Timeline of Mantua

Prior to 17th century

• 3rd century BCE - Romans in power.
• 601 CE - Forces of Lombard Agilulf take Mantua.
• 804 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mantua established.
• 977 - Canossa in power.
• 1007 - Boniface III in power.
• 1090 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor in power.
• 1113 - Forces of Matilda of Tuscany take Mantua.
• 1115 - Mantua becomes a "quasi-independent commune."
• 1150 - begins circulating.
• 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League.

  17th-19th centuries

• 1607 - Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo premieres in Mantua.
• 1625 - Jesuit Pacifico Ginnasio Mantovano established.
• 1630
• * City sacked by Austrian forces during the War of the Mantuan Succession.
• * Plague.
• 1631 - War of the Mantuan Succession ends; Mantuan Gonzaga-Nevers rulers become "vassals of Vienna" per Treaty of Cherasco.
• 1664 - Gazzetta di Mantova newspaper begins publication.
• 1686 - founded.
• 1708 - Austrians in power.
• 1737 - Mantua becomes part of Lombardy.
• 1767 - Teatro Bibiena built.
• 1779 - "Museum of antiquities" established.
• 1780 - Biblioteca Teresiana established.
• 1796 - 4 June: Siege of Mantua by French forces begins.
• 1797
• * 2 February: Siege of Mantua ends; French win.
• * City becomes seat of the "Mincio department in Napoleon's puppet Cisalpine Republic."
• 1799 - Siege of Mantua by Austrian forces; Austrians win.
• 1801 - French in power again per Treaty of Lunéville.
• 1809 - Economic unrest.
• 1814 - Austrians in power again.
• 1822 - built.
• 1853 - Political dissidents executed at nearby Belfiore during the Italian unification movement.
• 1866 - Mantua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1868 - established.
• 1871 - Banca Agricola Mantovana in business.
• 1873 - Mantova railway station opens.
• 1884 - Economic unrest; military crackdown.
• 1886 - begins operating.
• 1887 - newspaper begins publication.
• 1897 - Population: 29,743.

  20th century

• 1905 - demolished.
• 1908 - begins operating.
• 1911
• * Mantova F.C. formed.
• * Population: 32,657.
• 1913 - Chamber of Commerce built.
• 1930 - Virgil monument erected.
• 1934 - begins operating.
• 1949
• * begins operating.
• * Stadio Danilo Martelli opens.
• 1971 - Population: 65,703.
• 1973 - becomes mayor.

  21st century

• 2005 - arena opens.
• 2006 - Mincio Cycleway constructed between Peschiera del Garda and Mantua.
• 2012 - May: Earthquake.
• 2013 - Population: 47,223.
• 2015 - Mattia Palazzi becomes mayor.

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• in Italian

• 1807-1837
• 1958–1963
• Luigi Cavazzoli. La gente e la guerra. La vita quotidiana del fronte interno: Mantova, 1940-1945.
• Giada Bologni and Giorgio Casamatti. Bombe su Mantova: La città e la provincia durante i bombardamenti