Timeline of Parma

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma.
• 183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony.
• 4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date).
• 452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila.
• 569 CE – Alboin in power.
• 1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop.
• 1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated.
• 1117 – Earthquake.
• 1248 – Battle of Parma.
• 1281 – Parma Baptistery built.
• 1307 – in power.
• 1346 – Visconti in power.
• 1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built.
• 1472 – Printing press in operation.
• 1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established.
• 1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date).
• 1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession.
• 1521 – by French forces.
• 1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built.
• 1545 – Duchy of Parma established.
• 1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded.
• 1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins.
• 1591 – built.
• 1627 – and rebuilt (approximate date).
• 1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.

18th–19th centuries

• 1734 – Austrians in power.
• 1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication.
• 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
• 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.
• 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).
• 1817 – (cemetery) established.
• 1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto
• 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
• 1833 – Population: 48,523.
• 1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.
• 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
• 1859
• June: Political unrest.
• Parma railway station opens.
• 1860 – (history society) founded.
• 1861
• Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
• (concert band) active.
• 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.
• 1866 – built.
• 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.
• 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
• 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
• 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
• 1899 – begins operating.

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 48,523.
• 1908 – Labor strike.
• 1910 – and begin operating.
• 1911 – Population: 51,910.
• 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
• 1920 – erected.
• 1922 – August: (political unrest).
• 1923
• Parma Airport built.
• Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
• 1925 – constructed.
• 1930 – (library) established.
• 1931 – Population: 71,282.
• 1941 – (theatre) built in the .
• 1943 – Parma occupied by German forces.
• 1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II.
• 1945 – German forces ousted.
• 1951 – Population: 122,978.
• 1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
• 1961 – Population: 147,368.
• 1971 – Population: 175,228.
• 1978 – begins broadcasting.

21st century

• 2001 – built.
• 2002 – established.
• 2012 – May: held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 177,714.

See also

• Parma history
• List of mayors of Parma
• List of bishops of Parma
• List of dukes of Parma, 1545–1859
• State Archives of Parma (state archives)

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

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

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• + (1870 ed.)

in Italian

• (List of libraries)
• (List of libraries)

External links

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