The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Prior to 15th century
1st C. CE – Saena Julia founded by Romans. 1205 – Palazzo Tolomei built (approximate date). 1233 - "The people again rose against the nobles in the hope of ousting them entirely from office." 1240 – University of Siena established. 1248 - Plague. 1255 Gran Tavola bank founded. Basilica of San Francesco built. 1260 – Battle of Montaperti. 1263 – Siena Cathedral built. 1265 – Basilica of San Domenico built. 1287 – Noveschi in power. 1308 – Palazzo Pubblico built. 1328 – Famine. 1348 Black Death plague. Torre del Mangia built. 1349 - Piazza del Campo paved in fishbone-patterned red brick. 1355 - Arrival of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in Siena 1360 – Public clock installed.
15th century 1419 - Fonte Gaia built. 1423 - Council of Siena begins. 1438 - Loggia della Mercanzia built (approximate date). 1459 – Palazzo Marsili rebuilt. 1462 – Loggia del Papa erected. 1463 – Palazzo Piccolomini-delle Papesse built. 1472 Monte dei Paschi di Siena founded. Palazzo Spannocchi built (approximate date). 1478 - The Pazzi conspiracy led to war a war lasting to 1480. 1482 & 1483 - Riots. 1484 – Printing press in operation. 1490 – Basilica dell'Osservanza built (approximate date). 1495 Palazzo delle Papesse completed (approximate date). Piccolomini Library built (approximate date).
16th–18th centuries
1504 – Santo Spirito renovated. 1506 – Palazzo Chigi-Saracini renovated. 1508 – Palazzo del Magnifico built. 1520 – Palazzo Bichi built (approximate date). 1527 – Accademia degli Intronati founded (approximate date). 1533 – Santa Maria dei Servi consecrated. 1554 – Battle of Marciano. 1555 – Republic of Siena surrenders to Spain; Siena ceded to Duchy of Florence. 1604 – Porta Camollia rebuilt. 1613 – San Martino renovated. 1656 – Palio di Siena horse race begins. 1691 – Accademia dei Fisiocritici founded. 1729 – Consolidation of districts; elimination of contrade Gallo, Leone, Orso, Quercia, Spadaforte, and Vipera.
19th century 1816 Fine Arts Institution founded. The natural history museum of the Royal Academy of the Physiocritics founded. 1843 – Cemetery of Misericordia established. 1848 – Palazzo Buonsignori restored. 1854 – Palazzo del Capitano restored. 1856 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena laid out. 1858 – Municipal Archives established. 1865 – Empoli-Siena railway begins operating. 1871 – Mens Sana in Corpore Sano 1871 formed. 1897 – Population: 30,468.
20th century
1901 – Population: 25,539. 1904 – Società Studio e Divertimento formed. 1911 – Population: 41,673. 1923 – Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena opens. 1932 Accademia Musicale Chigiana founded. Pinacoteca Nazionale inaugurated. 1935 – Siena railway station opens. 1944 – Bombing by Allies. 1959 – Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati (library) active. 1976 – Palasport Mens Sana arena opens. 1995 – Santa Maria della Scala museum opens.
21st century
2003 Fondazione Musei Senesi established. Siena–Ampugnano Airport renovated.
See also Siena history
List of governors of Siena List of mayors of Siena Republic of Siena, 11th–16th centuries State Archives of Siena (state archives)
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 Pistoia, Tuscany Timeline of Prato, Tuscany Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
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