Timeline of Padua

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Padua in the Veneto region of Italy.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 15th century

• 89 BCE – Romans in power. ^[1]
• 45 BCE – Patavium designated a municipium. ^[1]
• 350 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua established (approximate date). ^[2]
• 452 CE – Padua besieged by Hun forces of Attila. ^[3]
• 540 – Greeks in power. ^[3]
• 601 – Padua besieged by forces of Lombard Agilulf. ^[3]
• 11th century – Constitution created. ^[3]
• 1219 – Palazzo della Ragione built. ^[3]
• 1222 – University of Padua founded. ^[4]
• 1230 – Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua construction begins. ^[3]
• 1237 – Ezzelino III da Romano in power. ^[5]
• 1256 – Ezzelino III ousted. ^[5]
• 1266 – Padua takes nearby Vicenza. ^[6]
• 1284 – Tomb of Antenor rebuilt in the Piazza Antenore  [ it ]. ^{[7] [6]}
• 1304 – Salt War with Venice
• 1305 – Artist Giotto paints the Scrovegni Chapel (approximate date). ^[8]
• 1311 – Cangrande I della Scala in power. ^[3]
• 1318 – Jacopo I da Carrara becomes lord of Padua. ^[3]
• 1360 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[9]
• 1386 – Battle of Brentelle  [ it ] fought near Padua.

15th–19th centuries

• 1404 – War of Padua begins.
• 1405 – Venetians in power. ^[3]
• 1431 – Squarcione's school of art active. ^[10]
• 1453 – Equestrian statue of Gattamelata erected in the Piazza del Santo  [ it ]. ^[11]
• 1472 – Printing press in operation. ^[12]
• 1509 – September: Siege of Padua during the War of the League of Cambrai; Venetian forces defeat those of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1526 – Loggia del Consiglio (Padua)  [ it ] built on the Piazza dei Signori. ^[3]
• 1540 – Accademia degli Infiammati (learned society) formed.
• 1545 – Orto botanico di Padova (garden) founded. ^[13]
• 1548 – Italian Synagogue founded. ^{[14] (it)}
• 1594 – Anatomical Theatre of Padua built in the university's Bo Palace.
• 1617 – Spanish synagogue established. ^[14]
• 1629 – Biblioteca universitaria di Padova  [ it ] (library) founded.
• 1631 – Plague.
• 1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia earns PhD degree from the university. ^[15]
• 1767 – Prato della Valle (square) property transferred to city.
• 1779 – Accademia di scienze lettere e arti (learned society) active. ^[16]
• 1780 – Museo civico di Padova (city museum) founded. ^[17]
• 1797 – Republic of Venice ends. ^[3]
• 1831 – Pedrocchi Café in business.
• 1842 – Padova railway station opens.
• 1846 – Achille De Zigno  [ it ] becomes mayor.
• 1857 – Biblioteca Civica di Padova (library) established. ^[18]
• 1866 – Padua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. ^[3]
• 1883 – Padua tram system (1883–1954)  [ it ] begins operating.
• 1897 – Population: 82,210. ^[19]

20th century

• 1911 – Population: 96,230. ^[20]
• 1937 – Trolleybus system  [ it ] begins operating.
• 1941 – Cinema Theatro Concordi built. ^[21]
• 1944 – Aerial bombardment of Padua during World War II. ^[22]
• 1947 – Cesare Crescente  [ it ] becomes mayor (until 1970).
• 1948 – Archivio di Stato di Padova (state archives) established. ^[23]
• 1953 – Tempio nazionale dell'internato ignoto  [ it ] (war memorial) dedicated.
• 1961 – Marsilio Editori  [ it ] (publisher) in business. ^[24]
• 1974 – Banca d'Italia building constructed. ^[24]
• 1977 – Radio Sherwood  [ it ] begins broadcasting. ^[24]
• 1978 – Il Mattino di Padova newspaper begins publication. ^[25]
• 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 becomes mayor.
• 1996 – Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta established.

21st century

• 2002 – Regional Corriere del Veneto  [ it ] newspaper begins publication.
• 2006
  • Controversial Via Anelli Wall built.
  • Il Padova newspaper begins publication.^(it)
• 2007 – Rubber-tyred "tramway" (Translohr technology) begins operating.
• 2011 – Population: 214,125.
• 2014 – Municipal election held; Massimo Bitonci becomes mayor.^(it)
• 2015 – 31 May: Venetian regional election, 2015 held.

See also

• History of Padua  [ it ]
• List of mayors of Padua
• History of Veneto region (it)
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Padua was part 1405–1797

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

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

References

1. Domenico 2002.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 1 December 2016.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Selvatico 1869, pp. xix–xxxiv, Cronologia de principali fatti risguardanti la storia di Padova.
5. Hyde 1966.
6. Beneš 2011.
7. Armstrong 2004.
8. "Italian Peninsula, 1000–1400 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
9. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN   978-0-226-15510-4.
10. "Padua". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 3 December 2016
11. "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
12. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Padova". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
13. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
14. Elbogen 1905.
15. Kirstin Olsen (1994). Chronology of Women's History . Greenwood. ISBN   0-313-28803-8.
16. James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 261+. ISBN   978-0-231-05996-1.
17. Andrea Moschetti (1903). Il Museo Civico di Padova: cenni storici e illustrativi (in Italian). P. Prosperini.
18. "(Comune: Padova)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico . Retrieved 2 December 2016.
19. 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.
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21. "Movie Theaters in Padova, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
22. "Storia della città di Padova" [History of the City of Padua]. Padovanet (in Italian). Comune di Padova. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
23. "La Storia". Archivio di Stato di Padova (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali . Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Padua", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Patavium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• "Padua", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC   2231483
• T. Francis Bumpus (1900), "Padua", Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy, London: Laurie
• "Padua". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jt.
• Ismar Elbogen (1905), "Padua", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474
• Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes (1910). "Padua"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 20 (11th ed.). pp. 444–445.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Padua", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uiug.30112097581703
• "Padua", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 + 1870 ed.
• Franke, Winfried (1968). "The Italian City-State System as an International System". In M. A. Kaplan (ed.). New Approaches to International Relations. St. Martin's Press. pp. 426–458.
• Luigi Lenzi (1928). "Padua, Italy. A Replanning Scheme: Illustrated". Town Planning Review. University of Liverpool. 13. ISSN   0041-0020.
• John Kenneth Hyde (1966). Padua in the Age of Dante . Manchester University Press.
• Benjamin G. Kohl (1972). "Government and Society in Renaissance Padua". Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. ISSN   0047-2573.
• Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin, eds. (1995). "Padua". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN   1884964052.
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Veneto: Padua". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 383+. ISBN   0313307334.
• Lawrin Armstrong (2004). "Padua". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 815–823. ISBN   0415939291.
• Carrie E. Beneš (2011). "Padua: Rehousing the Relics of Antenor". Urban Legends: Civic Identity and the Classical Past in Northern Italy, 1250-1350. Pennsylvania State University Press. pp. 39–62. ISBN   978-0-271-03765-3.

in Italian

Further information (in Italian): Bibliography of the history of Padua  ^{[ it ]}

• Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1790) [1753], "Monaco padovano", Annali d'Italia (in Italian), vol. 8, Venice
• Simone Stratigo (1795). Dell'antico teatro di Padova (in Italian).
• Giannantonio Moschini (1817). Guida per la citta di Padova (in Italian). Venice: Fratelli Gamba.
• Augusto Meneghini (1859). Cesare Cantù (ed.). Padova e sua provincia (in Italian). Vol. 4. Milan: Corona e Caimi.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• Pietro Selvatico [in Italian] (1869). Guida di Padova e dei principali suoi contorni (in Italian). Padua: F. Sacchetto.
• "Padova". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 16 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649814.
• Melchiorre Roberti (1902), Le corporazioni padovane d'arti e mestieri [Paduan guilds of arts and crafts], Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (in Italian), vol. 26, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, pp. 30 v, hdl:2027/uc1.c2631112

External links

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