The following is a timeline of the

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of the city of

Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

in the

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

region of

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Prior to 20th century

* 45 BCE - Bergomum

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established. Retrieved 22 December 2016 * 4th C. CE -

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Arnulf of Carinthia Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – 8 December 899) was the duke of Carinthia who overthrew his uncle Emperor Charles the Fat to become the Carolingian king of East Francia from 887, the disputed king of Italy from 894 and the disputed emperor from Feb ...

. * 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected. * 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins. * 1264 - Milanese in power. * 1336 - (castle) built. * 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed. * 1408 -

Pandolfo III Malatesta Pandolfo III Malatesta (c. 1369 – October 3, 1427) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Fano, a member of the famous House of Malatesta. Biography He was the second son of Galeotto I Malatesta. After the latter's death, the Malatesta lan ...

in power. * 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the

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. * 1476 -

Cappella Colleoni The Cappella Colleoni (Italian: "Colleoni Chapel") is a chapel and mausoleum attached to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. Dedicated to the saints Bartholomew, Mark and John the Baptist, it was built ...

(chapel) built. * 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo. * 1549 - Population: 20,843. * 1561 - construction begins. * 1764 -

Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai The Biblioteca Civica (est. 1760) of Bergamo, Italy, is a public library founded by Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti (24 January 1685 – 14 January 1764) was a Roman Catholic cardinal, an antiquarian and philologist ...

(library) founded. * 1776 - Population: 28,581. * 1780 -

Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo The Accademia Carrara, (), officially Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, in Lombardy in northern Italy. The art gallery was established in about 1780 by , a Bergamasco collect ...

(art academy) founded. * 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens. * 1797 ** French client Republic of Bergamo created. ** Future composer

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the '' bel canto'' opera style dur ...

born in Bergamo. * 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded. * 1814 - Austrians in power. * 1840 - built. * 1857 -

Bergamo railway station Bergamo railway station ( it, Stazione di Bergamo) serves the city and ''comune'' of Bergamo, in the region of Lombardy, northern Italy. Opened in 1854, it is located at the junction of lines to Brescia, Lecco, Seregno and Treviglio. The station ...

in operation. * 1859 - (administrative area) established. * 1860 - becomes mayor. * 1861 - Population: 37,343. * 1869 -

Banca Popolare di Bergamo Banca may refer to: Places * Bangka Island, an island lying east of Sumatra, part of Indonesia * Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'', France * Banca, Tasmania, a locality in Tasmania, Australia * ...

(bank) established. * 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded. * 1887 -

Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town The Funicular Railway Upper City - Lower City (Italian: ''Funicolare Città Alta''), is a funicular railway line in the city of Bergamo, Italy. It connects the historic core of ''Città Alta'' (the suspended fortified city of Bergamo built up o ...

(funicular) begins operating. * 1890 - begins operating. * 1897 **

Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo The Monument to Donizetti is located in a public garden in Piazza Cavour, adjacent to the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo. It commemorates the opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, a native of Bergamo. It was inaugurated in 1897 to mark the centenary of t ...

erected in the Piazza Cavour. ** Population: 45,929.

20th century

* 1901 - begins operating. * 1907 ** City walls dismantled. **

Atalanta B.C. Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly referred to as Atalanta, is a professional football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. The club plays in Serie A, having gained promotion from Serie B in 2010–11. Atalanta was founded in 1907 by Lic ...

(football club) formed. * 1911 - Population: 55,306. * 1912 - and (funicular) begin operating. * 1927 - Colognola del Piano, , and

Valtesse Valtesse, located at is a quarter of the city of Bergamo in the north part of the city between the hill of Città Alta and Maresana Hill. The population is approximately 10,000. Overview Valtesse was a part of the fourth circoscrizione (admini ...

become part of Bergamo. * 1928 **

Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, known for sponsorship reasons as the Gewiss Stadium since July 2019 and as Stadio di Bergamo in UEFA competitions, is a stadium in Bergamo, Italy. It is the home of club Atalanta and has a capacity of 21,000 seat ...

(stadium) opens. ** Population: 81,400. * 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established. * 1983 -

Bergamo Film Meeting Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...

(festival) begins.

21st century

* 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating. * 2013 - Population: 115,072. * 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.

References

''This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.''

Bibliography

in English

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in Italian

* * P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910) * * B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959) * V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)

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