Timeline of L'Aquila

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1240 – Settlement founded by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (approximate date).[1]
• 1257 – Roman Catholic diocese of L'Aquila active.[2]
• 1259 – Town sacked by forces of Manfred, King of Sicily.[3]
• 1266 – Rebuilding of town by Charles I of Naples begins.[4]
• 1272
  • Walls of L'Aquila construction begins.[4]
  • Fontana delle 99 cannelle (fountain) built.[3]
• 1288 – Santa Maria di Collemaggio church consecrated near town.
• 1300 – Cathedral of San Massimo construction begins (approximate date).[4]
• 1308 – Chiesa di Santa Maria Paganica (church) built.[4]
• 1309 – Chiesa di San Domenico (L'Aquila) (church) construction begins.[4]
• 1315 – Earthquake.[5]^(it)
• 1349 – Earthquake.[5]^(it)
• 1423 – War of L'Aquila begins.
• 1461 – Earthquake of L'Aquila of 1461.[5]
• 1469 – Santa Maria del Soccorso church construction begins.[4]^(it)
• 1472 – Basilica of San Bernardino built.[3]
• 1482 – Printing press in operation.[6][7]
• 1510 – Palazzo Carli Benedetti built (approximate date).[4]
• 1517 – Mausoleum of Pope Celestine V built in the Santa Maria di Collemaggio church.[3]
• 1521 – Spaniards in power.[3]
• 1534 – Forte Spagnolo (fort) built.[3]
• 1646 – Earthquake.[5]
• 1647 – Oratorio di Sant'Antonio dei Cavalieri de' Nardis consecrated.[4]
• 1657 – Plague outbreak.[8]
• 1703 – 14 January: Earthquake.[1]
• 1719 – Accademia degli Arcadi Colonia Aternina founded.
• 1725 – Chiesa di Sant'Agostino (L'Aquila) (church) built.[4]
• 1743 – Palazzo Ardinghelli built.
• 1745 – Santa Caterina Martire church built (approximate date).[4]^(it)
• 1756 – Palazzo Centi built (approximate date).[4]
• 1775 – Santa Maria del Suffragio church built.[4]
• 1786 – Earthquake.[5]^(it)
• 1799 – L'Aquila sacked by French forces.[3]
• 1875 – L'Aquila railway station opens; Sulmona-L'Aquila railway begins operating.
• 1876 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila established.[2]
• 1897 – Population: 21,202.[9]

20th century

• 1922 – Ferrovia L'Aquila-Capitignano (railway) begins operating.
• 1927 – L'Aquila Calcio 1927 (football club) formed.
• 1934 – Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia (cable car) begins operating.
• 1950 – Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo (museum) established.
• 1952 – Istituto Universitario di Magistero[10] and Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore established.
• 1966 – Tullio De Rubeis becomes mayor.
• 1968 – L'Aquila–Preturo Airport built.
• 1969 – Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila (school) established.
• 1984 – Traforo del Gran Sasso (road tunnel) opens near city.
• 1990 – Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation founded.
• 1991 – Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park in vicinity of L'Aquila.
• 1998 – Local election held; Biagio Tempesta becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2007 – Local election held; Massimo Cialente becomes mayor.
• 2009
  • 6 April: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake.[11]
  • July: International 35th G8 summit held in L'Aquila.
• 2013 – Population: 68,304.[12]
• 2016 – Stadio Gran Sasso d'Italia-Italo Acconcia (stadium) opens.
• 2017 - Basilica di Collemaggio reopened.[13]

See also

• History of L'Aquila
• Cronache aquilane (medieval city history)
• List of mayors of L'Aquila
• List of bishops of L'Aquila
• History of Abruzzo region

Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:^(it)

• Timeline of Bari, Apulia region
• Timeline of Brindisi, Apulia
• Timeline of Naples, Campania region
• Timeline of Reggio Calabria
• Timeline of Salerno, Campania
• Timeline of Taranto, Apulia

References

1. Domenico 2002.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Adriano Ghisetti Giavarina. "L'Aquila". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017
5. Baratta 1901.
6. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Aquila". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
7. "Index: Place of Publication: Aquila", Incunabula Short Title Catalogue: the International Database of 15th-century European Printing, UK: British Library, retrieved 3 December 2017
8. "La Citta: La storia" (in Italian). Comune di L’Aquila. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
9. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
10. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
11. "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
12. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
13. http://www.ansa.it/abruzzo/notizie/2017/12/20/laquila-riapre-basilica-di-collemaggio_58bb4195-f0d0-40b1-9771-0ad3293a8fa3.html

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Aquila", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Augustus J. C. Hare (1911), "Aquila", Cities of Southern Italy, New York: Dutton
• "Aquila", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Abruzzo: L'Aquila". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 6+. ISBN 0313307334.

in Italian

See also: Bibliography of the history of L'Aquila (in Italian)

• Matilde Oddo Bonafede (1888). Guida della città dell'Aquila. Tipografia Aternina.
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Aquila". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
• Mario Baratta (1901). "Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Abruzzo: Aquila". I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
• "L'Aquila", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1929
• L. Serra. Aquila (Bergamo, 1929)
• G. Spagnesi and P. L. Properzi. L’Aquila: Problemi di forma e storia della città (Bari, 1972)
• M. Ruggiero Petrignani. Egemonia politica e forma urbana: L’Aquila, città come fabbrica di potere e di consenso nel medioevo italiano (Bari, 1980)
• S. Gizzi (1983), "La città dell'Aquila: Fondazione e preesistenze", Storia della Città, 28
• A. Clementi and E. Piroddi. L’Aquila, Le città nella storia d’Italia (Rome, 1986)

External links

• Archivio di Stato dell'Aquila (state archives)
• Items related to L'Aquila, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to L'Aquila, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)