Timeline of Lucca

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

Prior to 18th century

 * 3rd C. BCE - Ligurian settlement.
 * 180 BCE - Latin colony established.
 * 90 BCE - Lucca becomes a municipium.
 * 56 BCE - Conference of political leaders Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus held in Lucca.
 * 343 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Lucca active (approximate date).
 * 553 CE - Lucca besieged by forces of Narses during the Gothic War.
 * 571 - Lucca becomes an episcopal seat of the Lombards.
 * 713 - Walperto becomes Lombard duke of Lucca.
 * 1004 - Pisa-Lucca conflict.
 * 1052 - Matilda of Tuscany in power.
 * 1057 - Anselmo da Baggio becomes bishop.
 * 1063 - Lucca Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1119 - Office of consul active.
 * 1147 - Basilica of San Frediano built.
 * 1197 - Lucca joins the Tuscan League.
 * 1314 - Uguccione della Faggiuola in power.
 * 1316 - Castruccio Castracani in power.
 * 1328 - death of Castruccio Castracani and triumph of the Guelph party; rule by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor begins.
 * 1329 - rule by John of Bohemia begins.
 * 1333 - rule by Marsilio, Pietro, and Orlandi de' Rossi di Parma, royal vicars of John of Bohemia begins.
 * 1335 - rule by Mastino and Alberto della Scala, Signori of Lucca begins.
 * 1341 - rule by the commune of Florence begins.
 * 1342 - rule by the commune of Pisa begins.
 * 1364 - rule by Giovanni dell'Angnello de' Conti, Doge of Pisa begins.
 * 1369 - Lucca resumes self rule under the Anziani of Lucca.
 * 1429 - begins.
 * 1477 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1504 - Walls of Lucca construction begins.
 * 1578 - Ducal Palace remodelled.
 * 1584 - founded?

18th-19th centuries

 * 1726 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca established by Pope Benedict XIII.
 * 1790 - University of Lucca opens.
 * 1794 - (library) opens.
 * 1805 - French client principality of Lucca and Piombino established.
 * 1806 - Consiglio municipale (city council) convenes.
 * 1815 - Duchy of Lucca established per Congress of Vienna.
 * 1819
 * Teatro del Giglio (theatre) built.
 * (school) established.
 * 1820 - Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca (garden) established.
 * 1832 - Aqueduct of Nottolini built in vicinity of Lucca.
 * 1837 - Town Hall moves into the Palazzo Santini.
 * 1846 - Lucca railway station opens; Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
 * 1847 - Became one of the divisions of Tuscany.
 * 1863 - Monument to erected in the.
 * 1883 - Lucca–Ponte a Moriano tramway begins operating.

20th century

 * 1901 - Population: 73,465.
 * 1905 - Lucca Football Club formed.
 * 1911 - Population: 76,160.
 * 1931 - Population: 81,807.
 * 1935 - Stadio Porta Elisa (stadium) opens.
 * 1972 - Mauro Favilla becomes mayor.
 * 1979 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.
 * 1984 - becomes mayor.
 * 1998 - becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2005 - Lucca Film Festival begins.
 * 2012 - Alessandro Tambellini becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 87,598.

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