The following is a timeline 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.(it) 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.(it) 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power. 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls. 1777 - Flood.(it) 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.(it) 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 List of rulers of the Republic of Pisa, 11th-15th c. (in Italian) State Archives of Pisa (state archives) History of Tuscany
Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it) 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)