# Timeline of Parma

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

## Prior to 18th century

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* 187 BCE – Via Aemilia (road) built through Parma.
* 183 BCE – Parma becomes a Roman colony.
* 4th century CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma established (approximate date).
* 452 CE – Parma burned by forces of Attila.
* 569 CE – Alboin in power.
* 1046 – Cadalus becomes bishop.
* 1106 – Parma Cathedral consecrated.
* 1117 – Earthquake.
* 1248 – Battle of Parma.
* 1281 – Parma Baptistery built.
* 1307 – Giberto III da Correggio [it] in power.
* 1346 – Visconti in power.
* 1356 – La Rocchetta citadel built.
* 1472 – Printing press in operation.
* 1488 – Banca Monte Parma (bank) established.
* 1510 – San Giovanni Evangelista church built (approximate date).
* 1512 – Parma becomes a papal possession.
* 1521 – Siege of Parma (1521) [it] by French forces.
* 1539 – Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Steccata built.
* 1545 – Duchy of Parma established.
* 1574 – Accademia degli Innominati founded.
* 1580 – Palazzo della Pilotta construction begins.
* 1591 – Parma Citadel [it] built.
* 1627 – Palazzo del Comune (Parma) [it] and Palazzo del Governatore (Parma) [it] rebuilt (approximate date).
* 1628 – Teatro Farnese (theatre) opens.

## 18th–19th centuries

* 1734 – Austrians in power.
* 1735 – Gazzetta di Parma newspaper begins publication.
* 1757 – Academy of Fine Arts of Parma founded.
* 1769 – Royal Library of Parma inaugurated.
* 1808 – Parma becomes part of the French Taro (department).
* 1817 – Cimitero della Villetta [it] (cemetery) established.
* 1825 - Parma Conservatory established from the previously existing Regia Scuola di Canto
* 1829 – Nuovo Teatro Ducale (theatre) built.
* 1833 – Population: 48,523.
* 1849 – Baron d'Aspre with 15,000 Austrians took possession of Parma.
* 1855 – 26 December: Premiere of Verdi's opera I vespri siciliani.
* 1859
** June: Political unrest.
** Parma railway station opens.
* 1860 – Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Province Parmensi [it] (history society) founded.
* 1861
** Parma becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
** Corpo bandistico municipale Giuseppe Verdi di Parma [it] (concert band) active.
* 1865 – Biblioteca Popolare Circolante (library) organized.
* 1866 – Parma Synagogue [it] built.
* 1867 – Future orchestra conductor Arturo Toscanini born in Parma.
* 1884 – Parma-Colorno railway begins operating.
* 1885 – Brescia–Parma railway begins operating.
* 1893 – National Camera del Lavoro congress held in Parma.
* 1899 – Parma tram [it] begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1906 – Population: 48,523.
* 1908 – Labor strike.
* 1910 – Parma-Fornovo Tram [it] and Parma-Marzolara Tram [it] begin operating.
* 1911 – Population: 51,910.
* 1913 – Parma Foot Ball Club formed.
* 1920 – Monument to Giuseppe Verdi (Parma) [it] erected.
* 1922 – August: Fatti di Parma [it] (political unrest).
* 1923
** Parma Airport built.
** Stadio Ennio Tardini (stadium) opens.
* 1925 – Parma Chamber of Commerce building [it] constructed.
* 1930 – Biblioteca civica di Parma [it] (library) established.
* 1931 – Population: 71,282.
* 1941 – Teatro al Parco [it] (theatre) built in the Parco Ducale (Parma) [it].
* 1943 – Parma occupied by German forces.
* 1944 – Bombing of Parma in World War II.
* 1945 – German forces ousted.
* 1951 – Population: 122,978.
* 1953 – Trolleybus system begins operating.
* 1961 – Population: 147,368.
* 1971 – Population: 175,228.
* 1978 – Tv Parma [it] begins broadcasting.

## 21st century

* 2001 – Auditorium Niccolò Paganini [it] built.
* 2002 – Casa della Musica [it] established.
* 2012 – May: Parma municipal election [it] held; Federico Pizzarotti becomes mayor.
* 2013 – Population: 177,714.