Timeline of Rimini

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 268 BCE – Ariminum becomes a Roman colony.
 * 27 BCE – Arch of Augustus erected.
 * 313 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini established; Stemnio becomes bishop.
 * 538 – Rimini besieged by Goth forces.
 * 1157 – Rimini granted "right of self-government."
 * 1216 – Rimini "worsted by Cesena."
 * 1237 – Giovanni Malatesta becomes podesta.
 * 1295 – Malatesta da Verucchio becomes.
 * 1432 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta becomes lord of Rimini.
 * 1450 – Tempio Malatestiano (church) built (approximate date).
 * 1512 – Spaniards and the Swiss fought against the French at Ravenna.
 * 1528
 * Pope Clement VII becomes definite master of the town.
 * End of 250 years of the rule over Rimini of the House of Malatesta.
 * 1619 – Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga (library) founded.
 * 1861 – Bologna–Ancona railway begins operating; Rimini railway station opens.
 * 1882 – "Technical school" established.
 * 1889 – (railway) begins operating.

20th century

 * 1901 – Population: 46,801.
 * 1912
 * Airport built.
 * Libertas Rimini football club formed.
 * 1916 – begins operating.
 * 1921 – begins operating.
 * 1932 – Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino railway begins operating.
 * 1934 – Stadio Romeo Neri (stadium) opens.
 * 1939 – Trolleybuses in Rimini begin operating.
 * 1960 – 31 July:.
 * 1976 – October: National meeting of Lotta Continua held in Rimini.
 * 1992 – (transit entity) formed.
 * 1993 –  newspaper begins publication.

21st century

 * 2011 – Andrea Gnassi becomes mayor.
 * 2013 – Population: 143,731.
 * 2019 – Metromare (bus rapid transit) line opens

in Italian

 * Grazia Gobbi, Paolo Sica. Le città nella storia d'Italia. Rimini, Roma, Laterza, 1982.
 * Stefano Pivato. Sentimenti e quotidianità in una provincia in guerra. Rimini, 1940-1944 (Rimini: Maggioli, 1995)
 * Oriana Maroni, Maria Luisa Stoppioni. Storia di Rimini, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 1997.
 * Oriana Maroni, Maria Luisa Stoppioni. Storia di Rimini, Cesena, Il Ponte Vecchio, 1997.