# Timeline of Prato

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 10th C. - Cathedral of Saint Stephen was already in existence.
* 11th C. - Borgo di Cornio and Santo Stefano pieve (settlements) merged to form "Borgo di Prato."
* 12th C. - Walls of Prato [it] built.
* 1107 - Prato besieged by forces of Matilda of Canossa.
* 1142 - Comunal consul active (approximate date).
* 1180 - Prato "under the Imperial supremacy."
* 1193 - Office of "imperial podesta" formed (approximate date).
* 13th C.
** Palazzo Pretorio, Prato assembled.
** Palazzo degli Alberti originates.
* 1211 - Cathedral of San Stefano rebuilding begins.
* 1228 - Franciscan church established.
* 1248 - Castello dell'Imperatore (castle) built.
* 1271 - Sant'Agostino monastery built.
* 1283 - San Domenico church founded.
* 1292 - Ordinamenti sacrati (law) adopted.
* 1295 - San Francesco church built.
* 14th C. - Corporazione dell'Arte della Lana (wool guild) formed.
* 1301 - Black Guelphs in power.
* 1313 - Prato "acknowledged the authority of Robert, King of Naples."
* 1322 - Monastero e chiesa di San Niccolò [it] construction begins.
* 1347 - Black Death plague.
* 1351 - Prato sold to Florentines by Joanna I of Naples.
* 1383 - Palazzo Datini construction begins.
* 1429 - Population: 3,517 (approximate).
* 1499 - Santa Maria delle Carceri church built.
* 1512 - Sack of Prato [it] by Spanish forces.
* 1653
** Roman Catholic diocese of Pistoia e Prato formed.
** Prato "obtained the rank of city".
* 1666 - Collegio Cicognini founded.
* 1766 - Biblioteca Roncioniana (library) built.
* 1830 - Teatro Metastasio (theatre) opens.
* 1861 - Population: 32,710.
* 1896 - Statue of Francesco Datini erected in the Piazza del Comune (Prato) [it].

## 20th century

* 1906 - Population: 20,197.
* 1908 - A.C. Prato (football club) formed.
* 1932 - Florence-Montecatini highway opens.
* 1934
** Bologna–Florence railway begins operating.
** Prato Centrale railway station built.
* 1936 - Population: 64,362.
* 1941 - Stadio Lungobisenzio (stadium) opens.
* 1943 - Bombing of Prato in World War II.
* 1944 - 7 September: Eccidio del Castello dell'Imperatore [it].
* 1945 - Cooperativa Autotrasporti Pratesi [it] (transit entity) formed.
* 1950 - Sede INAIL (Prato) [it] built.
* 1951 - Population: 77,631.
* 1954 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prato established.
* 1961 - Population: 111,285.
* 1967 - Prato Cathedral Museum founded.
* 1971 - Population: 143,232.
* 1975 - Prato Textile Museum founded.
* 1977
** Prato textile museum opens.
** Teatro Fabbricone [it] (theatre) founded.
* 1978 - Biblioteca comunale Lazzerini (library) established.
* 1988 - Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci opens.
* 1992 - Prato becomes seat of the newly formed Province of Prato.
* 1998 - Cantieri culturali ex Macelli-Officina Giovani [it] built.

## 21st century

* 2001 - Monash University, Prato Centre opened.
* 2009 - Roberto Cenni becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 187,159.
* 2014 - Matteo Biffoni becomes mayor.
* 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.