# Timeline of Rimini

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 268 BCE – Ariminum becomes a Roman colony.
* 27 BCE – Arch of Augustus erected.
* 313 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Rimini established; Stemnio becomes bishop.
* 538 – Rimini besieged by Goth forces.
* 1157 – Rimini granted "right of self-government."
* 1216 – Rimini "worsted by Cesena."
* 1237 – Giovanni Malatesta becomes podesta.
* 1295 – Malatesta da Verucchio becomes Lord of Rimini [it].
* 1432 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta becomes lord of Rimini.
* 1450 – Tempio Malatestiano (church) built (approximate date).
* 1512 – Spaniards and the Swiss fought against the French at Ravenna.
* 1528
** Pope Clement VII becomes definite master of the town.
** End of 250 years of the rule over Rimini of the House of Malatesta.
* 1619 – Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga (library) founded.
* 1861 – Bologna–Ancona railway begins operating; Rimini railway station opens.
* 1882 – "Technical school" established.
* 1889 – Ferrovia Ferrara-Rimini [it] (railway) begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1901 – Population: 46,801.
* 1912
** Airport built.
** Libertas Rimini football club formed.
* 1916 – Verucchio-Rimini railway [it] begins operating.
* 1921 – Rimini-Riccione tram [it] begins operating.
* 1932 – Ferrovia Rimini-San Marino railway begins operating.
* 1934 – Stadio Romeo Neri (stadium) opens.
* 1939 – Trolleybuses in Rimini begin operating.
* 1960 – 31 July: 1960 Deutsche Flugdienst incident [it].
* 1976 – October: National meeting of Lotta Continua held in Rimini.
* 1992 – TRAM (Rimini) [it] (transit entity) formed.
* 1993 – Corriere Romagna [it] newspaper begins publication.

## 21st century

* 2011 – Andrea Gnassi becomes mayor.
* 2013 – Population: 143,731.
* 2019 – Metromare (bus rapid transit) line opens