The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 16th century[edit]
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- 218 BCE - Cremona becomes part of the Roman Republic.[1][2]
- 89 BCE - Roman citizenship granted to Cremonese.[3]
- 69 CE - Siege of Cremona occurs during the Roman civil war (68-69).[2]
- 450 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona established (approximate date).[4]
- 550 CE - Byzantines in power; town called "Cataulada."[1]
- 603 CE - Town sacked by Lombard forces of Agilulf.[3][2]
- 774 - Franks in power in region.[1]
- 962 - Liutprand of Cremona becomes bishop.[3]
- 1022 - Ruler Landolfo ousted.[2]
- 1098 - Commune established.[3]
- 1116 - Office of consul active (approximate date).[3]
- 1167
- Cremona joins the Lombard League.[1]
- Cremona Baptistery built.[2]
- 1190 - Cremona Cathedral consecrated.[2]
- 1250 - Parma-Cremona conflict.[2]
- 1291 - Torrazzo of Cremona (tower) built.[2]
- 1311 - Cremona sacked by forces of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.[2]
- 1322 - Galeazzo I Visconti in power.[2]
- 1406 - Cabrino Fondulo in power.[2]
- 1419 - Filippo Maria Visconti in power.[2]
- 1473 - Printing press in operation.[5][6]
- 1499 - Venetians in power.[2]
16th-19th centuries[edit]
- 1505 - Future luthier Andrea Amati born in Cremona.[1]
- 1512 - Maximilian Sforza in power.[2]
- 1535 - Spaniards in power in Lombardy region.[2]
- 1565 - Contado di Cremona (administrative region) formed.[7]
- 1567 - Future composer Claudio Monteverdi born in Cremona.[1]
- 1588 - Astronomical clock installed in the Torrazzo.[citation needed]
- 1644 - Future luthier Antonio Stradivari born in Cremona.[1][8]
- 1668 - Population: 10,000.[2]
- 1676 - Accademia dei Disuniti formed.[9]
- 1702 - Battle of Cremona fought during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1707 - Austrians in power.[1]
- 1747 - Teatro Nazari (theatre) opens.
- 1775 - Jesuit library opens.[10]
- 1814 - Austrians in power in Lombardy region.[2]
- 1848 - Revolution of 1848.[1]
- 1859
- Cremona becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]
- Circondario di Cremona (provincial district) established.
- 1863 - Treviglio–Cremona railway begins operating & Cremona railway station opens.
- 1866 - Pavia–Cremona railway and Brescia–Cremona railway begin operating.
- 1875 - Interessi Cremonesi newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1879 - Provincia newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1897 - Population: 37,632.[13]
20th century[edit]
- 1901 - Population: 39,344.[2]
- 1903 - U.S. Cremonese (football club) formed.
- 1906 - Cremona–Fidenza railway begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 40,436.[14]
- 1916 - Cremona tram begins operating.
- 1922 - "Fascist squads devastated the headquarters" of the Italian People's Party in Cremona.[15]
- 1928 - Museo Civico Ala Ponzone (museum) opens in the Palazzo Affaitati.[16]
- 1929 - Stadio Giovanni Zini (stadium) opens.
- 1933 - Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
- 1940 - Cremona trolleybus begins operating.
- 1947 - La Provincia di Cremona newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1971 - Population: 82,904.(it)
- 1994 - Biblioteca del Centro di Documentezione Ambientale (library) established.[18]
21st century[edit]
- 2012 - UNESCO recognized the "Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona" as intangible cultural heritage
- 2013 - Population: 72,137.[19]
- 2014 - Gianluca Galimberti becomes mayor.
- 2019 - The Museo del Violino commences the "Stradivarius Sound Bank" preservation project.[20]
See also[edit]
- Cremona history (it)
- List of mayors of Cremona
- List of bishops of Cremona (in Italian)
- Lombardy history (region)
- History of Lombardy (region)
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
- Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
- Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
- Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d e Kleinhenz 2004.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). 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: Cremona". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ "Istituzioni: Cremona". Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian). Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Accademia", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
- ^ "Biblioteca statale di Cremona" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio, 1896, pp. 431++[it]&rft.date=1896&rft_id=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8ATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA431&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Cremona" class="Z3988"> (List of newspapers)
- ^ Berger 1899.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ^ "MiBACT" (in English and Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "(Comune: Cremona)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 25 January 2017.+[it]+(Registry+of+Italian+Libraries)&rft.atitle=(Comune:+Cremona)&rft_id=http://anagrafe.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Cremona" class="Z3988">
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ Paradiso, Max (2019-01-17). "To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
in English[edit]
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Cremona". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
- "Cremona", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- "Cremona". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52k6.
- "Cremona", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 4, New York, 1903, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282284
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). pp. 407–408.
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Cremona", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
- "Cremona", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
- Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Cremona (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Cremona". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 192+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Cremona". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 263+. ISBN 0415939291.
- Marco Gentile (2010). "From commune to regional state: political experiments in 14th-century Cremona". In John E. Law; Bernadette Paton (eds.). Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6508-3.
- Christoph Friedrich Weber (2013). "Cremona: a case study". In Frances Andrews (ed.). Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107044265.
in Italian[edit]
- Giuseppe Picenardi (1820). Nuova guida di Cremona. Giuseppe Feraboli.
- "Cremona". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 6 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1878. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu08473730.
- Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Cremona". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 1. Imola. pp. 256+. OCLC 12117233. (bibliography)
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Cremona". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
- Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Cremona", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan
- "Cremona". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 441+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
- "Cremona", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1931
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