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

Prior to 18th century

218 BCE – Placentia becomes a Roman colony.^[1]
205 BCE – Placentia besieged by Carthaginian forces of Hasdrubal.^[2]
200 BCE – Town sacked by Gaulish forces.^[2]^[1]
187 BCE – Via Aemilia (Ariminum-Placentia road) built.^[1]
271 CE – The Marcomanni defeat the Aurehan outside the city walls.^[1]
375 CE – Basilica of Sant'Antonino built.^[1]
450 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza established (approximate date).^[3]
546 – "Totila reduced Piacenza by famine."^[1]
903 – San Savino church construction begins.^[1]
988 – Piacenza becomes an archbishopric.^[4]
997 – Piacenza demoted to a bishopric;^[1]^[4] Emperor Otto III removes the city from the county of Piacenza and gives it to the bishop.^[5]
1005 – Bishop Siegfried moves San Savino outside the walls and rebuilds it.^[6]
1107 – San Savino rebuilt in a Romanesque style.^[6]
1095 – Council of Piacenza a mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen.
1122 – Piacenza Cathedral construction begins.^[1]
1167 – Piacenza joins the Lombard League.^{[citation needed]}
1183 – Meeting of Lombard League held in Piacenza regarding the Peace of Constance.^[1]
1226 – Piacenza joins renewed Lombard League.^[7]
1229 – Piacenza participates in War of the Keys on the side of the pope^[7] and the Battle of San Cesario on the side of Bologna.
1233 – Piacenza Cathedral construction completed.^[1]
1235 – Guelph Annals of Piacenza finished.^[7]
1254 – Scotti (family) [it] in power.^[8]
1278 – San Francesco church construction begins.^[1]
1281 – Palazzo Comunale built.^[1]
1334 – Sant'Anna church built.^[1]
1400 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[9]
1447 – Piacenza taken by forces of Francesco I Sforza.^[1]
1471 – Hospital built.^[1]
1475 – Printing press in operation.^[10]
1499 – San Sisto church construction begins.^[1]
1512 – Piacenza "occupied by the papal forces."^[1]
1545 – Duchy of Parma and Piacenza created under Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma.^[1]
1558 – Palazzo Farnese construction begins.^[1]
1620 – Statue of Ranuccio I Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.^[1]
1625 – Statue of Alexander Farnese erected in the Piazza dei Cavalli.^[1]

18th–19th centuries

1738 – Austrians in power per Treaty of Vienna (1738).^[11]
1746 – 16 June: Austrian-Sardinian and Franco-Spanish conflict fought near city.^[8]^[1]
1748 – Spaniards in power.^[11]
1796 – Piacenza occupied by French forces.^[1]
1801 – Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia per Treaty of Lunéville.^[12]
1804 – Teatro Municipale (Piacenza) [it] (theatre) opens.
1811 – Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi (library) established.^[13]^[14]
1821
- Political unrest.^[2]
- Cimitero di Piacenza [it] (cemetery) established.
1831 – Political unrest.^[2]
1848 – 10 May: "Piacenza was the first Italian city to vote for union with Piedmont" during the Revolution of 1848.^[2]^[12]
1859
- Piacenza–Bologna railway begins operating; Piacenza railway station opens.
- Piacenza becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.^[2]
- Circondario di Piacenza [it] (provincial district) established.
1860 – Alessandria–Piacenza railway begins operating.
1861 – Population: 40,582.^(it)
1867 – Progresso newspaper begins publication.^[15]
1883 – Libertà newspaper begins publication.^[11]

20th century

1902 – Piacenza tram [it] begins operating.
1903 – Museo Civico (museum) founded.^[1]
1911 – Population: 38,542.^[16]
1919 – Piacenza Football Club formed.
1920 – Stadio comunale di Piacenza [it] (stadium) opens.
1932 – Ferrovia Piacenza-Bettola [it] (railway) begins operating.
1933 – Piacenza–Cremona railway begins operating.
1936 – Population: 64,210.^(it)
1961 – Population: 88,541.^(it)
1969 – Stadio Leonardo Garilli (stadium) opens.
1981 – Population: 109,039.^(it)
1994 – Local election held; Giacomo Vaciago [it] (center-left) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
1995 – Local election held; Dario Squeri [it] (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza.
1998 – Local election held; the lawyer Gianguido Guidotti [it] (center-right) becomes Mayor. He is the first Mayor of the center-right coalition elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Giacomo Vaciago is the first Mayor to not run for a second final term.
1999 – Local election held; Dario Squeri [it] (center-left) is elected re-President of the Province of Piacenza.

21st century

2000 – La Cronaca newspaper begins publication.
2002 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi [it] (center-left) becomes Mayor. The incumbent Mayor Gianguido Guidotti is the first Mayor to lost a run-off in the direct vote.
2004 – Local election held; Gian Luigi Boiardi (center-left) is elected President of the Province of Piacenza.
2007 – Local election held; Roberto Reggi (center-left) is re-elected Mayor. He is the first incumbent Mayor re-elected by direct vote.
2008 – Museo civico di storia naturale di Piacenza (museum) opens in the Fabbrica del Ghiaccio.^[17]
2009 – Local election held; Massimo Trespidi [it] is elected President of the Province of Piacenza. He is the first President of the center-right elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Gianluigi Boiardi is the first President to lost at the first round in the direct vote.
2012 – Local election held; Paolo Dosi (center-left) becomes Mayor.
2013
- Piacenza–Cremona railway closed.
- Population: 100,843.^[18]
2017 – Local election held; the lawyer Patrizia Barbieri (center-right) becomes Mayor. She is the first female Mayor elected by direct vote in the history of Piacenza. The incumbent Mayor Paolo Dosi is the second Mayor to not run for a second final term.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Domenico 2002.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Teta E. Moehs (1972), Gregorius V, 996–999: A biographical Study, Anton Hiersemann, pp. 57–58.
^ Piacenza entry (in Italian) by Mario Longhena, Alda Levi Spinazzola, Arturo Pettorelli, Luigi Pairig, Tammaro De Marinis and Natale Carotti in the Enciclopedia Treccani (1935).
^ ^a ^b Porter 1912.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gianluca Raccagni (2016), "The Crusade Against Frederick II: A Neglected Piece of Evidence" (PDF), The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 67 (4): 721–740, doi:10.1017/S002204691600066X, hdl:20.500.11820/254ed423-3dd5-4255-85ec-feaf8a2ad6e1.
^ ^a ^b Haydn 1910.
^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Piacenza". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ ^a ^b Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
^ "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.
^ "(Comune: Piacenza)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ Berger 1899.
^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374 – via HathiTrust.
^ "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Placentia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
"Piacenza", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
"Piacenza". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Piacenza" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 558–559.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Placentia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
"Piacenza", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
Roy Domenico (2002). "Emilia Romagna: Piacenza". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 95+. ISBN 0313307334.
Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Piacenza". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
Charles M. Rosenberg, ed. (2010). Court Cities of Northern Italy: Milan, Parma, Piacenza, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Urbino, Pesaro, and Rimini. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79248-6.
Porter, A. Kingsley (1912). "San Savino at Piacenza, I: History and Structure". American Journal of Archaeology. 16 (3): 350–367. doi:10.2307/497193. JSTOR 497193. S2CID 191373774.

in Italian

Cristoforo Poggiali [in Italian]. Memorie storiche della città di Piacenza. Gicopazzi. 1757-1766 (12 volumes)
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Luciano Scarabelli [in Italian] (1841). Guida ai monumenti storici ed artistici della città di Piacenza. Lodi: Wilmant e Figli.
Nuovissima guida della citta di Piacenza. Piacenza: Domenico Tagliaferri. 1842.
"Piacenza". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 17 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1884. hdl:2027/nnc1.cu08476845.
Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Piacenza". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Piacenza", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Piacenza", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
Piero Castignoli. Storia di Piacenza (in Italian). OCLC 25082754. circa 1980-2002 (6 volumes)
Maria Luigia Pagliani (1991). Piacenza: forma e urbanistica. Città antiche in Italia. L'Erma di Bretschneider. ISBN 978-88-7062-719-0.

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Domenico 2002.

[3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[Moehs-4] Teta E. Moehs (1972), Gregorius V, 996–999: A biographical Study, Anton Hiersemann, pp. 57–58.

[5] Piacenza entry (in Italian) by Mario Longhena, Alda Levi Spinazzola, Arturo Pettorelli, Luigi Pairig, Tammaro De Marinis and Natale Carotti in the Enciclopedia Treccani (1935).

[FOOTNOTEPorter1912-6] Porter 1912.

[Raccagni-7] Gianluca Raccagni (2016), "The Crusade Against Frederick II: A Neglected Piece of Evidence" (PDF), The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 67 (4): 721–740, doi:10.1017/S002204691600066X, hdl:20.500.11820/254ed423-3dd5-4255-85ec-feaf8a2ad6e1.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-8] Haydn 1910.

[9] Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.

[10] Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Piacenza". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.

[europa2003-11] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[Gilbert2007-12] Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.

[13] "Leading Libraries of the World: Italy". American Library Annual. New York: R.R. Bowker Co. 1916. pp. 475–477.

[14] "(Comune: Piacenza)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBerger1899-15] Berger 1899.

[16] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374 – via HathiTrust.

[17] "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

[18] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

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