Timeline of Arezzo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Arezzo in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
- 4th century BCE – Etruscans build wall around Arretium.
- 294 BCE – Arretium attacked by Gallic forces.
- 1st century BCE – built.
- 49 BCE – Arretium occupied by forces of Caesar.
- 337 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo established.
- 1026 CE – Guido of Arezzo writes musical treatise Micrologus.
- 1032 – Cathedral consecrated.
- 1111 – Arezzo sacked by forces of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 13th century – Santa Maria della Pieve church remodelled.
- 1215 – University of Arezzo founded.
- 1248 – becomes bishop.
- 1262 – founded.
- 1278 – Arezzo Cathedral construction begins.
- 1288 – Battle of Pieve al Toppo fought in Siena; Aretine forces win.
- 1289 – Battle of Campaldino fought near town; Florentines win.
- 1290 – Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, start of construction of church of St. Francis inside the city walls
- 1304 – Future poet Petrarch born in Arezzo.
- 1312 – Guido Tarlati becomes bishop.
- 1320 – Town wall built.
- 1375
- * built.
- * construction begins.
- 1384 – Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy sells Arezzo to Florentines; town becomes part of the Republic of Florence.
- 1409 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
- 1444 – Santa Maria delle Grazie church built.
- 1466 – Piero della Francesca paints Storie della Vera Croce in the Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo.
- 1511 – Future artist Giorgio Vasari born in Arezzo.
- 1529 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
- 1560 – built.
18th–19th centuries
- 1796 – Earthquake.
- 1799 – Anti-French Viva Maria (movement) active.
- 1808 – Arezzo becomes part of the French Arno (department).
- 1810 – Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di Arezzo founded.
- 1833 – opens.
- 1860 – established.
- 1866 – Arezzo railway station opens.
- 1880 – erected in the Piazza del Popolo.
- 1881 – Banca Mutua Popolare Aretina in business.
- 1886 – begins operating.
- 1888 – begins operating.
- 1897 – Population: 45,289.
20th century
- 1911
- * Casa Vasari opens.
- * Population: 47,504.
- 1923 – Juventus Football Club Arezzo formed.
- 1925 – built.
- 1930 – begins operating.
- 1934 – theatre built.
- 1937 – opens.
- 1939 – built.
- 1944 – Arezzo War Cemetery established near city.
- 1961 – Stadio Comunale opens.
- 1968 – begins.
- 1985 – May: held.
21st century
- 2008 – Arezzo Courthouse built.
- 2013 – Population: 98,352.
- 2015
- * Alessandro Ghinelli becomes mayor.
- * 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
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