Timeline of Arezzo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Arezzo in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

4th century BCE – Etruscans build wall around Arretium. 294 BCE – Arretium attacked by Gallic forces. 1st century BCE – built. 49 BCE – Arretium occupied by forces of Caesar. 337 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo established (approximate date). 1026 CE – Guido of Arezzo writes musical treatise Micrologus (approximate date). 1032 – Cathedral consecrated. Retrieved 7 January 2017 1111 – Arezzo sacked by forces of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor. 13th century – Santa Maria della Pieve church remodelled. 1215 – University of Arezzo founded. 1248 – becomes bishop. 1262 – founded. 1278 – Arezzo Cathedral construction begins. 1288 – Battle of Pieve al Toppo fought in Siena; Aretine forces win. 1289 – Battle of Campaldino fought near town; Florentines win. 1290 – Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, start of construction of church of St. Francis inside the city walls 1304 – Future poet Petrarch born in Arezzo. 1312 – Guido Tarlati becomes bishop. 1320 – Town wall built. 1375 (church) built. construction begins. 1384 – Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy sells Arezzo to Florentines; town becomes part of the Republic of Florence (until 1859). 1409 – Rebellion against Florentine rule. 1444 – Santa Maria delle Grazie church built. 1466 – Piero della Francesca paints Storie della Vera Croce in the Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo. 1511 – Future artist Giorgio Vasari born in Arezzo. 1529 – Rebellion against Florentine rule. 1560 – (fortification) built (approximate date).

18th–19th centuries 1796 – Earthquake. 1799 – Anti-French Viva Maria (movement) active. 1808 – Arezzo becomes part of the French Arno (department). 1810 – Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di Arezzo founded.(en) 1833 – (theatre) opens. 1860 – (administrative region) established. 1866 – Arezzo railway station opens. 1880 – (monument) erected in the Piazza del Popolo. 1881 – Banca Mutua Popolare Aretina in business. 1886 – (railway) begins operating. 1888 – (railway) begins operating. 1897 – Population: 45,289.

20th century

1911 Casa Vasari (museum) opens. Population: 47,504. 1923 – Juventus Football Club Arezzo formed. 1925 – built. 1930 – (railway) begins operating. 1934 – theatre built. 1937 – (museum) opens. 1939 – built. 1944 – Arezzo War Cemetery established near city. 1961 – Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens. 1968 – (antique fair) begins. 1985 – May: held.

21st century

2008 – Arezzo Courthouse built. 2013 – Population: 98,352. 2015 Alessandro Ghinelli becomes mayor. 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.

Timeline of Arezzo

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