Timeline of Piacenza

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

Prior to 18th century

218 BCE – Placentia becomes a Roman colony. 205 BCE – Placentia besieged by Carthaginian forces of Hasdrubal. 200 BCE – Town sacked by Gaulish forces. 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (Ariminum-Placentia road) built. 271 CE – The Marcomanni defeat the Aurehan outside the city walls. 375 CE – Basilica of Sant'Antonino built. 450 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approximate date). 546 – "Totila reduced Piacenza by famine." 903 – San Savino church construction begins. 988 – Piacenza becomes an archbishopric., pp. 57–58. 997 – Piacenza demoted to a bishopric; Emperor Otto III removes the city from the county of Piacenza and gives it to the bishop.. 1005 – Bishop Siegfried moves San Savino outside the walls and rebuilds it. 1095 – Council of Piacenza a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen. 1107 – San Savino rebuilt in a Romanesque style. 1122 – Piacenza Cathedral construction begins. 1167 – Piacenza joins the Lombard League. 1183 – Meeting of Lombard League held in Piacenza regarding the Peace of Constance. 1226 – Piacenza joins renewed Lombard League.. 1229 – Piacenza participates in War of the Keys on the side of the pope and the Battle of San Cesario on the side of Bologna. 1233 – Piacenza Cathedral construction completed. 1235 – Guelph Annals of Piacenza finished. 1254 – Scotti (family) in power. 1278 – San Francesco church construction begins. 1281 – Palazzo Comunale built. 1334 – Sant'Anna church built. 1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date). 1447 – Piacenza taken by forces of Francesco I Sforza. 1471 – Hospital built. 1475 – Printing press in operation. 1499 – San Sisto church construction begins. 1512 – Piacenza "occupied by the papal forces." 1545 – Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created under Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma. 1558 – Palazzo Farnese construction begins. 1620 – Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli. 1625 – Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.

18th–19th centuries 1738 – Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738). 1746 – 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city. 1748 – Spaniards in power. 1796 – Piacenza occupied by French forces. 1801 – Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia per Treaty of Lunéville. 1804 – Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) (theatre) opens. 1811 – Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established. 1821 Political unrest. (cemetery) established. 1831 – Political unrest. 1848 – 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848. 1859 Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens. Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. (provincial district) established. 1860 – Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating. 1861 – Population: 40,582.(it) 1867 – Progresso newspaper begins publication. 1883 – Libertà newspaper begins publication.

20th century

1902 – begins operating. 1903 – Museo Civico (museum) founded. 1911 – Population: 38,542. 1919 – Piacenza Football Club formed. 1920 – (stadium) opens. 1932 – (railway) begins operating. 1933 – Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating. 1936 – Population: 64,210.(it) 1961 – Population: 88,541.(it) 1969 – Stadio Leonardo Garilli (stadium) opens. 1981 – Population: 109,039.(it) 1994 – Local election held; (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. 1995 – Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. 1998 – Local election held; the lawyer (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term. 1999 – Local election held; Dario Squeri (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.

21st century 2000 – La Cronaca newspaper begins publication. 2002 – Local election held; (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote. 2004 – Local election held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. 2007 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) is re-elected Mayor. He is the first incumbent Mayor re-elected by direct vote. 2008 – Museo civico di storia naturale di Piacenza (museum) opens in the Fabbrica del Ghiaccio. 2009 – Local election held; Massimo Trespidi is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President of the center-right elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Gianluigi Boiardi is the first President to lost at the first round in the direct vote. 2012 – Local election held; Paolo Dosi (center-left) becomes Mayor. 2013 Piacenza–Cremona railway closed. Population: 100,843. 2017 – Local election held; the lawyer Patrizia Barbieri (center-right) becomes Mayor. She is the first female Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Paolo Dosi is the second Mayor to not run for a second final term.

Timeline of Piacenza

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