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Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...
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Prior to 17th century

* 218 BC - Town besieged by forces led by Hannibal. * 27 BC - Romans establish Castra Taurinorum. * 69 AD - Fire caused by negligence of the 14th legion. * 312 -
Battle of Turin The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when a French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin. The campaign by Prince Eugene of Savoy that led to i ...
. * 5th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Turin established. * 773 -
Franks The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...
of
Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...
in power. * 10th century - Monastery of St. Andrew established. * 940s - Contea di Torino (countship) founded. * 1354 - founded. * 1404 - Palatine Towers rebuilt. * 1405 -
University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...
founded. * 1453 - City sacked. * 1474 -
Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...
in operation. * 1498 -
Turin Cathedral la, Ecclesia Sancti Johannis Baptista , native_name = Duomo di Torino , native_name_lang = Italian , image = DuomoTorino.jpg , caption = The Cathedral in 2019 , imagelink = , pushpin map = Italy Turin , pushpin mapsize = , map caption = ...
built. * 1515 -
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin The Archdiocese of Turin ( la, Archidioecesis Taurinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Italy.Duchy of Savoy. * 1565 - Citadel built. * 1568 - Collegio dei Nobili founded. * 1583 - Capuchin monastery founded on Monte dei Cappuccini.


17th century

* 1610 - Church of Corpus Domini and built. * 1630 - Plague. * 1638 -
Piazza San Carlo (" St. Charles Square"), previously known as , , and , is one of the main city squares in Turin, Italy. It was laid out in the 16th and 17th century and is an example of Baroque style. The 1838 Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert by Carlo ...
laid out. * 1640 -
Siege of Turin The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when a French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin. The campaign by Prince Eugene of Savoy that led to i ...
; French in power. * 1652 - Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti founded. * 1656 - Monte dei Cappuccini church built. * 1658 - Royal Palace built. * 1659 - Artillery Arsenal founded. * 1660 -
Castello del Valentino The Valentino Castle ( it, Castello del Valentino) is a historic building in the northwestern Italian city of Turin. It is located in Parco del Valentino, and is the seat of the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. It is on ...
built. * 1669 - Palazzo de Citta (town hall) built. * 1679 - Jesuit college built. * 1680 -
Palazzo Carignano Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other f ...
built. * 1687 - Church of San Lorenzo built. * 1694 -
Sindone Chapel The Chapel of the Holy Shroud ( it, Cappella della Sacra Sindone) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy, constructed to house the Shroud of Turin (''Sindone di Torino''), a religious relic believed to be the burial s ...
built.


18th century

* 1706 - City
besieged Besieged may refer to: * the state of being under siege * ''Besieged'' (film), a 1998 film by Bernardo Bertolucci {{disambiguation ...
by French forces. * 1718 - Palazzo Madama expanded. * 1720 ** City becomes capital of the
Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...
. ** University Library founded. * 1730 - built. * 1731 -
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino (2.6 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale of the University of Turin. It is located in the Parco del Valentino along the Po River, at Viale Pie ...
(garden) laid out. * 1736 - built. * 1740 - Royal Theatre opens. * 1753 -
Teatro Carignano The Teatro Carignano (Carignano Theatre) is a theatre in Turin and one of the oldest and most important theatres in Italy. Designed by Benedetto Alfieri, it is located opposite the Palazzo Carignano. Building commenced in 1752 and the theatre was ...
opens. * 1757 - Academy of sciences founded. * 1760 - Reycends publisher in business (approximate date). * 1763 - Caffè Al Bicerin in business. * 1772 - Church of San Filippo Neri built. * 1780 - Caffè Fiorio in business. * 1784 - Patriottica Nobile Societa del Casino formed. * 1785 -
Società Agraria di Torino The Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino (academy of agriculture) of Turin was founded as the Società Agraria di Torino on 24 May 1785, by edict of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia The following is a list of rulers of Sardinia, in particul ...
founded. * 1798 - French in power.


19th century

* 1801 - Fortifications demolished. * 1802 - City becomes part of French Empire. * 1814 - City becomes capital of
Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...
. * 1815 - Accademia Filarmonica founded. * 1823 - Population: 88,000. * 1824 -
Museo Egizio The Museo Egizio ( Italian for Egyptian Museum) is an archaeological museum in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30,0 ...
(Egyptian museum) founded. * 1831 - Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (church) built. * 1832 - Pinacoteca opens in Palazzo Madama. * 1837 -
Royal Library of Turin The Royal Library of Turin () is a library located within the ground floor of the Royal Palace of Turin, itself a World Heritage Site in Turin, Italy. The library contains approximately 200,000 print volumes, 4,500 manuscripts, 3,055 drawings, ...
and Royal Armoury established. * 1841 - Società del Whist founded. * 1843 - founded. * 1848 ** ''
Gazzetta del Popolo ''Gazzetta del Popolo'' was an Italian daily newspaper founded in Turin, in northern Italy, on 16 June 1848. It ceased publication on 31 December 1983 after 135 years of operation. Italian novelist Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born A ...
'' begins publication. ** becomes mayor. * 1857 - Fortifications demolished. * 1861 ** City becomes capital of newly united
Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and f ...
. ** Population: 173,305. * 1862 - Regio Museo Industriale Italiano (industrial museum) established. * 1863 - Club Alpino Italiano founded. * 1864 -
Torino Porta Nuova railway station Torino Porta Nuova railway station is the main railway station of Turin, northern Italy. It is the third busiest station in Italy for passenger flow after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million ...
opens. * 1865 - Capital of
Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and f ...
relocates from Turin to
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 ...
. * 1867 - '' Gazzetta Piemontese'' newspaper begins publication. * 1868 - and
Torino Porta Susa railway station Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in ''Corso Inghilterra''. History The station was built in 1868 during the expansio ...
built. * 1869 ** 22 February: Biblioteca Civica Centrale (Turin) (library) opens. ** Le Nuove prison built. * 1871 **
Fréjus Rail Tunnel The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway through Mont Cenis to an end-on connection with the Culoz–Modane railway and linking Bardonecchia i ...
opens. ** Population: 207,770. * 1878 - Museum of the Risorgimento established. * 1879 - Mont Cenis
Tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...
Monument erected in Piazza Statuto. * 1889 -
Mole Antonelliana The Mole Antonelliana () is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A '' mole'' in Italian is a building of monumental proportions. Construction began in 1863, soon after Italian unificati ...
built. * 1892 - (hiking club) formed. * 1896 - 1 February: Premiere of Puccini's opera ''
La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...
''. * 1897 ** Sport Club Juventus formed. ** Population: 351,855. * 1899 -
F.I.A.T. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) was an Italian-American multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles, commercial vehicles, auto parts and production systems. The Italian holding company Exor was the largest s ...
automotive manufactory in business.


20th century

* 1902 - International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts held. * 1906 ** Lancia & C. automotive manufactory in business. ** Royal Turin Polytechnic and
Torino Football Club Torino Football Club (), commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. They currently play in Serie A. Founded as ''Foot-Ball Club Torino'' in 1906, Torino are among the mo ...
founded. ** Population: 361,720. * 1907 -
Derby della Mole The Derby della Mole is the local derby played out between Turin's most prominent football clubs, Juventus and Torino. It is also known as the Derby di Torino or the Turin Derby in English. It is named after the Mole Antonelliana, a major lan ...
athletic contest begins. * 1908 - September, first solo aeroplane flight by a woman, Thérèse Peltier, from the Military Square, Turin * 1911 **
Turin International The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911 titled ''Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro''. It received 7,409,145 visits and covered 247 acres. Summary The fair opened on 29 April, was held just nine ye ...
world's fair held. ** Population: 415,667. * 1922 -
Conflict Conflict may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film) ...
between Fascist and labour supporters. * 1933 **
Giulio Einaudi editore Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
(publisher) in business. ** Stadio Benito Mussolini opens. * 1934 - City Museum of Ancient Art housed in the Palazzo Madama. * 1937 - constructed. * 1945 ** Allies take city. ** ''
Tuttosport ''Tuttosport'' is an Italian sport newspaper published in Turin, Italy. History and profile ''Tuttosport'' was first published on 30 July 1945. Renato Casalbore (who later died in the 1949 Superga air disaster alongside the Il Grande Torino fo ...
'' begins publication. * 1949 ** May 4:
Superga air disaster The Superga air disaster occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the ''Grande Torino''), crashed into the retaining wall at the back of th ...
. **
Torino Esposizioni Torino Esposizioni is an exhibition hall and convention centre in Turin, Italy which was primarily completed in 1948, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi. The building is made with primarily ''ferrocemento'' and glass. Ferrocemento is a form of concrete ...
built. * 1951 - Population: 719,300. * 1953 -
Turin Airport Turin Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Torino) , also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (''Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle''), is an international airport located at Caselle Torinese, north-northwest of the city of Turin, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, ...
built. * 1958 - Politecnico di Torino building constructed. * 1960 -
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile The Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (The National Automobile Museum), founded by Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, is an automobile museum in Turin, northern Italy. The museum has a collection of almost 200 cars among eighty automobile brands representi ...
opens. * 1961 - Population: 1,025,822. * 1971 - Population: 1,167,968. * 1982 - Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani begins. * 1983 - February 13: Cinema Statuto fire. * 1988 - Salone del Libro (book fair) begins. * 1990 - Stadio delle Alpi opens. * 1992 - (orchestra) formed.


21st century

* 2001 - Sergio Chiamparino becomes mayor. * 2002 - Lumiq Studios established. * 2003 - Gruppo Torinese Trasporti founded. * 2004 ** Terra Madre conference begins. **
ESCP Europe ESCP Business School (french: École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris) is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. It is consisten ...
campus established. * 2006 **
Turin Metro Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
begins operating. **
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...
held. **
Archaeological Park An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...
opens. ** City named
World Book Capital The World Book Capital (WBC) is an initiative of UNESCO which recognises cities for promoting books and fostering reading for a year starting on April 23rd, World Book and Copyright Day. Cities designated as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out act ...
by UNESCO. * 2007 -
Eataly Eataly is a chain of large format/footprint Italian marketplaces (food halls) comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school. Eataly was founded by Oscar Farinetti, an entrepreneur for ...
in business. * 2008 -
National Museum of Cinema The National Museum of Cinema (''Museo Nazionale del Cinema'') located in Turin, Italy, is a motion picture museum fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the ''Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation'', and the core of its collect ...
and Museum of Oriental Art established. * 2010 -
ToBike Oike is the bicycle sharing system of the city of Turin. Planned between 2008 and 2009, it became operational in the summer of 2010. Service The service is operational 24 hours a day every day of the year. It is based on the Bicincittà syst ...
municipal bike-sharing program begins. * 2011 **
Juventus Stadium Juventus Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Stadium since July 2017, sometimes simply known in Italy as the Stadium ( it, Lo Stadium), is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home o ...
opens. ** Piero Fassino becomes mayor. * 2012 - Population: 906,089. * 2016 - June: Turin municipal election, 2016 held.


See also

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* * (
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* Lombardy region:
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; Cremona;
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;
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;
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* Piedmont region:
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References

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Bibliography


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* Boccalatte et al., eds. Torino in guerra: 1940-1945 (Turin: Gribaudo, 1995) * Bruno Maida, ed. Guerra e società nella provincia di Torino, 1940-1945 (Turin: Blu Edizioni, 2007)


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