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• 2nd–6th century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza established.^[1]
• 569 – Lombards in power.^[2](it)
• 825 – Regional school established in Vicenza.^[2]
• 1117 – Earthquake.
• 1160 – Basilica dei Santi Felice e Fortunato [it] (church) tower rebuilt.^[3]
• 1167 – Vicenza joins the Lombard League.^[2]
• 13th century – Walls of Vicenza [it] built.^[3]
• 1260 – Santa Corona church construction begins.^[3]
• 1280 – Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Vicenza) [it] (church) construction begins.^[3]
• 1311 – Scaligeri of Verona in power.^[4]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[5]
• 1387 – Visconti of Milan in power.^[4]
• 1404 – Vicenza becomes part of the Republic of Venice (until 1797).^[4][3]
• 1440 – Casa Pigafetta [it] built.^{[citation needed]}
• 1474 – Printing press in operation.^[6]
• 1509 – Battle of the citadel of Vicenza between the Republic of Venice and the Holy Roman Empire
• 1549 – Basilica (town hall) Palladian remodelling begins.^[7]
• 1550 – Palazzo Chiericati construction begins.^[4]
• 1552 – Palazzo Thiene built.^[4]
• 1555 – Accademia Olimpica [it] (learned society) founded.
• 1566
  • Palazzo Valmarana built.^[4]
  • Villa Capra "La Rotonda" construction begins near city.^[7]
• 1585 – Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.^[8]
• 1614 – Basilica (town hall) Palladian completed.

18th–19th centuries[edit]

• 1708 – Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana (library) opens.^[9][10]
• 1814 – Austrians in power.^[4]
• 1833 – Cimitero acattolico di Vicenza [it] (cemetery) established.
• 1842 – 25 March: Future writer Antonio Fogazzaro born in Vicenza.^[4]
• 1846 – Padua–Vicenza railway begins operating.
• 1848 – Cimitero Maggiore di Vicenza [it] (cemetery) established.
• 1851 – Vicenza railway station in operation.^{[citation needed]}
• 1866 – Vicenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[4]
• 1876
  • Ferrovia Vicenza-Schio [it] (railway) begins operating.
  • Il Berico newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1877 – Ferrovia Vicenza-Treviso [it] (railway) begins operating.
• 1884 – Horse-drawn Vicenza tram [it] begins operating.
• 1892 – Banca Cattolica Vicentina (Catholic bank) established.
• 1897 – Population: 42,020.^[12]

20th century[edit]

• 1901 – Population (commune): 47,558.^[3]
• 1902 – Vicenza Calcio football club formed.
• 1906 – AIM Vicenza [it] (transit entity) formed.
• 1910 – Electric tram begins operating.
• 1911 – Population: 54,555.^[13]
• 1920 – Luigi Faccio [it] becomes mayor.
• 1921 – Vicenza Airport built.
• 1928 – Vicenza trolleybus [it] begins operating.
• 1931 – Population: 65,177.^[14]
• 1935 – Stadio Romeo Menti (stadium) opens.
• 1944 – Bombing of Vicenza in World War II.^[4]
• 1945 – Il Giornale di Vicenza newspaper in publication.^[15]
• 1948 – Giuseppe Zampieri [it] becomes mayor.
• 1951 – Ferrovie e Tramvie Vicentine [it] (transit entity) formed.
• 1961 – Population: 98,019.
• 1962 – Giorgio Sala [it] becomes mayor.
• 1971 – Population: 116,620.
• 1978 – TVA Vicenza (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1990 – Achille Variati becomes mayor.
• 1998 – Enrico Hüllweck [it] becomes mayor.

21st century[edit]

• 2008 – Achille Variati becomes mayor again.
• 2010 – Veneto flood of 2010 [it].^(it)
• 2013 – Population: 113,639.^[16]

See also[edit]

• History of Vicenza [it]
• List of mayors of Vicenza, 1866–present
• List of podestà of Vicenza [it], 12th–19th centuries
• List of bishops of Vicenza (it)
• History of urban development of Vicenza [it]
• History of the Jews in Vicenza [it]
• History of religious architecture in Vicenza [it]
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Vicenza was part 1404–1797
• Veneto history (it) (region)

Timelines of other cities in the macroregionofNortheast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona

References[edit]

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[edit]

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Vicentia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• "Vicenza" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (9th ed.). 1888. p. 210.
• "Vicenza". Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.). London: John Murray. 1897. OCLC 2231483.
• Bumpus, T. Francis (1900). "Vicenza". Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy. London: Laurie.
• Vincent, Benjamin (1910), "Vicenza", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Vicenza" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). p. 20.
• "Vicenza", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Domenico, Roy (2002). "Veneto: Vicenza". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 392+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Vicenza". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 1140+. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian[edit]

• B. Pagliarini. Croniche di Vicenza, 1663
• Castellini, Silvestro. Storia della città di Vicenza. F. Vendramini Mosca. 1783-1785
• Giovan-Battista Berti (1822). Guida per Vicenza. Venice: Francesco Andreola.
• Cantù, C. (1861), "Vicenza e il suo territorio", Grande illustrazione del Lombardo-Veneto, vol. 6, Milan
• B. Morsolin. Fonti della storia di Vicenza, 1880
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Vicenza". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. pp. 485+. OCLC 12117233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Vicenza". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
• S. Rumor. Bibliografia storica della città e provincia di Vicenza, 1916
• Giuseppe Pettinà (1922). Vicenza. Collezione di monografie illustrate. Serie 1: Italia artistica.17 (3rd ed.). Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche.
• "Vicenza", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937

External links[edit]

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• "Archivio storico del Comune di Vicenza". Biblioteca Civica Bertoliana (in Italian). Comune di Vicenza. (city archives)
• Archivio di Stato di Vicenza (state archives)
• Items related to Vicenza, various dates (via Europeana)
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