Timeline of Arezzo

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

Prior to 18th century

 * 4th century BCE – Etruscans build wall around Arretium.
 * 294 BCE – Arretium attacked by Gallic forces.
 * 1st century BCE – built.
 * 49 BCE – Arretium occupied by forces of Caesar.
 * 337 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo established (approximate date).
 * 1026 CE – Guido of Arezzo writes musical treatise Micrologus (approximate date).
 * 1032 – Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1111 – Arezzo sacked by forces of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * 13th century – Santa Maria della Pieve church remodelled.
 * 1215 – University of Arezzo founded.
 * 1248 – becomes bishop.
 * 1262 – founded.
 * 1278 – Arezzo Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1288 – Battle of Pieve al Toppo fought in Siena; Aretine forces win.
 * 1289 – Battle of Campaldino fought near town; Florentines win.
 * 1290 – Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, start of construction of church of St. Francis inside the city walls
 * 1304 – Future poet Petrarch born in Arezzo.
 * 1312 – Guido Tarlati becomes bishop.
 * 1320 – Town wall built.
 * 1375
 * (church) built.
 * construction begins.
 * 1384 – Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy sells Arezzo to Florentines; town becomes part of the Republic of Florence (until 1859).
 * 1409 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
 * 1444 – Santa Maria delle Grazie church built.
 * 1466 – Piero della Francesca paints Storie della Vera Croce in the Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo.
 * 1511 – Future artist Giorgio Vasari born in Arezzo.
 * 1529 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
 * 1560 – (fortification) built (approximate date).

18th–19th centuries

 * 1796 – Earthquake.
 * 1799 – Anti-French Viva Maria (movement) active.
 * 1808 – Arezzo becomes part of the French Arno (department).
 * 1810 – Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di Arezzo founded.(en)
 * 1833 – (theatre) opens.
 * 1860 – (administrative region) established.
 * 1866 – Arezzo railway station opens.
 * 1880 – (monument) erected in the Piazza del Popolo.
 * 1881 – Banca Mutua Popolare Aretina in business.
 * 1886 – (railway) begins operating.
 * 1888 – (railway) begins operating.
 * 1897 – Population: 45,289.

20th century

 * 1911
 * Casa Vasari (museum) opens.
 * Population: 47,504.
 * 1923 – Juventus Football Club Arezzo formed.
 * 1925 – built.
 * 1930 – (railway) begins operating.
 * 1934 – theatre built.
 * 1937 – (museum) opens.
 * 1939 – built.
 * 1944 – Arezzo War Cemetery established near city.
 * 1961 – Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens.
 * 1968 – (antique fair) begins.
 * 1985 – May: held.

21st century

 * 2008 – Courthouse of Arezzo built.
 * 2013 – Population: 98,352.
 * 2015
 * Alessandro Ghinelli becomes mayor.
 * 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.

in Italian

 * (List of newspapers)
 * (Section available online: Arezzo un profilo storico)
 * 1993–
 * (Section available online: Arezzo un profilo storico)
 * 1993–
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