The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.[1]
- 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.[2]
- 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.[1]
- 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.[1]
- 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.[3]
- 1264 - Milanese in power.[4]
- 1336 - Rocca di Bergamo (castle) built.[1]
- 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed.[4]
- 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.[1]
- 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.[4]
- 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.[1]
- 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.[1]
- 1549 - Population: 20,843.[3]
- 1561 - Venetian wall of Bergamo construction begins.[3]
- 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.[5]
- 1776 - Population: 28,581.[3]
- 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.[1]
- 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
- 1797
- French client Republic of Bergamo created.
- Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
- 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded.[3]
- 1814 - Austrians in power.[3]
- 1840 - Palazzo Frizzoni built.
- 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
- 1859 - Circondario di Bergamo (administrative area) established.
- 1860 - Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova becomes mayor.
- 1861 - Population: 37,343.[3]
- 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
- 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
- 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.[3]
- 1890 - Monza-Trezzo-Bergamo Tram begins operating.
- 1897
- Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
- Population: 45,929.[6]
20th century
edit- 1901 - Bergamo-Trescore-Sarnico Tramway begins operating.
- 1907
- City walls dismantled.[1]
- Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
- 1911 - Population: 55,306.[7]
- 1912 - Bergamo-Albino Tram (1912-1953) and Funicolare di Bergamo-San Vigilio (funicular) begin operating.
- 1927 - Colognola del Piano, Grumello del Piano, and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.[3]
- 1928
- Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
- Population: 81,400.[3]
- 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.[8]
- 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.
21st century
edit- 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
- 2013 - Population: 115,072.[9]
- 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.
See also
edit- History of Bergamo
- List of mayors of Bergamo
- List of bishops of Bergamo
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Bergamo was part 1428-1797
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
- Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
- Lombardy region: Timeline of Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
- Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bergamo". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 22 December 2016 - ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Treccani 1930.
- ^ a b c Britannica 1910.
- ^ "(Comune: Bergamo)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
Bibliography
editin English
edit- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Bergomum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
- "Bergamo", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). p. 772.
- Edward Hutton (1912), "Bergamo", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
- "Bergamo", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
- Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Bergamo (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
in Italian
edit- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Bergamo". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
- P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910)
- "Bergamo", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1930
- B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
- V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)
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