The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus. 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date). 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop. 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus. 450 - (baptistery) built (approximate date). Retrieved 28 January 2017 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila. 569 - Lombards in power. 774 - Franks in power. 830 - becomes bishop. 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris. 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V. 1123 - becomes bishop. 1132 - Cathedral consecrated. 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League. 1178 - Communal palace built. 1185 - Office of podestà established. 1277 - Legal code established. 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory." 1346 - Courthouse built. 1448 - Sforza in power. 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai. 1538 - Farnese in power. 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins. 1607 - San Marco church built.(it) 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.
18th and 19th centuries 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops." 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel." 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces. 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy." 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara. 1838 - Population: 18,524. 1842 - Market built. 1847 - Public library founded.
1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence. 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens. 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating. 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating. 1859 - (provincial district) established. 1861 - Population: 25,144.(it) 1864 - begins operating 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt. 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business. 1881 - (tram) begins operating. 1884 Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication. (tram) begins operating. 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating. 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens. 1897 - Population: 45,189.
20th century 1911 - Population: 54,571. 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed. 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed. 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating. 1943 - September: Stalag 365 German prisoner-of-war camp relocated from Włodzimierz in German-occupied Poland to Novara. 1944 - 14 March: Stalag 365 dissolved. 1951 - Population: 69,395.(it) 1952 - founded. 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established. 1961 - Population: 87,704.(it) 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established. 1975 - begins broadcasting. 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens. 1989 - founded. 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.
21st century 2004 - begins. 2013 - Population: 101,933. 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor. 2021 - Novara ramming
See also Novara history List of mayors of Novara List of bishops of Novara
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it) Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia Piedmont region: Timeline of Turin
References
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Sources
in English
in Italian
1912 ed.
(bibliography)
1907-
N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
External links
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