Timeline of Prato

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
 * 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."
 * 12th C. - built.
 * 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.
 * 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).
 * 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."
 * 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).
 * 13th C.
 * Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.
 * Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
 * 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.
 * 1228 - Franciscan church established.
 * 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.
 * 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.
 * 1283 - San Domenico church founded.
 * 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.
 * 1295 - San Francesco church built.
 * 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.
 * 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.
 * 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."
 * 1322 - construction begins.
 * 1347 - Black Death plague.
 * 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.
 * 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
 * 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).
 * 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.
 * 1512 - by Spanish forces.
 * 1653
 * Roman Catholic diocese of Pistoia e Prato formed.
 * Prato "obtained the rank of city".
 * 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.
 * 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.
 * 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.
 * 1861 - Population: 32,710.(it)
 * 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the.

20th century

 * 1906 - Population: 20,197.
 * 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
 * 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.
 * 1934
 * Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.
 * Prato Centrale railway station built.
 * 1936 - Population: 64,362.(it)
 * 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
 * 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
 * 1944 - 7 September:.
 * 1945 - (transit entity) formed.
 * 1950 - built.
 * 1951 - Population: 77,631.(it)
 * 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.
 * 1961 - Population: 111,285.(it)
 * 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
 * 1971 - Population: 143,232.(it)
 * 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
 * 1977
 * Prato textile museum opens.
 * (theatre) founded.
 * 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.
 * 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.
 * 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.
 * 1998 - built.

21st century

 * 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
 * 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 187,159.
 * 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.

in Italian

 * (bibliography)
 * S. Nicastro. Sulla storia di Prato dalle origini alla metà del sec. XIX, Prato 1916
 * . Origini della città e del Comune di Prato,, 1984.
 * Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
 * . Breve storia di Prato, Pacini Editore, 2006.
 * Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.
 * Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
 * . Breve storia di Prato, Pacini Editore, 2006.
 * Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.
 * Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.