Timeline of Pisa

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

Prior to 15th century

 * 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa.
 * 180 BCE - Pisa becomes a Roman colony.
 * 89 BCE - Pisans granted Roman citizenship.
 * 300 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Pisa established (approximate date).
 * 805 CE - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno monastery founded.
 * 812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire.
 * 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded.
 * 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs.
 * 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens.
 * 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again.
 * 1092
 * Pisa Cathedral construction completed.
 * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa established.
 * 1095 - Pisans join religious First Crusade forces fighting abroad.
 * 1118 - Pisa Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1119 - San Pietro in Vinculis church reconsecrated.
 * 1132 - San Sisto church consecrated.
 * 1140 - Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa. the square become the center of Pisa.
 * 1147–1150 - The Pisans joined in the Second Crusade.
 * 1150 - Santo Sepolcro church built (approximate date).
 * 1152 - Pisa Baptistery construction begins.
 * 1161 - built.
 * 1162 - Pisan territory expands.
 * 1167 - Flood.(it)
 * 1173 - Tower of Pisa construction begins.
 * 1187 - Papal election, December 1187 held at Pisa.
 * 1228 - Conflict with the united forces of Florence and Lucca near Barga
 * 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina church and tower of the San Nicola church built (approximate date).
 * 1252 - Santa Caterina church built.
 * 1257 - Hospital built.
 * 1264 - San Francesco church built.
 * 1278 - Camposanto Monumentale (cemetery) built.
 * 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria fought between Pisan and Genoese forces near Livorno; Genoese win.
 * 1329 - Santa Maria del Carmine church built.
 * 1342 - Lucca annexed to Pisa.
 * 1343 - University of Pisa founded by edict of Pope Clement VI.
 * 1399 - Republic of Pisa becomes a client state of the Duchy of Milan.

15th–19th centuries

 * 1402 - Gabriele Maria Visconti becomes signore.
 * 1406
 * Pisa besieged by Florentine forces.
 * Cittadella Nuova (fortress) construction begins.
 * 1482 - Printing press in operation.
 * 1494 - French in power.
 * 1509 - Florentines in power.
 * 1543
 * Orto botanico di Pisa (garden) founded.
 * built.
 * 1551 - Population: 8,574 within the walls.
 * 1555 - Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa rebuiling completed.
 * 1562 - Piazza dei Cavalieri remodelled.
 * 1564
 * Palazzo della Carovana built.
 * Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.
 * 1569 - Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri church consecrated.
 * 1589 - Galileo begins teaching at the university.
 * 1590 - Lanfreducci palace built.
 * 1596 - Museo storia naturale di Pisa (museum) founded.
 * 1605 - built.
 * 1680 - Flood.(it)
 * 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power.
 * 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls.
 * 1777 - Flood.(it)
 * 1810 - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (school) founded.
 * 1815 - created.
 * 1841 - Population: 40,477.
 * 1844 - Pisa-Livorno railway begins operating.
 * 1846 - Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
 * 1851 - University closes.
 * 1859 - University reestablished.
 * 1860 - Pisa becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * 1861 - Pisa-Massa railway begins operating.
 * 1865 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1867 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1881 - Population: 42,779.
 * 1885 - opens.
 * 1897 - Population: 65,516.

20th century

 * 1909 - Pisa Sport Club formed.
 * 1919 - Arena Garibaldi opens.
 * 1930 - Società Storica Pisana (history society) formed. (it)
 * 1943 - Bombing of Pisa in World War II in World War II.
 * 1944 - Bombing.
 * 1945 - in operation.
 * 1950 - (bridge) built.
 * 1952 - United States military Camp Darby established near city.
 * 1963 - Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa (library) established.
 * 1979 - Associazione Teatro di Pisa (theatre organization) formed.
 * 1985 - May: held.
 * 1987 - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies established.

21st century

 * 2008 - Marco Filippeschi becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 86,263.
 * 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
 * 2018 - Michele Conti becomes mayor.

in English

 * David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * David Herlihy. Pisa in the Early Renaissance: A Study of Urban Growth (New Haven, CT, 1958)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)
 * O. Banti. An Illustrated History of Pisa (Pisa, 2010)

in Italian

 * (timeline)
 * A. R. Masetti. Pisa storia urbana (Pisa, 1964)
 * L. Nuti. Pisa progetto e città, 1814–1865 (Pisa, 1986)
 * E. Tolaini. Pisa (Rome, and Bari, 1992)
 * P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)
 * A. R. Masetti. Pisa storia urbana (Pisa, 1964)
 * L. Nuti. Pisa progetto e città, 1814–1865 (Pisa, 1986)
 * E. Tolaini. Pisa (Rome, and Bari, 1992)
 * P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)
 * E. Tolaini. Pisa (Rome, and Bari, 1992)
 * P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)
 * P. L. Rupi and A. Martinelli. Pisa: Storia urbanistica (Ospedaletto, 1997)