# Timeline of Bergamo

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 45 BCE - Bergomum municipium established.
* 4th C. CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Bergamo established.
* 894 CE - Bergamo besieged by forces of Arnulf of Carinthia.
* 1108 CE - Comunal consuls elected.
* 1137 - Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.
* 1264 - Milanese in power.
* 1336 - Rocca di Bergamo [it] (castle) built.
* 1355 - Santa Maria Maggiore church completed.
* 1408 - Pandolfo III Malatesta in power.
* 1428 - Bergamo becomes part of the Venetian Republic.
* 1476 - Cappella Colleoni (chapel) built.
* 1513 - Artist Lorenzo Lotto moves to Bergamo.
* 1549 - Population: 20,843.
* 1561 - Venetian wall of Bergamo [it] construction begins.
* 1764 - Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai (library) founded.
* 1776 - Population: 28,581.
* 1780 - Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo (art academy) founded.
* 1791 - Teatro Nuovo (theatre) opens.
* 1797
** French client Republic of Bergamo created.
** Future composer Gaetano Donizetti born in Bergamo.
* 1805 - Lezioni caritatevoli di musica (now the Conservatorio Gaetano Donizetti) founded.
* 1814 - Austrians in power.
* 1840 - Palazzo Frizzoni [it] built.
* 1857 - Bergamo railway station in operation.
* 1859 - Circondario di Bergamo [it] (administrative area) established.
* 1860 - Giovanni Battista Camozzi Vertova [it] becomes mayor.
* 1861 - Population: 37,343.
* 1869 - Banca Popolare di Bergamo (bank) established.
* 1871 - Natural Science Museum founded.
* 1887 - Bergamo Funicular railway Upper Town - Lower Town (funicular) begins operating.
* 1890 - Monza-Trezzo-Bergamo Tram [it] begins operating.
* 1897
** Monument to Donizetti, Bergamo erected in the Piazza Cavour.
** Population: 45,929.

## 20th century

* 1901 - Bergamo-Trescore-Sarnico Tramway [it] begins operating.
* 1907
** City walls dismantled.
** Atalanta B.C. (football club) formed.
* 1911 - Population: 55,306.
* 1912 - Bergamo-Albino Tram (1912-1953) [it] and Funicolare di Bergamo-San Vigilio [it] (funicular) begin operating.
* 1927 - Colognola del Piano, Grumello del Piano [it], and Valtesse become part of Bergamo.
* 1928
** Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia (stadium) opens.
** Population: 81,400.
* 1968 - Institute of Foreign Languages and Literature established.
* 1983 - Bergamo Film Meeting (festival) begins.

## 21st century

* 2009 - Bergamo–Albino light rail begins operating.
* 2013 - Population: 115,072.
* 2014 - Giorgio Gori becomes mayor.