# Timeline of Mantua

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mantua in the Lombardy region of Italy.

## Prior to 17th century

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* 3rd C. 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 - Mantua currency [it] begins circulating.
* 1167 - Mantua joins the Lombard League.}
* 1236 - Forces of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor attempt to take Mantua.
* 1272 - Bonacolsi in power (until 1328).
* 1281 - Tower built.
* 1328
** Ludovico I Gonzaga in power.
** Ducal Palace, Mantua built.
* 1400 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1403 - Mantua Cathedral rebuilt.
* 1406 - Castle of St. George (Mantua) built.
* 1423 - "Latin grammar school" established by Vittorino da Feltre.
* 1444 - Ludovico II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua in power.
* 1460 - Artist Andrea Mantegna moves to Mantua.
* 1472
** Printing press in operation.
** Rebuilding of the Basilica of Sant'Andrea begins.
* 1480 - Poliziano's Fabula di Orfeo [it] premieres in Mantua.
* 1484 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua in power.
* 1490 - Isabella d'Este becomes wife of Francesco II.
* 1530 - Duchy of Mantua established.
* 1535 - Palazzo del Te built near Mantua.
* 1584 - Jesuit college established.

## 17th-19th centuries

* 1607 - Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo premieres in Mantua.
* 1625 - Jesuit Pacifico Ginnasio Mantovano (university) 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 - Accademia Virgiliana [it] founded.
* 1708
** Death of Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat the last ruler of the Duchy of Mantua.
** Austrians in power.
* 1737 - Mantua becomes part of Lombardy.
* 1767 - Teatro Bibiena built.
* 1768 - "Reale Accademia di Scienze e Belle Lettere" (now, Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti) founded.
* 1779 - "Museum of antiquities" established.
* 1780 - Biblioteca Teresiana (library) established.
* 1796 - 4 June: Siege of Mantua (1796–97) 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 (1799) by Austrian forces; Austrians win.
* 1801 - French in power again per Treaty of Lunéville.
* 1809 - Economic unrest.
* 1814 - Austrians in power again.
* 1822 - Teatro Sociale (Mantua) [it] built.
* 1853 - Political dissidents executed at nearby Belfiore during the Italian unification movement.
* 1866 - Mantua becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
* 1868 - Archivio di Stato di Mantova [it] (state archives) established.
* 1871 - Banca Agricola Mantovana (bank) in business.
* 1873 - Mantova railway station opens.
* 1884 - Economic unrest; military crackdown.
* 1886 - Mantoua-Asola Tram [it] begins operating.
* 1887 - La Provincia di Mantova [it] newspaper begins publication.
* 1897 - Population: 29,743.

## 20th century

* 1905 - Walls of Mantua [it] demolished.
* 1906 - Population: 31,783.
* 1908 - Mantua tram [it] begins operating.
* 1911
** Mantova F.C. (football club) formed.
** Population: 32,657.
* 1913 - Chamber of Commerce built.
* 1930 - Virgil monument erected.
* 1934 - Ferrovia Mantova-Peschiera [it] (railway) begins operating.
* 1949
** Azienda Pubblici Autoservizi Mantova [it] (bus) begins operating.
** Stadio Danilo Martelli (stadium) opens.
* 1971 - Population: 65,703.
* 1973 - Gianni Usvardi becomes mayor.

## 21st century

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