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

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]
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 joins Lombard League.[4]
1222 – 25 December: 1222 Brescia earthquake.
1235 – Broletto palace built.[2]
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

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 built.[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]
1805 – Brescia becomes part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.[3]
1813 – Cimitero di Brescia (cemetery) established (approximate date).
1814 – Austrians in power.[1]
1848 – March: Political unrest.[1]
1849 – Uprising against Austrian rule; crackdown.[4]
1850 – August: Flood.[9]
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

1909 – Aerodrome built.
1911 – Population: 83,338.[15]
1925 – Morcelliana publisher in business.
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).
1974
- 28 May: Piazza della Loggia bombing.[18]
- Bresciaoggi Nuovo newspaper begins publication.[17]
1982 – University of Brescia established.[19]
1992 – Paolo Corsini becomes mayor.
1999 – Museo di Santa Giulia (museum) established.[16]

21st century

2013
- Local election held; Emilio Del Bono becomes mayor.
- Population: 188,520.[20]

References

Domenico 2002.
Armstrong 2004.
Giuseppe Pinna. "Brescia". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 14 December 2016
Britannica 1910.
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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.
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 – via HathiTrust.
"Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
"Storia di Brescia". Turismo Brescia (in Italian). Comune di Brescia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
"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. 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

in English

William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Brescia". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Brixia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
"Brescia", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
Thomas Ashby (1910), "Brescia", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brescia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
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

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.
Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Brescia". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.* 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

External links

"Archivio Storico Civico" (in Italian). Comune di Brescia. (city archives)
Archivio di Stato di Brescia (state archives)
Items related to Brescia, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Brescia, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-1] Domenico 2002.

[FOOTNOTEArmstrong2004-2] Armstrong 2004.

[OxfordArt-3] Giuseppe Pinna. "Brescia". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 14 December 2016

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-5] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

[:0-6] Greenway, George William (1931). Arnold of Brescia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 51, 56–7.

[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.

[8] 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.

[FOOTNOTEOverall1870-9] Overall 1870.

[McClellan1985-10] James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.

[Wyatt2014-11] Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.

[12] "(Comune: Brescia)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-13] Haydn 1910.

[14] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.

[15] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.

[turismo-16] "Storia di Brescia". Turismo Brescia (in Italian). Comune di Brescia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[europa2003-17] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[Baranski2001-18] Zygmunt G. Baranski; Rebecca J. West, eds. (2001). "Chronology". Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55982-9.

[19] Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

[20] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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