Timeline of Piacenza

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Timeline of Piacenza

Prior to 18th century
- 218 BCE: Piacenza (Placentia) becomes a Roman colony.
- 205 BCE: Besieged by Hasdrubal Barca.
- 200 BCE: Town sacked by Gauls.
- 187 BCE: Via Aemilia (Ariminum–Placentia road) built.
- 271 CE: Marcomanni defeat the Aurehan outside the city walls.
- 375 CE: Basilica of Sant’Antonino built.
- 450 CE: Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approx.).
- 903: San Savino church construction begins.
- 988: Piacenza becomes an archbishopric.
- 997: Piacenza demoted to bishopric; Emperor Otto III moves it to the bishop.
- 1005: Bishop Siegfried moves San Savino outside the walls and rebuilds it.
- 1095: Council of Piacenza (mixed ecclesiastics and laypeople).
- 1107: San Savino rebuilt in Romanesque style.
- 1122: Piacenza Cathedral construction begins.
- 1167: Piacenza joins the Lombard League.
- 1183: Lombard League meeting in Piacenza about Peace of Constance.
- 1226: Piacenza joins renewed Lombard League.
- 1229: Piacenza participates in War of the Keys and the Battle of San Cesario.
- 1233: Piacenza Cathedral construction completed.
- 1235: Guelph Annals of Piacenza finished.
- 1254: Scotti family comes to power.
- 1278: San Francesco church construction begins.
- 1281: Palazzo Comunale built.
- 1334: Sant’Anna church built.
- 1400: Public clock installed (approx.).
- 1447: Piacenza taken by Francesco I Sforza.
- 1471: Hospital built.
- 1475: Printing press is in operation in Italy.
- 1499: San Sisto church construction begins.
- 1512: Piacenza occupied by Papal State.
- 1545: Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created.
- 1558: Palazzo Farnese construction begins.
- 1620: Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in Piazza dei Cavalli.
- 1625: Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in Piazza dei Cavalli.

18th–19th centuries
- 1738: Austria takes power after the Treaty of Vienna.
- 1746: A conflict near the city (June 16).
- 1748: Spaniards in power.
- 1796: Piacenza occupied by French forces.
- 1801: Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia (Piedmont-Sardinia).
- 1804: Teatro Municipale (theatre) opens.
- 1811: Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.
- 1821: Political unrest; Cimitero di Piacenza (cemetery) established.
- 1831: Political unrest.
- 1848: Piacenza votes to join Piedmont during the revolutions.
- 1859: Piacenza–Bologna railway begins; Piacenza railway station opens.
- 1859: Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
- 1860: Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins.
- 1861: Population around 40,582.
- 1867: Progresso newspaper begins publication.
- 1883: Libertà newspaper begins publication.

20th century
- 1902: Piacenza tram begins operating.
- 1903: Museo Civico (museum) founded.
- 1911: Population around 38,542.
- 1919: Piacenza Football Club formed.
- 1920: Stadio Comunale di Piacenza opens.
- 1932: Piacenza–Bettola railway begins.
- 1933: Piacenza–Cremona railway begins.
- 1936: Population about 64,210.
- 1961: Population about 88,541.
- 1969: Stadio Leonardo Garilli opens.
- 1981: Population about 109,039.
- 1994: Local elections; Giacomo Vaciago becomes mayor (first directly elected mayor in Piacenza).
- 1995: Local elections; Dario Squeri becomes President of the Province (first directly elected).
- 1998: Local elections; Gianguido Guidotti becomes mayor (first center-right directly elected).
- 1999: Local elections; Dario Squeri re-elected President of the Province.

21st century
- 2000: La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
- 2002: Roberto Reggi becomes mayor.
- 2004: Gian Luigi Boiardi becomes President of the Province.
- 2007: Roberto Reggi re-elected mayor.
- 2008: Museo civico di storia naturale (natural history museum) opens.
- 2009: Massimo Trespidi becomes President of the Province.
- 2012: Paolo Dosi becomes mayor.
- 2013: Piacenza–Cremona railway closes; population 100,843.
- 2017: Patrizia Barbieri becomes mayor (first woman directly elected in Piacenza).

See also
- Piacenza history
- List of mayors of Piacenza
- County of Piacenza
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
- Archivio di Stato di Piacenza

External links
- Various sources about Piacenza’s history (omitted here for brevity).