Timeline of Livorno

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1077 - Matilda of Tuscany tower built.
 * 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria (1284) fought near Livorno with the win of Genoa.
 * 1303 - built.
 * 1399 - Livorno sold by Pisa to the Visconti.
 * 1407 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Genoa.
 * 1421 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Florence.
 * 1423 - (tower) built.
 * 1551 - Population: 749.
 * 1571 - Port of Livorno construction begins.
 * 1575 - Pisa-Livorno Navicelli channel created.
 * 1603 - Synagogue of Livorno built.
 * 1606
 * Livorno attains city status.
 * built.
 * 1626 - Monument of the Four Moors erected in the Piazza Micheli.
 * 1630 - area development begins.
 * 1645 - Old English Cemetery, Livorno established (until 1838).
 * 1653 - 4 March: Naval battle fought near city during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
 * 1691 - Port declared Free port.
 * 1718 - Status as free port confirmed in the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
 * 1742 - Earthquake. (it)
 * 1796 - French forces enter city.
 * 1806 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno established.
 * 1813 - Attempted siege of Livorno by British and Italian forces.
 * 1816 - (library) founded.
 * 1825
 * founded.
 * "British 'factory'" closes.
 * 1840 - New built.
 * 1842 - built.
 * 1847 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1848 - Cisternino di città built.
 * 1849 - May: by Austrian forces during the First Italian War of Independence.
 * 1856 - Santa Maria del Soccorso, Livorno opened.
 * 1857 - June: Fire.
 * 1867 - Livorno–Rome railway opened.
 * 1868 - Livorno's free port status ends.
 * 1871 - Population: 97,096.
 * 1872 - Chamber of Commerce headquartered in the.
 * 1881 - Italian Naval Academy established.
 * 1899 - City Archive opens on.

20th century

 * 1901 - Population: 78,308.
 * 1911 - Population: 105,315.
 * 1915 - A.S. Livorno Calcio (football club) formed.
 * 1920 - Scuola Labronica artists' group formed.
 * 1921 - January: held in Livorno.
 * 1935
 * (railway) begins operating.
 * Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini (stadium) opens.
 * 1940 - in World War II begins.
 * 1942 - built.
 * 1943 - City bombed by allied forces in World War II; cathedral demolished.
 * 1944
 * Bombing by allied forces.
 * becomes mayor.
 * 1945 - Bombing of Livorno ends.
 * 1953 - Cathedral reconstructed.
 * 1954 - becomes mayor.
 * 1962 - New Synagogue of Livorno built.
 * 1978 - Il Tirreno newspaper in publication.
 * 1985 - May: held.
 * 1992 - becomes mayor.
 * 1994 - (museum) moves into the.

21st century

 * 2004 - Alessandro Cosimi becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 156,998.
 * 2014 - Filippo Nogarin becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - Population: 159,431
 * 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
 * 2019 - Luca Salvetti becomes mayor.

in Italian

 * 1842-
 * P. Volpi, Guida del Forestiere per la città e contorni di Livorno, 1846.
 * P. Vigo, Livorno. Aspetti storici-artistici, Bergamo 1915.
 * G. Nudi. Storia urbanistica di Livorno: Dalle origini al secolo XVI (Venice, 1959)
 * L. Bortolotti. Livorno dal 1748 al 1958: Profilo storico-urbanistico (Florence, 1970)
 * A. Melosi, Resistenza, dopoguerra e ricostruzione a Livorno. 1944/48, S. Giovanni in Persiceto (Bo) 1984.
 * A. Santini, 400 anni di Livorno, Pisa 2006.
 * A. Prosperi (a cura di), Livorno 1606–1806. Luogo di incontro tra popoli e culture, Torino, Allemandi, 2009.
 * A. Santini, 400 anni di Livorno, Pisa 2006.
 * A. Prosperi (a cura di), Livorno 1606–1806. Luogo di incontro tra popoli e culture, Torino, Allemandi, 2009.
 * A. Santini, 400 anni di Livorno, Pisa 2006.
 * A. Prosperi (a cura di), Livorno 1606–1806. Luogo di incontro tra popoli e culture, Torino, Allemandi, 2009.