The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
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- 7th century
- San Giorgio Cathedral built.[1]
- Benedictine Pomposa Abbey founded near Ferrara (approximate date).[2]
- 624 - Roman Catholic diocese of Ferrara active.[3]
- 753 - Lombards in power.[4]
- 774 - Archbishop of Ravenna in power.[5]
- 988 - Tedald of Canossa in power.[5]
- 1055 - "Imperial privileges" granted.[4]
- 1101 - Ferrara besieged by forces of Matilda of Tuscany.[6]
- 1115 - Ferrara becomes a "free commune."[1]
- 1135 - New San Giorgio Cathedral consecrated on the Piazza Maggiore.[1]
- 1158 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor in power.[5]
- 1196 - Azzo VI of Este becomes podesta.[2]
- 1227 - San Francesco church built.[1]
- 1240 - City besieged; Azzo VII d'Este in power.[2]
- 1243 - Palazzo Ducale built.[2]
- 1249 - Sant'Antonio in Polesine monastery founded.[2]
- 1264 - Obizzo II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara in power.[2]
- 1278 - Ferarra becomes part of the Papal States.[2]
- 1283 - Torre del Rigobello (tower) built.[1]
- 1313 - Riccobaldo da Ferrara begins writing his Chronica parva Ferrariensis
- 1317 - Obizzo III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara in power.
- 1326 - Palazzo della Ragione built.[6]
- 1333 - "Papal forces making a bid for more control in the province were defeated at Ferrara."[2]
- 1382 - Plague.[2]
- 1385
- Economic unrest.[2]
- Castello Estense (castle) and Palazzo Schifanoia construction begins.[5]
- 1391
- University of Ferrara established.[5]
- Palazzo Paradiso built.[1]
- 1393 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara in power.[7]
- 1435 - Castello Nuovo (castle) built.[1]
- 1438 - Religious Council of Ferrara held.[6]
- 1441 - Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara in power.[2]
- 1450 - Borso d'Este in power.[2]
- 1452 - Birth of future religious leader Savonarola.[6]
- 1461 - Certosa of Ferrara built.[1]
- 1471
- Printing press in operation.[8][9]
- Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara in power.
- Via Coperta walkway built.[1]
- 1482 - War of Ferrara begins.[2]
- 1484 - War of Ferrara ends; Venetian forces win.[2]
- 1492 - Addizione Erculea development begins.[6]
- 1493 - Palazzo dei Diamanti construction begins.[1]
- 1516 - Ariosto's poem Orlando Furioso published in Ferrara.[10]
- 1570 - November: 1570 Ferrara earthquake.[1]
- 1598 - Ferrara becomes part of the Papal States.[4]
17th-19th centuries
- 1602 - Teatro della Sala Grande (theatre) built.[1]
- 1608 - Castel Tedaldo demolished.[1]
- 1753 - Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea (library) opens in the Palazzo Paradiso.
- 1771 - University of Ferrara Botanic Garden founded.[11]
- 1796 - City "occupied by Napoleonic troops" (until 1815).[1]
- 1798 - Teatro Comunale (Ferrara) (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1823 - Accademia delle Scienze di Ferrara (learned society) formed.[13]
- 1836 - Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara (museum) established in the Palazzo dei Diamanti.[2]
- 1838 - Teatro Montecatini (theatre) active.[14]
- 1846 - Teatro Bonacossi (theatre) active.[14]
- 1847 - Austrians take city.[4][15]
- 1859 - Austrians ousted; Ferrara becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[4][6]
- 1861 - Population: 64,204.
- 1868 - Teatro Accademico (theatre) opens.[14]
- 1872 - Museo di storia naturale (Ferrara) (museum) opens.[16]
- 1897 - Population: 89,310.[17]
20th century
- 1901
- Ferrara-Codigoro Tram begins operating.[18]
- Ferrara Camera del Lavoro (labor centre) founded.[19]
- 1903 - Ferrara Tram begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 95,212.[20]
- 1912 - Birth of future filmmaker Antonioni.[4]
- 1920 - 20 December: Eccidio del Castello Estense (1920) (political unrest).
- 1925 - Corriere Padano newspaper begins publication.
- 1926 - Teatro Nuovo (Ferrara) (theatre) opens.[21]
- 1943 - 15 November: Eccidio del Castello Estense (1943) (political unrest).[22]
- 1944 - Bombing during World War II.
- 1955 - Archivio di Stato di Ferrara (state archives) established.[23]
- 1961 - Population: 152,654.
- 1971 - City divided into 13 administrative frazione: Baura, Denore, Fossanova San Marco, Francolino, Gaibanella, Marrara, Mizzana, Pontegradella, Pontelagoscuro, Porotto, Quartesana, Ravalle, San Bartolomeo in Bosco, and San Martino; and 9 quartieri: Arianuova, Barco, Centro cittadino, Giardino, Mizzana, Porta Mare, Quacchio, San Giorgio, and Via Bologna.(it)
- 1973 - Istituto di Storia Contemporanea di Ferrara (history society) founded.[24]
- 1989 - La Nuova Ferrara newspaper begins publication.[25]
- 1999 - Gaetano Sateriale becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2009 - Tiziano Tagliani becomes mayor.
- 2014 - Population: 133,485.
- 2019 - Alan Fabbri becomes mayor.
See also
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; 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 Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Ferrara". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 6 December 2016 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Wood 1995.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Domenico 2002.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kleinhenz 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Colantuono 2010.
- ↑ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Ferrara". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ↑ Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Seragnoli 2007.
- ↑ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 Scelsi 1875.
- ↑ Alfredo Comandini [in Italian] (1900). L'Italia nei cento anni del secolo XIX (1801-1900): giorno per giorno (in Italian). Milan: Antonio Vallardi Editore. OCLC 2899668. 1900-1942. (Chronology)
- ↑ "History". Museo Civico di storia naturale. Città di Ferrara. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Centro ricerche Documentazione e Studi 1999, L’infrastruttura ferroviaria.
- ↑ "Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro: Camera del Lavoro Territoriale di Ferrara" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ↑ "Luoghi della Cultura: Ricerca" (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "MuseoFerrara" (in Italian). Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Sede". Archivio di Stato di Ferrara (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita Culturali. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Chi Siamo" (in Italian). Istituto di Storia Contemporanea di Ferrara. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- John Blair; J. Willoughby Rosse (1858). "Ferrara". Index of Dates. London: H.G. Bohn.
- Jacob Burckhardt (1878) [1860]. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. Vol. 1–2. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (includes information about Ferrara circa 14th-16th century) - "Ferrara". Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.). London: John Murray. 1897. OCLC 2231483.
- "Ferrara". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312892.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ismar Elbogen (1903), "Ferrara", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 5, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282276
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 283.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ferrara", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- "Ferrara". Northern Italy (14th ed.). Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1913. + 1870 ed.
- Paul Corner (1975). Fascism in Ferrara, 1915-1925.
- Beth F. Wood (1995). "Ferrara". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 246–250. ISBN 1884964052.
- Charles M. Rosenberg (1997). Este Monuments and Urban Development in Renaissance Ferrara. Cambridge University Press.
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- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Ferrara". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 335–336. ISBN 0415939291.
- Daniele Seragnoli (2007). "Ferrara". In Gaetana Marrone (ed.). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. pp. 716–719. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
- Anthony Colantuono (2010). "Estense patronage and the construction of the Ferrarese Renaissance, c. 1395-1598". In Charles M. Rosenberg (ed.). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
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in Italian
- Antonio Frizzi [in Italian] (1787). Guida del forestiere per la città di Ferrara (in Italian). Per Francesco Pomatelli al Seminario.
- F. Avventi (1838). Il servitore di piazza: guida per Ferrara (in Italian). Pomatelli.
- Carlo Morbio (1840). Ferrara, Pavia e Lodi. Storie dei municipi italiani (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Milan: Manini. OCLC 758844008.
- Luigi Napoleone Cittadella (1868). Notizie amministrative, storiche, artische relative a Ferrara (in Italian). Ferrara.
- Giacinto Scelsi (1875). Statistica della provincia di Ferrara (in Italian).
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Ferrara". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
- Giuseppe Agnelli (1906). Ferrara e Pomposa. Collezione di monografie illustrate. Ser. 1a--Italia artistica 2 (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche.
- Annuario Socio-Economico Ferrarese 1999 (in Italian), Ferrara: Centro ricerche Documentazione e Studi
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