Timeline of Parma

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century edit

187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma.^[1]
183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony.^[1]
4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date).^[2]
452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila.^[3]
569 CE – Alboin in power.^[1]
1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop.^[1]
1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated.^[1]
1117 – Earthquake.^[4]^[5]
1248 – Battle of Parma.^[1]
1281 – Parma Baptistery built.^[1]
1307 – Giberto III da Correggio [it] in power.^[1]
1346 – Visconti in power.^[1]
1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built.^[1]
1472 – Printing press in operation.^[6]
1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established.
1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date).^[1]
1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession.^[1]
1521 – Siege of Parma (1521) [it] by French forces.^[1]
1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built.^[1]
1545 – Duchy of Parma established.
1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded.^[7]
1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins.
1591 – Parma Citadel [it] built.^[1]
1627 – Palazzo del Comune (Parma) [it] and Palazzo del Governatore (Parma) [it] rebuilt (approximate date).^[1]
1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.^[4]

18th–19th centuries edit

1734 – Austrians in power.^[1]
1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.^[9]
1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).^[3]
1817 – Cimitero della Villetta [it] (cemetery) established.
1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto^[10]
1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
1833 – Population: 48,523.^[4]
1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.^[1]
1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
1859
- June: Political unrest.
- Parma railway station opens.
1860 – Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province Parmensi [it] (history society) founded.
1861
- Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[3]
- Corpo bandistico municipale Giuseppe Verdi di Parma [it] (concert band) active.
1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.^[11]
1866 – Parma Synagogue [it] built.
1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.^[3]
1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
1899 – Parma tram [it] begins operating.

20th century edit

1906 – Population: 48,523.^[1]
1908 – Labor strike.^[12]
1910 – Parma-Fornovo Tram [it] and Parma-Marzolara Tram [it] begin operating.
1911 – Population: 51,910.^[13]
1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
1920 – Monument to Giuseppe Verdi (Parma) [it] erected.
1922 – August: Fatti di Parma [it] (political unrest).
1923
- Parma Airport built.
- Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
1925 – Parma Chamber of Commerce building [it] constructed.
1930 – Biblioteca civica di Parma [it] (library) established.^[14]
1931 – Population: 71,282.^[4]
1941 – Teatro al Parco [it] (theatre) built in the Parco Ducale (Parma) [it].
1943 – Parma occupied by German forces.
1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II.
1945 – German forces ousted.
1951 – Population: 122,978.
1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
1961 – Population: 147,368.
1971 – Population: 175,228.
1978 – Tv Parma [it] begins broadcasting.

21st century edit

2001 – Auditorium Niccolò Paganini [it] built.
2002 – Casa della Musica [it] established.
2012 – May: Parma municipal election [it] held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
2013 – Population: 177,714.^[15]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Britannica 1910.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Domenico 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Treccani 1935.
^ Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Parma". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
^ Sampson 2016.
^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ Biblioteche 1865.
^ Gaspare Nello Vetro (2011). "Parma, Il Conservatorio di musica". Dizionario della musica e dei musicisti del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza.
^ Biblioteche 1893.
^ "Foreign and Colonial History: Italy", Annual Register...1908, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909, pp. 276–283
^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
^ "(Comune: Parma)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography edit

in English edit

William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Parma". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
"Parma", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
Umberto Cassuto (1905), "Parma", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Parma" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 850–851.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Parma", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
Edward Hutton (1912), "Parma", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
"Parma", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 + (1870 ed.)
Roy Domenico (2002). "Emilia Romagna: Parma". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 92+. ISBN 0313307334.
Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Parma". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 855+. ISBN 0415939291.
Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
Lisa Sampson (2016). "Reforming Theatre in Farnese Parma: The Case of the Accademia degli Innominati (1574–1608)". In Jane E. Everson; et al. (eds.). Italian Academies 1525–1700: Networks of Culture, Innovation and Dissent. Routledge. pp. 62–76. ISBN 978-1-317-19630-3.

in Italian edit

Italien (1865). "Elenco delle biblioteche del regno: Parma". Statistica del Regno d'Italia: biblioteche (in Italian). Florence.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (List of libraries)
Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Parma". Guida della stampa periodica italiana [Guide to Italian Periodicals] (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. p. 591+.
Ministero dell'agricoltura, dell'industria e del commercio [in Italian] (1893). "Parma". Statistica delle biblioteche (in Italian). Rome.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (List of libraries)
Stefano Lottici; Giuseppe Sitti (1904). Bibliografia generale per la storia parmense [Bibliography of the history of Parma] (in Italian). Alfonso Zerbini.
"Parma", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1935

External links edit

Items related to Parma, various dates (via Europeana)
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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Britannica 1910.

[2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-3] Domenico 2002.

[FOOTNOTETreccani1935-4] Treccani 1935.

[Baratta1901-5] Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)

[6] Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Parma". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.

[FOOTNOTESampson2016-7] Sampson 2016.

[europa2003-8] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[FOOTNOTEBiblioteche1865-9] Biblioteche 1865.

[10] Gaspare Nello Vetro (2011). "Parma, Il Conservatorio di musica". Dizionario della musica e dei musicisti del Ducato di Parma e Piacenza.

[FOOTNOTEBiblioteche1893-11] Biblioteche 1893.

[12] "Foreign and Colonial History: Italy", Annual Register...1908, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909, pp. 276–283

[13] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.

[iccu-14] "(Comune: Parma)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

[15] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 29 December 2016.

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Contents

Prior to 18th century edit

18th–19th centuries edit

20th century edit

21st century edit

See also edit

References edit

Bibliography edit

in English edit

in Italian edit

External links edit