The following is a timeline of the

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of the city of

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

in the

Veneto Veneto (, ; vec, Vèneto ) or Venetia is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fourth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice while the biggest city is Verona. Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...

region of

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Prior to 15th century

* 89 BCE - Romans in power. * 45 BCE - Patavium designated a

municipium In ancient Rome, the Latin term (pl. ) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the was a social contract among ("duty holders"), or citizens of the town. The duties () were a communal obligation assumed by the in exchange for the privi ...

. * 350 CE -

Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua ( it, Diocesi di Padova; la, Dioecesis Patavina) is an episcopal see of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century.Hun The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th century AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part ...

forces of

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. * 540 - Greeks in power. * 601 - Padua besieged by forces of Lombard

Agilulf Agilulf ( 555 – April 616), called ''the Thuringian'' and nicknamed ''Ago'', was a duke of Turin and king of the Lombards from 591 until his death. A relative of his predecessor Authari, Agilulf was of Thuringian origin and belonged to the An ...

. * 11th century - Constitution created. * 1219 - Palazzo della Ragione built. * 1222 -

University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B ...

founded. * 1230 -

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua ( it, Basilica Pontificia di Sant'Antonio di Padova) is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, Veneto, Northern Italy, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. Although the basilica is visi ...

construction begins. * 1237 -

Ezzelino III da Romano Ezzelino III da Romano (25 April 1194, Tombolo7 October 1259) was an Italian feudal lord, a member of the Ezzelino family, in the March of Treviso (in modern Veneto). He was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II ( r. 1220–1250), and ruled ...

in power. * 1256 - Ezzelino III ousted. * 1266 - Padua takes nearby

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a th ...

. * 1284 -

Tomb of Antenor The Tomb of Antenor, also called the Sepulchre of Antenore, is a 13th-century monument created to honor an unearthed ancient sarcophagus, claimed to be that of the Trojan warrior and counselor Antenor, the legendary founder of Padua; it is located ...

rebuilt in the . * 1304 - Salt War with Venice * 1305 - Artist

Giotto Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period. Giot ...

paints the

Scrovegni Chapel The Scrovegni Chapel ( it, Cappella degli Scrovegni ), also known as the Arena Chapel, is a small church, adjacent to the Augustinian order, Augustinian monastery, the ''Monastero degli Eremitani'' in Padua, Italy, Padua, region of Veneto, I ...

(approximate date). * 1311 -

Cangrande I della Scala Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the della Scala family which ruled Verona from 1308 until 1387. Now perhaps best known as the leading patron of the poet Dante ...

in power. * 1318 -

Jacopo I da Carrara Jacopo or Giacomo I da Carrara, called the Great (''Grande''), was the founder of the Carraresi dynasty that ruled Padua from 1318 to 1405. He governed with the advice of the leading citizens during a rule characterized by unity within the city. Joh ...

becomes

lord of Padua The Lords of Padua ruled the city from 1308 until 1405. The commune of Padua became a hereditary one-man lordship () with the election of Jacopo I da Carrara as ''capitano del popolo'' in 1308. His descendants, the Carraresi, ruled the city and its ...

. * 1360 - Public clock installed (approximate date). * 1386 - fought near Padua.

15th-19th centuries

* 1404 -

War of Padua The War of Padua was a conflict in 1404–1405 between the Republic of Venice and the Carrarese lordship of Padua. In the power vacuum produced by the death of the Duke of Milan, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, in 1402, Francesco II da Carrara endeavored ...

begins. * 1405 - Venetians in power. * 1431 -

Squarcione Francesco Squarcione (''c.'' 1395 – after 1468) was an Italian artist from Padua. His pupils included Andrea Mantegna (with whom he had many legal battles), Cosimo Tura and Carlo Crivelli. There are only two works signed by him: the ''Mad ...

's school of art active. Retrieved 3 December 2016 * 1453 -

Equestrian statue of Gattamelata ''The Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata'' is an Italian Renaissance sculpture by Donatello, dating from 1453, today in the Piazza del Santo in Padua, Italy. It portrays the condottiero Erasmo da Narni, known as "Gattamelata", who served mostly un ...

erected in the . * 1472 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in wh ...

in operation. * 1509 - September:

Siege of Padua The siege of Padua was a major engagement early in the War of the League of Cambrai. Imperial forces had captured the Venetian city of Padua in June 1509. On 17 July, Venetian forces commanded by Andrea Gritti marched quickly from Treviso wit ...

during the

War of the League of Cambrai The War of the League of Cambrai, sometimes known as the War of the Holy League and several other names, was fought from February 1508 to December 1516 as part of the Italian Wars of 1494–1559. The main participants of the war, who fough ...

; Venetian forces defeat those of the Holy Roman Empire. * 1526 - built on the Piazza dei Signori. * 1540 -

Accademia degli Infiammati The Accademia degli Infiammati ("Academy of the Burning Ones") was a short-lived but influential philosophical and literary academy in Padua, in northern Italy. It was founded in 1540 by Leone Orsini, and was dissolved somewhere between 1545 and 1 ...

(learned society) formed. * 1545 -

Orto botanico di Padova The Orto Botanico di Padova is a botanical garden in Padua, in the northeastern part of Italy. Founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic, it is the world's oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. The garden – af ...

(garden) founded. * 1548 - Italian Synagogue founded.^{( it)} * 1594 -

Anatomical Theatre of Padua The Anatomical Theatre of Padua, Northern Italy, is the first permanent anatomical theatre in the world. Still preserved in the Palazzo del Bo, it was inaugurated in 1595 by Girolamo Fabrici of Acquapendente, according to the project of Paolo Sa ...

built in the university's

Bo Palace The Bo Palace (Italian: Palazzo del Bo), is the historical seat of University of Padua since 1493, It is still home to the Rectorate and the School of Law. It is also home to the oldest anatomical theatre An anatomical theatre (Latin: ) was a ...

. * 1617 - Spanish synagogue established. * 1629 - (library) founded. * 1631 - Plague. * 1678 -

Elena Cornaro Piscopia Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia (, ; 5 June 1646 – 26 July 1684) or Elena Lucrezia Corner (), also known in English as Helen Cornaro, was a Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic ...

earns PhD degree from the university. * 1767 -

Prato della Valle Prato della Valle (''Prà deła Vałe'' in Venetian) is a 90,000-square-meter elliptical square in Padova, Italy. It is the largest square in Italy, Lionello Puppi, Giuseppe Toffanin. Guida di Padova. ''Arte e storia tra vie e piazze.'' Trie ...

(square) property transferred to city. * 1779 - Accademia di scienze lettere e arti (learned society) active. * 1780 - Museo civico di Padova (city museum) founded. * 1797 -

Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...

ends. * 1831 -

Pedrocchi Café The Pedrocchi Café (Caffè Pedrocchi in Italian) is a café founded in the 18th century in central Padua, Italy. It has architectural prominence because its rooms were decorated in diverse styles, arranged in an eclectic ensemble by the architect ...

in business. * 1842 -

Padova railway station Padova railway station, or Padua railway station ( it, Stazione di Padova), sometimes referred to as ''Padova Centrale'', is the main station serving the city and ''comune'' of Padua, in the Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Opened in 1842, t ...

opens. * 1846 - becomes mayor. * 1857 - Biblioteca Civica di Padova (library) established. * 1866 - Padua becomes part of the

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to ...

. * 1883 - begins operating. * 1897 - Population: 82,210.

20th century

* 1911 - Population: 96,230. * 1937 - begins operating. * 1941 - Cinema Theatro Concordi built. * 1944 - Aerial bombardment of Padua during World War II. * 1947 - becomes mayor (until 1970). * 1948 - Archivio di Stato di Padova (

state archives State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

) established. * 1953 - (war memorial) dedicated. * 1961 - (publisher) in business. * 1974 -

Banca d'Italia The Bank of Italy (Italian: ''Banca d'Italia'', informally referred to as ''Bankitalia''), (), is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch, via Nazionale, Rome. The bank's curre ...

building constructed. * 1977 - begins broadcasting. * 1978 - ''

Il Mattino di Padova ''Il Mattino di Padova'' is an Italian newspaper published in Padua, Italy. The newspaper, which was first published in 1978, is part of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale and specifically GEDI News Network, controlling ''La Repubblica'', ''La Stampa'', '' ...

'' newspaper begins publication. * 1980 - Palasport San Lazzaro (arena) opens. * 1981 - Stadio Plebiscito (stadium) opens. * 1982 - 28 January: Rescue of kidnapped U.S. military officer Dozier. * 1993 -

Flavio Zanonato Flavio Zanonato (born 24 July 1950 in Padua) is an Italian politician. He is the former mayor of Padua. Career A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and of its successor parties, he joined the Democratic Party. After two terms as ma ...

becomes mayor. * 1996 -

Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta Banca Antonveneta S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Padua, Italy. The bank was absorbed into Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena in 2013. In 2008, it was the 9th largest banking group in Italy in terms of customer loans and the 8th largest in terms ...

established.

21st century

* 2002 - Regional ' newspaper begins publication. * 2006 ** Controversial Via Anelli Wall built. ** ''Il Padova'' newspaper begins publication.^{( it)} * 2007 - Rubber-tyred "tramway" (

Translohr Translohr is a rubber-tired tramway (or guided bus) system, originally developed by Lohr Industrie of France and now run by a consortium of Alstom Transport and Fonds stratégique d'investissement (FSI) as '' newTL,'' which took over from Lo ...

technology) begins operating. * 2011 - Population: 214,125. * 2014 -

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held;

Massimo Bitonci Massimo Bitonci (born 24 June 1965, in Padua) is an Italian Venetist politician. He is a member of Liga Veneta– Lega Nord, which he has served as national president since 2016. In 1993, he joined Lega Nord and was deputy mayor of Cittadella f ...

becomes mayor.^{( it)} * 2015 - 31 May: Venetian regional election, 2015 held.

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