Timeline of Novara

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.
• 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).
• 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
• 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.
• 450 - (baptistery) built (approximate date).
• 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.
• 569 - Lombards in power.
• 774 - Franks in power.
• 830 - becomes bishop.
• 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.
• 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.
• 1123 - becomes bishop.
• 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.
• 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.
• 1178 - Communal palace built.
• 1185 - Office of podestàestablished.
• 1277 - Legal code established.
• 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."
• 1346 - Courthouse built.
• 1448 - Sforza in power.
• 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1538 - Farnese in power.
• 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.
• 1607 - San Marco church built.⁽⁾
• 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.

18th and 19th centuries

• 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."
• 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."
• 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.
• 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."
• 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.
• 1838 - Population: 18,524.
• 1842 - Market built.
• 1847 - Public library founded.

• 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.
• 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
• 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1859 - (provincial district) established.
• 1861 - Population: 25,144.⁽⁾
• 1864 - begins operating
• 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.
• 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
• 1881 - (tram) begins operating.
• 1884
• Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.
• (tram) begins operating.
• 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
• 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 45,189.

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 54,571.
• 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
• 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.
• 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1943 - September: Stalag 365 German prisoner-of-war camp relocated from Włodzimierz in German-occupied Poland to Novara.
• 1944 - 14 March: Stalag 365 dissolved.
• 1951 - Population: 69,395.⁽⁾
• 1952 - founded.
• 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.
• 1961 - Population: 87,704.⁽⁾
• 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.
• 1975 - begins broadcasting.
• 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
• 1989 - founded.
• 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

21st century

• 2004 - begins.
• 2013 - Population: 101,933.
• 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
• 2021 - Novara ramming

See also

• Novara history
• List of mayors of Novara
• List of bishops of Novara

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

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Sources

in English

in Italian

• 1912 ed.
• (bibliography)
• 1907-
• N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931

External links

• Items related to Novara, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Novara, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)