The following is a timeline of the
history of the city of
Vicenza in the
Veneto region of
Italy.
Prior to 18th century
* 2nd-6th century -
Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza established.
* 569 - Lombards in power.
( it)
* 825 - Regional school established in Vicenza.
* 1117 -
Earthquake.
* 1160 - (church) tower rebuilt.
* 1167 - Vicenza joins the
Lombard League.
* 13th century - built.
* 1260 -
Santa Corona church construction begins.
* 1280 - (church) construction begins.
* 1311 - Scaligeri of Verona in power.
* 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1387 - Visconti of Milan in power.
* 1404 - Vicenza becomes part of the
Republic of Venice (until 1797).
* 1440 - built.
* 1474 -
Printing press in operation.
* 1549 -
Basilica (town hall)
Palladian remodelling begins.
* 1550 -
Palazzo Chiericati
The Palazzo Chiericati is a Renaissance palace in Vicenza (northern Italy), designed by Andrea Palladio.
History
Palladio was asked to design and build the palazzo by Count Girolamo Chiericati. The architect started building the palace in 1 ...
construction begins.
* 1552 -
Palazzo Thiene
Palazzo Thiene is a 15th-16th-century palace in Vicenza, northern Italy, designed for Marcantonio and Adriano Thiene, probably by Giulio Romano, in 1542,Andrew Hopkins, 2002. ''Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Borromini''; p. 21. and revi ...
built.
* 1555 - (
learned society) founded.
* 1566
**
Palazzo Valmarana built.
**
Villa Capra "La Rotonda" construction begins near city.
* 1585 -
Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.
* 1614 -
Basilica (town hall)
Palladian completed.
18th-19th centuries
* 1708 -
Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana
The Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana is a main public library of the municipality of Vicenza, Italy. Inaugurated at the dawn of the 18th-century, and now the third largest library in the Veneto, after the Biblioteca Marciana of Venice and the Universi ...
(library) opens.
* 1814 - Austrians in power.
* 1833 - (cemetery) established.
* 1842 - 25 March: Future writer
Antonio Fogazzaro born in Vicenza.
* 1846 -
Padua–Vicenza railway begins operating.
* 1848 - (cemetery) established.
* 1851 -
Vicenza railway station
Vicenza railway station ( it, Stazione di Vicenza) serves the town and ''comune'' of Vicenza, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1846, it forms part of the Milan–Venice railway, and is also a junction of two branch lines, to ...
in operation.
* 1866 - Vicenza becomes part of the
Kingdom of Italy.
* 1876
** (railway) begins operating.
** ''Il Berico'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1877 - (railway) begins operating.
* 1884 - Horse-drawn begins operating.
* 1892 -
Banca Cattolica Vicentina (Catholic bank) established.
* 1897 - Population: 42,020.
20th century
* 1901 - Population (commune): 47,558.
* 1902 -
Vicenza Calcio football club formed.
* 1906 - (transit entity) formed.
* 1910 - Electric tram begins operating.
* 1911 - Population: 54,555.
* 1920 - becomes mayor.
* 1921 -
Vicenza Airport built.
* 1928 - begins operating.
* 1931 - Population: 65,177.
* 1935 -
Stadio Romeo Menti
Stadio Romeo Menti is a football stadium in Vicenza, Italy, named after Romeo Menti. It is currently the home of Vicenza Calcio. The stadium holds 12,000.
Recent years
On 11 November 1989 the stadium hosted the only game played so far in Vicen ...
(stadium) opens.
* 1944 -
Bombing of Vicenza in World War II.
* 1945 - ''
Il Giornale di Vicenza'' newspaper in publication.
* 1948 - becomes mayor.
* 1951 - (transit entity) formed.
* 1961 - Population: 98,019.
* 1962 - becomes mayor.
* 1971 - Population: 116,620.
* 1978 -
TVA Vicenza
TVA Vicenza is an Italian regional television channel of Veneto owned by Videomedia Spa group. It transmits a light entertainment program: movies, news and weather bulletins, political debates and sports on Virtual channel, LCN 10.
Other channels ...
(television) begins broadcasting.
* 1990 -
Achille Variati
Achille Variati (Vicenza, 19 January 1953) is an Italian politician and former Mayor of Vicenza.
A long-time member of Christian Democracy, he was elected to the municipal council of Vicenza in 1980 and then re-elected in 1985 and 1990, when he ...
becomes mayor.
* 1998 - becomes mayor.
21st century
* 2008 - Achille Variati becomes mayor again.
* 2010 - .
( it)
* 2013 - Population: 113,639.
See also
*
*
List of mayors of Vicenza
The Mayor of Vicenza is an elected politician who, along with the Vicenza's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Vicenza in Veneto, Italy. The current Mayor is Francesco Rucco, a centre-right independent, who took office on ...
, 1866-present
* , 12th-19th centuries
*
List of bishops of Vicenza (
it)
*
*
*
*
Timeline of the Republic of Venice
This article presents a detailed timeline of the history of the Republic of Venice from its legendary foundation to its collapse under the efforts of Napoleon.
5th century
*421: On Friday 25 March “at the stroke of noon” Venice is founded ...
, of which Vicenza was part 1404-1797
*
Veneto history (
it) (region)
Timelines of other cities in the
macroregion of
Northeast Italy:
( it)
* Emilia-Romagna region:
Timeline of Bologna;
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
;
Forlì;
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
;
Parma;
Piacenza;
Ravenna;
Reggio Emilia
Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...
;
Rimini
* Friuli-Venezia Giulia region:
Timeline of Trieste
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.
Prior to 19th century
* 79 CE – Via Flavia ( Dalmatia–Tergeste) built.
* 1203 - Captured by the Republic of Venice.
* 1320 ...
* Trentino-South Tyrol region:
Timeline of Trento
* Veneto region:
Timeline of Padua;
Treviso;
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
;
Verona
References
''This article incorporates information from the
Italian Wikipedia.''
Bibliography
in English
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1870 ed.
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in Italian
* B. Pagliarini. Croniche di Vicenza, 1663
* 1783-1785
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* B. Morsolin. Fonti della storia di Vicenza, 1880
* (bibliography)
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* S. Rumor. Bibliografia storica della città e provincia di Vicenza, 1916
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External links
* (city archives)
Archivio di Stato di Vicenza(
state archives)
Items related to Vicenza various dates (via
Europeana)
Items related to Vicenza various dates (via
Digital Public Library of America)
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