Timeline of Cremona

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cremona in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Prior to 16th century[edit]

218 BCE - Cremona becomes part of the Roman Republic.^[1]^[2]
89 BCE - Roman citizenship granted to Cremonese.^[3]

69 CE - Siege of Cremona [it] occurs during the Roman civil war (68-69).^[2]
450 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cremona established (approximate date).^[4]
550 CE - Byzantines in power; town called "Cataulada."^[1]
603 CE - Town sacked by Lombard forces of Agilulf.^[3]^[2]
774 - Franks in power in region.^[1]
962 - Liutprand of Cremona becomes bishop.^[3]
1022 - Ruler Landolfo ousted.^[2]
1098 - Commune established.^[3]
1116 - Office of consul active (approximate date).^[3]
1167
- Cremona joins the Lombard League.^[1]
- Cremona Baptistery built.^[2]
1190 - Cremona Cathedral consecrated.^[2]
1250 - Parma-Cremona conflict.^[2]
1291 - Torrazzo of Cremona (tower) built.^[2]
1311 - Cremona sacked by forces of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.^[2]
1322 - Galeazzo I Visconti in power.^[2]
1406 - Cabrino Fondulo [it] in power.^[2]
1419 - Filippo Maria Visconti in power.^[2]
1473 - Printing press in operation.^[5]^[6]
1499 - Venetians in power.^[2]

16th-19th centuries[edit]

1505 - Future luthier Andrea Amati born in Cremona.^[1]
1512 - Maximilian Sforza in power.^[2]
1535 - Spaniards in power in Lombardy region.^[2]
1565 - Contado di Cremona [it] (administrative region) formed.^[7]
1567 - Future composer Claudio Monteverdi born in Cremona.^[1]
1588 - Astronomical clock installed in the Torrazzo.^{[citation needed]}
1644 - Future luthier Antonio Stradivari born in Cremona.^[1]^[8]
1668 - Population: 10,000.^[2]
1676 - Accademia dei Disuniti formed.^[9]
1702 - Battle of Cremona fought during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1707 - Austrians in power.^[1]
1747 - Teatro Nazari (theatre) opens.
1775 - Jesuit library [it] opens.^[10]
1814 - Austrians in power in Lombardy region.^[2]
1848 - Revolution of 1848.^[1]
1859
- Cremona becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[2]
- Circondario di Cremona [it] (provincial district) established.
1863 - Treviglio–Cremona railway begins operating & Cremona railway station opens.
1866 - Pavia–Cremona railway and Brescia–Cremona railway begin operating.
1875 - Interessi Cremonesi newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1879 - Provincia newspaper begins publication.^[12]
1897 - Population: 37,632.^[13]

20th century[edit]

1901 - Population: 39,344.^[2]
1903 - U.S. Cremonese (football club) formed.
1906 - Cremona–Fidenza railway begins operating.
1911 - Population: 40,436.^[14]
1916 - Cremona tram [it] begins operating.
1922 - "Fascist squads devastated the headquarters" of the Italian People's Party in Cremona.^[15]
1928 - Museo Civico Ala Ponzone (museum) opens in the Palazzo Affaitati [it].^[16]
1929 - Stadio Giovanni Zini (stadium) opens.
1933 - Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
1940 - Cremona trolleybus [it] begins operating.
1947 - La Provincia di Cremona newspaper begins publication.^[17]
1971 - Population: 82,904.^(it)
1994 - Biblioteca del Centro di Documentezione Ambientale [it] (library) established.^[18]

21st century[edit]

2012 - UNESCO recognized the "Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona" as intangible cultural heritage
2013 - Population: 72,137.^[19]
2014 - Gianluca Galimberti becomes mayor.
2019 - The Museo del Violino commences the "Stradivarius Sound Bank" preservation project.^[20]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Domenico 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kleinhenz 2004.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Cremona". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
^ "Istituzioni: Cremona". Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian). Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Accademia", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
^ "Biblioteca statale di Cremona" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio [it], 1896, pp. 431+ (List of newspapers)
^ Berger 1899.
^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
^ "MiBACT" (in English and Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ "(Comune: Cremona)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ Paradiso, Max (2019-01-17). "To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[edit]

in English[edit]

William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Cremona". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
"Cremona", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
"Cremona". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52k6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Cremona", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 4, New York, 1903, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282284{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Cremona" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). pp. 407–408.
Edward Hutton (1912), "Cremona", The Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan Co.
"Cremona", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
Egerton R. Williams Jr. (1914), "Cremona (etc.)", Lombard Towns of Italy, London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Roy Domenico (2002). "Lombardy: Cremona". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 192+. ISBN 0313307334.
Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Cremona". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 263+. ISBN 0415939291.
Marco Gentile (2010). "From commune to regional state: political experiments in 14th-century Cremona". In John E. Law; Bernadette Paton (eds.). Communes and Despots in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6508-3.
Christoph Friedrich Weber (2013). "Cremona: a case study". In Frances Andrews (ed.). Churchmen and Urban Government in Late Medieval Italy, c.1200–c.1450. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107044265.

in Italian[edit]

Giuseppe Picenardi (1820). Nuova guida di Cremona. Giuseppe Feraboli.
"Cremona". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 6 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1878. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu08473730.
Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Cremona". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 1. Imola. pp. 256+. OCLC 12117233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Cremona". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Cremona", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Cremona". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 441+. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
"Cremona", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1931

External links[edit]

Archivio di Stato di Cremona (state archives)
Items related to Cremona, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Cremona, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Domenico 2002.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEKleinhenz2004-3] Kleinhenz 2004.

[4] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[5] Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.

[6] Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Cremona". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.

[7] "Istituzioni: Cremona". Lombardia Beni Culturali (in Italian). Regione Lombardia. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[MMA-eustn08-8] "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[9] "Accademia", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929

[10] "Biblioteca statale di Cremona" (in Italian). Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[11] "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio [it], 1896, pp. 431+ (List of newspapers)

[FOOTNOTEBerger1899-12] Berger 1899.

[13] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.

[14] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.

[Gilbert2007-15] Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.

[16] "MiBACT" (in English and Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[europa2003-17] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[iccu-18] "(Comune: Cremona)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[19] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[20] Paradiso, Max (2019-01-17). "To Save the Sound of a Stradivarius, a Whole City Must Keep Quiet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

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