Girish Mahajan (Editor)

Timeline of Florence

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

Contents

The earliest timeline of Florence, the Annales florentini, was created in the 12th century.

Prior to 14th century

  • 59 BCE - Roman colony founded (approximate date).
  • 1st century CE - Catholic Diocese of Florence established.
  • 285 - Florence becomes seat of Tuscia region.
  • 405 - Siege of Florence (405).
  • 541 - Florence sacked by forces of Ostrogoth Totila.
  • 1078 - City walls built.
  • 1080 - Stone Ponte Vecchio (bridge) built.
  • 1107 - Monte Orlandi and Prato become part of Florence.
  • 1115-16 - Commune form of government adopted; Republic of Florence established.
  • 1128 - Florence Baptistery built.
  • 1138 - "City divided into six wards."
  • 1182 - Arte di Calimala (cloth guild) first mentioned (approximate date).
  • 1201 - Bankers' guild active (approximate date).
  • 1222 - Monte comune (pawnshop) opens.
  • 1230 - Eucharistic miracle of Florence allegedly occurs.
  • 1237 - Ponte alle Grazie (bridge) built.
  • 1244 - Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze founded.
  • 1251 - First Capitano del popolo elected.
  • 1252
  • Mint established; Florin (Italian coin) introduced.
  • Santa Trinita bridge built.
  • 1258 - Bargello built.
  • 1261 - Public prison established.
  • 1267 - Charles of Anjou in power.
  • 1269 - Flood.
  • 1282 - "Florence adopts a new system of government by members of a guild."
  • 1284 - Tertio Cerchio (wall) built.
  • 1285 - Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova founded.
  • 1289
  • Slavery abolished.
  • Fire.
  • 1299 - Palazzo Vecchio construction begins.

    • 14th-16th centuries

  • 1321 - University of Florence founded.
  • 1333 - November: Flood.(it)
  • 1345 - Ponte Vecchio rebuilt.
  • 1348 - Black Death plague.
  • 1353 - Public clock installed in Palazzo Vecchio tower.
  • 1355 - Chiesa di Santa Maria del Fiore a Lapo (church) built.
  • 1360 - Cathedral Campanile built.
  • 1377 - Medici in power.
  • 1382 - Loggia dei Lanzi built.
  • 1385 - Basilica of Santa Croce built.
  • 1397 - Medici Bank established.
  • 1415 - Bruni's History of Florence issued.
  • 1427 - Catasto tax begins.
  • 1432 - Ufficiali di Notte tribunal begins.
  • 1434 - Cosimo de' Medici in power.
  • 1436 - Duomo consecrated.
  • 1471 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1478 - Pazzi conspiracy foiled.
  • 1486 - Medici giraffe arrives.
  • 1488 - Ancient Greek poet Homer first published in print.
  • 1490 - Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori built.
  • 1494 - Salone dei Cinquecento built.
  • 1497 - 7 February: Bonfire of the Vanities.
  • 1498
  • Niccolò Machiavelli becomes secretary.
  • 23 May: Savonarola executed.
  • 1504 - Michelangelo's David sculpture installed in the Piazza della Signoria.
  • 1509 - Militia established.
  • 1513 - Giulio de Medici becomes Archbishop of Florence.
  • 1529 - 24 October: Siege of Florence (1529–30) begins.
  • 1532 - Alessandro de Medici becomes duke of Florence; Republic of Florence ends.
  • 1536 - Charles V visits city.
  • 1537 - Villani's Nuova Cronica published.
  • 1545 - Orto Botanico di Firenze established.
  • 1557 - September: Flood.(it)
  • 1559 - Palazzo Uguccioni built.
  • 1562 - Accademia del Disegno established.
  • 1564 - Vasari Corridor built.
  • 1565 - Fountain of Neptune inaugurated.
  • 1569 - Ponte Santa Trinita (bridge) rebuilt.
  • 1574 - Florentine Camerata active.
  • 1580 - Rules of Calcio Fiorentino sport published.
  • 1581 - Uffizi art museum built.
  • 1582 - State Archives of Tuscany established.
  • 1592 - Theorbo musical instrument invented.
  • 1598 - Premiere of Peri's opera Dafne.

    • 17th-19th centuries

  • 1600
  • 5 October: Wedding of Maria de 'Medici and Henry IV of France.
  • Biblioteca Riccardiana founded (approximate date).
  • Premiere of Peri's opera Euridice.
  • 1625 - Premiere of Francesca Caccini's opera La liberazione di Ruggiero.
  • 1656 - Teatro della Pergola built.
  • 1700 - Fortepiano musical instrument prototyped.
  • 1739 - Academia Botanica established.
  • 1740 - Teatro di Santa Maria built.
  • 1753 - Accademia dei Georgofili established.
  • 1775 - Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze established.
  • 1784 - Galleria dell'Accademia established.
  • 1799 - French occupation begins.
  • 1814
  • French occupation ends.
  • Jewish ghetto abolished.
  • 1817 - Teatro Goldoni, Florence opens.
  • 1828 - Teatro Alfieri opens.
  • 1844 - 3 November: Florence flood of 1844.
  • 1847 - Premiere of Verdi's opera Macbeth.
  • 1848
  • Prato-Florence railway begins operating.
  • Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station opens.
  • 1852 - Archivio di Stato di Firenze (state archives) established.
  • 1859 - La Nazione newspaper begins publication.
  • 1861
  • National Library active.
  • Population: 150,864.
  • 1862 - Politeama Fiorentino Vittorio Emanuele amphitheatre opens.
  • 1864 - Florence becomes part of Italy.
  • 1865 - Italian capital relocated to Florence from Turin.
  • 1871
  • Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali built.
  • Population: 167,093.
  • 1879 - Horse-drawn tram begins operating.
  • 1882 - Great Synagogue of Florence built.
  • 1891 - Cathedral Museum opens.
  • 1896 - Firenze Campo di Marte railway station opens.
  • 1897
  • Leo S. Olschki Editore in business.
  • Population: 209,540.

    • 20th century

  • 1901 - Population: 236,635.
  • 1904 - Giardino Tropicale established.
  • 1908 - La Voce magazine begins publication.
  • 1922 - Cinema Teatro Savoia opens.
  • 1925 - Non Mollare newspaper begins publication.
  • 1926 - Chiesa di Santa Maria a Ricorboli (church) built.
  • 1931 - Population: 304,160.
  • 1933 - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino begins.
  • 1934 - Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.
  • 1936 - Cinema Vittoria built.
  • 1943
  • German occupation begins.
  • 25 September: Aerial bombing by Allied forces.
  • 1944
  • 3 August: Bridges bombed by German forces.
  • 11 August: German occupation ends.
  • 1948 - Ponte alla Carraia (bridge) rebuilt.
  • 1954 - 27 October: 1954 UFO sighting in Florence
  • 1957 - Ponte Amerigo Vespucci (bridge) built.
  • 1959 - Giardino dell'Iris (garden) established.
  • 1961 - Population: 436,516.
  • 1966 - 4 November: 1966 Flood of the Arno River.
  • 1968 - Ospedale Piero Palagi (hospital) built.
  • 1977 - Florence–Rome high-speed railway begins operating.
  • 1978 - Indiano Bridge built.
  • 1982 - Historic Centre of Florence designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • 1986 - Gran Caffé Doney closes.
  • 1991 - Population: 403,294.
  • 1993 - 27 May: Via dei Georgofili bombing.
  • 1995 - European Rapid Operational Force headquartered in Florence.
  • 1997 - City website online (approximate date).

    • 21st century

  • 2001 - Population: 356,118.
  • 2002 - November: European Social Forum held in city.
  • 2009
  • Bologna–Florence high-speed railway begins operating.
  • Matteo Renzi becomes mayor.
  • 2011 - 13 December: 2011 Florence shootings.
  • 2013 - Population: 366,039 city; 987,354 province.
  • 2014 - Dario Nardella becomes mayor.
  • 2015 - City becomes capital of the newly created Metropolitan Borough of Florence.

    • References

    Timeline of Florence Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA