The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Pistoia in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
62 BCE - Battle of Pistoria fought near town. 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia established. 595 CE - Cattedrale di San Zeno dedicated. 8th C. CE - Sant'Andrea church, likely date of origin. 772 CE - built (approximate date). 12th C. - Church of Sant' Andrea expanded. 1108 - Pistoia Cathedral damaged by fire. 1117 - Pistoia "defeated by Lucca." 1150 - City walls expanded (approximate date). 1240 - City walls rebuilt (approximate date). 1294 - San Domenico church construction begins. 1302-1306 - Pistoia besieged by Florentine and Luccan forces. 1325 - Luccan Castruccio Castracani in power. 1348 - Black Death plague. (includes timeline) 1351 - Surrendered to Florence. 1353 - Palazzo degli Anziani (Pistoia) expanded (approximate date). 1359 - Battistero di San Giovanni in corte (baptistery) built. 1368 - Palazzo Pretorio (Pistoia) built. 1401 - Pistoia becomes part of the Florentine Republic. 1494 - Basilica of Our Lady of Humility construction begins. 1495 - Madonna dell'Umiltà construction begins.
17th-19th centuries 1615 - Palazzo Ganucci Cancellieri refurbished. 1630 - Plague outbreak. 1642 - Accademia dei Risvegliati founded. 1643 - Pistoia besieged by papal forces. (includes timeline) 1650 - Palazzo Marchetti sold. 1694 - (theatre) built. 1696 - Biblioteca Forteguerriana (library) founded. 1726 - Biblioteca Fabroniana (library) founded. 1786 Religious Synod of Pistoia held. Palazzo Bracciolini commissioned. 1795 - Palazzo Rossi construction completed. 1849 - Pistoia occupied by Austrians. 1851 - Pistoia railway station opens. 1860 - (administrative region) established. 1861 - Pistoia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. 1864 - Porrettana railway begins operating. 1881 - Population: 54,920.
20th century
1906 - Population: 68,131. 1921 - U.S. Pistoiese 1921 (football club) formed. 1927 - Administrative Province of Pistoia created. 1931 - Population: 70,397. 1943 - October: Bombing of Pistoia in World War II. 1966 "Superachitettura" exhibit held. Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens. 1969 - (transit entity) established. 1970 - Zoo di Pistoia established. 1971 in business. Population: 93,185. 1974 - Istituto Storico della Resistenza (historical institute) established. 1980 - Pistoia Blues Festival begins. 1992 - held; Lido Scarpetti becomes mayor.
21st century
2001 - AnsaldoBreda engineering firm in business. 2002 - held; becomes mayor. 2003 - Associazione Storia e Città (history society) formed. 2005 - (transit entity) established. 2007 - (library) opens. 2009 - (cultural entity) established. 2012 - Local election held; Samuele Bertinelli becomes mayor. 2013 - Population: 88,904. 2015 - 31 May: 2015 Tuscan regional election held. 2017 - Local election held; Alessandro Tomasi becomes mayor.
See also
List of mayors of Pistoia List of bishops of Pistoia 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 Pisa, 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
in Italian
1656-1662 I. Fioravanti. Memorie storiche d. città di Pistoia, Lucca 1758 G. Tigri. Pistoia ed il suo territorio, 1853 (Bibliography)
(Bibliography) 1899- O. Giglioli. Pistoia nelle sue opere d'arte, Firenze 1904 A. Chiappelli. Storia del teatro in Pistoia dalle origini alla fine del sec. XVIII, 1913
External links
Archivio Storico del Comune di Pistoia (city archives) Archivio di Stato di Pistoia (state archives) Items related to Pistoia, various dates (via Europeana) Items related to Pistoia, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)