Timeline Of Bolzano

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bolzano/Bozen in the Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

* 14 BC - A military settlement called "Pons Drusi" is founded by Romans.
* 679 - Settlement and region ruled by the Duke of Bavaria ("comes Baiuvariorum, quem illi gravionem dicunt, qui regebat Bauzanum et reliqua castella").
* 769 - Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria issues in Bolzano the foundation charter of the Innichen Abbey.
* 996–1000 - Settlement called "in Pauzana valle, quae lingua Teutisca Pozana nuncupatur".
* 1027 - Bozen county "given by the emperor Conrad II to the bishop of Trent."
* 1170 - Likely birthplace nearby of Walther von der Vogelweide, a German lyrical poet.
* 1170–80 ca. - The town is founded by the bishop of Trent.
* 1195 - The town's parson Rudolf is mentioned.
* 1237 - Franciscan Friary active.
* 1272 - (hospital) established.
* 1363 - Habsburg Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria in power.
* 1437 - The borough rights (''Stadtrecht'') issued.
* 1442 - Town council established by King Frederick III.
* 1443 and 1483 - Two great town fires destroy large parts of the inner city.
* 1472 - The ''Bozner Stadtbuch'' (Liber civitatis) instituted by mayor Konrad Lerhueber as the towns official register of legal acts.
* 1519 - The openwork spire of the Parish church (now Cathedral) finished by the stonemasons Burkhard Engelberg and Hans Lutz von Schussenried.
* 1551 - The ''Bozner Bürgerbuch'', a register of the new citizens, instituted.
* 1635 - established.
* 1805 - Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Bavaria, first Civic Theatre established.
* 1810 - Town becomes part of French client Kingdom of Italy. Retrieved 26 January 2017
* 1813 - Town becomes part of Austria again.
* 1837 - Population: 10,499.^{( de)}
* 1842 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1859 - Brenner Railway (Verona-Bozen) begins operating; Bozen railway station opens.
* 1861 - 10 November: held.
* 1862 - (sport club) formed.
* 1867 - Brenner Railway (Innsbruck-Bozen) begins operating.
* 1874 - (Austro-Hungarian war cemetery) established.
* 1882 - '' Der Tiroler'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1889 - erected in the .
* 1894 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1895 - Julius Perathoner becomes mayor.
* 1898 - Überetsch Railway begins operating.
* 1900 - Population: 23,521.^{( de)}

20th century

* 1907 - (funicular) and Rittnerbahn (railway) begin operating.
* 1909 - Bolzano Tramway begins operating.
* 1912 - (funicular) begins operating.
* 1915 - ''Tiroler Soldaten-Zeitung'' newspaper begins publication. Retrieved 26 January 2017
* 1918
** The new Civic Theatre (''Stadttheater'') opens.
** Italian forces take South Tyrol region during World War I and rename it as "Alto Adige"
* 1921 - 24 April: Fascist unrest (''Bloody Sunday'').
* 1922 - October: Fascist occurs.
* 1923
** Bolzano becomes part of the Province of Trento.
** Italianization of South Tyrol begins.
* 1925 - becomes part of Bolzano.
* 1926
** Bolzano Airport opens.
** ''Dolomiten'' newspaper in publication.
* 1927 - The Province of Bolzano established and separated from the Trento Province.
* 1928 - The Fascist Bolzano Victory Monument inaugurated.
* 1930 - Stadio Druso (stadium) opens.
* 1931 - Associazione Calcio Bolzano (football club) formed.
* 1933 - HC Bolzano (ice hockey club) formed.
* 1936 - Population: 45,505.^{( de)}
* 1936 - The today's ''Corso della Libertà-Freiheitsstraße'' (Liberty Avenue), a major civic boulevard adorned by buildings in monumentalist style, has been created by the fascist regime (then called ''Corso IX Maggio'').
* 1939–40 - The South Tyrol Option Agreement leads to the emigration of parts of the german-speaking population into the Third Reich.
* 1939–42 - The local Casa del Fascio built displaying a monumental Mussolini basrelief, recontextualized in 2017.
* 1943
** September: South Tyrol region annexed by Germany; Bolzano becomes part of the Nazi German Operationszone Alpenvorland (district).
** Bombing of Bolzano.
* 1944 - Bolzano Transit Camp begins operating.
* 1945 - Town liberated by allied forces from the nazifascist occupational forces on May 4
** December: "Official sanction of the German language" begins.
** South Tyrolean People's Party headquartered in Bolzano.
** ''Dolomiten'' and ''Alto Adige'' newspapers begin publication.
* 1948
** Bolzano becomes part of the newly formed Trentino-Alto Adige province.
** November: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election, 1948 held.
** Bolzano Tramway closes.
* 1950 - (theatre) founded.
* 1951 - Population: 70,898.^{( de)}
* 1960 - Rai Südtirol (radio) begins broadcasting.
* 1961 - Night of fire happened.
* 1964 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bolzano-Brixen established.
* 1966 - Rai Südtirol (TV channel) begins broadcasting.
* 1967 - Haus der Kultur „Walther von der Vogelweide“ (''Waltherhaus''), a theatre and culture venue inaugurated.
* 1968 - becomes mayor.
* 1971 - Population: 105,757.^{( de)}
* 1974 - F.C. Südtirol (football club) formed.
* 1977 - Radio Tandem begins broadcasting.
* 1985 - Museion - Museo d'Arte Moderna (museum) founded.
* 1988 - ''Mattino dell'Alto Adige'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1992 - ''Eurac Research'' (European Academy Bozen-Bolzano), a transdisciplinary research centre, founded.
* 1995
** becomes mayor.
** Regional Civic Network of South Tyrol (website) launched.
* 1996
** '' Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung'' (newspaper) begins publication.
** F.C. Bolzano 1996 (football club) formed.
* 1997 - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano founded.
* 1998
** South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology established.
** opens.
* 1999 - (theatre) opens.

21st century

* 2003 - ' newspaper begins publication.
* 2005 - Luigi Spagnolli becomes mayor.
* 2008 - New Museion (museum) building opens.
* 2013
** October: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections held.
** University's (regional history institute) founded.
** Population: 103,891.
* 2014 - ''BZ ’18–’45: one monument, one city, two dictatorships'', a permanent exhibition within the fascist Monument to Victory is inaugurated.
* 2015 - The so-called Stolpersteine, Holocaust victims commemorative markers, are laid out.
* 2016 - held; Renzo Caramaschi becomes mayor.
* 2017 - The former Casa del Fascio historicized.Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti,
A small Italian town can teach the world how to defuse controversial monuments
'. The Guardian, December 6, 2017.
* 2018 - ''NOI Techpark Südtirol/Alto Adige'', a large science and technology park within the former industrial zone, opens.
* 2019 - ''WaltherPark'', a large urban renewal project designed by David Chipperfield starts.
* 2021 - The town is granted the annual ''City of Memory'' status by the Interior Ministry.

See also

* Bolzano history
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* List of mayors of Bolzano
* Civic Archives in Bozen-Bolzano (city archives)
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* (Holocaust victims commemorative markers)
* History of South Tyrol region
* Raetia, ancient Roman province of which Bauzanum was part

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^{( it)}
* Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
* Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
* Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona, Vicenza

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