Misplaced Pages

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prato in the Tuscany region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

Part of a series on the
History of Italy
Early Prehistoric Italy Nuragic civilization (18th–3rd c. BC) Etruscan civilization (12th–6th c. BC) Magna Graecia (8th–3rd c. BC)
Ancient Rome Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC) Republic (509 BC–27 BC) Roman expansion in Italy Roman Italy Populares and Optimates Empire (27 BC–286 AD) Western Empire (286 AD–476 AD) Praetorian prefecture of Italy
Romano-Barbarian Kingdoms Odoacer's 476–493 Ostrogothic 493–553 Vandal 435–534 Lombard 568–774 Frankish (Carolingian Empire) 774–962 Germanic (Holy Roman Empire) 962–1801
Medieval Italy in the Middle Ages Byzantine reconquest of Italy (6th–8th c.) Islam and Normans in southern Italy Maritime republics and Italian city-states Guelphs and Ghibellines
Early modern Italian Renaissance (14th–16th c.) Italian Wars (1494–1559) Catholic revival (1545–1648) Mid-16th c. to early 19th c. Napoleonic Italy (1801–1814) Republic Kingdom Risorgimento (1815–1871) Young Italy
Modern Monarchy (1861–1946) Colonial Empire (1882–1960) Italy in World War I (1914–1918) Fascism (1922–1943) Italy in World War II (1940–1945) Fascist Italian Social Republic, Partisans and Italian Civil War (1943–1945) Republic (1946–present) Years of Lead (1970s–1980s) Maxi Trial (1986–1992) Mani pulite (1992–2001) Great Recession (2007–2009) European migrant crisis (2014–2016) COVID-19 pandemic (2020–present)
By topic Citizenship Currency and coinage Economy Fashion Flags Genetic Historic states Judaism LGBT Military Music Name Postage Railway
Timeline Italy portal
v t e

• 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
• 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."
• 12th C. - Walls of Prato [it] built.
• 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.
• 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).
• 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."
• 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).
• 13th C.
  • Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.
  • Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
• 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.
• 1228 - Franciscan church established.
• 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.
• 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.
• 1283 - San Domenico church founded.
• 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.
• 1295 - San Francesco church built.
• 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.
• 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.
• 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."
• 1322 - Monastero e chiesa di San Niccolò [it] construction begins.
• 1347 - Black Death plague.
• 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.
• 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
• 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).
• 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.
• 1512 - Sack of Prato [it] by Spanish forces.
• 1653
  • Roman Catholic diocese of Pistoia e Prato formed.
  • Prato "obtained the rank of city".
• 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.
• 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.
• 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.
• 1861 - Population: 32,710.
• 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the Piazza del Comune (Prato) [it].

20th century

• 1906 - Population: 20,197.
• 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
• 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.
• 1934
  • Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.
  • Prato Centrale railway station built.
• 1936 - Population: 64,362.
• 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
• 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
• 1944 - 7 September: Eccidio del Castello dell'Imperatore [it].
• 1945 - Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi [it] (transit entity) formed.
• 1950 - Sede INAIL (Prato) [it] built.
• 1951 - Population: 77,631.
• 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.
• 1961 - Population: 111,285.
• 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
• 1971 - Population: 143,232.
• 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
• 1977
  • Prato textile museum opens.
  • Teatro Fabbricone [it] (theatre) founded.
• 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.
• 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.
• 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.
• 1998 - Cantieri culturali ex Macelli-Officina Giovani [it] built.

21st century

• 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
• 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 187,159.
• 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
• 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.

See also

• History of Prato [it]
• List of mayors of Prato
• List of bishops of Prato, 1653–present (in Italian)
• History of Tuscany

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:

• Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
• Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
• Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
• Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Lucca, Tuscany
• Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
• Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
• Timeline of Pistoia, Tuscany
• Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
• Timeline of Siena, Tuscany

References

1. ^ Byrne 2004.
2. ^ "Prato". Grove Art Online. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.t069255. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
3. ^ Britannica 1910.
4. "Storia della tradizione tessile a Prato". Storia di Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
5. ^ Treccani 1935.
6. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
7. ^ "La città compiuta: Il periodo tra le due guerre (1922-1942)". Le fasi delle pianificazione urbanistica a Prato (in Italian). Comune di Prato. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
8. Giampaolo Pansa (2011). I vinti non dimenticano: I crimini ignorati della nostra guerra civile. Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli [it]. ISBN 978-88-586-2100-4.
9. "(Indice: Prato)". CulturaItalia [it] (in Italian). Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
10. Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
11. "Ronconi, Firenze e Prato", la Repubblica (in Italian), 22 February 2015
12. "(Comune: Prato)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [it] (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
13. Domenico 2002.
14. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• "Prato" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 255.
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Tuscany: Prato". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 339+. ISBN 0313307334.
• Joseph P. Byrne (2004). "Prato". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 928+. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

• "Prato", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 18 (6th ed.), 1885, hdl:2027/chi.100213905
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Prato". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC 12117233.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (bibliography)
• E. Corradini (1905). Prato. Bergamo.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• S. Nicastro. Sulla storia di Prato dalle origini alla metà del sec. XIX, Prato 1916
• "Prato", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
• Ferdinando Carlesi [it]. Origini della città e del Comune di Prato, Arnaldo Forni Editore [it], 1984.
• Claudio Cerretelli (1996). Prato e la sua provincia. Florence: Giunti Editore. ISBN 88-09-03425-2.
• Percorsi sulla memoria. Le trasformazioni del territorio pratese, Giunti Editore, 1998.
• Franco Cardini [it]. Breve storia di Prato, Pacini Editore, 2006.
• Giuseppe Testa. Prato, la storia e i suoi due distretti, Pentalinea, 2009.

External links

• Archivio di Stato di Prato (state archives)
• Items related to Prato, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Prato, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

• Prato
• Timelines of cities in Italy
• History of Tuscany