Timeline of Novara

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

 * 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.
 * 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).
 * 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
 * 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.
 * 450 - (baptistery) built (approximate date).
 * 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.
 * 569 - Lombards in power.
 * 774 - Franks in power.
 * 830 - becomes bishop.
 * 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.
 * 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.
 * 1123 - becomes bishop.
 * 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.
 * 1178 - Communal palace built.
 * 1185 - Office of podestà established.
 * 1277 - Legal code established.
 * 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."
 * 1346 - Courthouse built.
 * 1448 - Sforza in power.
 * 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
 * 1538 - Farnese in power.
 * 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.
 * 1607 - San Marco church built.(it)
 * 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.

18th and 19th centuries

 * 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."
 * 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."
 * 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.
 * 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."
 * 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.
 * 1838 - Population: 18,524.
 * 1842 - Market built.
 * 1847 - Public library founded.
 * 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.
 * 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
 * 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
 * 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
 * 1859 - (provincial district) established.
 * 1861 - Population: 25,144.(it)
 * 1864 - begins operating
 * 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.
 * 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
 * 1881 - (tram) begins operating.
 * 1884
 * Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.
 * (tram) begins operating.
 * 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
 * 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
 * 1897 - Population: 45,189.

20th century

 * 1911 - Population: 54,571.
 * 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
 * 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.
 * 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
 * 1951 - Population: 69,395.(it)
 * 1952 - founded.
 * 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.
 * 1961 - Population: 87,704.(it)
 * 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.
 * 1975 - begins broadcasting.
 * 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
 * 1989 - founded.
 * 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

21st century

 * 2004 - begins.
 * 2013 - Population: 101,933.
 * 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
 * 2021 - Novara ramming

in Italian

 * 1912 ed.
 * (bibliography)
 * 1907-
 * N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
 * (bibliography)
 * 1907-
 * N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
 * 1907-
 * N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
 * N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
 * N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931