Timeline of Parma

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

 * 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma.
 * 183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony.
 * 4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date).
 * 452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila.
 * 569 CE – Alboin in power.
 * 1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop.
 * 1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1117 – Earthquake.
 * 1248 – Battle of Parma.
 * 1281 – Parma Baptistery built.
 * 1307 – in power.
 * 1346 – Visconti in power.
 * 1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built.
 * 1472 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established.
 * 1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date).
 * 1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession.
 * 1521 – by French forces.
 * 1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built.
 * 1545 – Duchy of Parma established.
 * 1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded.
 * 1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins.
 * 1591 – built.
 * 1627 – and  rebuilt (approximate date).
 * 1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1734 – Austrians in power.
 * 1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication.
 * 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
 * 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.
 * 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).
 * 1817 – (cemetery) established.
 * 1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto
 * 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
 * 1833 – Population: 48,523.
 * 1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.
 * 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
 * 1859
 * June: Political unrest.
 * Parma railway station opens.
 * 1860 – (history society) founded.
 * 1861
 * Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * (concert band) active.
 * 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.
 * 1866 – built.
 * 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.
 * 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
 * 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
 * 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
 * 1899 – begins operating.

20th century

 * 1906 – Population: 48,523.
 * 1908 – Labor strike.
 * 1910 – and  begin operating.
 * 1911 – Population: 51,910.
 * 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
 * 1920 – erected.
 * 1922 – August: (political unrest).
 * 1923
 * Parma Airport built.
 * Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
 * 1925 – constructed.
 * 1930 – (library) established.
 * 1931 – Population: 71,282.
 * 1941 – (theatre) built in the.
 * 1943 – Parma occupied by German forces.
 * 1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II.
 * 1945 – German forces ousted.
 * 1951 – Population: 122,978.
 * 1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
 * 1961 – Population: 147,368.
 * 1971 – Population: 175,228.
 * 1978 – begins broadcasting.

21st century

 * 2001 – built.
 * 2002 – established.
 * 2012 – May: held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
 * 2013 – Population: 177,714.

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in Italian

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