The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
The earliest timeline of Florence, the Annales florentini, was created in the 12th century.
Prior to 14th century
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- 59 BCE – Roman colony founded (approximate date).[1]
 - 1st century CE – Catholic Diocese of Florence established.
 - 285 – Florence becomes seat of Tuscia region.[2]
 - 405 – Siege of Florence (405).[2]
 - 541 – Florence sacked by forces of Ostrogoth Totila.[1]
 - 1078 – City walls built.[2]
 - 1080 – Stone Ponte Vecchio (bridge) built.[3]
 - 1107 – Monte Orlandi and Prato become part of Florence.[3]
 - 1115–16 – Commune form of government adopted;[2] Republic of Florence established.
 - 1128 – Florence Baptistery built.
 - 1138 – "City divided into six wards."[3]
 - 1182 – Arte di Calimala (cloth guild) first mentioned (approximate date).
 - 1201 – Bankers' guild active (approximate date).[3]
 - 1222 – Monte comune (pawnshop) opens.[3]
 - 1230 – Eucharistic miracle of Florence allegedly occurs.
 - 1237 – Ponte alle Grazie (bridge) built.[3]
 - 1244 – Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze founded.
 - 1251 – First Capitano del popolo elected.[3]
 - 1252
- Mint established;[3] Florin (Italian coin) introduced.
 - Santa Trinita bridge built.[3]
 
 - 1258 – Bargello built.[3]
 - 1261 – Public prison established.[3]
 - 1267 – Charles of Anjou in power.[2]
 - 1269 – Flood.[3]
 - 1282 – "Florence adopts a new system of government by members of a guild."[4][2]
 - 1284 – Tertio Cerchio (wall) built.[3]
 - 1285 – Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova founded.[5]
 - 1289
 - 1299 – Palazzo Vecchio construction begins.
 
14th–16th centuries
- 1312 – Siege of Florence (1312)
 - 1321 – University of Florence founded.
 - 1333 – November: Flood.(it)
 - 1345 – Ponte Vecchio rebuilt.
 - 1348 – Black Death plague.[3]
 - 1353 – Public clock installed in Palazzo Vecchio tower.[6]
 - 1355 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fiore a Lapo (church) built.
 - 1360 – Cathedral Campanile built.[7]
 - 1377 – Medici in power.[4]
 - 1382 – Loggia dei Lanzi built.
 - 1385 – Basilica of Santa Croce built.
 - 1397 – Medici Bank established.[8]
 - 1415 – Bruni's History of Florence issued.[4]
 - 1427 – Catasto tax begins.[3]
 - 1432 – Ufficiali di Notte tribunal begins.[8]
 - 1434 – Cosimo de' Medici in power.[5]
 - 1436 – Duomo consecrated.[3]
 - 1469 – Lorenzo de' Medici assumes power
 - 1471 – Printing press in operation.[3][9]
 - 1478 – Pazzi conspiracy foiled.[4]
 - 1487 – Medici giraffe arrives.[10]
 - 1488 – Ancient Greek poet Homer first published in print.
 - 1490 – Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori built.
 - 1492 – Lorenzo the Magnificent dies and is succeeded by Piero the Unfortunate
 - 1494
- Charles VIII of France invades Italy
 - Piero II acquiesces to Charles VIII and is forced to flee Florence
 - Republic of Florence restored, ruled nominally by Girolamo Savonarola
 - 1494 – Salone dei Cinquecento built.
 
 - 1497 – 7 February: Bonfire of the Vanities.
 - 1498
- Niccolò Machiavelli becomes secretary.[4]
 - 23 May: Savonarola executed.[2]
 
 - 1504 – Michelangelo's David sculpture installed in the Piazza della Signoria.[11]
 - 1509 – Militia established.[3]
 - 1512
- Florentine Republic dissolved after defeat by Papal forces under Medici control.
 - Piero Soderini and Niccolò Machiavelli exiled.
 
 - 1513
- Giulio de Medici becomes Archbishop of Florence.
 - Machiavelli publishes The Prince
 
 - 1517 – Machiavelli publishes Discourses on Livy
 - 1527 – 21 June: Machiavelli dies
 - 1529 – 24 October: Siege of Florence (1529–30) begins.
 - 1532 – Alessandro de Medici becomes duke of the Florentine Republic.[3]
 - 1536 – Charles V visits city.[3]
 - 1537 – Villani's Nuova Cronica published.
 - 1545 – Orto Botanico di Firenze established.
 - 1557 – September: Flood.(it)
 - 1559 – Palazzo Uguccioni built.
 - 1562 – Accademia del Disegno established.[12]
 - 1564 – Vasari Corridor built.
 - 1565 – Fountain of Neptune inaugurated.
 - 1569 – Ponte Santa Trinita (bridge) rebuilt.
 - 1574 – Florentine Camerata active.[13]
 - 1580 – Rules of Calcio Fiorentino sport published.[14]
 - 1581 – Uffizi art museum built.
 - 1582 – State Archives of Tuscany established.[5]
 - 1592 – Theorbo musical instrument invented.[13]
 - 1598 – Premiere of Peri's opera Dafne.[13]
 - 1600
- 5 October: Wedding of Maria de 'Medici and Henry IV of France.
 - Biblioteca Riccardiana founded (approximate date).[5]
 - Premiere of Peri's opera Euridice.[15]
 
 
17th–19th centuries
- 1625 – Premiere of Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero.[16]
 - 1656 – Teatro della Pergola built.
 - 1700 – Fortepiano musical instrument prototyped.[13]
 - 1739 – Academia Botanica established.[17]
 - 1740 – Teatro di Santa Maria built.
 - 1753 – Accademia dei Georgofili established.[17]
 - 1775 – Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze established.
 - 1784 – Galleria dell'Accademia established.
 - 1799 – French occupation begins.[2]
 - 1814
 - 1817 – Teatro Goldoni opens.
 - 1828 – Teatro Alfieri opens.
 - 1844 – 3 November: Florence flood of 1844.
 - 1847 – Premiere of Verdi's opera Macbeth.[15]
 - 1848
- Prato-Florence railway begins operating.
 - Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station opens.
 
 - 1852 – Archivio di Stato di Firenze (state archives) established.
 - 1859 – La Nazione newspaper begins publication.[19]
 - 1861
- National Library active.
 - Population: 150,864.
 
 - 1862 – Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele amphitheatre opens.
 - 1864 – Florence becomes part of Italy.[1]
 - 1865 – Italian capital relocated to Florence from Turin.[20]
 - 1867 – Società Geografica Italiana headquartered in Florence.
 - 1871
- Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali built.
 - Population: 167,093.[21]
 
 - 1879 – Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
 - 1882 – Great Synagogue of Florence built.
 - 1891 – Cathedral Museum opens.[5]
 - 1896 – Firenze Campo di Marte railway station opens.
 - 1897
- Leo S. Olschki Editore in business.
 - Population: 209,540.[22]
 
 
20th century
- 1901 – Population: 236,635.
 - 1904 – Giardino Tropicale established.[23]
 - 1908 – La Voce magazine begins publication.
 - 1922 – Cinema Teatro Savoia opens.[24]
 - 1925 – Non Mollare newspaper begins publication.[20]
 - 1926 – Chiesa di Santa Maria a Ricorboli (church) built.
 - 1931 – Population: 304,160.
 - 1933 – Maggio Musicale Fiorentino begins.
 - 1934 – Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[2]
 - 1936 – Cinema Vittoria built.[24]
 - 1943
- German occupation begins.
 - 25 September: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.
 
 - 1944
 - 1948 – Ponte alla Carraia (bridge) rebuilt.
 - 1954 – 27 October: 1954 UFO sighting in Florence
 - 1957 – Ponte Amerigo Vespucci (bridge) built.
 - 1959 – Giardino dell'Iris (garden) established.[23]
 - 1961 – Population: 436,516.
 - 1966 – 4 November: 1966 Flood of the Arno River.[2]
 - 1968 – Ospedale Piero Palagi (hospital) built.
 - 1977 – Florence–Rome high-speed railway begins operating.
 - 1978 – Indiano Bridge built.
 - 1982 – Historic Centre of Florence designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 - 1986 – Gran Caffè Doney closes.
 - 1991 – Population: 403,294.
 - 1993 – 27 May: Via dei Georgofili bombing.[2]
 - 1995 – European Rapid Operational Force headquartered in Florence.
 - 1997 – City website online (approximate date).[25]
 
21st century
- 2001 – Population: 356,118.
 - 2002 – November: European Social Forum held in city.
 - 2009
- Bologna–Florence high-speed railway begins operating.
 - Matteo Renzi becomes mayor.
 
 - 2011 – 13 December: 2011 Florence shootings.
 - 2013 – Population: 366,039 city; 987,354 province.[26]
 - 2014 – Dario Nardella becomes mayor.
 - 2015 – City becomes capital of the newly created Metropolitan City of Florence.
 
See also
Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)
- Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
 - Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
 - Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
 - Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
 - Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
 - Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
 - Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
 - Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
 - Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
 - Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
 
References
- 1 2 3 Townsend 1867.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Timeline of the history of Florence". Provincia di Firenze. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Staley 1906.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Charles E. Little (1900), "Italy", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
 - 1 2 3 4 5 Baedeker 1913.
 - ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
 - ↑ "Italian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
 - 1 2 Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
 - ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Firenze". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
 - ↑ Luca Landucci, A Florentine Diary tr. Alice de Rosen Jervis (New York, 1969) p. 44
 - ↑ Gardner 1920.
 - ↑ "Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance: Timeline". Empires. US: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
 - 1 2 3 4 Joseph P. Swain (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music. US: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7825-9.
 - ↑ Tom Dunmore (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
 - 1 2 "Timeline of opera", Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 30 June 2015
 - ↑ Stephen Rose (2005). "Chronology". In Tim Carter and John Butt (ed.). Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79273-8.
 - 1 2 James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600–1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
 - ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia 1906.
 - ↑ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
 - 1 2 Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
 - ↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
 - ↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
 - 1 2 "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
 - 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Florence". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
 - ↑ "Città di Firenze Rete Civica" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1997-01-21 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
 - ↑ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
 
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
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