Timeline of Padua
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Padua in the Veneto region of Italy.
Prior to 15th century
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- 89 BCE – Romans in power.[1]
- 45 BCE – Patavium designated a municipium.[1]
- 350 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua established (approximate date).[2]
- 452 CE – Padua besieged by Hun forces of Attila.[3]
- 540 – Padua becomes part of the Byzantine Empire.[3]
- 601 – Padua besieged by forces of Lombard Agilulf.[3]
- 11th century – Constitution created.[3]
- 1147 - A fire destroys most of Padua, resulting in the virtual rebuilding of the entire city.
- 1219 – Palazzo della Ragione built.[3]
- 1222 – University of Padua founded.[4]
- 1230 – Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua construction begins.[3]
- 1237 – Ezzelino III da Romano in power.[5]
- 1256 – Ezzelino III ousted.[5]
- 1266 – Padua takes nearby Vicenza.[6]
- 1284 – Tomb of Antenor rebuilt in the Piazza Antenore.[7][6]
- 1304 – Salt War with Venice
- 1305 – Artist Giotto paints the Scrovegni Chapel (approximate date).[8]
- 1311 – Cangrande I della Scala in power.[3]
- 1318 – Jacopo I da Carrara becomes lord of Padua.[9]
- 1320 – Padua is ruled by a series of German vicars for Frederick the Fair, Duke of Austria.[10]
- 1328 – Padua becomes part of the Scaliger domains.[11]
- 1337 – Paduan independence restored, under Venetian protection, during the Scaliger War.[12]
- 1360 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[13]
- 1386 – Battle of Brentelle fought near Padua.
15th–19th centuries
[edit]- 1404 – War of Padua begins.
- 1405 – Venetians in power.[3]
- 1431 – Squarcione's school of art active.[14]
- 1453 – Equestrian statue of Gattamelata erected in the Piazza del Santo.[15]
- 1472 – Printing press in operation.[16]
- 1509 – September: Siege of Padua during the War of the League of Cambrai; Venetian forces defeat those of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1526 – Loggia del Consiglio (Padua) built on the Piazza dei Signori.[3]
- 1540 – Accademia degli Infiammati (learned society) formed.
- 1545 – Orto botanico di Padova (garden) founded.[17]
- 1548 – Italian Synagogue founded.[18](it)
- 1594 – Anatomical Theatre of Padua built in the university's Bo Palace.
- 1617 – Spanish synagogue established.[18]
- 1629 – Biblioteca universitaria di Padova (library) founded.
- 1631 – Plague.
- 1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia earns PhD degree from the university.[19]
- 1767 – Prato della Valle (square) property transferred to city.
- 1779 – Accademia di scienze lettere e arti (learned society) active.[20]
- 1780 – Museo civico di Padova (city museum) founded.[21]
- 1797 – Republic of Venice ends.[3]
- 1831 – Pedrocchi Café in business.
- 1842 – Padova railway station opens.
- 1846 – Achille De Zigno becomes mayor.
- 1857 – Biblioteca Civica di Padova (library) established.[22]
- 1866 – Padua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[3]
- 1883 – Padua tram system (1883–1954) begins operating.
- 1897 – Population: 82,210.[23]
20th century
[edit]- 1911 – Population: 96,230.[24]
- 1937 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
- 1941 – Cinema Theatro Concordi built.[25]
- 1944 – Aerial bombardment of Padua during World War II.[26]
- 1947 – Cesare Crescente becomes mayor (until 1970).
- 1948 – Archivio di Stato di Padova (state archives) established.[27]
- 1953 – Tempio nazionale dell'internato ignoto (war memorial) dedicated.
- 1961 – Marsilio Editori (publisher) in business.[28]
- 1974 – Banca d'Italia building constructed.[28]
- 1977 – Radio Sherwood begins broadcasting.[28]
- 1978 – Il Mattino di Padova newspaper begins publication.[29]
- 1980 – Palasport San Lazzaro (arena) opens.
- 1981 – Stadio Plebiscito (stadium) opens.
- 1982 – 28 January: Rescue of kidnapped U.S. military officer Dozier.
- 1993 – Flavio Zanonato becomes mayor.
- 1996 – Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta established.
21st century
[edit]- 2002 – Regional Corriere del Veneto newspaper begins publication.
- 2006
- Controversial Via Anelli Wall built.
- Il Padova newspaper begins publication.(it)
- 2007 – Rubber-tyred "tramway" (Translohr technology) begins operating.
- 2011 – Population: 214,125.
- 2014 – Municipal election held; Massimo Bitonci becomes mayor.(it)
- 2015 – 31 May: Venetian regional election, 2015 held.
See also
[edit]- History of Padua
- List of mayors of Padua
- History of Veneto region (it)
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Padua was part 1405–1797
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References
[edit]- ^ a b Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
- ^ Selvatico 1869, pp. xix–xxxiv, Cronologia de principali fatti risguardanti la storia di Padova.
- ^ a b Hyde 1966.
- ^ a b Beneš 2011.
- ^ Armstrong 2004.
- ^ "Italian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Kohl 1998, pp. 39–43.
- ^ Kohl 1998, pp. 43–57.
- ^ Kohl 1998, pp. 57–62.
- ^ Kohl 1998, pp. 67–68.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ "Padua". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 3 December 2016 - ^ "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Padova". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b Elbogen 1905.
- ^ Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of Women's History. Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-28803-8.
- ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 261+. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ Andrea Moschetti (1903). Il Museo Civico di Padova: cenni storici e illustrativi (in Italian). P. Prosperini.
- ^ "(Comune: Padova)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Padova, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Storia della città di Padova" [History of the City of Padua]. Padovanet (in Italian). Comune di Padova. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "La Storia". Archivio di Stato di Padova (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
[edit]in English
[edit]- Abraham Rees (1819), "Padua", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Patavium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
- "Padua", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- T. Francis Bumpus (1900), "Padua", Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy, London: Laurie
- "Padua". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jt.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ismar Elbogen (1905), "Padua", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). pp. 444–445.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Padua", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uiug.30112097581703
- "Padua", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 + 1870 ed.
- Franke, Winfried (1968). "The Italian City-State System as an International System". In M. A. Kaplan (ed.). New Approaches to International Relations. St. Martin's Press. pp. 426–458.
- Luigi Lenzi (1928). "Padua, Italy. A Replanning Scheme: Illustrated". Town Planning Review. 13. University of Liverpool. ISSN 0041-0020.
- John Kenneth Hyde (1966). Padua in the Age of Dante. Manchester University Press.
- Benjamin G. Kohl (1972). "Government and Society in Renaissance Padua". Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. ISSN 0047-2573.
- Kohl, Benjamin G. (1998). Padua under the Carrara, 1318–1405. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5703-1.
- Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin, eds. (1995). "Padua". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1884964052.
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Veneto: Padua". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 383+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Lawrin Armstrong (2004). "Padua". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 815–823. ISBN 0415939291.
- Carrie E. Beneš (2011). "Padua: Rehousing the Relics of Antenor". Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 39–62. ISBN 978-0-271-03765-3.
in Italian
[edit]- Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1790) [1753], "Monaco padovano", Annali d'Italia (in Italian), vol. 8, Venice
- Simone Stratigo (1795). Dell'antico teatro di Padova (in Italian).
- Giannantonio Moschini (1817). Guida per la citta di Padova (in Italian). Venice: Fratelli Gamba.
- Augusto Meneghini (1859). Cesare Cantù (ed.). Padova e sua provincia (in Italian). Vol. 4. Milan: Corona e Caimi.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - Pietro Selvatico [in Italian] (1869). Guida di Padova e dei principali suoi contorni (in Italian). Padua: F. Sacchetto.
- "Padova". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 16 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649814.
- Melchiorre Roberti (1902), Le corporazioni padovane d'arti e mestieri [Paduan guilds of arts and crafts], Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian), vol. 26, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, pp. 30 v, hdl:2027/uc1.c2631112
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