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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.

See also

• History of Lucca [it]
• List of mayors of Lucca
• List of bishops of Lucca (in Italian)
• Archivio di Stato di Lucca [it] (state archives)
• History of Tuscany

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:

• Timeline of Ancona, Marche region
• Timeline of Arezzo, Tuscany region
• Timeline of Florence, Tuscany
• Timeline of Livorno, Tuscany
• Timeline of Perugia, Umbria region
• Timeline of Pisa, Tuscany
• Timeline of Prato, Tuscany
• Timeline of Rome, Lazio region
• Timeline of Siena, Tuscany

References

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Bibliography

in English

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• Bella Duffy (1892). The Tuscan Republics (Florence, Siena, Pisa, and Lucca) with Genoa. Story of the Nations. London: T. Fisher Unwin.
• Ismar Elbogen; Vittore Castiglione (1904), "Lucca", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282243{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Janet Ross; Nelly Erichsen (1912), Story of Lucca, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co.
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Lucca" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). pp. 94–95.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Lucca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• "Lucca", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Lucca". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 658+. ISBN 0415939291.
• M. E. Bratchel (2008). Medieval Lucca and the Evolution of the Renaissance State. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-954290-1.

in Italian

• Guida del forestiere per la città e il contado di Lucca. Dalla tip. di Francesco Baroni. 1820.
• "Lucca", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1934

External links

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