Timeline of Piacenza

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

Prior to 18th century

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18th–19th centuries

  • 1738 – Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).[11]
  • 1746 – 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.[8][1]
  • 1748 – Spaniards in power.[11]
  • 1796 – Piacenza occupied by French forces.[1]
  • 1801 – Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia per Treaty of Lunéville.[12]
  • 1804 – Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) [it] (theatre) opens.
  • 1811 – Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.[13][14]
  • 1821
    • Political unrest.[2]
    • Cimitero di Piacenza [it] (cemetery) established.
  • 1831 – Political unrest.[2]
  • 1848 – 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.[2][12]
  • 1859
  • 1860 – Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
  • 1861 – Population: 40,582.(it)
  • 1867 – Progresso newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1883 – Libertà newspaper begins publication.[11]

20th century

  • 1902 – Piacenza tram [it] begins operating.
  • 1903 – Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
  • 1911 – Population: 38,542.[16]
  • 1919 – Piacenza Football Club formed.
  • 1920 – Stadio comunale di Piacenza [it] (stadium) opens.
  • 1932 – Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola [it] (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; Giacomo Vaciago [it] (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
  • 1995 – Local election held; Dario Squeri [it] (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 Gianguido Guidotti [it] (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; Dario Squeri [it] (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.

21st century

  • 2000 – La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
  • 2002 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi [it] (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.[17]
  • 2009 – Local election held; Massimo Trespidi [it] 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
  • 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

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Domenico 2002.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b Teta E. Moehs (1972), Gregorius V, 996–999: A biographical Study, Anton Hiersemann, pp. 57–58.
  5. ^ Piacenza entry (in Italian) by Mario Longhena, Alda Levi Spinazzola, Arturo Pettorelli, Luigi Pairig, Tammaro De Marinis and Natale Carotti in the Enciclopedia Treccani (1935).
  6. ^ a b Porter 1912.
  7. ^ a b c Gianluca Raccagni (2016), "The Crusade Against Frederick II: A Neglected Piece of Evidence" (PDF), The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 67 (4): 721–740, doi:10.1017/S002204691600066X, hdl:20.500.11820/254ed423-3dd5-4255-85ec-feaf8a2ad6e1.
  8. ^ a b Haydn 1910.
  9. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  10. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Piacenza". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
  11. ^ a b c "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  12. ^ a b Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
  13. ^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
  14. ^ "(Comune: Piacenza)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  15. ^ Berger 1899.
  16. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374 – via HathiTrust.
  17. ^ "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Portrait of Cristoforo Poggiali, 18th century historian of Piacenza

in English

  • William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Placentia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
  • "Piacenza", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
  • "Piacenza". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Piacenza" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 558–559.
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Placentia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
  • "Piacenza", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
  • Roy Domenico (2002). "Emilia Romagna: Piacenza". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 95+. ISBN 0313307334.
  • Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Piacenza". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
  • Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
  • Porter, A. Kingsley (1912). "San Savino at Piacenza, I: History and Structure". American Journal of Archaeology. 16 (3): 350–367. doi:10.2307/497193. JSTOR 497193. S2CID 191373774.

in Italian

  • Cristoforo Poggiali [in Italian]. Memorie storiche della città di Piacenza. Gicopazzi. 1757-1766 (12 volumes)
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  • Luciano Scarabelli [in Italian] (1841). Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza. Lodi: Wilmant e Figli.
  • Nuovissima guida della citta di Piacenza. Piacenza: Domenico Tagliaferri. 1842.
  • "Piacenza". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 17 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu08476845.
  • Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Piacenza". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
  • Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Piacenza", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • "Piacenza", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
  • Piero Castignoli. Storia di Piacenza (in Italian). OCLC 25082754. circa 1980-2002 (6 volumes)
  • Maria Luigia Pagliani (1991). Piacenza: forma e urbanistica. Città antiche in Italia. L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 978-88-7062-719-0.
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