Timeline of Modena

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

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Prior to 18th century

• 218 BCE – Siege of Mutina (218 BC).
• 193 BCE – Battle of Mutina (193 BC) fought near town.
• 187 BCE – Via Aemilia built, passing through Mutina. ^[1]
• 183 BCE – Mutina becomes "seat of a Roman colony." ^[2]
• 78 BCE – Mutina besieged by forces of Pompey during the Roman civil wars. ^[2]
• 44 BCE – War of Mutina begins.
• 43 BCE – Battle of Mutina fought in vicinity of town.
• 312 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Modena established (approximate date). ^[3]
• 7th C. CE – Citta Geminiana established near Modena. ^[2]
• 872 – Leodoino becomes bishop. ^[1]
• 1054 – Eriberto becomes bishop. ^[1]
• 1099 – Modena Cathedral construction begins. ^[2]
• 1175 – University of Modena founded. ^[2]
• 1179 – Torre della Ghirlandina (Cathedral bell tower) set up.
• 1184 – Modena Cathedral consecrated. ^[2]
• 1288 – Obizzo II d'Este in power; Este rule continues until 1796. ^[2]
• 1325 – Modenese forces fight the Bolognese in the Battle of Zappolino.
• 1336 – House of Este in power. ^[2]
• 1338 – University of Modena closes.
• 1348 – Black Death plague outbreak. ^[4]
• 1452 – Duchy of Modena and Reggio established. ^[2]
• 1474 – Printing press in operation. ^[5]
• 1476 – San Pietro church construction begins. ^[4]
• 1598 – Biblioteca Estense (library) relocated to Modena from Ferrara. ^[4]
• 1634 – Ducal Palace of Modena construction begins. ^[2]
• 1663 – Sant'Agostino church refurbished. ^[2]
• 1671 – June: Earthquake. ^[6]
• 1677 – Demetrio Degni starts publishing its weekly gazette named Modona , it lasted until 1701
• 1680 – Accademia dei Dissonanti  [ it ] founded. ^[7]
• 1683 – University of Modena reestablished.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703 – August: City occupied by French troops. ^[8]
• 1707 – February: French troops depart. ^[8]
• 1734 – July: City occupied by French troops. ^[8]
• 1736 – May: French troops depart. ^[8]
• 1742 – June: City occupied by Austrian troops. ^[8]
• 1749 – February: Austrian troops depart. ^[8]
• 1749 – 14 August: first issue of the newspaper Il Messaggiere, which lasted till 1859
• 1762 – Grande Ospedale Civile (hospital) built. ^[4]
• 1771 – Grande Albergo dei Poveri (poorhouse) built. ^[4]
• 1772 – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia re-established.
• 1797 – Modena becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic. ^[9]
• 1815 – Military Academy of Modena active.
• 1816 – Fortifications dismantled. ^[2]
• 1841 – Teatro Comunale Modena opens.
• 1859
  • Francis V, Duke of Modena deposed. ^[4]
  • Modena railway station opens.
• 1860 – Modena becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. ^[2]
• 1872 – Verona-Modena railway  [ it ] begins operating.
• 1873 – Modena Synagogue  [ it ] built. ^[10]
• 1877 – Il Cittadino newspaper begins publication. ^[11]
• 1879 – Modena Cathedral interior restored . ^[2]
• 1881 – Modena tram system  [ it ] begins operating, with horsecars
• 1888 – Teatro Storchi (theatre) built. ^[12]
• 1893 – Modena-Maranello tramway  [ it ] begins operating.
• 1897 – Population: 67,658. ^[13]

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 66,762. ^[2]
• 1911 – Population: 70,923. ^[14]
• 1912
  • Electric trams  [ it ] begin operating. ^[15]
  • Modena F.C. (football club) formed.
• 1913 – Cinema Scala built. ^[10]
• 1915 – Cinema Metropol built. ^[10]
• 1916 – Ferrovia Ferrara-Modena  [ it ] (railway) begins operating.
• 1920 – Modena railway station rebuilt.
• 1931
  • Mercato Albinelli  [ it ] (market) opens. ^[15]
  • Population: 92,757. ^[8]
• 1936 – Stadio Alberto Braglia (stadium) opens.
• 1941 – AMCM (transit entity) formed. ^[15]
• 1950
  • Trolleybus system begins operating.
  • Modena Autodrome racetrack opens.
• 1963 – Policlinico di Modena  [ it ] (health clinic) established.
• 1966 – November: Flood. ^[15]
• 1967 – "Superachitettura" exhibit held. ^{[16] [17]}
• 1970 – Biblioteca civica Antonio Delfini (library) established. ^[18]
• 1971 – Modena Airport  [ de ] opens.
• 1972 – September: Flood. ^[15]
• 1981 – Gazzetta di Modena newspaper begins publication.
• 1996 – 15 October: Earthquake. ^{[15] (it)}

21st century

• 2001 – Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilità  [ it ] (transit entity) established.
• 2012 – May: Northern Italy earthquake sequence.
• 2013 – Population: 179,353. ^[19]
• 2014
  • Flood.^(it)
  • Gian Carlo Muzzarelli becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Modena  [ it ]
• List of mayors of Modena
• List of bishops of Modena
• List of dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, 1452–1859
• Archivio di Stato di Modena  [ it ] (state archives)
• History of Emilia (region of Italy)  [ it ]

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Parma; 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

1. "Modena". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 19 December 2016
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
4. Wood 1995.
5. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Modena". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
6. Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
7. James E. McClellan (1985). Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN   978-0-231-05996-1.
8. Treccani 1934.
9. Haydn 1910.
10. "Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente" [The Sustainable City] (in Italian). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
11. Bernardini 1890.
12. Tardini 1899.
13. Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
14. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
15. "Cronologia essenziale del '900" [Timeline of the 20th century]. Le Città sostenibili: Storia, Natura, Ambiente (in Italian). Comune di Modena. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
16. Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN   0203440250.
17. "Italian Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 7 January 2017.
18. "(Comune: Modena)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico . Retrieved 17 December 2016.
19. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica . Retrieved 17 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Mutina". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
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• Ismar Elbogen (1904), "Modena", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282243
• "Modena"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 641–642.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Modena", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Edward Hutton (1912), "Modena", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan
• "Modena", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Riso, Federica Maria (4 May 2023). Roman funerary rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy): a multidisciplinary approach. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN   9781803274799.
• Beth F. Wood (1995). "Modena". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 444–448. ISBN   1884964052.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Modena". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN   0415939291.

in Italian

• L. Vedriani (1666). Historia di Modena (in Italian).
• Girolamo Tiraboschi, ed. (1825). "Mutina". Dizionario topografico storico degli stati estensi (in Italian).
• C. Campori (1864). Del governo a comune in Modena.
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Modena". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. p. 545+.
• Vicenzo Tardini. I teatri di Modena (in Italian). G.T. Vincenzi e nipoti. 1899–1902 (3 volumes)
• E. P. Vicini (1913). I podestà di Modena (1556–1796).
• "Modena", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1934

External links

• "Archivio Storico del Comune di Modena" (in Italian). Comune di Modena. (city archives)
• Items related to Modena, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Modena, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)