Timeline of Piacenza

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

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Prior to 18th century
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18th-19th centuries
  • 1738 - Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).[7]
  • 1746 - 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.[4]
  • 1748 - Spaniards in power.[7]
  • 1796 - Piacenza occupied by French forces.[1]
  • 1801 - Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont per Treaty of Lunéville.[8]
  • 1804 - Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) (theatre) opens.
  • 1811 - Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.[9][10]
  • 1821
    • Political unrest.[2]
    • Cimitero di Piacenza (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][8]
  • 1859
  • 1860 - Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
  • 1861 - Population: 40,582.(it)
  • 1867 - Progresso newspaper begins publication.[11]
  • 1883 - Libertà newspaper begins publication.[7]

20th century
  • 1902 - Piacenza tram begins operating.
  • 1903 - Museo Civico (museum) founded.[1]
  • 1911 - Population: 38,542.[12]
  • 1919 - Piacenza Football Club formed.
  • 1920 - Stadio comunale di Piacenza (stadium) opens.
  • 1932 - Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola (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 (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
  • 1995 - Local election held; Dario Squeri (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 (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 (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 (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.[13]
  • 2009 - Local election held; Massimo Trespidi 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 - Population: 100,843.[14]
  • 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. Britannica 1910.
  2. Domenico 2002.
  3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. Haydn 1910.
  5. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. 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.
  7. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  8. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
  9. "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
  10. "(Comune: Piacenza)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. Berger 1899.
  12. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913 – via HathiTrust.
  13. "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  14. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

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Bibliography
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