# Timeline of Pisa

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

## Prior to 15th century

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* 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa.
* 180 BCE - Pisa becomes a Roman colony.
* 89 BCE - Pisans granted Roman citizenship.
* 300 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Pisa established (approximate date).
* 805 CE - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno monastery founded.
* 812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire.
* 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded.
* 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs.
* 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens.
* 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins.
* 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again.
* 1092
** Pisa Cathedral construction completed.
** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pisa established.
* 1095 - Pisans join religious First Crusade forces fighting abroad.
* 1118 - Pisa Cathedral consecrated.
* 1119 - San Pietro in Vinculis church reconsecrated.
* 1132 - San Sisto church consecrated.
* 1140 - Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa. the square become the center of Pisa.
* 1147–1150 - The Pisans joined in the Second Crusade.
* 1150 - Santo Sepolcro church built (approximate date).
* 1152 - Pisa Baptistery construction begins.
* 1161 - Walls of Pisa [it] built.
* 1162 - Pisan territory expands.
* 1167 - Flood.
* 1173 - Tower of Pisa construction begins.
* 1187 - Papal election, December 1187 held at Pisa.
* 1228 - Conflict with the united forces of Florence and Lucca near Barga
* 1230 - Santa Maria della Spina church and tower of the San Nicola church built (approximate date).
* 1252 - Santa Caterina church built.
* 1257 - Hospital built.
* 1264 - San Francesco church built.
* 1278 - Camposanto Monumentale (cemetery) built.
* 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria fought between Pisan and Genoese forces near Livorno; Genoese win.
* 1329 - Santa Maria del Carmine church built.
* 1342 - Lucca annexed to Pisa.
* 1343 - University of Pisa founded by edict of Pope Clement VI.
* 1399 - Republic of Pisa becomes a client state of the Duchy of Milan.

## 15th–19th centuries

* 1402 - Gabriele Maria Visconti becomes signore.
* 1406
** Pisa besieged by Florentine forces.
** Cittadella Nuova (fortress) construction begins.
* 1482 - Printing press in operation.
* 1494 - French in power.
* 1509 - Florentines in power.
* 1543
** Orto botanico di Pisa (garden) founded.
** Palazzo della Sapienza (Pisa) [it] built.
* 1551 - Population: 8,574 within the walls.
* 1555 - Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa rebuiling completed.
* 1562 - Piazza dei Cavalieri remodelled.
* 1564
** Palazzo della Carovana built.
** Birth of Galileo Galilei, astronomer, physicist and engineer.
* 1569 - Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri church consecrated.
* 1589 - Galileo begins teaching at the university.
* 1590 - Lanfreducci palace built.
* 1596 - Museo storia naturale di Pisa (museum) founded.
* 1605 - Logge di Banchi [it] built.
* 1680 - Flood.
* 1735 - "Austrian grand dukes of the house of Lorraine" in power.
* 1745 - Population: 12,406 within the walls.
* 1777 - Flood.
* 1810 - Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (school) founded.
* 1815 - Piazza Santa Caterina [it] created.
* 1841 - Population: 40,477.
* 1844 - Pisa-Livorno railway begins operating.
* 1846 - Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
* 1851 - University closes.
* 1859 - University reestablished.
* 1860 - Pisa becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
* 1861 - Pisa-Massa railway begins operating.
* 1865 - Teatro Politeama (Pisa) [it] (theatre) opens.
* 1867 - Regio Teatro Nuovo [it] (theatre) opens.
* 1881 - Population: 42,779.
* 1885 - Velodromo Stampace [it] opens.
* 1897 - Population: 65,516.

## 20th century

* 1909 - Pisa Sport Club formed.
* 1919 - Arena Garibaldi opens.
* 1930 - Società Storica Pisana (history society) formed.
* 1943 - Bombing of Pisa in World War II in World War II.
* 1944 - Bombing.
* 1945 - Coltano prison camp [it] in operation.
* 1950 - Ponte di Mezzo [it] (bridge) built.
* 1952 - United States military Camp Darby established near city.
* 1963 - Biblioteca Comunale di Pisa (library) established.
* 1979
** Associazione Teatro di Pisa (theatre organization) formed.
** 24 November: Italy's first LGBT rights protest march, Pisa79 held.
* 1985 - May: Tuscan communal election, 1985 [it] held.
* 1987 - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies established.

## 21st century

* 2008 - Marco Filippeschi becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 86,263.
* 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
* 2018 - Michele Conti becomes mayor.