# Timeline of Livorno

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 1077 - Matilda of Tuscany tower built.
* 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria (1284) fought near Livorno with the win of Genoa.
* 1303 - Livorno Lighthouse (Fanale dei Pisani) built.
* 1399 - Livorno sold by Pisa to the Visconti.
* 1407 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Genoa.
* 1421 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Florence.
* 1423 - Torre del Marzocco [it] (tower) built.
* 1551 - Population: 749.
* 1571 - Port of Livorno construction begins.
* 1575 - Pisa-Livorno Navicelli channel created.
* 1603 - Synagogue of Livorno built.
* 1606
** Livorno attains city status.
** Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi built.
* 1626 - Monument of the Four Moors erected in the Piazza Micheli.
* 1630 - Venezia Nuova area development begins.
* 1645 - Old English Cemetery, Livorno established (until 1838).
* 1653 - 4 March: Naval battle fought near city during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
* 1691 - Port declared Free port.
* 1718 - Status as free port confirmed in the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
* 1742 - Earthquake.
* 1796 - French forces enter city.
* 1806 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno established.
* 1813 - Attempted siege of Livorno by British and Italian forces.
* 1816 - Biblioteca Labronica (library) founded.
* 1825
** Società medica di Livorno [it] founded.
** "British 'factory'" closes.
* 1840 - New Walls of Livorno [it] built.
* 1842 - Cisternone (Livorno) [it] built.
* 1847 - Teatro Carlo Goldoni (Livorno) [it] (theatre) opens.
* 1848 - Cisternino di città built.
* 1849 - May: Siege of Livorno [it] by Austrian forces during the First Italian War of Independence.
* 1856 - Santa Maria del Soccorso, Livorno opened.
* 1857 - June: Fire.
* 1867 - Livorno–Rome railway opened.
* 1868 - Livorno's free port status ends.
* 1871 - Population: 97,096.
* 1872 - Chamber of Commerce headquartered in the Palazzo della Dogana [it].
* 1881 - Italian Naval Academy established.
* 1899 - City Archive opens on Via Borra [it].

## 20th century

* 1901 - Population: 78,308.
* 1911 - Population: 105,315.
* 1915 - A.S. Livorno Calcio (football club) formed.
* 1920 - Scuola Labronica artists' group formed.
* 1921 - January: 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Italy [it] held in Livorno.
* 1935
** Ferrovia Pisa-Tirrenia-Livorno [it] (railway) begins operating.
** Stadio Edda Ciano Mussolini (stadium) opens.
* 1940 - Bombing of Livorno (1940-1945) [it] in World War II begins.
* 1942 - Palazzo del Governo (Livorno) [it] built.
* 1943 - City bombed by allied forces in World War II; cathedral demolished.
* 1944
** Bombing by allied forces.
** Furio Diaz [it] becomes mayor.
* 1945 - Bombing of Livorno ends.
* 1953 - Cathedral reconstructed.
* 1954 - Nicola Badaloni [it] becomes mayor.
* 1962 - New Synagogue of Livorno built.
* 1978 - Il Tirreno newspaper in publication.
* 1985 - May: Tuscan communal election, 1985 [it] held.
* 1992 - Gianfranco Lamberti [it] becomes mayor.
* 1994 - Museo civico Giovanni Fattori [it] (museum) moves into the Villa Mimbelli [it].

## 21st century

* 2004 - Alessandro Cosimi becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 156,998.
* 2014 - Filippo Nogarin becomes mayor.
* 2015 - Population: 159,431
* 2015 - 31 May: Tuscan regional election, 2015 held.
* 2019 - Luca Salvetti becomes mayor.