Timeline of Novara

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

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## Prior to 18th century

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Ostrogothic|  493-553
Vandal|  435-534
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* 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.[1]
* 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).[2]
* 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
* 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.[1]
* 450 - Battistero del duomo di Novara [it] (baptistery) built (approximate date).[3]
* 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.[1]
* 569 - Lombards in power.[4]
* 774 - Franks in power.[4]
* 830 - Adalgisio of Novara [it] becomes bishop.[5]
* 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.[1]
* 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.[1]
* 1123 - Litifredo [it] becomes bishop.[3]
* 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.[3]
* 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.[5]
* 1178 - Communal palace built.[5]
* 1185 - Office of podestà established.[5]
* 1277 - Legal code established.[5]
* 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."[5]
* 1346 - Courthouse built.[1]
* 1448 - Sforza in power.[4]
* 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
* 1538 - Farnese in power.[4]
* 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.[6]
* 1607 - San Marco church built.[6](it)
* 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.[7]

## 18th and 19th centuries

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* 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."[1]
* 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."[1]
* 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.[4]
* 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."[1]
* 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.[1]
* 1838 - Population: 18,524.[6]
* 1842 - Market built.[1]
* 1847 - Public library founded.[8][9]
* 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.[10]
* 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
* 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
* 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
* 1859 - Circondario di Novara [it] (provincial district) established.
* 1861 - Population: 25,144.(it)
* 1864 - Gozzano-Novara railway [it] begins operating
* 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.[6]
* 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
* 1881 - Tranvia Novara-Vigevano-Ottobiano [it] (tram) begins operating.
* 1884
* Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.[11]
* Tranvia Novara-Biandrate [it] (tram) begins operating.
* 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
* 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
* 1897 - Population: 45,189.[12]

## 20th century

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* 1911 - Population: 54,571.[13]
* 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
* 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.[14]
* 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
* 1951 - Population: 69,395.(it)
* 1952 - Istituto tecnico agrario statale Giuseppe Bonfantini [it] founded.
* 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.[15]
* 1961 - Population: 87,704.(it)
* 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.[16]
* 1975 - Radio Azzurra (Novara) [it] begins broadcasting.
* 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
* 1989 - Centro novarese di studi letterari [it] founded.
* 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

## 21st century

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* 2004 - Novara Jazz Festival [it] begins.
* 2013 - Population: 101,933.[17]
* 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
* 2021 - Novara ramming

## See also

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* Novara history
* List of mayors of Novara
* List of bishops of Novara

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

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
2. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. ^ a b c Carlo Tosco. "Navara". Oxford Art Online. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help) Retrieved 28 January 2017
4. ^ a b c d e "Novara ieri e oggi" (in Italian). Comune di Novara. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
5. ^ a b c d e f Kleinhenz 2004.
6. ^ a b c d Treccani 1934.
7. ^ "I principali monumenti della citta" (in Italian). Comune di Novara. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
8. ^ "(Comune: Novara)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 28 January 2017.+[it]+(Registry+of+Italian+Libraries)&rft.atitle=(Comune:+Novara)&rft_id=http://anagrafe.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Timeline+of+Novara" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Biblioteca civica Carlo Negroni" (in Italian). Novara. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
10. ^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
11. ^ Berger 1899.
12. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 - via HathiTrust.
13. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
14. ^ "Società Storica Novarese" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
15. ^ "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
16. ^ "Archivio di Stato di Novara" (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
17. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

## Sources

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### in English

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* William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Novaria". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
* Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Novara" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). pp. 829–830.
* "Novara", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
* Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Novara". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.

### in Italian

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* Francesco A. Bianchini (1828). Le cose rimarchevoli della città di Novara. Girolamo Miglio.
* Carlo Morbio (1841). Storia della città e diocesi di Novara. Storie dei municipi italiani (in Italian). Milan: Manini. OCLC 758844008.
* Giuseppe Lenta, ed. (1856), Guida di Novara e suoi uniti con almanacco Novarese (in Italian), Novara, hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t5bc57217`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* 1912 ed.
* Giuseppe Garone (1865). I reggitori di Novara. Francesco Merati.
* "Novara". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 15 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1883.
* Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Novara". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2\. Imola. OCLC 12117233.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
* Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Novara", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan`{{citation}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* "Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara", Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara (1947) (in Italian), ISSN 0392-1107 1907-
* "Novara". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
* N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
* "Novara", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1934

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