# Timeline of Lucca

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

## Prior to 18th century

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* 3rd C. BCE - Ligurian settlement.
* 180 BCE - Latin colony established.
* 90 BCE - Lucca becomes a municipium.
* 56 BCE - Conference of political leaders Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus held in Lucca.
* 343 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Lucca active (approximate date).
* 553 CE - Lucca besieged by forces of Narses during the Gothic War.
* 571 - Lucca becomes an episcopal seat of the Lombards.
* 713 - Walperto becomes Lombard duke of Lucca.
* 1004 - Pisa-Lucca conflict.
* 1052 - Matilda of Tuscany in power.
* 1057 - Anselmo da Baggio becomes bishop.
* 1063 - Lucca Cathedral construction begins.
* 1119 - Office of consul active.
* 1147 - Basilica of San Frediano built.
* 1197 - Lucca joins the Tuscan League.
* 1314 - Uguccione della Faggiuola in power.
* 1316 - Castruccio Castracani in power.
* 1328 - death of Castruccio Castracani and triumph of the Guelph party; rule by Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor begins.
* 1329 - rule by John of Bohemia begins.
* 1333 - rule by Marsilio, Pietro, and Orlandi de' Rossi di Parma, royal vicars of John of Bohemia begins.
* 1335 - rule by Mastino and Alberto della Scala, Signori of Lucca begins.
* 1341 - rule by the commune of Florence begins.
* 1342 - rule by the commune of Pisa begins.
* 1364 - rule by Giovanni dell'Angnello de' Conti, Doge of Pisa begins.
* 1369 - Lucca resumes self rule under the Anziani of Lucca.
* 1429 - Siege of Lucca [it] begins.
* 1477 - Printing press in operation.
* 1504 - Walls of Lucca construction begins.
* 1578 - Ducal Palace remodelled.
* 1584 - Accademia lucchese di scienze, lettere e arti [it] founded?

## 18th-19th centuries

* 1726 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lucca established by Pope Benedict XIII.
* 1790 - University of Lucca opens.
* 1794 - Biblioteca statale di Lucca [it] (library) opens.
* 1805 - French client principality of Lucca and Piombino established.
* 1806 - Consiglio municipale (city council) convenes.
* 1815 - Duchy of Lucca established per Congress of Vienna.
* 1819
** Teatro del Giglio (theatre) built.
** Real Liceo [it] (school) established.
* 1820 - Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca (garden) established.
* 1832 - Aqueduct of Nottolini built in vicinity of Lucca.
* 1837 - Town Hall moves into the Palazzo Santini.
* 1846 - Lucca railway station opens; Pisa–Lucca railway begins operating.
* 1847 - Became one of the divisions of Tuscany.
* 1863 - Monument to Francesco Burlamacchi [it] erected in the Piazza San Michele [it].
* 1883 - Lucca–Ponte a Moriano tramway begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1901 - Population: 73,465.
* 1905 - Lucca Football Club formed.
* 1911 - Population: 76,160.
* 1931 - Population: 81,807.
* 1935 - Stadio Porta Elisa (stadium) opens.
* 1972 - Mauro Favilla becomes mayor.
* 1979 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.
* 1984 - Franco Antonio Fanucchi [it] becomes mayor.
* 1998 - Pietro Fazzi [it] becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2005 - Lucca Film Festival begins.
* 2012 - Alessandro Tambellini becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 87,598.