Timeline of Modena
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
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- 218 BCE – Siege of Mutina (218 BC).
- 193 BCE – Battle of Mutina (193 BC) fought near town.
- 187 BCE – Via Aemilia built, passing through Mutina.[1]
- 183 BCE – Mutina becomes "seat of a Roman colony."[2]
- 78 BCE – Mutina besieged by forces of Pompey during the Roman civil wars.[2]
- 44 BCE – War of Mutina begins.
- 43 BCE – Battle of Mutina fought in vicinity of town.
- 312 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Modena established (approximate date).[3]
- 7th C. CE – Citta Geminiana established near Modena.[2]
- 872 – Leodoino becomes bishop.[1]
- 1054 – Eriberto becomes bishop.[1]
- 1099 – Modena Cathedral construction begins.[2]
- 1175 – University of Modena founded.[2]
- 1179 – Torre della Ghirlandina (Cathedral bell tower) set up.
- 1184 – Modena Cathedral consecrated.[2]
- 1288 – Obizzo II d'Este in power; Este rule continues until 1796.[2]
- 1325 – Modenese forces fight the Bolognese in the Battle of Zappolino.
- 1336 – House of Este in power.[2]
- 1338 – University of Modena closes.
- 1348 – Black Death plague outbreak.[4]
- 1452 – Duchy of Modena and Reggio established.[2]
- 1474 – Printing press in operation.[5]
- 1476 – San Pietro church construction begins.[4]
- 1598 – Biblioteca Estense (library) relocated to Modena from Ferrara.[4]
- 1634 – Ducal Palace of Modena construction begins.[2]
- 1663 – Sant'Agostino church refurbished.[2]
- 1671 – June: Earthquake.[6]
- 1677 – Demetrio Degni starts publishing its weekly gazette named Modona, it lasted until 1701
- 1680 – Accademia dei Dissonanti founded.[7]
- 1683 – University of Modena reestablished.
18th–19th centuries
- 1703 – August: City occupied by French troops.[8]
- 1707 – February: French troops depart.[8]
- 1734 – July: City occupied by French troops.[8]
- 1736 – May: French troops depart.[8]
- 1742 – June: City occupied by Austrian troops.[8]
- 1749 – February: Austrian troops depart.[8]
- 1749 – 14 August: first issue of the newspaper Il Messaggiere, which lasted till 1859
- 1762 – Grande Ospedale Civile (hospital) built.[4]
- 1771 – Grande Albergo dei Poveri (poorhouse) built.[4]
- 1772 – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia re-established.
- 1797 – Modena becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.[9]
- 1815 – Military Academy of Modena active.
- 1816 – Fortifications dismantled.[2]
- 1841 – Teatro Comunale Modena opens.
- 1859
- Francis V, Duke of Modena deposed.[4]
- Modena railway station opens.
- 1860 – Modena becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[2]
- 1872 – Verona-Modena railway begins operating.
- 1873 – Modena Synagogue built.[10]
- 1877 – Il Cittadino newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1879 – Modena Cathedral interior restored .[2]
- 1881 – Modena tram system begins operating, with horsecars
- 1888 – Teatro Storchi (theatre) built.[12]
- 1893 – Modena-Maranello tramway begins operating.
- 1897 – Population: 67,658.[13]
20th century
- 1906 – Population: 66,762.[2]
- 1911 – Population: 70,923.[14]
- 1912
- Electric trams begin operating.[15]
- Modena F.C. (football club) formed.
- 1913 – Cinema Scala built.[10]
- 1915 – Cinema Metropol built.[10]
- 1916 – Ferrovia Ferrara-Modena (railway) begins operating.
- 1920 – Modena railway station rebuilt.
- 1931
- Mercato Albinelli (market) opens.[15]
- Population: 92,757.[8]
- 1936 – Stadio Alberto Braglia (stadium) opens.
- 1941 – AMCM (transit entity) formed.[15]
- 1950
- Trolleybus system begins operating.
- Modena Autodrome racetrack opens.
- 1963 – Policlinico di Modena (health clinic) established.
- 1966 – November: Flood.[15]
- 1967 – "Superachitettura" exhibit held.[16][17]
- 1970 – Biblioteca civica Antonio Delfini (library) established.[18]
- 1971 – Modena Airport opens.
- 1972 – September: Flood.[15]
- 1981 – Gazzetta di Modena newspaper begins publication.
- 1996 – 15 October: Earthquake.[15](it)
21st century
- 2001 – Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilità (transit entity) established.
- 2012 – May: Northern Italy earthquake sequence.
- 2013 – Population: 179,353.[19]
- 2014
- Flood.(it)
- Gian Carlo Muzzarelli becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Modena
- List of mayors of Modena
- List of bishops of Modena
- List of dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, 1452–1859
- Archivio di Stato di Modena (state archives)
- History of Emilia (region of Italy)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Parma; Piacenza; 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
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Modena". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 19 December 2016 - ^ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Wood 1995.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Modena". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ Mario Baratta (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in italiano). Turin: Fratelli Bocca.
{{cite book}}: Check|author-link=value (help) (includes chronology) - ^ James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Treccani 1934.
- ^ Haydn 1910.
- ^ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente" [The Sustainable City] (in italiano). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Bernardini 1890.
- ^ Tardini 1899.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 "Cronologia essenziale del '900" [Timeline of the 20th century]. Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente (in italiano). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
- ^ Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
- ^ "Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "(Comune: Modena)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in italiano). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Mutina". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
- "Modena", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- Ismar Elbogen (1904), "Modena", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282243
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 641–642.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Modena", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Modena", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan
- "Modena", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
- Riso, Federica Maria (4 May 2023). Roman funerary rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy): a multidisciplinary approach. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 9781803274799.
- Beth F. Wood (1995). "Modena". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 444–448. ISBN 1884964052.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Modena". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian
- L. Vedriani (1666). Historia di Modena (in italiano).
- Girolamo Tiraboschi, ed. (1825). "Mutina". Dizionario topografico storico degli stati estensi (in italiano).
- C. Campori (1864). Del governo a comune in Modena.
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Modena". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in italiano). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. p. 545+.
- Vicenzo Tardini. I teatri di Modena (in italiano). G.T. Vincenzi e nipoti. 1899–1902 (3 volumes)
- E. P. Vicini (1913). I podestà di Modena (1556–1796).
- "Modena", Enciclopedia Italiana (in italiano), 1934
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