Timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. ## Contents * 1 Prior to 16th century * 2 16th-19th centuries * 3 20th century * 4 21st century * 5 See also * 6 References * 7 Bibliography * 7.1 in English * 7.2 in Italian * 8 External links ## Prior to 16th century[edit] Part of a series on the History of Italy Early * Prehistoric Italy * Etruscan civilization (12th-6th c. BC) * Magna Graecia (8th-3rd c. BC) Ancient Rome * Kingdom (753 BC-509 BC) * Republic (509 BC-27 BC) * Populares and Optimates * Empire (27 BC-286 AD) * Roman Italy * Western Empire (286 AD-476 AD) * Praetorian prefecture of Italy Romano-Barbaric Kingdoms | Odoacer's| 476-493 | Ostrogothic| 493-553 Vandal| 435-534 Lombard (independence)| 565-774 Lombard (under the Frankish rule)| 774-885 Frankish (as part of the Carolingian Empire)| 885-961 Germanic (as part of the Holy Roman Empire)| 961-1801 Medieval * Italy in the Middle Ages * Byzantine reconquest of Italy (6th-8th c.) * Islam and Normans in southern Italy * Maritime republics and Italian city-states * Guelphs and Ghibellines Early modern * Italian Renaissance (14th-16th c.) * Italian Wars (1494-1559) * Catholic revival (1545-1648) * Mid-16th c. to early 19th c. * Napoleonic Italy (1801-1814) * * Republic * Kingdom * Risorgimento (1815-1871) * Young Italy * Thousand Modern * Monarchy (1861-1946) * Colonial Empire (1882-1960) * Italy in World War I (1914-1918) * Fascism (1922-1943) * Italy in World War II (1940-1945) * Fascist Italian Social Republic, Partisans and Civil War (1943-1945) * Republic (1946-present) * Years of Lead (1970s-1980s) * Maxi Trial (1986-1992) * Mani pulite (1992-2001) * Great Recession (2007-2009) * European migrant crisis (2014-present) * COVID-19 pandemic (2020-present) By topic * List of historic states * Citizenship * Currency * Economy * Fashion * Genetic * Military * Music * Postage * Railway Timeline Italy portal * v * t * e * 218 BCE - Cremona becomes part of the Roman Republic.[1][2] * 89 BCE - Roman citizenship granted to Cremonese.[3] * 69 CE - Siege of Cremona [it] 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 [it] 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 [it] (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 [it] 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 [it] (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 [it] 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 [it].[16] * 1929 - Stadio Giovanni Zini (stadium) opens. * 1933 - Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating. * 1940 - Cremona trolleybus [it] begins operating. * 1947 - La Provincia di Cremona newspaper begins publication.[17] * 1971 - Population: 82,904.(it) * 1994 - Biblioteca del Centro di Documentezione Ambientale [it] (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 [it] (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] 1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Domenico 2002. 2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Britannica 1910. 3. ^ a b c d e Kleinhenz 2004. 4. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 5. ^ 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. 6. ^ 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. 7. ^ "Istituzioni: Cremona". Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian). Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 8. ^ "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. 9. ^ "Accademia", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929 10. ^ "Biblioteca statale di Cremona" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2017. 11. ^ "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio [it], 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) 12. ^ Berger 1899. 13. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 - via HathiTrust. 14. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374. 15. ^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3. 16. ^ "MiBACT" (in English and Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 17. ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0. 18. ^ "(Comune: Cremona)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (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"> 19. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 25 January 2017. 20. ^ 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). "Cremona" . 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 ## External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Cremona. * Archivio di Stato di Cremona (state archives) * Items related to Cremona, various dates (via Europeana) * Items related to Cremona, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) * v * t * e Timelines of cities in Italy Northwest| * Bergamo * Brescia * Cremona * Genoa * Mantua * Milan * Novara * Pavia * Turin Northeast| * Bologna * Bolzano * Ferrara * Forlì * Modena * Padua * Parma * Piacenza * Ravenna * Reggio Emilia * Rimini * Trento * Treviso * Trieste * Udine (it) * Venice * Verona * Vicenza Centre| * Ancona * Arezzo * Florence * Livorno * Lucca * Perugia * Pisa * Pistoia * Prato * Rome * Siena South| * Bari * Brindisi * L'Aquila * Naples * Reggio Calabria * Salerno * Taranto Islands| * Cagliari * Catania * Messina * Palermo * Syracuse * Trapani * v * t * e Years in Italy (1861–present) 19th century| * Pre-1861 * 1861 * 1862 * 1863 * 1864 * 1865 * 1866 * 1867 * 1868 * 1869 * 1870 * 1871 * 1872 * 1873 * 1874 * 1875 * 1876 * 1877 * 1878 * 1879 * 1880 * 1881 * 1882 * 1883 * 1884 * 1885 * 1886 * 1887 * 1888 * 1889 * 1890 * 1891 * 1892 * 1893 * 1894 * 1895 * 1896 * 1897 * 1898 * 1899 * 1900 20th century| * 1901 * 1902 * 1903 * 1904 * 1905 * 1906 * 1907 * 1908 * 1909 * 1910 * 1911 * 1912 * 1913 * 1914 * 1915 * 1916 * 1917 * 1918 * 1919 * 1920 * 1921 * 1922 * 1923 * 1924 * 1925 * 1926 * 1927 * 1928 * 1929 * 1930 * 1931 * 1932 * 1933 * 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 * 1938 * 1939 * 1940 * 1941 * 1942 * 1943 * 1944 * 1945 * 1946 * 1947 * 1948 * 1949 * 1950 * 1951 * 1952 * 1953 * 1954 * 1955 * 1956 * 1957 * 1958 * 1959 * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 * 1972 * 1973 * 1974 * 1975 * 1976 * 1977 * 1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 21st century| * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 2015 * 2016 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2020 * 2021 * 2022 *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template