Timeline of Rimini

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 268 BCE - Ariminum becomes a Roman colony.[1]
• 27 BCE - Arch of Augustus erected.[1]
• 313 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini established;[2] Stemnio becomes bishop.[1]
• 538 - Rimini besieged by Goth forces.[3]
• 1157 - Rimini granted "right of self-government."[3]
• 1216 - Rimini "worsted by Cesena."[3]
• 1237 - Giovanni Malatesta becomes podesta.[3]
• 1295 - Malatesta da Verucchio becomes Lord of Rimini.
• 1432 - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta becomes lord of Rimini.[3]
• 1450 - Tempio Malatestiano (church) built (approximate date).[3][4]
• 1619 - Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga (library) founded.[5]
• 1861 - Bologna–Ancona railway begins operating; Rimini railway station opens.
• 1882 - "Technical school" established.[3]
• 1889 - Ferrovia Ferrara-Rimini (railway) begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 46,801.[3]
• 1912
  • Airport built.
  • Libertas Rimini football club formed.
• 1916 - Verucchio-Rimini railway begins operating.
• 1921 - Rimini-Riccione tram begins operating.
• 1932 - Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino railway begins operating.
• 1934 - Stadio Romeo Neri (stadium) opens.
• 1939 - Trolleybuses in Rimini begin operating.
• 1960 - 31 July: 1960 Deutsche Flugdienst incident.
• 1976 - October: National meeting of Lotta Continua held in Rimini.[6]
• 1992 - TRAM (Rimini) (transit entity) formed.
• 1993 - Corriere Romagna newspaper begins publication.

21st century

• 2011 - Andrea Gnassi becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 143,731.[7]

See also

• History of Rimini
• List of mayors of Rimini
• List of lords of Rimini, 1295-1500 (in Italian)
• List of bishops of Rimini (in Italian)
• History of Romagna region

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

References

1. Kleinhenz 2004.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. "Venice and Northern Italy, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
5. "(Comune: Rimini)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
6. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
7. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

See also: Bibliography of Rimini

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Ariminum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray – via HathiTrust.
• "Rimini", Central Italy and Rome: Handbook for Travellers (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1909, OCLC 423237
• Pasquale Villari (1910), "Rimini", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, pp. 344–347, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Emilia Romagna: Rimini". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 101+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Rimini". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 965. ISBN 0415939291.
• Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.

in Italian

• "Rimini", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1936
• Grazia Gobbi, Paolo Sica. Le città nella storia d'Italia. Rimini, Roma, Laterza, 1982.
• Stefano Pivato. Sentimenti e quotidianità in una provincia in guerra. Rimini, 1940-1944 (Rimini: Maggioli, 1995)
• Oriana Maroni, Maria Luisa Stoppioni. Storia di Rimini, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 1997.

External links

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