Timeline of Mantua
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mantua in the Lombardy region of Italy.
Prior to 17th century
- 3rd C. BCE - Romans in power.
- 601 CE - Forces of Lombard Agilulf take Mantua.
- 804 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua established.
- 977 - Canossa in power.
- 1007 - Boniface III in power.
- 1090 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor in power.
- 1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua.
- 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune."
- 1150 - begins circulating.
- 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League.
17th-19th centuries
- 1607 - Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo premieres in Mantua.
- 1625 - Jesuit Pacifico Ginnasio Mantovano established.
- 1630
- * City sacked by Austrian forces during the War of the Mantuan Succession.
- * Plague.
- 1631 - War of the Mantuan Succession ends; Mantuan Gonzaga-Nevers rulers become "vassals of Vienna" per Treaty of Cherasco.
- 1664 - Gazzetta di Mantova newspaper begins publication.
- 1686 - founded.
- 1708
- * Death of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua.
- * Austrians in power.
- 1737 - Mantua becomes part of Lombardy.
- 1767 - Teatro Bibiena built.
- 1768 - "Reale Accademia di Scienze e Belle Lettere" founded.
- 1779 - "Museum of antiquities" established.
- 1780 - Biblioteca Teresiana established.
- 1796 - 4 June: Siege of Mantua (1796–97) by French forces begins.
- 1797
- * 2 February: Siege of Mantua ends; French win.
- * City becomes seat of the "Mincio department in Napoleon's puppet Cisalpine Republic."
- 1799 - Siege of Mantua (1799) by Austrian forces; Austrians win.
- 1801 - French in power again per Treaty of Lunéville.
- 1809 - Economic unrest.
- 1814 - Austrians in power again.
- 1822 - built.
- 1853 - Political dissidents executed at nearby Belfiore during the Italian unification movement.
- 1866 - Mantua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1868 - established.
- 1871 - Banca Agricola Mantovana in business.
- 1873 - Mantua railway station opens.
- 1884 - Economic unrest; military crackdown.
- 1886 - begins operating.
- 1887 - newspaper begins publication.
- 1897 - Population: 29,743.
20th century
- 1905 - demolished.
- 1906 - Population: 31,783.
- 1908 - begins operating.
- 1911
- * Mantova F.C. formed.
- * Population: 32,657.
- 1913 - Chamber of Commerce built.
- 1930 - Virgil monument erected.
- 1934 - begins operating.
- 1949
- * begins operating.
- * Stadio Danilo Martelli opens.
- 1971 - Population: 65,703.
- 1973 - Gianni Usvardi becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2005 - arena opens.
- 2006 - Mincio Cycleway constructed between Peschiera del Garda and Mantua.
- 2012 - May: Earthquake.
- 2013 - Population: 47,223.
- 2015 - Mattia Palazzi becomes mayor.
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