Timeline of Bergamo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bergamo in the Lombardy region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

 * 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.
 * 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.
 * 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.
 * 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.
 * 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.
 * 1264 - Milanese in power.
 * 1336 - (castle) built.
 * 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed.
 * 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.
 * 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.
 * 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.
 * 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.
 * 1549 - Population: 20,843.
 * 1561 - construction begins.
 * 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.
 * 1776 - Population: 28,581.
 * 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.
 * 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
 * 1797
 * French client Republic of Bergamo created.
 * Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
 * 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded.
 * 1814 - Austrians in power.
 * 1840 - built.
 * 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
 * 1859 - (administrative area) established.
 * 1860 - becomes mayor.
 * 1861 - Population: 37,343.
 * 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
 * 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
 * 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.
 * 1890 - begins operating.
 * 1897
 * Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
 * Population: 45,929.

20th century

 * 1901 - begins operating.
 * 1907
 * City walls dismantled.
 * Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
 * 1911 - Population: 55,306.
 * 1912 - and  (funicular) begin operating.
 * 1927 - Colognola del Piano,, and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.
 * 1928
 * Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
 * Population: 81,400.
 * 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.
 * 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.

21st century

 * 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
 * 2013 - Population: 115,072.
 * 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.

in English

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in Italian

 * P. Pesenti. Bergamo (Bergamo, 1910)
 * B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
 * V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)
 * B. Belotti. Storia di Bergamo e dei bergamaschi, 1–4 (Bergamo, 1959)
 * V. Zanella. Bergamo città (Bergamo, 1971)