# Timeline of Arezzo

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

## Prior to 18th century

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* 4th century BCE – Etruscans build wall around Arretium.
* 294 BCE – Arretium attacked by Gallic forces.
* 1st century BCE – Roman amphitheatre of Arezzo [it] built.
* 49 BCE – Arretium occupied by forces of Caesar.
* 337 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Arezzo established (approximate date).
* 1026 CE – Guido of Arezzo writes musical treatise Micrologus (approximate date).
* 1032 – Cathedral consecrated.
* 1111 – Arezzo sacked by forces of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 13th century – Santa Maria della Pieve church remodelled.
* 1215 – University of Arezzo founded.
* 1248 – Guglielmino Ubertini [it] becomes bishop.
* 1262 – Fraternita dei Laici [it] founded.
* 1278 – Arezzo Cathedral construction begins.
* 1288 – Battle of Pieve al Toppo fought in Siena; Aretine forces win.
* 1289 – Battle of Campaldino fought near town; Florentines win.
* 1290 – Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, start of construction of church of St. Francis inside the city walls
* 1304 – Future poet Petrarch born in Arezzo.
* 1312 – Guido Tarlati becomes bishop.
* 1320 – Town wall built.
* 1375
** Chiesa di San Bernardo (Arezzo) [it] (church) built.
** Palazzo della Fraternita dei Laici [it] construction begins.
* 1384 – Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy sells Arezzo to Florentines; town becomes part of the Republic of Florence (until 1859).
* 1409 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
* 1444 – Santa Maria delle Grazie church built.
* 1466 – Piero della Francesca paints Storie della Vera Croce in the Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo.
* 1511 – Future artist Giorgio Vasari born in Arezzo.
* 1529 – Rebellion against Florentine rule.
* 1560 – Fortezza Medicea (Arezzo) [it] (fortification) built (approximate date).

## 18th–19th centuries

* 1796 – Earthquake.
* 1799 – Anti-French Viva Maria (movement) active.
* 1808 – Arezzo becomes part of the French Arno (department).
* 1810 – Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di Arezzo founded.
* 1833 – Teatro Petrarca [it] (theatre) opens.
* 1860 – Circondario di Arezzo [it] (administrative region) established.
* 1866 – Arezzo railway station opens.
* 1880 – Monumento ai Caduti del Risorgimento [it] (monument) erected in the Piazza del Popolo.
* 1881 – Banca Mutua Popolare Aretina in business.
* 1886 – Ferrovia Appennino Centrale [it] (railway) begins operating.
* 1888 – Ferrovia Casentinese [it] (railway) begins operating.
* 1897 – Population: 45,289.

## 20th century

* 1911
** Casa Vasari (museum) opens.
** Population: 47,504.
* 1923 – Juventus Football Club Arezzo formed.
* 1925 – Palazzo della Provincia (Arezzo) [it] built.
* 1930 – Ferrovia Arezzo-Sinalunga [it] (railway) begins operating.
* 1934 – Politeama universale [it] theatre built.
* 1937 – Museo archeologico statale Gaio Cilnio Mecenate [it] (museum) opens.
* 1939 – Palazzo del Governo (Arezzo) [it] built.
* 1944 – Arezzo War Cemetery established near city.
* 1961 – Stadio Comunale (stadium) opens.
* 1968 – Fiera Antiquaria di Arezzo [it] (antique fair) begins.
* 1985 – May: Tuscan communal election, 1985 [it] held.

## 21st century

* 2008 – Courthouse of Arezzo built.
* 2013 – Population: 98,352.
* 2015
** Alessandro Ghinelli becomes mayor.
** 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.