement named "Perusia."[1]
- 3rd century BCE - Etruscan walls built.[2]
- 216 and 205 BCE - Assisted Rome in the Hannibalic war.[3]
- 90 BCE - Town "received Roman citizenship."[2]
- 40 BCE - Perusia sacked during the Perusine War.[3]
- 5th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Perugia established.[4]
- 548 CE - Perugia besieged by forces of Ostrogoth Totila during the Gothic War (535–554).
- 10th century - Benedictine San Pietro abbey founded.[2]
- 1139 - Perugia "recorded as a free comune."[2]
- 1205 - Chiesa di San Costanzo (Perugia) (church) rebuilt.[5]
- 1216 - Papal election, 1216held at Perugia.
- 1250 - Chiesa di San Francesco al Prato (church) built (approximate date).[2]
- 1264 - Papal election, 1264–65held at Perugia.
- 1278 - Fontana Maggiore (fountain) erected in the Piazza Maggiore.[2]
- 1285 - Papal election, 1285 held at Perugia.[3]
- 1293 - Palazzo del Popolo construction begins.[2]
- 1294 - Papal election, 1292–94 held at Perugia.[3]
- 1304
- Papal conclave, 1304–05 held at Perugia.[3]
- San Domenico church construction begins.[5]
- 1308 - University of Perugia established.[2][3]
- 1345 - Perugia Cathedral construction begins.[5]
- 1348 - Plague.[2]
- 1390 - Collegio della Mercanzia (merchants' guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.[5]
- 1416 - Braccio da Montone in power.[2]
- 1424 - Baglioni (family) in power.[2]
- 1453 - Università Vecchia built on the Piazza del Sopramuro.[2]
- 1457 - Collegio del Cambio (exchange guild office) built in the Palazzo dei Priori.[5]
- 1461 - Oratorio di San Bernardino (Perugia) facade constructed.[6]
- 1475 - Printing press in operation.[7][8]
- 1480 - Porta di San Pietro (Perugia) (gate) built.[2]
- 1490 - Perugia Cathedral completed.
- 1534 - Perugia "deprived of its privileges."[3]
- 1540
- Salt War (1540).
- Porta Marzia (gate) dismantled.[3]
- 1543 - Rocca Paolina (fort) built.[2]
- 1548 - Loggia dell'Angelo della Pace built.[2]
- 1561 - Accademia degli Insensati founded.[9]
- 1573
- Accademia del Disegno founded.[2]
- Vincenzo Danti appointed city architect.[2]
- 1587 - Perugia Cathedral consecrated.
17th-19th centuries
- 1623 - Biblioteca Augusta (library) opens.[10]
- 1665 - Chiesa di San Filippo Neri (Perugia) (church) built.[2]
- 1720 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia (garden) established.[11]
- 1723 - Teatro del Pavone (theatre) opens.
- 1758 - Palazzo Antinori built.[2]
- 1762 - Montemorcino monastery built.[12]
- 1781 - Teatro Morlacchi (theatre) opens.
- 1797 - Perugia was occupied by the French.[3]
- 1798 - Perugia becomes part of the department of France.
- 1832 - Earthquake.[3](it)
- 1838 - Earthquake.[3](it)
- 1840 - Ancient Hypogeum of the Volumnus family rediscovered near Perugia.
- 1849
- Austrians in power.[3]
- Cimitero monumentale di Perugia (cemetery) established.
- 1854 - Earthquake.[3]
- 1859 - 20 June: 1859 Perugia uprising.[3]
- 1860
- Perugia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]
- Pasticceria Sandri in business.
- 1863 - Pinacoteca Vannucci (museum) established.[2]
- 1866 - Perugia railway station opens.
- 1891 - Teatro Turreno (theatre) opens.
- 1899 - Tram begins operating.
20th century
- 1905 - A.C. Perugia(football club) formed.
- 1911 - Population: 65,805.[13]
- 1943 - Perugia trollebus begins operating.
- 1944 - 20 June: Allied forces enter city.
- 1961 - Perugia-Assisi Peace March begins.
- 1974 - Istituto per la storia dell'Umbria contemporanea (history society) formed.
- 1975 - Stadio Renato Curi (stadium) opens.
- 1983 - Corriere dell'Umbria newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1984 - 29 April: Umbria earthquake of 1984.
21st century
- 2007 - 1 November: Murder of Meredith Kercher.
- 2008 - automated people moversystem begins operating.
- 2011 - Perugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International Airport terminal built.
- 2013 - Population: 162,986.[15]
- 2014 - Perugia local election held; Andrea Romizi becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Perugia
- Perusia, city of ancient Etruria
- List of mayors of Perugia
- List of bishops of Perugia
- Archivio di Stato di 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
- ^ Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u P. Scarpellini. "Perugia". Oxford Art Online.
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- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Kleinhenz 2004.
- ^ "Florence and Central Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Bonazzi 1879.
- ^ Giovanni Cecchini (1978). La Biblioteca Augusta del Comune di Perugia (in Italian). Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
- ^ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Florence and Central Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
- Margaret Symonds; Lina Duff Gordon (1898). Story of Perugia. Mediaeval towns. London: .
- "Perugia", Central Italy and Rome (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1909
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). pp. 278–279.
- William Heywood (1910). History of Perugia. R. Langton Douglas, ed. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Perugia",
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Umbria: Perugia". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 350+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Perugia". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian
- ISBN 9788827122273.
- Pellini (1664). Dell'historia di Perugia (in Italian). Venice.
- Baldassarre Orsini [in Italian] (1784). Guida al forestiere per l'augusta città di Perugia (in Italian).
- Serafino Siepi (1822). Descrizione topologico-istorica della città di Perugia (in Italian).
- Giovan Battista Rossi Scotti (1867). Guida di Perugia (in Italian) (2nd ed.).
- Luigi Bonazzi. Storia di Perugia (in Italian). 1875-1879. 2 volumes: (1) to 1495, (2) 1495-1860.
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- Ariodante Fabretti (ed.). Cronache della cittá di Perugia (in Italian). Turin. 1887-1892 (4 vols.)
- Guida di Perugia e pianta della città (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Perugia: Tilli. 1895.
- Raniero Gigliarelli [in Italian] (1907). Perugia antica e Perugia moderna: indicazioni storico-topographiche (in Italian). Perugia: Unione Tipografica Cooperativa-Editrice.
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