Timeline of Bologna

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.

Prior to 18th century

• at least 1000 BCE – First settlement.
• 9th C. BCE – Etruscan settlement.
• end of the 5th century BCE – Celtic settlement.
• 189 BCE – Town becomes a Roman colony.
• 3rd C. CE – Catholic diocese of Bologna established.
• 6th C. CE – Byzantines in power.
• 9th C. CE – Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.
• 902 – Town sacked by Hungarian forces.
• 1088 – University established.
• 1109 – Torre Asinelli (tower) built.
• 1110 – Torre Garisenda (tower) built.
• 1112 – Bologna becomes a free town.
• 1167 – City joins Lombard League.
• 1184 – Bologna Cathedral consecrated by Pope Lucius III.
• 1200 – Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
• 1206 – Inner city fortifications.
• 1245 – Palatium Novum & Palazzo d'Accursio built.
• 1249 – Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.
• 1252 – Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.
• 1263 – Church of San Francesco built.
• 1293 – Paper mill established.
• 1337 – Taddeo de Pepoli in power.
• 1348 – Black Death epidemic.
• 1351 – Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.
• 1356 – Public clock installed.
• 1364 – Collegio di Spagna founded.
• 1390 – San Petronio Basilica construction begins.
• 1401 – Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.
• 1436 – Cappella musicale di San Petronio founded.
• 1438 – Bentivoglio family in power again.
• 1444 – Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.
• 1471 – Printing press in operation.
• 1477 – Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.
• 1506 – Bologna annexed to the Papal States from the Bentivoglio family.
• 1511 – French in power.
• 1530 – Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1563 – Archiginnasio built.
• 1567 – Fountain of Neptune installed.
• 1568 – Orto Botanico (garden) established.
• 1582
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.
  • Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.
• 1603 – Palazzo Caprara built.
• 1615 – Accademia dei Floridi founded.
• 1642 – The gazette named Bologna was published for the first time
• 1651 – Teatro Malvezzi built.
• 1653 – Marcello Malpighi, biologist and physician, granted doctorates at University of Bologna.
• 1666 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
• 1675 – Birth of Prospero Lambertini, later Pope Benedict XIV.

18th–19th centuries

• 1712 – Painting academy founded.
• 1714
  • Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.
  • Observatory built.
• 1737 – Birth of Luigi Galvani a pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.
• 1763 – Teatro Comunale built.
• 1789 – Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.
• 1796 – City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.
• 1797 – 3rd Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Bologna.
• 1801 – Biblioteca Comunale (library) opens.
• 1805 – Teatro del Corso opens.
• 1814
  • City occupied by Austrians.
  • Teatro Contavalli established.
• 1831 – 4 February: "Insurrection."
• 1833 – Young Italy Party unrest.
• 1859 – June: "Insurrection."
• 1860
  • Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
  • Gazzetta dell'Emilia newspaper begins publication.
• 1871 – Population: 115,957.
• 1874 – Archivio di Stato di Bologna (state archives) established.
• 1897 – Population: 153,206.
• 1899 – Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.

20th century

• 1901 – Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.
• 1909
  • 5 February: Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism published in Gazzetta dell'Emilia.
  • Bologna F. C. 1909 football club founded.
• 1914 – Maserati automaker in business.
• 1926 – Cinema Teatro Medica Palace opens.
• 1933 – 19 January: Honorary Consulate of Poland opened (see Italy–Poland relations).
• 1944 – Aerial bombing.
• 1945 – April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
• 1950 – Population: 226,771.
• 1963 – Cineteca di Bologna founded.
• 1974 – Istituto per i beni artistici, culturali e naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna headquartered in Bologna.
• 1977 – 1977 Bologna events (student protest).
• 1980 – 2 August: Train station bombing.
• 1985 – Museo civico medievale opens.

21st century

• 2002 – Associazione Home Movies film archive founded.
• 2003 – Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.
• 2011 – Virginio Merola becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 380,635.
• 2016 – May: Bologna municipal election, 2016 held.
• 2022 – July: City hosts the final round of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.

See also

• Bologna history
• History of Bologna with timeline (in Italian)
• List of mayors of Bologna

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

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