Timeline of Novara

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

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Prior to 18th century

• 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.^[1]
• 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).^[2]
• 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
• 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.^[1]
• 450 - Battistero del duomo di Novara [it] (baptistery) built (approximate date).^[3]
• 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.^[1]
• 569 - Lombards in power.^[4]
• 774 - Franks in power.^[4]
• 830 - Adalgisio of Novara [it] becomes bishop.^[5]
• 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.^[1]
• 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.^[1]
• 1123 - Litifredo [it] becomes bishop.^[3]
• 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.^[3]
• 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.^[5]
• 1178 - Communal palace built.^[5]
• 1185 - Office of podestà established.^[5]
• 1277 - Legal code established.^[5]
• 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."^[5]
• 1346 - Courthouse built.^[1]
• 1448 - Sforza in power.^[4]
• 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1538 - Farnese in power.^[4]
• 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.^[6]
• 1607 - San Marco church built.^[6](it)
• 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.^[7]

18th and 19th centuries

• 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."^[1]
• 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."^[1]
• 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.^[4]
• 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."^[1]
• 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.^[1]
• 1838 - Population: 18,524.^[6]
• 1842 - Market built.^[1]
• 1847 - Public library founded.^[8][9]
• 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.^[10]
• 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
• 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1859 - Circondario di Novara [it] (provincial district) established.
• 1861 - Population: 25,144.^(it)
• 1864 - Gozzano-Novara railway [it] begins operating
• 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.^[6]
• 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
• 1881 - Tranvia Novara-Vigevano-Ottobiano [it] (tram) begins operating.
• 1884
  • Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.^[11]
  • Tranvia Novara-Biandrate [it] (tram) begins operating.
• 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
• 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 45,189.^[12]

20th century

• 1911 - Population: 54,571.^[13]
• 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
• 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.^[14]
• 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
• 1951 - Population: 69,395.^(it)
• 1952 - Istituto tecnico agrario statale Giuseppe Bonfantini [it] founded.
• 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.^[15]
• 1961 - Population: 87,704.^(it)
• 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.^[16]
• 1975 - Radio Azzurra (Novara) [it] begins broadcasting.
• 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
• 1989 - Centro novarese di studi letterari [it] founded.
• 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

21st century

• 2004 - Novara Jazz Festival [it] begins.
• 2013 - Population: 101,933.^[17]
• 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
• 2021 - Novara ramming

See also

• Novara history
• List of mayors of Novara
• List of bishops of Novara

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

• Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa
• Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
• Piedmont region: Timeline of Turin

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
3. Carlo Tosco. "Navara". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 28 January 2017
4. "Novara ieri e oggi" (in Italian). Comune di Novara. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
5. Kleinhenz 2004.
6. Treccani 1934.
7. "I principali monumenti della citta" (in Italian). Comune di Novara. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
8. "(Comune: Novara)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
9. "Biblioteca civica Carlo Negroni" (in Italian). Novara. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
10. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
11. Berger 1899.
12. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
13. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
14. "Società Storica Novarese" (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
15. "MiBACT" (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
16. "Archivio di Stato di Novara" (in Italian). Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
17. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Sources

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Novaria". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Novara" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). pp. 829–830.
• "Novara", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Novara". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

• Francesco A. Bianchini (1828). Le cose rimarchevoli della città di Novara. Girolamo Miglio.
• Carlo Morbio (1841). Storia della città e diocesi di Novara. Storie dei municipi italiani (in Italian). Milan: Manini. OCLC 758844008.
• Giuseppe Lenta, ed. (1856), Guida di Novara e suoi uniti con almanacco Novarese (in Italian), Novara, hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t5bc57217
  • 1912 ed.
• Giuseppe Garone (1865). I reggitori di Novara. Francesco Merati.
• "Novara". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 15 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1883.
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Novara". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233. (bibliography)
• Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Novara", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan
• "Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara", Bollettino Storico per la Provincia di Novara (1947) (in Italian), ISSN 0392-1107 1907-
• "Novara". Piemonte, Lombardia, Canton Ticino. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. hdl:2027/uiuo.ark:/13960/t1rf92c9w.
• N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931
• "Novara", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1934

External links

• Items related to Novara, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Novara, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)