Timeline of Prato
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prato in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
- 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
- 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve merged to form "Borgo di Prato."
- 12th C. - built.
- 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.
- 1142 - Comunal consul active.
- 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."
- 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed.
- 13th C.
- * Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.
- * Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
- 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.
- 1228 - Franciscan church established.
- 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore built.
- 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.
- 1283 - San Domenico church founded.
- 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati adopted.
- 1295 - San Francesco church built.
- 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana formed.
- 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.
- 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."
- 1322 - construction begins.
- 1347 - Black Death plague.
- 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.
- 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
- 1429 - Population: 3,517.
- 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.
- 1512 - by Spanish forces.
- 1653
- * Roman Catholic diocese of Pistoia e Prato formed.
- * Prato "obtained the rank of city".
- 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.
- 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana built.
- 1830 - Teatro Metastasio opens.
- 1861 - Population: 32,710.
- 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the.
20th century
- 1906 - Population: 20,197.
- 1908 - A.C. Prato formed.
- 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.
- 1934
- * Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.
- * Prato Centrale railway station built.
- 1936 - Population: 64,362.
- 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio opens.
- 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
- 1944 - 7 September:.
- 1945 - formed.
- 1950 - built.
- 1951 - Population: 77,631.
- 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.
- 1961 - Population: 111,285.
- 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
- 1971 - Population: 143,232.
- 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
- 1977
- * Prato textile museum opens.
- * founded.
- 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini established.
- 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.
- 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.
- 1998 - built.
21st century
- 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
- 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 187,159.
- 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
- 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
in English
*in Italian
- S. Nicastro. Sulla storia di Prato dalle origini alla metà del sec. XIX, Prato 1916
- . Origini della città e del Comune di Prato,, 1984.
- Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
- . Breve storia di Prato, Pacini Editore, 2006.
- Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.