Timeline of Bergamo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

• 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.
• 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.
• 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.
• 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.
• 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.
• 1264 - Milanese in power.
• 1336 - (castle) built.
• 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed.
• 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.
• 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.
• 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.
• 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.
• 1549 - Population: 20,843.
• 1561 - construction begins.
• 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.
• 1776 - Population: 28,581.
• 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.
• 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
• 1797
• French client Republic of Bergamo created.
• Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
• 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded.
• 1814 - Austrians in power.
• 1840 - built.
• 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
• 1859 - (administrative area) established.
• 1860 - Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova becomes mayor.
• 1861 - Population: 37,343.
• 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
• 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
• 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.
• 1890 - begins operating.
• 1897
• Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
• Population: 45,929.

20th century

• 1901 - begins operating.
• 1907
• City walls dismantled.
• Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 55,306.
• 1912 - and (funicular) begin operating.
• 1927 - Colognola del Piano, , and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.
• 1928
• Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
• Population: 81,400.
• 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.
• 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.

21st century

• 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
• 2013 - Population: 115,072.
• 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.

See also

• List of mayors of Bergamo
• List of bishops of Bergamo
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Bergamo was part 1428–1797

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:⁽⁾

• Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
• Lombardy region: Timeline of Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
• Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin

References

Bibliography

in English

• (+ 1870 ed.)

in Italian

• P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910)
• B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
• V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)

External links

• Archivio di Stato di Bergamo (state archives)
• Items related to Bergamo, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Bergamo, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)