Timeline of Brescia

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

Prior to 15th century

 * 350 BCE – Celtic Cenomani take Brixia (ancient city) from the Etruscans (approximate date).
 * 225 BCE – Gallic Cenomani Brixia allies with Rome.
 * 89 BCE – Brixia "granted Latin citizenship."
 * 49 BCE – Brixia granted "Roman citizenship."
 * 7 CE – Brixia becomes part of the Regio X Venetia et Histria.
 * 73 CE – Capitolium of Brixia built.
 * 320 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Brescia established (approximate date).
 * 387 – Gaudentius of Brescia becomes bishop.
 * 452 – Brescia sacked by forces of Attila.
 * 562 – Lombards in power.
 * 753 – San Salvatore monastery founded.
 * 756 – Desiderius in power.
 * 1100 - Old Cathedral, Brescia construction begins.
 * 1135-1138 – The commune of Brescia revolts against the Bishop Manfred.
 * 1139 - Bishop Manfred, having received Pope Innocent II's support, has Arnold of Brescia exiled.
 * 1167 – Brescia active member of the Lombard League.
 * 1222 – 25 December: 1222 Brescia earthquake.
 * 1235 – Broletto palace built.
 * 1238 – Attempted siege by forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * 1258 – Scaligeri in power.
 * 1266 – Charles of Anjou in power.
 * 1339 – Visconti in power.

15th–19th centuries

 * 1421 - Visconti of Milan in power.
 * 1426 – Venetians in power.
 * 1473 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1478 – Plague.
 * 1487 – Santa Maria dei Miracoli church construction begins.
 * 1512 – 19 February: Sack of Brescia by French forces during the War of the League of Cambrai.(it)
 * 1563 – Accademia degli Occulti founded.
 * 1574
 * Palazzo della Loggia completed.
 * Guazzo's Civil Conversazione (etiquette book) published in Brescia.
 * 1604 – New Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1745 – Biblioteca Queriniana (library) founded.
 * 1769 – 18 August: Lightning causes explosion.
 * 1797
 * Venetian rule ends; Brescia becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.
 * Broletto palace destroyed by French forces.
 * 1805 – Brescia becomes part of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.
 * 1813 – Monumental cemetery of Brescia established.
 * 1814 – Austrians in power.
 * 1848 – March: Political unrest.
 * 1849 – Uprising against Austrian rule; crackdown.
 * 1850 – August: Flood.
 * 1854 - Brescia railway station opened.
 * 1859
 * June: Garibaldi and the Cacciatori delle Alpi military unit enter city.
 * Brescia becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
 * Provincial (district) established.
 * 1875 – Dismantling of city walls begins.
 * 1882 – begins operating.
 * 1888 – Banca San Paolo di Brescia (bank) established.
 * 1897 – Population: 67,923.

20th century

 * 1901 - Population: 72,731.
 * 1909 – Aerodrome built.
 * 1911
 * Population: 83,338.
 * Brescia Calcio (football club) formed.
 * 1913 - Zoo of Brescia Castle opened.
 * 1919 - Brescia University College opened as Ursuline College.
 * 1925
 * publisher in business.
 * Brescia University established.
 * 1927 – Mille Miglia car race begins.
 * 1932 – remodelled.
 * 1936 – begins operating.
 * 1944 – Bombing of Brescia in World War II.
 * 1945
 * Bombing.
 * Giornale di Brescia newspaper begins publication.
 * 1948 – becomes mayor (until 1975).
 * 1959 - Stadio Mario Rigamonti opened.
 * 1974
 * 28 May: Piazza della Loggia bombing.
 * Bresciaoggi Nuovo newspaper begins publication.
 * 1982 – University of Brescia established.
 * 1988 - Zoo of Brescia Castle closed.
 * 1992 – Paolo Corsini becomes mayor.
 * 1999 – (museum) established.

21st century

 * 2013
 * held; Emilio Del Bono becomes mayor.
 * Population: 188,520.

in English

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in Italian
Gianluigi Valotti, Il ricordo dei Prodi bresciani e dei Caduti del 1859 nel Cimitero Vantiniano di Brescia, Bornato, Sardini Editrice, 2016, ISBN 978-88-7506-227-9 Gianluigi Valotti, Brescia 1859. Il Vantiniano accoglie le spoglie delle armate europee, Brescia, Fondazione Negri, 2017. ISBN 978-88-89108-36-9Brescia 1849. I caduti delle dieci giornate di Gianluigi Valotti - La Compagnia della Stampa - 2018: ISBN 9788884867520
 * 1839–1843 (5 volumes)
 * 1853–1865 (11 volumes)
 * 1963–1964
 * Antonio Fappani. Brescia in Enciclopedia bresciana, Editrice Voce del Popolo, Brescia, 1975.
 * Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)
 * 1963–1964
 * Antonio Fappani. Brescia in Enciclopedia bresciana, Editrice Voce del Popolo, Brescia, 1975.
 * Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)
 * Antonio Fappani. Brescia in Enciclopedia bresciana, Editrice Voce del Popolo, Brescia, 1975.
 * Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)
 * Gino Bambara and Giuseppe Pea. Bombardamenti su Brescia, 1944–1945. Mostra fotografica (Brescia: Associazione Culturale Neo Umanesimo, 1996)