# 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.

## Prior to 18th century

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

## 18th and 19th centuries

* 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."
* 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."
* 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.
* 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."
* 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.
* 1838 - Population: 18,524.
* 1842 - Market built.
* 1847 - Public library founded.
* 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.
* 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.
* 1864 - Gozzano-Novara railway [it] begins operating
* 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.
* 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
* 1881 - Tranvia Novara-Vigevano-Ottobiano [it] (tram) begins operating.
* 1884
** Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.
** Tranvia Novara-Biandrate [it] (tram) begins operating.
* 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
* 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
* 1897 - Population: 45,189.

## 20th century

* 1911 - Population: 54,571.
* 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
* 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.
* 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
* 1951 - Population: 69,395.
* 1952 - Istituto tecnico agrario statale Giuseppe Bonfantini [it] founded.
* 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.
* 1961 - Population: 87,704.
* 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.
* 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.
* 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
* 2021 - Novara ramming