Timeline of Mantua

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

Prior to 17th century

 * 3rd C. BCE - Romans in power.
 * 601 CE - Forces of Lombard Agilulf take Mantua.
 * 804 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua established.
 * 977 - Canossa in power.
 * 1007 - Boniface III in power.
 * 1090 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor in power.
 * 1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua.
 * 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune."
 * 1150 - begins circulating.
 * 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League.}
 * 1236 - Forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor attempt to take Mantua.
 * 1272 - Bonacolsi in power (until 1328).
 * 1281 - Tower built.
 * 1328
 * Ludovico I Gonzaga in power.
 * Ducal Palace, Mantua built.
 * 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1403 - Mantua Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1406 - Castle of St. George (Mantua) built.
 * 1423 - "Latin grammar school" established by Vittorino da Feltre.
 * 1444 - Ludovico II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua in power.
 * 1460 - Artist Andrea Mantegna moves to Mantua.
 * 1472
 * Printing press in operation.
 * Rebuilding of the Basilica of Sant'Andrea begins.
 * 1480 - Poliziano's  premieres in Mantua.
 * 1484 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua in power.
 * 1490 - Isabella d'Este becomes wife of Francesco II.
 * 1530 - Duchy of Mantua established.
 * 1535 - Palazzo del Te built near Mantua.
 * 1584 - Jesuit college established. (it)

17th-19th centuries

 * 1607 - Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo premieres in Mantua.
 * 1625 - Jesuit Pacifico Ginnasio Mantovano (university) established.
 * 1630
 * City sacked by Austrian forces during the War of the Mantuan Succession.
 * Plague.
 * 1631 - War of the Mantuan Succession ends; Mantuan Gonzaga-Nevers rulers become "vassals of Vienna" per Treaty of Cherasco.
 * 1664 - Gazzetta di Mantova newspaper begins publication.
 * 1686 - founded.
 * 1708
 * Death of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua.
 * Austrians in power.
 * 1737 - Mantua becomes part of Lombardy.
 * 1767 - Teatro Bibiena built.
 * 1768 - "Reale Accademia di Scienze e Belle Lettere" (now, Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti) founded.
 * 1779 - "Museum of antiquities" established.
 * 1780 - Biblioteca Teresiana (library) established.
 * 1796 - 4 June: Siege of Mantua (1796–97) by French forces begins.
 * 1797
 * 2 February: Siege of Mantua ends; French win.
 * City becomes seat of the "Mincio department in Napoleon's puppet Cisalpine Republic."
 * 1799 - Siege of Mantua (1799) by Austrian forces; Austrians win.
 * 1801 - French in power again per Treaty of Lunéville.
 * 1809 - Economic unrest.
 * 1814 - Austrians in power again.
 * 1822 - built.
 * 1853 - Political dissidents executed at nearby Belfiore during the Italian unification movement.
 * 1866 - Mantua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * 1868 - (state archives) established.
 * 1871 - Banca Agricola Mantovana (bank) in business.
 * 1873 - Mantova railway station opens.
 * 1884 - Economic unrest; military crackdown.
 * 1886 - begins operating.
 * 1887 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1897 - Population: 29,743.

20th century

 * 1905 - demolished.
 * 1906 - Population: 31,783.
 * 1908 - begins operating.
 * 1911
 * Mantova F.C. (football club) formed.
 * Population: 32,657.
 * 1913 - Chamber of Commerce built.
 * 1930 - Virgil monument erected.
 * 1934 - (railway) begins operating.
 * 1949
 * (bus) begins operating.
 * Stadio Danilo Martelli (stadium) opens.
 * 1971 - Population: 65,703.
 * 1973 - Gianni Usvardi becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2005 - arena opens.
 * 2006 - Mincio Cycleway constructed between Peschiera del Garda and Mantua.
 * 2012 - May: Earthquake.
 * 2013 - Population: 47,223.
 * 2015 - Mattia Palazzi becomes mayor.

in English

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in Italian

 * 1807-1837 (5 volumes)
 * 1958–1963 (3 volumes)
 * Luigi Cavazzoli. La gente e la guerra. La vita quotidiana del fronte interno: Mantova, 1940-1945 (Milan: Angeli, 1989).
 * Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti (1943-1945) (Parma: MUP, 2009)
 * 1958–1963 (3 volumes)
 * Luigi Cavazzoli. La gente e la guerra. La vita quotidiana del fronte interno: Mantova, 1940-1945 (Milan: Angeli, 1989).
 * Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti (1943-1945) (Parma: MUP, 2009)
 * Luigi Cavazzoli. La gente e la guerra. La vita quotidiana del fronte interno: Mantova, 1940-1945 (Milan: Angeli, 1989).
 * Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti (1943-1945) (Parma: MUP, 2009)
 * Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti (1943-1945) (Parma: MUP, 2009)