Timeline of Pistoia

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

Prior to 17th century

 * 62 BCE - Battle of Pistoria fought near town.
 * 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia established.
 * 595 CE - Cattedrale di San Zeno dedicated.
 * 8th C. CE - Sant'Andrea church, likely date of origin.
 * 772 CE - built (approximate date).
 * 12th C. - Church of Sant' Andrea expanded.
 * 1108 - Pistoia Cathedral damaged by fire.
 * 1117 - Pistoia "defeated by Lucca."
 * 1150 - City walls expanded (approximate date).
 * 1240 - City walls rebuilt (approximate date).
 * 1294 - San Domenico church construction begins.
 * 1302-1306 - Pistoia besieged by Florentine and Luccan forces.
 * 1325 - Luccan Castruccio Castracani in power.
 * 1348 - Black Death plague.
 * 1351 - Surrendered to Florence.
 * 1353 - expanded (approximate date).
 * 1359 - Battistero di San Giovanni in corte (baptistery) built.
 * 1368 - built.
 * 1401 - Pistoia becomes part of the Florentine Republic.
 * 1494 - Basilica of Our Lady of Humility construction begins.
 * 1495 - Madonna dell'Umiltà construction begins.

17th-19th centuries

 * 1615 - Palazzo Ganucci Cancellieri refurbished.
 * 1630 - Plague outbreak.
 * 1642 - Accademia dei Risvegliati founded.
 * 1643 - Pistoia besieged by papal forces.
 * 1650 - Palazzo Marchetti sold.
 * 1694 - (theatre) built.
 * 1696 - Biblioteca Forteguerriana (library) founded.
 * 1726 - Biblioteca Fabroniana (library) founded.
 * 1786
 * Religious Synod of Pistoia held.
 * Palazzo Bracciolini commissioned.
 * 1795 - Palazzo Rossi construction completed.
 * 1849 - Pistoia occupied by Austrians.
 * 1851 - Pistoia railway station opens.
 * 1860 - (administrative region) established.
 * 1861 - Pistoia becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * 1864 - Porrettana railway begins operating.
 * 1881 - Population: 54,920.

20th century

 * 1906 - Population: 68,131.
 * 1921 - U.S. Pistoiese 1921 (football club) formed.
 * 1927 - Administrative Province of Pistoia created.
 * 1931 - Population: 70,397.
 * 1943 - October: Bombing of Pistoia in World War II.
 * 1966
 * "Superachitettura" exhibit held.
 * Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens.
 * 1969 - (transit entity) established.
 * 1970 - Zoo di Pistoia established.
 * 1971
 * in business.
 * Population: 93,185.
 * 1974 - Istituto Storico della Resistenza (historical institute) established.
 * 1980 - Pistoia Blues Festival begins.
 * 1992 - held;  becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001 - AnsaldoBreda engineering firm in business.
 * 2002 - held;  becomes mayor.
 * 2003 - Associazione Storia e Città (history society) formed.
 * 2005 - (transit entity) established.
 * 2007 - (library) opens.
 * 2009 - (cultural entity) established.
 * 2012 - Local election held; Samuele Bertinelli becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 88,904.
 * 2015 - 31 May: 2015 Tuscan regional election held.
 * 2017 - Local election held; Alessandro Tomasi becomes mayor.

in Italian

 * 1656-1662
 * I. Fioravanti. Memorie storiche d. città di Pistoia, Lucca 1758
 * G. Tigri. Pistoia ed il suo territorio, 1853
 * (Bibliography)
 * (Bibliography)
 * 1899-
 * O. Giglioli. Pistoia nelle sue opere d'arte, Firenze 1904
 * A. Chiappelli. Storia del teatro in Pistoia dalle origini alla fine del sec. XVIII, 1913
 * A. Chiappelli. Storia del teatro in Pistoia dalle origini alla fine del sec. XVIII, 1913