Timeline of Parma

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma. 183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony. 4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date). 452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila. 569 CE – Alboin in power. 1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop. 1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated. 1117 – Earthquake. (includes chronology) 1248 – Battle of Parma. 1281 – Parma Baptistery built. 1307 – in power. 1346 – Visconti in power. 1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built. 1472 – Printing press in operation. 1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established. 1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date). 1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession. 1521 – by French forces. 1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built. 1545 – Duchy of Parma established. 1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded. 1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins. 1591 – built. 1627 – and rebuilt (approximate date). 1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.

18th–19th centuries 1734 – Austrians in power. 1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication. 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded. 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated. 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department). 1817 – (cemetery) established. 1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built. 1833 – Population: 48,523. 1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma. 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani. 1859 June: Political unrest. Parma railway station opens. 1860 – (history society) founded. 1861 Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. (concert band) active. 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized. 1866 – built. 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma. 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating. 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating. 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma. 1899 – begins operating.

20th century

1906 – Population: 48,523. 1908 – Labor strike. 1910 – and begin operating. 1911 – Population: 51,910. 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed. 1920 – erected. 1922 – August: (political unrest). 1923 Parma Airport built. Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens. 1925 – constructed. 1930 – (library) established. 1931 – Population: 71,282. 1941 – (theatre) built in the . 1943 – Parma occupied by German forces. 1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II. 1945 – German forces ousted. 1951 – Population: 122,978. 1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating. 1961 – Population: 147,368. 1971 – Population: 175,228. 1978 – begins broadcasting.

21st century

2001 – built. 2002 – established. 2012 – May: held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor. 2013 – Population: 177,714.

Timeline of Parma

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