Timeline of Pisa

The following is a of the history of the city of Pisa in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Prior to 15th century

• 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa.
• 180 BCE - Pisa becomes a Roman colony.
• 89 BCE - Pisans granted Roman citizenship.
• 300 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Pisa established (approximate date).
• 805 CE - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno monastery founded.
• 812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded.
• 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs.
• 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens.
• 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins.
• 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again.
• 1092
• Pisa Cathedral construction completed.
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa established.
• 1095 - Pisans join religious First Crusade forces fighting abroad.
• 1118 - Pisa Cathedral consecrated.
• 1119 - San Pietro in Vinculis church reconsecrated.
• 1132 - San Sisto church consecrated.
• 1140 - Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa. the square become the center of Pisa.
• 1147–1150 - The Pisans joined in the Second Crusade.
• 1150 - Santo Sepolcro church built (approximate date).
• 1152 - Pisa Baptistery construction begins.
• 1161 - built.
• 1162 - Pisan territory expands.
• 1167 - Flood.⁽⁾
• 1173 - Tower of Pisa construction begins.
• 1187 - Papal election, December 1187 held at Pisa.
• 1228 - Conflict with the united forces of Florence and Lucca near Barga
• 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina church and tower of the San Nicola church built (approximate date).
• 1252 - Santa Caterina church built.
• 1257 - Hospital built.
• 1264 - San Francesco church built.
• 1278 - Camposanto Monumentale (cemetery) built.
• 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria fought between Pisan and Genoese forces near Livorno; Genoese win.
• 1329 - Santa Maria del Carmine church built.
• 1342 - Lucca annexed to Pisa.
• 1343 - University of Pisa founded by edict of Pope Clement VI.
• 1399 - Republic of Pisa becomes a client state of the Duchy of Milan.

15th–19th centuries

• 1402 - Gabriele Maria Visconti becomes signore.
• 1406
• Pisa besieged by Florentine forces.
• Cittadella Nuova (fortress) construction begins.
• 1482 - Printing press in operation.
• 1494 - French in power.
• 1509 - Florentines in power.
• 1543
• Orto botanico di Pisa (garden) founded.
• built.
• 1551 - Population: 8,574 within the walls.
• 1555 - Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa rebuiling completed.
• 1562 - Piazza dei Cavalieri remodelled.
• 1564
• Palazzo della Carovana built.
• Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.
• 1569 - Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri church consecrated.
• 1589 - Galileo begins teaching at the university.
• 1590 - Lanfreducci palace built.
• 1596 - Museo storia naturale di Pisa (museum) founded.
• 1605 - built.
• 1680 - Flood.⁽⁾
• 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power.
• 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls.
• 1777 - Flood.⁽⁾
• 1810 - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (school) founded.
• 1815 - created.
• 1841 - Population: 40,477.
• 1844 - Pisa-Livorno railway begins operating.
• 1846 - Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
• 1851 - University closes.
• 1859 - University reestablished.
• 1860 - Pisa becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1861 - Pisa-Massa railway begins operating.
• 1865 - (theatre) opens.
• 1867 - (theatre) opens.
• 1881 - Population: 42,779.
• 1885 - opens.
• 1897 - Population: 65,516.

20th century

• 1909 - Pisa Sport Club formed.
• 1919 - Arena Garibaldi opens.
• 1930 - Società Storica Pisana (history society) formed.⁽⁾
• 1943 - Bombing of Pisa in World War II in World War II.
• 1944 - Bombing.
• 1945 - in operation.
• 1950 - (bridge) built.
• 1952 - United States military Camp Darby established near city.
• 1963 - Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa (library) established.
• 1979
• Associazione Teatro di Pisa (theatre organization) formed.
• 24 November: Italy's first LGBT rights protest march, Pisa79 held.
• 1985 - May: held.
• 1987 - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies established.

21st century

• 2008 - Marco Filippeschi becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 86,263.
• 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
• 2018 - Michele Conti becomes mayor.

See also

• List of mayors of Pisa
• List of bishops of Pisa
• , 11th-15th c. (in Italian)
• State Archives of Pisa (state archives)
• History of Tuscany

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:⁽⁾

• Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
• Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
• Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
• Timeline of Grosseto, Tuscany
• Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
• Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
• Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
• Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
• Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
• Timeline of Siena, Tuscany

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
• O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)

in Italian

• (timeline)
• A. R. Masetti. Pisa storia urbana (Pisa, 1964)
• L. Nuti. Pisa progetto e città, 1814–1865 (Pisa, 1986)
• E. Tolaini. Pisa (Rome, and Bari, 1992)
• P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)

External links

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