Timeline of Prato

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 11th century - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."[1]
• 12th century - Walls of Prato built.[2]
• 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.[1]
• 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).[1]
• 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."[3]
• 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).[1]
• 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.[2]
• 1228 - Franciscan church established.[1]
• 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.[1]
• 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.[1]
• 1283 - San Domenico church founded.[2]
• 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.[1]
• 1295 - San Francesco church built.[1]
• 14th century - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.[4]
• 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.[1]
• 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."[3]
• 1322 - Monastero e chiesa di San Niccolò construction begins.[5]
• 1347 - Black Death plague.[1]
• 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.[1]
• 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
• 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).[1]
• 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.[2]
• 1512 - Sack of Prato by Spanish forces.[3]
• 1653 - Roman Catholic diocese of Pistoia e Prato formed.[6][5]
• 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.[5]
• 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.[2]
• 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.[2]
• 1861 - Population: 32,710.^(it)
• 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the Piazza del Comune (Prato).[1]

20th century

• 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
• 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.[7]
• 1934
  • Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.[7]
  • Prato Centrale railway station built.[7]
• 1936 - Population: 64,362.^(it)
• 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
• 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
• 1944 - 7 September: Eccidio del Castello dell'Imperatore.[8]
• 1945 - Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi (transit entity) formed.
• 1950 - Sede INAIL (Prato) built.
• 1951 - Population: 77,631.^(it)
• 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.[6]
• 1961 - Population: 111,285.^(it)
• 1971 - Population: 143,232.^(it)
• 1977
  • Prato textile museum opens.[9]
  • Teatro Fabbricone (theatre) founded.[10][11]
• 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.[12]
• 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.[13]
• 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.[1]
• 1998 - Cantieri culturali ex Macelli-Officina Giovani built.

21st century

• 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 187,159.[14]
• 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
• 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.

See also

• History of Prato
• List of mayors of Prato
• List of bishops of Prato, 1653-present (in Italian)[1]
• History of Tuscany

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 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

1. Byrne 2004.
2. "Prato". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 16 January 2017
3. Britannica 1910.
4. "Storia della tradizione tessile a Prato". Storia di Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
5. Treccani 1935.
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
7. "La città compiuta: Il periodo tra le due guerre (1922-1942)". Le fasi delle pianificazione urbanistica a Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
8. Giampaolo Pansa (2011). I vinti non dimenticano: I crimini ignorati della nostra guerra civile. Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-586-2100-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
9. "(Indice: Prato)". CulturaItalia (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
10. Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
11. "Ronconi, Firenze e Prato", la Repubblica (in Italian), 22 February 2015
12. "(Comune: Prato)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
13. Domenico 2002.
14. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• "Prato", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Tuscany: Prato". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 339+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Joseph P. Byrne (2004). "Prato". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 928+. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

• "Prato", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 18 (6th ed.), 1885
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Prato". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233. (bibliography)
• E. Corradini (1905). Prato. Bergamo.
• S. Nicastro. Sulla storia di Prato dalle origini alla metà del sec. XIX, Prato 1916
• "Prato", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
• Ferdinando Carlesi. Origini della città e del Comune di Prato, Arnaldo Forni Editore, 1984.
• Claudio Cerretelli (1996). Prato e la sua provincia. Florence: Giunti Editore. ISBN 88-09-03425-2.
• Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
• Franco Cardini. 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)