The following is a timeline of the
history
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of the city of
Florence
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Italy
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.
The earliest timeline of Florence, the ''
Annales florentini
The ''Annales florentini'' (Florentine annals, Italian ''Annali fiorentini'') are the earliest annals of the medieval commune of Florence. They are written in Latin. There are two sets of annals overlapping in coverage: 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
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region.
* 405 –
Siege of Florence (405)
The siege of Florence was a battle that occurred in either 405 or 406 AD, between the Goths and the Roman Empire at Florence.
Background
In 402 the Geougen, a nomadic Tartar people of northern Asia, who during the fourth century had gradua ...
.
* 541 – Florence sacked by forces of Ostrogoth
Totila
Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the t ...
.
* 1078 – City walls built.
* 1080 – Stone
Ponte Vecchio
The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge", ) is a Middle Ages, medieval stone closed-spandrel Circular segment, segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, Florence, Italy. The only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during the ...
(bridge) built.
* 1107 – Monte Orlandi and Prato become part of Florence.
* 1115–16 –
Commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
form of government adopted;
Republic of Florence
The Republic of Florence, officially the Florentine Republic ( it, Repubblica Fiorentina, , or ), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany. The republic originated in 1115, when the Flo ...
established.
* 1128 –
Florence Baptistery
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John ( it, Battistero di San Giovanni), is a religious building in Florence, Italy, and has the status of a minor basilica. The octagonal baptistery stands in both the Piazza del D ...
built.
* 1138 – "City divided into six wards."
* 1182 –
Arte di Calimala
The Arte di Calimala, the guild of the cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth, was one of the greater guilds of Florence, the ''Arti Maggiori'', who arrogated to themselves the civic power of the Republic of Florence during the Late Middle ...
(cloth guild) first mentioned (approximate date).
* 1201 – Bankers'
guild
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active (approximate date).
* 1222 – Monte comune (pawnshop) opens.
* 1230 – allegedly occurs.
* 1237 –
Ponte alle Grazie (bridge) built.
* 1244 –
Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze
Venerabile Arciconfraternita della Misericordia di Firenze (''abbreviated Ven. Arc. Misericordia di Florence'') is a lay confraternity founded in Florence in the 13th century by St. Peter Martyr with the aim of assisting the needy through evange ...
founded.
* 1251 – First
Capitano del popolo
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elected.
* 1252
** Mint established;
Florin (Italian coin)
The Florentine florin was a gold coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains (3.499 grams, 0.113 troy ounce) of nominally pure or 'fine' gold with a purcha ...
introduced.
** Santa Trinita bridge built.
* 1258 –
Bargello
The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People), was a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy.
Terminology
The word ''bargello'' appears ...
built.
* 1261 – Public prison established.
* 1267 –
Charles of Anjou
Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–85) and Forcalquier (1246–48, 1256–85) ...
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
The Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova (i.e. ''Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova'' in Italian) is the oldest hospital still active in Florence, Italy.
History and artistic profile
Origins
The hospital was founded in 1288 by Folco Portinari, the father ...
founded.
* 1289
** Slavery abolished.
** Fire.
* 1299 –
Palazzo Vecchio construction begins.
14th–16th centuries
* 1312 –
Siege of Florence (1312)
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* 1321 –
University of Florence
The University of Florence (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'', UniFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled.
History
The first universi ...
founded.
* 1333 – November: Flood.
( it)
* 1345 –
Ponte Vecchio
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rebuilt.
* 1348 –
Black Death plague.
* 1353 – Public clock installed in
Palazzo Vecchio tower.
* 1355 – (church) built.
* 1360 – Cathedral
Campanile built.
* 1377 –
Medici
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in power.
* 1382 –
Loggia dei Lanzi
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built.
* 1385 –
Basilica of Santa Croce built.
* 1397 –
Medici Bank
The Medici Bank (Italian: ''Banco dei Medici'' ) was a financial institution created by the Medici family in Italy during the 15th century (1397–1494). It was the largest and most respected bank in Europe during its prime. There are some estima ...
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
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consecrated.
* 1469 –
Lorenzo de' Medici
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assumes power
* 1471 –
Printing press
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in operation.
* 1478 –
Pazzi conspiracy foiled.
* 1487 –
Medici giraffe arrives.
* 1488 – Ancient Greek poet
Homer
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first published in
print.
* 1490 –
Palazzo Cocchi-Serristori built.
* 1492 – Lorenzo the Magnificent dies and is succeeded by
Piero the Unfortunate
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Early life
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the eldest son of ...
* 1494
**
Charles VIII of France invades Italy
** Piero II acquiesces to Charles VIII and is forced to flee Florence
**
Republic of Florence
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restored, ruled nominally by
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola, OP (, , ; 21 September 1452 – 23 May 1498) or Jerome Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar from Ferrara and preacher active in Renaissance Florence. He was known for his prophecies of civic glory, the destruction of ...
** 1494 –
Salone dei Cinquecento built.
* 1497 – 7 February:
Bonfire of the Vanities
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.
* 1498
**
Niccolò Machiavelli
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becomes secretary.
** 23 May:
Savonarola
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executed.
* 1504 – Michelangelo's ''
David
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'' sculpture installed in the
Piazza della Signoria
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.
* 1509 – Militia established.
* 1512
**
Florentine Republic dissolved after defeat by Papal forces under Medici control.
**
Piero Soderini
Piero di Tommaso Soderini (March 17, 1451 – June 13, 1522) also known as Pier Soderini, was an Italian statesman of the Republic of Florence.
Biography
Soderini was born in Florence to Tommaso di Lorenzo Soderini, a member of an old family ...
and
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( , , ; 3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527), occasionally rendered in English as Nicholas Machiavel ( , ; see below), was an Italian diplomat, author, philosopher and historian who lived during the Renaissance. ...
exiled.
* 1513
**
Giulio de Medici becomes
Archbishop of Florence
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** Machiavelli publishes
The Prince
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* 1517 – Machiavelli publishes
Discourses on Livy
* 1527 – 21 June: Machiavelli dies
* 1529 – 24 October:
Siege of Florence (1529–30) begins.
* 1532 –
Alessandro de Medici
Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537. The first Med ...
becomes
duke of the Florentine Republic.
* 1536 –
Charles V Charles V may refer to:
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558)
* Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain
* Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise
* Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643–1690)
* Infa ...
visits city.
* 1537 – Villani's ''
Nuova Cronica
The ''Nuova Cronica'' (also: ''Nova Cronica'') or '' New Chronicles'' is a 14th-century history of Florence created in a year-by-year linear format and written by the Italian banker and official Giovanni Villani (c. 1276 or 1280–1348). T ...
'' published.
* 1545 –
Orto Botanico di Firenze
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established.
* 1557 – September: Flood.
( it)
* 1559 –
Palazzo Uguccioni built.
* 1562 –
Accademia del Disegno
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established.
* 1564 –
Vasari Corridor
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built.
* 1565 –
Fountain of Neptune inaugurated.
* 1569 –
Ponte Santa Trinita
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(bridge) rebuilt.
* 1574 –
Florentine Camerata
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active.
* 1580 – Rules of
Calcio Fiorentino sport published.
* 1581 –
Uffizi
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art museum built.
* 1582 – State Archives of Tuscany established.
* 1592 –
Theorbo
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musical instrument invented.
* 1598 – Premiere of
Peri's opera ''
Dafne
''Dafne'' is the earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera. The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini survives complete; the mostly lost music was completed by Jacopo Peri, but at least two of the six surviving fragment ...
.''
* 1600
** 5 October: .
**
Biblioteca Riccardiana
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founded (approximate date).
** Premiere of Peri's opera ''
Euridice.''
17th–19th centuries
* 1625 – Premiere of
Francesca Caccini's opera ''
La liberazione di Ruggiero
''La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina'' (''En.'' "The Liberation of Ruggiero from the island of Alcina") is a comic opera in four scenes by Francesca Caccini, first performed 3 February 1625 at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale in Florence, ...
''.
* 1656 –
Teatro della Pergola
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built.
* 1700 –
Fortepiano
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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
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established.
* 1784 –
Galleria dell'Accademia
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established.
* 1799 – French occupation begins.
* 1814
** French occupation ends.
**
Jewish
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ghetto abolished.
* 1817 –
Teatro Goldoni opens.
* 1828 –
Teatro Alfieri opens.
* 1844 – 3 November: .
* 1847 – Premiere of Verdi's opera
Macbeth.
* 1848
** Prato-Florence
railway
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begins operating.
**
Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station
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opens.
* 1852 –
Archivio di Stato di Firenze (
state archives
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Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
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* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
) established.
* 1859 – ''
La Nazione
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History and profile
''La Nazione'' was founded by Bettino Ricasoli, interim head of the Tuscan government. Th ...
'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1861
**
National Library
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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.
* 1867 –
Società Geografica Italiana headquartered in Florence.
* 1871
**
Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali built.
** Population: 167,093.
* 1879 – Horse-drawn
tram
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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
Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki is a publishing house of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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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 – ' newspaper begins publication.
* 1926 – (church) built.
* 1931 – Population: 304,160.
* 1933 –
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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begins.
* 1934 –
Bologna–Florence railway
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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:
* 1957 –
Ponte Amerigo Vespucci
Ponte Amerigo Vespucci is a bridge over the Arno River in Florence, Italy and named after Florence-born explorer Amerigo Vespucci. It joins the Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci to the Lungarno Soderini. To the east is the Ponte alla Carraia.
This bridg ...
(bridge) built.
* 1959 –
Giardino dell'Iris
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(garden) established.
* 1961 – Population: 436,516.
* 1966 – 4 November:
1966 Flood of the Arno River.
* 1968 – (hospital) built.
* 1977 –
Florence–Rome high-speed railway
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begins operating.
* 1978 –
Indiano Bridge built.
* 1982 –
Historic Centre of Florence
The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.
Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose t ...
designated an UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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.
* 1986 –
Gran Caffè Doney closes.
* 1991 – Population: 403,294.
* 1993 – 27 May:
Via dei Georgofili bombing
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The via dei Georgofili bombing was ...
.
* 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
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held in city.
* 2009
**
Bologna–Florence high-speed railway
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begins operating.
**
Matteo Renzi
Matteo Renzi (; born 11 January 1975) is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having bee ...
becomes mayor.
* 2011 – 13 December:
2011 Florence shootings.
* 2013 – Population: 366,039 city; 987,354
province
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.
* 2014 –
Dario Nardella
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On 1 February 2020, Nardella encouraged Ita ...
becomes mayor.
* 2015 – City becomes capital of the newly created
Metropolitan City of Florence
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.
See also
*
History of Florence
Florence ( it, Firenze) weathered the decline of the Western Roman Empire to emerge as a financial hub of Europe, home to several banks including that of the politically powerful Medici family. The city's wealth supported the development of ...
*
List of mayors of Florence
Other cities in the
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of
Central Italy
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Regions
Central I ...
:
( it)
*
Timeline of Ancona
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Prior to 18th century
* 390 BCE – Greek colony founded by Syracusans (approximate date).
* 268 BCE – Romans in power. Retrieved 2 January 201 ...
, Marche region
*
Timeline of Arezzo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Arezzo in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
* 4th century BCE – Etruscans build wall around Arretium.
* 294 BCE – Arretium attacked by Gallic forces.
* 1st centu ...
, Tuscany region
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Timeline of Livorno
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Livorno in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
* 1077 - Matilda of Tuscany tower built.
* 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria (1284) fought near Livorno with the win of Gen ...
, Tuscany
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Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
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Timeline of Perugia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Perugia in the Umbria region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
* 310 BCE - Romans in power; settlement named " Perusia."
* 3rd century BCE - Etruscan built.
* 216 and 205 BCE - Assisted ...
, Umbria region
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Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
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Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
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Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
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Timeline of Rome
The city of Rome, Italy, has had an extensive history since antiquity.
Early history
* 1000 BC – Latins begin to settle in Italy
Republic
*499 BC - A battle against foreign tribes commences, including the construction of the Temple of Ca ...
, Lazio region
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Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
References
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Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...