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 (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato." 12th C. - built. 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa. 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date). 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy." 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date). 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 (castle) built. 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built. 1283 - San Domenico church founded. 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted. 1295 - San Francesco church built. 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) 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 (approximate). 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 (library) built. 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens. 1861 - Population: 32,710.(it) 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the .
20th century
1906 - Population: 20,197. 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed. 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens. 1934 Bologna–Florence railway begins operating. Prato Centrale railway station built. 1936 - Population: 64,362.(it) 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens. 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II. 1944 - 7 September: . 1945 - (transit entity) formed. 1950 - built. 1951 - Population: 77,631.(it) 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established. 1961 - Population: 111,285.(it) 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded. 1971 - Population: 143,232.(it) 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded. 1977 Prato textile museum opens. (theatre) founded. 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) 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.
See also
List of mayors of Prato List of bishops of Prato, 1653–present (in Italian) History of Tuscany State Archives of Prato
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 Rome, Lazio region Timeline of Siena, Tuscany
References
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
in Italian
(bibliography)
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.
External links
Archivio di Stato di Prato (state archives) Items related to Prato, various dates (via Europeana) Items related to Prato, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)