Timeline of Milan

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Milan, Italy.

BC era

• 400 BCE - Founded by the Celts under the name Medhelanon.
• 222 BCE - Medhelanon was conquered by the ancient Romans, who Latinized the name of the city into Mediolanum.
• 49 BCE - Mediolanum becomes municipium.

3rd–8th centuries

• 3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Milan established.
• 286 CE - Western Roman Empire capital moves from Rome to Mediolanum.
• 313 - Edict of Milan.
• 370 - Basilica of San Lorenzo consecrated.
• 379 - Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio consecrated.
• 382 - San Nazaro in Brolo construction begins.
• 402 - City besieged by Visigoths.
• 452 - City besieged by Huns.
• 539 - City sacked by Ostrogoths.
• 569 - Lombards conquer city.
• 774 - Milan surrenders to the Franks.
• 833 - San Vincenzo in Prato built.
• 899 - Hunnish invasion

11th century

• 1045 - Milan adopts the commune form of local city-state government.

12th–14th centuries

• 1135 - Chiaravalle Abbey founded.
• 1157 - Circular moat, (Naviglio), constructed round the town.
• 1158 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa besieges and sacks the city, but it soon rebels.
• 1162 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa seizes and destroys the city.
• 1183 - After the Peace of Constance Milan returns to the commune form of government.
• 13th C. - Palazzo Borromeo (Milan) established.
• 1233 - Palazzo della Ragione built.
• 1237 - After the Battle of Cortenuova Pagano della Torre rallied and saved Milan.
• 1259 - Milan is ruled as a Signoria with the Della Torre family ruling as Signores.
• 1277
• The Battle of Desio is fought between the Della Torre and Visconti families for the control of Milan.
• The Visconti of Milan emerges as the victors at Desio and begin their rule of Milan as the Signores.
• 1302 - Guido della Torre deposes Matteo I Visconti as the Signore.
• 1311 - Henry VII restores Matteo I Visconti as the Signore.
• 1321 - Loggia degli Osii built, with two open porticos in black and white marble.
• 1330
• Piazza del Duomo, Milan work begins.
• San Gottardo, Milan work begins.
• 1336 - Public clock installed.
• 1360 - Castello Sforzesco construction begun.
• 1381 - Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Scala built.
• 1386 - Milan Cathedral begins construction.
• 1395 - Milan is formally elevated to a Duchy when Wenceslaus IV titles Gian Galeazzo Visconti the Duke of Milan.

15th–16th centuries

• 1412 - Gian Maria Visconti assassinated in front of the San Gottardo, Milan.
• 1447
• The death of Filippo Maria Visconti (1392–1447) ends more than two centuries of Visconti rule in Milan.
• The Golden Ambrosian Republic begins.
• 1450 - The House of Sforza takes power.
• 1456 - Ospedale Maggiore begins construction.
• 1463 - Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan begun.
• 1471 - Printing press in operation.
• 1482 - Santa Maria delle Grazie built.
• 1493 - Santa Maria presso San Celso begins construction.
• 1496 - Chiesa di Santa Maria della Passione built.
• 1497 - Apicius de re Coquinaria cookbook published.
• 1498 - Leonardo paints The Last Supper in the Santa Maria delle Grazie church.
• 1508 - Santa Maria alla Fontana built.
• 1515 - Battle of Marignano and Francis I of France takes Milan.
• 1522 - Francesco II Sforza in power.
• 1535 - City becomes part of Habsburg Spain.
• 1562 - Palazzo dei Giureconsulti begins construction.
• 1565 - Casa degli Omenoni built (approximate date).
• 1577 - Milan Cathedral consecrated by Charles Borromeo, cardinal saint.
• 1579 - San Fedele built.
• 1580 - Plague.

17th century

• 1608 - Palazzo del Senato construction begins.
• 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens.
• 1618 - Pinacoteca Ambrosiana opens.
• 1630 - Plague begins.
• 1631 - Palazzo Annoni construction begins.
• 1640 - The gazette named Milano was published for the first time.
• 1644 - Palazzo delle Scuole Palatine rebuilt.

18th century

• 1717 - Teatro Regio Ducale built.
• 1761 - Palazzo Litta built.
• 1762 - Madonnina (statue) erected.
• 1772 - Royal Palace of Milan renovated.
• 1774 - Orto Botanico di Brera (garden) established.
• 1776 - Brera Academy founded.
• 1778
• La Scala inaugurated.
• Royal Palace of Milan expanded.
• 1779 - Teatro Lirico built.
• 1784 - Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli established.
• 1785 - The newspaper Il Corriere di Gabinetto - Gazzetta di Milano was published for the first time.
• 1786
• Biblioteca di Brera (library) opens.
• Archivio di Stato di Milano (state archives) established.
• 1793 - Palazzo Serbelloni built.
• 1796 - Milan declared capital of Cisalpine Republic.
• 1797 - 1st Grenadier Battalion and 2nd Rifle Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Milan.

19th century

• 1802 - Milan becomes capital of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.
• 1805 - Coronation of Napoleon as King of Italy.
• 1807
• Milan Conservatory established.
• Arena Civica opened.
• 1808
• Milan Stock Exchange established.
• Casa Ricordi music publisher in business.
• 1817 - Caffè Cova in business on Via Monte Napoleone.
• 1820 - Revolutionary Carbonari arrested.
• 1824 - Pasticceria Marchesi in business.
• 1838 - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano founded.
• 1840 - Milan-Monza railway begins operating.
• 1842 - Premiere of Verdi's opera Nabucco.
• 1848 - Five Days uprising against Austrian Empire.
• 1853 - abortive Milan Uprising against Austrian rule.
• 1860
• Campari in business.
• Antonio Beretta becomes mayor.
• 1861
• Milan becomes part of Kingdom of Italy.
• City hall opens in Palazzo Marino.
• 1863 - Istituto Tecnico Superiore founded.
• 1864 - opens at .
• 1866 - Cimitero Monumentale di Milano opened.
• 1870 - Hoepli publisher in business.
• 1871 - Population: 261,976.
• 1872
• Pirelli company founded.
• Ca' de Sass built.
• Teatro Dal Verme opens.
• 1873 - Società Storica Lombarda (history society) founded.
• 1876
• Corriere della Sera newspaper begins publication.
• Trams begin operating.
• 1877 - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II built.
• 1879
• Milano Affori railway station and Milano Bovisa-Politecnico railway station open.
• "Società d'Esplorazione Commerciale in Africa" founded.
• 1881 - Population: 321,839.
• 1883 - Salumi in business.
• 1886
• Breda manufactory in business.
• German School of Milan founded.
• Piazza della Scala established.
• 1888
• Parco Sempione established.
• Via Dante constructed.

• 1891 - Camera del Lavoro (labor centre) and (hiking club) founded.
• 1894 - Touring Club Italiano established.
• 1896
• Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded.
• Italo Pacchioni creates "first Italian film" Arrivo del treno alla Stazione di Milano.
• 1897 - Population: 470,558.
• 1898 - Bava-Beccaris massacre.
• 1899
• Milan Football and Cricket Club founded.
• Parini statue erected in Piazza Cordusio.

20th century

1900s–1940s

• 1902 - Bocconi University founded.
• 1903 - Palazzo Castiglioni built.
• 1906
• Confederazione Generale del Lavoro (labor union) headquartered in Milan.
• Milan International (1906) world's fair held
• Simplon Tunnel opens.
• Casa Campanini built.
• Population: 560,613.
• 1907 - (shoe shop) in business.
• 1908 - Internazionale Milano football club founded.
• 1909 - Malpensa Airport established.
• 1911 - in business.
• 1912 - Messina tram depot built.
• 1915
• Castello Cova built.
• American Chamber of Commerce established.
• 1917
• Galleria Pesaro opens.
• La Rinascente (shop) in business.
• 1919
• March: Fascio di Combattimento political group founded.
• August: Honorary Consulate of Poland opened, later elevated to Consulate-General (see Italy–Poland relations).
• 1921
• Milan Sample Fair begins.
• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore established.
• 1922 - Novecento Italiano art movement active.
• 1924 - University of Milan founded.
• 1926 - Stadio San Siro opens.
• 1927 - A. Rizzoli & Co. founded.
• 1930 - Planetario di Milano inaugurated.
• 1931 - Milano Centrale railway station opens.
• 1932 - Palazzo Mezzanotte (stock exchange) built.
• 1933
• Trolleybuses begin operating.
• Torre Branca built in Parco Sempione.
• 1934 - Institute for International Political Studies founded.

• 1935 - Villa Necchi Campiglio (residence) built.
• 1937 - Linate Airport opens.
• 1939
• A.C. Milan football club active.
• Anteo Spazio Cinema opens.
• 1942 - opens.
• 1945 - 29 April: Corpse of executed Mussolini brought to Piazzale Loreto.
• 1947 - Piccolo Teatro founded.

1950s–1990s

• 1954 - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea inaugurated.
• 1955
• FrancoAngeli publisher in business.
• Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea founded.
• 1956 - Palazzo dell'Arengario built.
• 1958 - Milan Fashion Week begins.
• 1960 - Cinema Ambasciatori opens.
• 1961 - Milan Furniture Fair begins.
• 1962 - Amica fashion magazine in publication.
• 1964 - Milan Metro begins operating.
• 1965 - Milan Cathedral final details completed.
• 1968 - IULM University of Milan founded.
• 1969 - Piazza Fontana bombing.
• 1974 - theatre troupe founded.
• 1975 - Armani fashion house founded.
• 1979 - MIP- Politecnico di Milano School of Management formed.
• 1980
• opens.
• Parco Alessandrini inaugurated.
• 1982 - Domus Academy established.
• 1985 - Dolce & Gabbana fashion house founded.
• 1986 - Class Editori founded.
• 1987
• MF Milano Finanza newspaper begins publication.
• Massimo De Carlo art gallery opens.http://www.massimodecarlo.com/galleries
• 1990
• Milan Metro Line 3 begins operating.
• Parco Agricolo Sud Milano established.
• 1991
• July: City hosts the final round of the 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League.
• Viafarini (art entity) established.
• 10 Corso Como in business.
• 1994 - July: City hosts the final round of the 1994 FIVB Volleyball World League.
• 1995 - Documentation Center for Visual Arts founded.
• 1996 - Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and Trussardi Foundation established.
• 1997 - Milan Passante railway begins operating.
• 1998
• June: University of Milan Bicocca established.
• July: City hosts the final round of the 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League.
• 1999 - Malpensa Express begins operating.

21st century

• 2001
• 23 May: 2001 UEFA Champions League Final held in Milan.
• 8 October: 2001 Linate Airport runway collision.
• City website online (approximate date).
• O’artoteca (art organization) founded.
• 2002
• Orto Botanico di Cascina Rosa established.
• Teatro degli Arcimboldi opens.
• 2004
• architects active.
• Bulgari Hotel in business.
• 2006
• Lettera27 headquartered in Milan.http://www.lettera27.org/en/about-us/
• Letizia Moratti becomes mayor.
• 2008
• BikeMi launched.
• Ecopass congestion charge begins.
• 2009
• Peep Hole and Cardi Black Box art gallery active.
• Homeless World Cup football contest held.
• 2010 - Population: 1,315,803.
• 2011 - Giuliano Pisapia becomes mayor.
• 2012
• Portello Park inaugurated.
• Milan Area C congestion charge begins, replacing Ecopass.
• Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori high-speed train service begins operating, connecting Milan to Naples via Rome.
• 2013 - Population: 1,262,101 municipality; 3,075,083 province.
• 2015 - 1 May: Expo 2015 world fair opens.
• 2016 - June: Milan municipal election, 2016 held.

See also

• History of Milan ()
• List of mayors of Milan
• List of rulers of Milan

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

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 16th-19th century

in English

in other languages

• ; 2nd edn (1619) with additions by Girolamo Borsieri, Milan: Bidelli.

Published in the 20th century

in English

• + 1870 ed.

in Italian

• 1953-1966 (17 volumes)
• Luigi Ganapini. Una città in guerra (Milano, 1939-1951) (Milan: Angeli, 1988)
• Achille Rastelli. Bombe sulla città. Gli attacchi aerei alleati: le vittime civili a Milano (Milan: Mursia, 2000)

Published in the 21st century

in English

in Italian

• Francesco Ogliari. Fiamme su Milano: I bombardamenti aerei 1940-1945 (Pavia: Selecta, 2005)

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Milan, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Milan, various dates