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Timeline of Turin

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy.

Prior to 17th century

218 BC - Town besieged by forces led by Hannibal.
27 BC - Romans establish Castra Taurinorum.
69 AD - Fire caused by negligence of the 14th legion.
312 - Battle of Turin.
5th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Turin established.
773 - Franks of Charlemagne in power.
10th century - Monastery of St. Andrew established.
940s - Contea di Torino (countship) founded.
1354 - Church of San Domenico (Turin) founded.
1404 - Palatine Towers rebuilt.
1405 - University of Turin founded.
1453 - City sacked.
1474 - Printing press in operation.
1498 - Turin Cathedral built.
1515 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin established.
1536 - French in power.
1563 - City becomes capital of the Duchy of Savoy.
1565 - Citadel built.
1568 - Collegio dei Nobili founded.
1583 - Capuchin monastery founded on Monte dei Cappuccini.

17th century

1610 - Church of Corpus Domini and Church of Santo Spirito, Turin built.
1630 - Plague.
1638 - Piazza San Carlo laid out.
1640 - Siege of Turin; French in power.
1652 - Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti founded.
1656 - Monte dei Cappuccini church built.
1658 - Royal Palace built.
1659 - Artillery Arsenal founded.
1660 - Castello del Valentino built.
1669 - Palazzo de Citta (town hall) built.
1679 - Jesuit college built.
1680 - Palazzo Carignano built.
1687 - Church of San Lorenzo built.
1694 - Sindone Chapel built.

18th century

1706 - City besieged by French forces.
1718 - Palazzo Madama expanded.
1720
- City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- University Library founded.
1730 - Church of San Filippo built.
1731 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino (garden) laid out.
1736 - Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine (Turin) built.
1740 - Royal Theatre opens.
1753 - Teatro Carignano opens.
1757 - Academy of sciences founded.
1760 - Reycends publisher in business (approximate date).
1763 - Caffè Al Bicerin in business.
1772 - Church of San Filippo Neri built.
1780 - Caffè Fiorio in business.
1784 - Patriottica Nobile Societa del Casino formed.
1785 - Società Agraria di Torino founded.
1798 - French in power.

19th century

1801 - Fortifications demolished.
1802 - City becomes part of French Empire.
1814 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
1815 - Accademia Filarmonica founded.
1823 - Population: 88,000.
1824 - Museo Egizio (Egyptian museum) founded.
1831 - Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (church) built.
1832 - Pinacoteca opens in Palazzo Madama.
1837 - Royal Library of Turin and Royal Armoury established.
1841 - Società del Whist founded.
1843 - National Historical Museum of Artillery founded.
1848
- Gazzetta del Popolo begins publication.
- Luigi de Margherita becomes mayor.
1857 - Fortifications demolished.
1861
- City becomes capital of newly united Kingdom of Italy.
- Population: 173,305.
1862 - Regio Museo Industriale Italiano (industrial museum) established.
1863 - Club Alpino Italiano founded.
1864 - Torino Porta Nuova railway station opens.
1865 - Capital of Kingdom of Italy relocates from Turin to Florence.
1867 - Gazzetta Piemontese newspaper begins publication.
1868 - Via Po and Torino Porta Susa railway station built.
1869
- 22 February: Biblioteca Civica Centrale (Turin) (library) opens.
- Le Nuove prison built.
1871
- Fréjus Rail Tunnel opens.
- Population: 207,770.
1878 - Museum of the Risorgimento established.
1879 - Mont Cenis Tunnel Monument erected in Piazza Statuto.
1889 - Mole Antonelliana built.
1892 - Unione escursionisti Torino (hiking club) formed.
1896 - 1 February: Premiere of Puccini's opera La Bohème.
1897
- Sport Club Juventus formed.
- Population: 351,855.
1899 - F.I.A.T. automotive manufactory in business.

20th century

1902 - International Exposition of Modern Decorative Arts held.
1906
- Lancia & C. automotive manufactory in business.
- Royal Turin Polytechnic and Torino Football Club founded.
- Population: 361,720.
1907 - Derby della Mole athletic contest begins.
1908 - September, first solo aeroplane flight by a woman, Thérèse Peltier, from the Military Square, Turin
1911
- Turin International world's fair held.
- Population: 415,667.
1919 - Honorary Consulate of Poland opened (see Italy–Poland relations).
1922 - Conflict between Fascist and labour supporters.
1933
- Giulio Einaudi editore (publisher) in business.
- Stadio Benito Mussolini opens.
1934 - City Museum of Ancient Art housed in the Palazzo Madama.
1937 - Via Roma (Turin) constructed.
1940 - Honorary Consulate of Poland closed.
1944 - AGSSt 65 assembly center for Allied POWs established by the Germans (later relocated).
1945
- Allies take city.
- Tuttosport begins publication.
1949
- May 4: Superga air disaster.
- Torino Esposizioni built.
1951 - Population: 719,300.
1953 - Turin Airport built.
1958 - Politecnico di Torino building constructed.
1960 - Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile opens.
1961 - Population: 1,025,822.
1971 - Population: 1,167,968.
1982 - Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani begins.
1983 - February 13: Cinema Statuto fire.
1988 - Salone del Libro (book fair) begins.
1990 - Stadio delle Alpi opens.
1992 - Filarmonica di Torino (orchestra) formed.

21st century

2001 - Sergio Chiamparino becomes mayor.
2002 - Lumiq Studios established.
2003 - Gruppo Torinese Trasporti founded.
2004
- Terra Madre conference begins.
- ESCP Europe campus established.
2006
- Turin Metro begins operating.
- 2006 Winter Olympics held.
- Archaeological Park opens.
- City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
2007 - Eataly in business.
2008 - National Museum of Cinema and Museum of Oriental Art established.
2010 - ToBike municipal bike-sharing program begins.
2011
- Juventus Stadium opens.
- Piero Fassino becomes mayor.
2012 - Population: 906,089.
2016 - June: Turin municipal election, 2016 held.