Timeline of Perugia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy.

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Prior to 17th century
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  • 310 BCE - Romans in power; settlement named "Perusia."[1]
  • 3rd century BCE - Etruscan walls built.[2]
  • 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, 1216 held at Perugia.
  • 1250 - Chiesa di San Francesco al Prato (church) built (approximate date).[2]
  • 1264 - Papal election, 1264–65 held 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
  • 1308 - University of Perugia established.[2]
  • 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]
  • 1534 - Perugia "deprived of its privileges."[3]
  • 1540
  • 1543 - Rocca Paolina (fort) built.[2]
  • 1548 - Loggia dell'Angelo della Pace built.[2]
  • 1561 - Accademia degli Insensati founded.[9]
  • 1573
  • 1587 - Cathedral consecrated.

17th-19th centuries

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

See also

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)

References
  1. Domenico 2002.
  2. P. Scarpellini. "Perugia". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 10 December 2016
  3. Britannica 1910.
  4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. Kleinhenz 2004.
  6. "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.
  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: Perugia". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company.
  9. Bonazzi 1879.
  10. Giovanni Cecchini (1978). La Biblioteca Augusta del Comune di Perugia (in Italian). Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
  11. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  12. "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.
  13. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
  14. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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See also: Bibliography of the history of Perugia (in Italian)

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