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Prior to 18th century

• 218 BCE – Siege of Mutina (218 BC).
• 193 BCE – Battle of Mutina (193 BC) fought near town.
• 187 BCE – Via Aemilia built, passing through Mutina.¹
• 183 BCE – Mutina becomes "seat of a Roman colony."²
• 78 BCE – Mutina besieged by forces of Pompey during the Roman civil wars.³
• 44 BCE – War of Mutina begins.
• 43 BCE – Battle of Mutina fought in vicinity of town.
• 312 CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Modena established (approximate date).⁴
• 7th C. CE – Citta Geminiana established near Modena.⁵
• 872 – Leodoino becomes bishop.⁶
• 1054 – Eriberto becomes bishop.⁷
• 1099 – Modena Cathedral construction begins.⁸
• 1175 – University of Modena founded.⁹
• 1179 – Torre della Ghirlandina (Cathedral bell tower) set up.
• 1184 – Modena Cathedral consecrated.¹⁰
• 1288 – Obizzo II d'Este in power; Este rule continues until 1796.¹¹
• 1325 – Modenese forces fight the Bolognese in the Battle of Zappolino.
• 1336 – House of Este in power.¹²
• 1338 – University of Modena closes.
• 1348 – Black Death plague outbreak.¹³
• 1452 – Duchy of Modena and Reggio established.¹⁴
• 1474 – Printing press in operation.¹⁵
• 1476 – San Pietro church construction begins.¹⁶
• 1598 – Biblioteca Estense (library) relocated to Modena from Ferrara.¹⁷
• 1634 – Ducal Palace of Modena construction begins.¹⁸
• 1663 – Sant'Agostino church refurbished.¹⁹
• 1671 – June: Earthquake.²⁰
• 1677 – Demetrio Degni starts publishing its weekly gazette named Modona, it lasted until 1701
• 1680 – Accademia dei Dissonanti [it] founded.²¹
• 1683 – University of Modena reestablished.

18th–19th centuries

• 1703 – August: City occupied by French troops.²²
• 1707 – February: French troops depart.²³
• 1734 – July: City occupied by French troops.²⁴
• 1736 – May: French troops depart.²⁵
• 1742 – June: City occupied by Austrian troops.²⁶
• 1749 – February: Austrian troops depart.²⁷
• 1749 – 14 August: first issue of the newspaper Il Messaggiere, which lasted till 1859
• 1762 – Grande Ospedale Civile (hospital) built.²⁸
• 1771 – Grande Albergo dei Poveri (poorhouse) built.²⁹
• 1772 – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia re-established.
• 1797 – Modena becomes part of the French client Cisalpine Republic.³⁰
• 1815 – Military Academy of Modena active.
• 1816 – Fortifications dismantled.³¹
• 1841 – Teatro Comunale Modena opens.
• 1859
  • Francis V, Duke of Modena deposed.³²
  • Modena railway station opens.
• 1860 – Modena becomes part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.³³
• 1872 – Verona-Modena railway [it] begins operating.
• 1873 – Modena Synagogue [it] built.³⁴
• 1877 – Il Cittadino newspaper begins publication.³⁵
• 1879 – Modena Cathedral interior restored .³⁶
• 1881 – Modena tram system [it] begins operating, with horsecars
• 1888 – Teatro Storchi (theatre) built.³⁷
• 1893 – Modena-Maranello tramway [it] begins operating.
• 1897 – Population: 67,658.³⁸

20th century

• 1906 – Population: 66,762.³⁹
• 1911 – Population: 70,923.⁴⁰
• 1912
  • Electric trams [it] begin operating.⁴¹
  • Modena F.C. (football club) formed.
• 1913 – Cinema Scala built.⁴²
• 1915 – Cinema Metropol built.⁴³
• 1916 – Ferrovia Ferrara-Modena [it] (railway) begins operating.
• 1920 – Modena railway station rebuilt.
• 1931
  • Mercato Albinelli [it] (market) opens.⁴⁴
  • Population: 92,757.⁴⁵
• 1936 – Stadio Alberto Braglia (stadium) opens.
• 1941 – AMCM (transit entity) formed.⁴⁶
• 1950
  • Trolleybus system begins operating.
  • Modena Autodrome racetrack opens.
• 1963 – Policlinico di Modena [it] (health clinic) established.
• 1966 – November: Flood.⁴⁷
• 1967 – "Superachitettura" exhibit held.⁴⁸⁴⁹
• 1970 – Biblioteca civica Antonio Delfini (library) established.⁵⁰
• 1971 – Modena Airport [de] opens.
• 1972 – September: Flood.⁵¹
• 1981 – Gazzetta di Modena newspaper begins publication.
• 1996 – 15 October: Earthquake.⁵²(it)

21st century

• 2001 – Azienda Trasporti Collettivi e Mobilità [it] (transit entity) established.
• 2012 – May: Northern Italy earthquake sequence.
• 2013 – Population: 179,353.⁵³
• 2014
  • Flood.(it)
  • Gian Carlo Muzzarelli becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Modena [it]
• List of mayors of Modena
• List of bishops of Modena
• List of dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, 1452–1859
• Archivio di Stato di Modena [it] (state archives)
• History of Emilia (region of Italy) [it]

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Mutina". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• "Modena", Hand-book for Travellers in Northern Italy (16th ed.), London: John Murray, 1897, OCLC 2231483
• Ismar Elbogen (1904), "Modena", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 8, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282243{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Modena" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 641–642.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Modena", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Edward Hutton (1912), "Modena", Cities of Lombardy, New York: Macmillan
• "Modena", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 (+ 1870 ed.)
• Riso, Federica Maria (4 May 2023). Roman funerary rituals in Mutina (Modena, Italy): a multidisciplinary approach. Oxford: Archaeopress. ISBN 9781803274799.
• Beth F. Wood (1995). "Modena". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 444–448. ISBN 1884964052.
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Modena". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

• L. Vedriani (1666). Historia di Modena (in Italian).
• Girolamo Tiraboschi, ed. (1825). "Mutina". Dizionario topografico storico degli stati estensi (in Italian).
• C. Campori (1864). Del governo a comune in Modena.
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Modena". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. p. 545+.
• Vicenzo Tardini. I teatri di Modena (in Italian). G.T. Vincenzi e nipoti. 1899–1902 (3 volumes)
• E. P. Vicini (1913). I podestà di Modena (1556–1796).
• "Modena", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1934

External links

• "Archivio Storico del Comune di Modena" (in Italian). Comune di Modena. (city archives)
• Items related to Modena, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Modena, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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