Timeline of Bologna

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna region, Italy.

Prior to 18th century

 * at least 1000 BCE – First settlement.
 * 9th C. BCE – Etruscan settlement.
 * end of the 5th century BCE – Celtic settlement.
 * 189 BCE – Town becomes a Roman colony.
 * 3rd C. CE – Catholic diocese of Bologna established.
 * 6th C. CE – Byzantines in power.
 * 9th C. CE – Benedictine monastery active in Santo Stefano.
 * 902 – Town sacked by Hungarian forces.
 * 1088 – University established.
 * 1109 – Torre Asinelli (tower) built.
 * 1110 – Torre Garisenda (tower) built.
 * 1112 – Bologna becomes a free town.
 * 1167 – City joins Lombard League.
 * 1184 – Bologna Cathedral consecrated by Pope Lucius III.
 * 1200 – Palazzo del Podestà built (approximate date).
 * 1206 – Inner city fortifications.
 * 1245 – Palatium Novum & Palazzo d'Accursio built.
 * 1249 – Enzio of Sardinia imprisoned in the Palatium Novum.
 * 1252 – Basilica of San Domenico dedicated.
 * 1263 – Church of San Francesco built.
 * 1293 – Paper mill established.
 * 1337 – Taddeo de Pepoli in power.
 * 1348 – Black Death epidemic.
 * 1351 – Giovanni Visconti of Milan in power.
 * 1356 – Public clock installed.
 * 1364 – Collegio di Spagna founded.
 * 1390 – San Petronio Basilica construction begins.
 * 1401 – Giovanni Bentivoglio in power.
 * 1436 – founded.
 * 1438 – Bentivoglio family in power again.
 * 1444 – Clock tower built in the Palazzo Comunale.
 * 1471 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1477 – Ptolemy's illustrated Geography published.
 * 1506 – Bologna annexed to the Papal States from the Bentivoglio family.
 * 1511 – French in power.
 * 1530 – Coronation of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * 1563 – Archiginnasio built.
 * 1567 – Fountain of Neptune installed.
 * 1568 – Orto Botanico (garden) established.
 * 1582
 * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bologna established.
 * Accademia dei Carracci (art school) founded.
 * 1603 – Palazzo Caprara built.
 * 1615 – Accademia dei Floridi founded.
 * 1642 – The gazette named Bologna was published for the first time
 * 1651 – Teatro Malvezzi built.
 * 1653 – Marcello Malpighi, biologist and physician, granted doctorates at University of Bologna.
 * 1666 – Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna founded.
 * 1675 – Birth of Prospero Lambertini, later Pope Benedict XIV.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1712 – Painting academy founded.
 * 1714
 * Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna established.
 * Observatory built.
 * 1737 – Birth of Luigi Galvani a pioneer of bioelectromagnetics.
 * 1763 – Teatro Comunale built.
 * 1789 – Galvani conducts bioelectricity experiments.
 * 1796 – City becomes part of the French Cisalpine Republic.
 * 1797 – 3rd Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Bologna.
 * 1801 – Biblioteca Comunale (library) opens.
 * 1805 – Teatro del Corso opens.
 * 1814
 * City occupied by Austrians.
 * Teatro Contavalli established.
 * 1831 – 4 February: "Insurrection."
 * 1833 – Young Italy Party unrest.
 * 1859 – June: "Insurrection."
 * 1860
 * Bologna becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * Gazzetta dell'Emilia newspaper begins publication.
 * 1871 – Population: 115,957.
 * 1874 – Archivio di Stato di Bologna (state archives) established.
 * 1897 – Population: 153,206.
 * 1899 – Avanti savoia! newspaper begins publication.

20th century

 * 1901 – Population: 102,122 town; 153,501 commune.
 * 1909
 * 5 February: Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism published in Gazzetta dell'Emilia.
 * Bologna F. C. 1909 football club founded.
 * 1914 – Maserati automaker in business.
 * 1926 – Cinema opens.
 * 1933 – 19 January: Honorary Consulate of Poland opened (see Italy–Poland relations).
 * 1944 – Aerial bombing.
 * 1945 – April: Battle of Bologna; Allied forces take city.
 * 1950 – Population: 226,771.
 * 1963 – Cineteca di Bologna founded.
 * 1974 – headquartered in Bologna.
 * 1977 – (student protest).
 * 1980 – 2 August: Train station bombing.
 * 1985 – opens.
 * 1990 – Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bologna.

21st century

 * 2002 – Associazione Home Movies film archive founded.
 * 2003 – Sister city relationship established with Portland, Oregon, USA.
 * 2011 – Virginio Merola becomes mayor.
 * 2013 – Population: 380,635.
 * 2016 – May: Bologna municipal election, 2016 held.
 * 2022 – July: City hosts the final round of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League.

in English

 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).
 * Grieco, Romy. Bologna: a city to discover(1976).

in other languages

 * . (List of newspapers in Bologna)
 * Brunella Dalla Casa and Alberto Preti, eds. Bologna in guerra, 1940-1945 (Milan: Angeli, 1995)
 * Gastone Mazzanti. Obiettivo Bologna (Bologna: Costa, 2006 – 1st ed. 2001). (About World War II)
 * G. Sassatelli, A. Donati, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 1 - Bologna nell'antichità, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-88-7395-109-4.
 * O. Capitani, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 2 - Bologna nel Medioevo, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-88-7395-208-4.
 * A. Prosperi, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 3 - Bologna nell'età moderna. Cultura, istituzioni culturali, Chiesa e vita religiosa, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-88-7395-394-4.
 * A. Berselli, A. Varni, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 4 - Bologna in età contemporanea. 1796–1914, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-88-7395-571-9.
 * G. Sassatelli, A. Donati, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 1 - Bologna nell'antichità, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-88-7395-109-4.
 * O. Capitani, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 2 - Bologna nel Medioevo, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-88-7395-208-4.
 * A. Prosperi, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 3 - Bologna nell'età moderna. Cultura, istituzioni culturali, Chiesa e vita religiosa, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-88-7395-394-4.
 * A. Berselli, A. Varni, Storia di Bologna, Vol. 4 - Bologna in età contemporanea. 1796–1914, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-88-7395-571-9.