Timeline of Brescia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brescia in the Lombardy region of Italy.

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* 350 BCE – Celtic Cenomani take Brixia (ancient city) [it; Brixia (archeologia)] from the Etruscans (approximate date).[1]
* 225 BCE – Gallic Cenomani Brixia allies with Rome.[2]
* 89 BCE – Brixia "granted Latin citizenship."[3]
* 49 BCE – Brixia granted "Roman citizenship."[3]
* 7 CE – Brixia becomes part of the Regio X Venetia et Histria.[1]
* 73 CE – Capitolium of Brixia built.[4]
* 320 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia established (approximate date).[5]
* 387 – Gaudentius of Brescia becomes bishop.
* 452 – Brescia sacked by forces of Attila.[4]
* 562 – Lombards in power.[3]
* 753 – San Salvatore monastery founded.[3]
* 756 – Desiderius in power.[3]
* 1100 - Old Cathedral, Brescia construction begins.
* 1135-1138 – The commune of Brescia revolts against the Bishop Manfred.[6]
* 1139 - Bishop Manfred, having received Pope Innocent II's support, has Arnold of Brescia exiled.[6]
* 1167 – Brescia active member of the Lombard League.[4]
* 1222 – 25 December: 1222 Brescia earthquake.
* 1235 – Broletto palace built.[2][4]
* 1238 – Attempted siege by forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.[2]
* 1258 – Scaligeri in power.[4]
* 1266 – Charles of Anjou in power.[2]
* 1339 – Visconti in power.[2]

## 15th–19th centuries

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* 1421 - Visconti of Milan in power.[4]
* 1426 – Venetians in power.[4]
* 1438–1440 — Siege of Brescia by the Milanese
* 1473 – Printing press in operation.[7][8]
* 1478 – Plague.[9]
* 1487 – Santa Maria dei Miracoli church construction begins.[3]
* 1512 – 19 February: Sack of Brescia by French forces during the War of the League of Cambrai.[4](it)
* 1563 – Accademia degli Occulti founded.[10]
* 1574
* Palazzo della Loggia completed.[4]
* Guazzo's Civil Conversazione (etiquette book) published in Brescia.[11]
* 1604 – New Cathedral construction begins.[4]
* 1745 – Biblioteca Queriniana (library) founded.[12]
* 1769 – 18 August: Lightning causes explosion.
* 1797
* Venetian rule ends; Brescia becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.[1][4]
* Broletto palace destroyed by French forces.[4]
* 1805 – Brescia becomes part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.[3]
* 1813 – Monumental cemetery of Brescia established.
* 1814 – Austrians in power.[1]
* 1848 – March: Political unrest.[1][4]
* 1849 – Uprising against Austrian rule; crackdown.[4]
* 1850 – August: Flood.[9]
* 1854 - Brescia railway station opened.
* 1859
* June: Garibaldi and the Cacciatori delle Alpi military unit enter city.[1]
* Brescia becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.[13]
* Provincial Circondario di Brescia [it] (district) established.
* 1875 – Dismantling of city walls begins.[3]
* 1882 – Brescia tram [it] begins operating.
* 1888 – Banca San Paolo di Brescia (bank) established.
* 1897 – Population: 67,923.[14]

## 20th century

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* 1901 - Population: 72,731.[4]
* 1909 – Aerodrome built.
* 1911
* Population: 83,338.[15]
* Brescia Calcio (football club) formed.
* 1913 - Zoo of Brescia Castle opened.
* 1919 - Brescia University College opened as Ursuline College.
* 1925
* Morcelliana [it] publisher in business.
* Brescia University established.
* 1927 – Mille Miglia car race begins.[16]
* 1932 – Piazza della Vittoria (Brescia) [it] remodelled.[1]
* 1936 – Brescia trolleybus [it] begins operating.
* 1944 – Bombing of Brescia in World War II.[3]
* 1945
* Bombing.[3]
* Giornale di Brescia newspaper begins publication.[17]
* 1948 – Bruno Boni (politician) [it] becomes mayor (until 1975).
* 1959 - Stadio Mario Rigamonti opened.
* 1974
* 28 May: Piazza della Loggia bombing.[18]
* Bresciaoggi Nuovo newspaper begins publication.[17]
* 1982 – University of Brescia established.[19]
* 1988 - Zoo of Brescia Castle closed.
* 1992 – Paolo Corsini becomes mayor.
* 1999 – Museo di Santa Giulia [it] (museum) established.[16]

## 21st century

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* 2013
* Local election [it] held; Emilio Del Bono becomes mayor.
* Population: 188,520.[20]

## See also

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* History of Brescia [it]
* List of mayors of Brescia
* List of bishops of Brescia
* List of presidents of the Province of Brescia [it], 1861–present
* Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Brescia was part 1426-1797
* History of Lombardy (it)

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)

* Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
* Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
* Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g Domenico 2002.
2. ^ a b c d e Armstrong 2004.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Giuseppe Pinna. "Brescia". Oxford Art Online. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help) Retrieved 14 December 2016
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Britannica 1910.
5. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
6. ^ a b Greenway, George William (1931). Arnold of Brescia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 51, 56–7.
7. ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
8. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Brescia". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
9. ^ a b Overall 1870.
10. ^ James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
11. ^ Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
12. ^ "(Comune: Brescia)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 14 December 2016.+[it]+(Registry+of+Italian+Libraries)&rft.atitle=(Comune:+Brescia)&rft_id=http://anagrafe.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Brescia" class="Z3988">
13. ^ Haydn 1910.
14. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
15. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
16. ^ a b "Storia di Brescia". Turismo Brescia (in Italian). Comune di Brescia. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
17. ^ a b "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
18. ^ Zygmunt G. Baranski; Rebecca J. West, eds. (2001). "Chronology". Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-55982-9.
19. ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4\. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
20. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 13 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

## Bibliography

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### in English

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* William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Brescia". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
* William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Brixia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
* "Brescia", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
* Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Brescia" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). p. 498.
* Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brescia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
* Edward Hutton (1912), "Brescia", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
* "Brescia", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
* Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Brescia". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 188+. ISBN 0313307334.
* Lawrin Armstrong (2004). "Brescia". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 155–157\. ISBN 0415939291.

### in Italian

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* Pietro Bravo. Delle storie bresciane (in Italian). 1839–1843 (5 volumes)
* Federico Odorici. Storie bresciane (in Italian). 1853–1865 (11 volumes)
* Federico Odorici (1858). Guida di Brescia (in Italian).
* "Brescia". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian) (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1877. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649802.
* Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Brescia". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.* Club Alpino Italiano (1903). Guida di Brescia artistica (in Italian).
* "Brescia". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 371+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
* "Brescia", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1930
* Giovanni Treccani (ed.). Storia di Brescia (in Italian). Morcelliana. OCLC 8793953. 1963–1964
* Antonio Fappani. Brescia in Enciclopedia bresciana, Editrice Voce del Popolo, Brescia, 1975.
* Brescia. Le città nella storia d'Italia (in Italian). 1989.
* Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)

Gianluigi Valotti, Il ricordo dei Prodi bresciani e dei Caduti del 1859 nel Cimitero Vantiniano di Brescia, Bornato, Sardini Editrice, 2016, ISBN 978-88-7506-227-9

Gianluigi Valotti, Brescia 1859. Il Vantiniano accoglie le spoglie delle armate europee, Brescia, Fondazione Negri, 2017. ISBN 978-88-89108-36-9Brescia 1849. I caduti delle dieci giornate di Gianluigi Valotti - La Compagnia della Stampa - 2018: ISBN 9788884867520

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