Timeline of Siena

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Prior to 15th century

 * 1st C. CE – Saena Julia founded by Romans.
 * 1205 – Palazzo Tolomei built (approximate date).
 * 1233 - "The people again rose against the nobles in the hope of ousting them entirely from office."
 * 1240 – University of Siena established.
 * 1248 - Plague.
 * 1255
 * Gran Tavola bank founded.
 * Basilica of San Francesco built.
 * 1260 – Battle of Montaperti.
 * 1263 – Siena Cathedral built.
 * 1265 – Basilica of San Domenico built.
 * 1287 – Noveschi in power.
 * 1308 – Palazzo Pubblico built.
 * 1328 – Famine.
 * 1348
 * Black Death plague.
 * Torre del Mangia built.
 * 1349 - Piazza del Campo paved in fishbone-patterned red brick.
 * 1355 - Arrival of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in Siena
 * 1360 – Public clock installed.

15th century

 * 1419 - Fonte Gaia built.
 * 1423 - Council of Siena begins.
 * 1438 - Loggia della Mercanzia built (approximate date).
 * 1459 – Palazzo Marsili rebuilt.
 * 1462 – Loggia del Papa erected.
 * 1463 – Palazzo Piccolomini-delle Papesse built.
 * 1472
 * Monte dei Paschi di Siena founded.
 * Palazzo Spannocchi built (approximate date).
 * 1478 - The Pazzi conspiracy led to war a war lasting to 1480.
 * 1482 & 1483 - Riots.
 * 1484 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1490 – Basilica dell'Osservanza built (approximate date).
 * 1495
 * Palazzo delle Papesse completed (approximate date).
 * Piccolomini Library built (approximate date).

16th–18th centuries

 * 1504 – Santo Spirito renovated.
 * 1506 – Palazzo Chigi-Saracini renovated.
 * 1508 – Palazzo del Magnifico built.
 * 1520 – Palazzo Bichi built (approximate date).
 * 1527 – Accademia degli Intronati founded (approximate date).
 * 1533 – Santa Maria dei Servi consecrated.
 * 1554 – Battle of Marciano.
 * 1555 – Republic of Siena surrenders to Spain; Siena ceded to Duchy of Florence.
 * 1604 – Porta Camollia rebuilt.
 * 1613 – San Martino renovated.
 * 1656 – Palio di Siena horse race begins.
 * 1691 – Accademia dei Fisiocritici founded.
 * 1729 – Consolidation of districts; elimination of contrade Gallo, Leone, Orso, Quercia, Spadaforte, and Vipera.

19th century

 * 1816
 * Fine Arts Institution founded.
 * The natural history museum of the Royal Academy of the Physiocritics founded.
 * 1848 – Palazzo Buonsignori restored.
 * 1854 – Palazzo del Capitano restored.
 * 1856 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena laid out.
 * 1858 – Municipal Archivio instituted.
 * 1865 – Empoli-Siena railway begins operating.
 * 1866 – Cemetery della Misericordia established.
 * 1871 – Mens Sana in Corpore Sano 1871 formed.
 * 1897 – Population: 30,468.

20th century



 * 1901 – Population: 25,539.
 * 1904 – Società Studio e Divertimento formed.
 * 1911 – Population: 41,673.
 * 1923 – Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena opens.
 * 1932
 * Accademia Musicale Chigiana founded.
 * Pinacoteca Nazionale inaugurated.
 * 1935 – Siena railway station opens.
 * 1944 – Bombing by Allies.
 * 1959 – Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati (library) active.
 * 1976 – Palasport Mens Sana arena opens.
 * 1995 – Santa Maria della Scala museum opens.

21st century



 * 2003
 * Fondazione Musei Senesi established.
 * Siena–Ampugnano Airport renovated.