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

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

18th–19th centuries

* 1734 – Austrians in power.
* 1735 – ''Gazzetta di Parma'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
* 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.
* 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).
* 1817 – (cemetery) established.
* 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
* 1833 – Population: 48,523.
* 1849 - Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.
* 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera ''I vespri siciliani''.
* 1859
** June: Political unrest.
** Parma railway station opens.
* 1860 – (history society) founded.
* 1861
** Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
** (concert band) active.
* 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.
* 1866 – built.
* 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.
* 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
* 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
* 1888 – active.
* 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
* 1899 – begins operating.

20th century

* 1906 - Population: 48,523.
* 1908 – Labor strike.
* 1910 – and begin operating.
* 1911 – Population: 51,910.
* 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
* 1920 – erected.
* 1922 – August: (political unrest).
* 1923
** Parma Airport built.
** Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
* 1925 – constructed.
* 1930 – (library) established.
* 1931 – Population: 71,282.
* 1941 – (theatre) built in the .
* 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 – begins broadcasting.

21st century

* 2001 – built.
* 2002 – established.
* 2012 – May: held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
* 2013 – Population: 177,714.

See also

* Parma history
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* List of mayors of Parma
* List of bishops of Parma
* List of dukes of Parma, 1545–1859
* (state archives)
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Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^{( it)}
* Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; 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

References

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

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