The following is a timeline of the

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

of the city of

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

BC era

* 400 BCE - Founded by the

Celts The Celts ( , see Names of the Celts#Pronunciation, pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples ( ) were a collection of Indo-European languages, Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient Indo-European people, reached the apoge ...

under the name Medhelanon. * 222 BCE - Medhelanon was conquered by the

ancient Romans The Roman people was the ethnicity and the body of Roman citizenship, Roman citizens (; ) during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire. This concept underwent considerable changes throughout the long history of the Roman ...

, who Latinized the name of the city into

Mediolanum Mediolanum, the ancient city where Milan now stands, was originally an Insubres, Insubrian city, but afterwards became an important Ancient Rome, Roman city in Northern Italy. The city was settled by a Celts, Celtic tribe belonging to the Ins ...

. * 49 BCE - Mediolanum becomes ''

municipium In ancient Rome, the Latin term (: ) referred to a town or city. Etymologically, the was a social contract among ('duty holders'), or citizens of the town. The duties () were a communal obligation assumed by the in exchange for the privileges ...

''.

3rd–8th centuries

* 3rd C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Milan established. * 286 CE -

Western Roman Empire In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the western provinces of the Roman Empire, collectively, during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. ...

capital moves from Rome to Mediolanum. * 313 -

Edict of Milan The Edict of Milan (; , ''Diatagma tōn Mediolanōn'') was the February 313 agreement to treat Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire. Frend, W. H. C. (1965). ''The Early Church''. SPCK, p. 137. Western Roman Emperor Constantine I and ...

. * 370 - Basilica of San Lorenzo consecrated. * 379 -

Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio The Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, officially known as ''Basilica romana minore collegiata abbaziale prepositurale di Sant'Ambrogio'', is an ancient Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the center of Milan, in the region of Lombardy, ...

consecrated. * 382 - San Nazaro in Brolo construction begins. * 402 - City besieged by

Visigoths The Visigoths (; ) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied Barbarian kingdoms, barbarian military group unite ...

. * 452 - City besieged by

Huns The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was par ...

. * 539 - City sacked by

Ostrogoths The Ostrogoths () were a Roman-era Germanic peoples, Germanic people. In the 5th century, they followed the Visigoths in creating one of the two great Goths, Gothic kingdoms within the Western Roman Empire, drawing upon the large Gothic populatio ...

. * 569 -

Lombards The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written betwee ...

conquer city. * 774 - Milan surrenders to the

Franks file:Frankish arms.JPG, Aristocratic Frankish burial items from the Merovingian dynasty The Franks ( or ; ; ) were originally a group of Germanic peoples who lived near the Rhine river, Rhine-river military border of Germania Inferior, which wa ...

. * 833 - San Vincenzo in Prato built. * 899 - Hunnish invasion

11th century

* 1045 - Milan adopts the commune form of local city-state government.

12th–14th centuries

* 1135 - Chiaravalle Abbey founded. * 1157 - Circular moat, (Naviglio), constructed round the town. * 1158 -

Holy Roman Emperor The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (disambiguation), Emperor of the Romans (; ) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (; ), was the ruler and h ...

Frederick Barbarossa Frederick Barbarossa (December 1122 – 10 June 1190), also known as Frederick I (; ), was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 115 ...

besieges and sacks the city, but it soon rebels. * 1162 -

seizes and destroys the city. * 1183 - After the

Peace of Constance The Peace of Constance (25 June 1183) was a Privilege (law), privilege granted by Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his son and co-ruler, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, King of the Romans, to the members of the Lombard League to end th ...

Milan returns to the commune form of government.History of Italy - HistoryWorld. * 13th C. -

Palazzo Borromeo (Milan) Palazzo Borromeo ("Borromeo Palace") is a 14th-century building located at piazza Borromeo 12 in Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. It was built as the home and business headquarters of the House of Borromeo, Borromeo family, merchant-bankers from ...

established. * 1233 - Palazzo della Ragione built. * 1237 - After the

Battle of Cortenuova The Battle of Cortenuova (sometimes spelled Cortenova) was fought on 27 November 1237 in the course of the Guelphs and Ghibellines Wars: in it, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II defeated the Second Lombard League. Background In 1235 Emperor Fr ...

Pagano della Torre Pagano may refer to: * Pagano (surname), including a list of people with the name * Pagano (Milan Metro), a rapid transit stop in Milan, Italy * A kit car originally designed by Ockelbo-Lundgren * Pagano (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestle ...

rallied and saved Milan. * 1259 - Milan is ruled as a Signoria with the Della Torre family ruling as Signores. * 1277 ** The

Battle of Desio The Battle of Desio was fought on 21 January 1277 between the Della Torre and Visconti families for the control of Milan and its countryside. The battlefield is located near the modern Desio, a commune outside the city in Lombardy, Northern It ...

is fought between the Della Torre and Visconti families for the control of Milan. ** The

Visconti of Milan The Visconti of Milan are a noble Italian family. They rose to power in Milan during the Middle Ages where they ruled from 1277 to 1447, initially as Lords then as Dukes, and several collateral branches still exist. The effective founder of the V ...

emerges as the victors at Desio and begin their rule of Milan as the Signores. * 1302 - Guido della Torre deposes Matteo I Visconti as the Signore. * 1311 - Henry VII restores Matteo I Visconti as the Signore. * 1321 - Loggia degli Osii built, with two open porticos in black and white marble. * 1330 **

Piazza del Duomo, Milan Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is the main ''piazza'' (city square) of Milan, Italy. It is named after, and dominated by, Milan Cathedral (the ''Duomo''). The piazza marks the center of the city, both in a geographic sense and because o ...

work begins. ** San Gottardo, Milan work begins. * 1336 - Public clock installed. * 1360 -

Castello Sforzesco The Sforza Castle ( ; ) is a medieval fortification located in Milan, northern Italy. It was built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, on the remnants of a 14th-century fortification. Later renovated and enlarged, in the 1 ...

construction begun. * 1381 - Chiesa di Santa Maria alla Scala built. * 1386 -

Milan Cathedral Milan Cathedral ( ; ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of Mary, Nativity of St. Mary (), it is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdi ...

begins construction. * 1395 - Milan is formally elevated to a Duchy when Wenceslaus IV titles Gian Galeazzo Visconti the Duke of Milan.

15th–16th centuries

* 1412 -

Gian Maria Visconti Gian Maria Visconti (or Giovanni Maria; 7 September 1388 – 16 May 1412) was the second Visconti of Milan, Visconti Duke of Milan, the son of Gian Galeazzo Visconti and Caterina Visconti. He was known to be cruel and was eventually assassinated ...

assassinated in front of the San Gottardo, Milan. * 1447 ** The death of

Filippo Maria Visconti Filippo Maria Visconti (3 September 1392 – 13 August 1447) was the duke of Duchy of Milan, Milan from 1412 to 1447. Reports stated that he was "paranoid", but "shrewd as a ruler." He went to war in the 1420s with Romagna, Republic of Florenc ...

(1392–1447) ends more than two centuries of Visconti rule in Milan. ** The

Golden Ambrosian Republic The Golden Ambrosian Republic (; ; 1447–1450) was a short-lived republic founded in Milan by members of the University of Pavia with popular support, during the first phase of the Milanese War of Succession. With the aid of Francesco Sforza th ...

begins. * 1450 - The

House of Sforza The House of Sforza () was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. Sforza rule began with the family's acquisition of the Duchy of Milan following the extinction of the Visconti family in the mid-15th century and ended with the d ...

takes power. * 1456 -

Ospedale Maggiore The Policlinico of Milan (), also known as Ospedale Maggiore di Milano or Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, is the public district general hospital in Milan. It is one of the oldest hospitals in Italy, founded by Francesco I of the Ho ...

begins construction. * 1463 -

Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Santa Maria delle Grazie ( English: "Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The convent contains the mural of '' The Last Supper'' by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the ...

begun. * 1471 -

Printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a printing, print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in whi ...

in operation. * 1482 - Santa Maria delle Grazie built. * 1493 -

Santa Maria presso San Celso Santa Maria dei Miracoli presso San Celso is a church and a sanctuary in Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. History and overview The construction was begun by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono and Giovanni Battagio in 1493, to house a miraculous icon of th ...

begins construction. * 1496 - Chiesa di Santa Maria della Passione built. * 1497 - ''

Apicius ''Apicius'', also known as ''De re culinaria'' or ''De re coquinaria'' (''On the Subject of Cooking''), is a collection of Food and dining in the Roman Empire, Roman cookery recipes, which may have been compiled in the fifth century CE, or ea ...

de re Coquinaria'' cookbook published. * 1498 - Leonardo paints '' The Last Supper'' in the Santa Maria delle Grazie church. * 1508 - Santa Maria alla Fontana built. * 1515 -

Battle of Marignano The Battle of Marignano, which took place on 13–14 September 1515, near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan, was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai. It pitted the French army, composed of t ...

and

Francis I of France Francis I (; ; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. He succeeded his first cousin once removed and father-in-law Louis&nbs ...

takes Milan. * 1522 -

Francesco II Sforza Francesco II Sforza (4 February 1495 – 1 November 1535) was Duke of Milan from 1521 until his death. He became duke of Milan after Emperor Charles V reconquered it from the French. He fought at Bicocca against the French, but in 1526 joine ...

in power. * 1535 - City becomes part of

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. * 1562 -

Palazzo dei Giureconsulti The Giureconsulti Palace (in ), also known as Palazzo Affari ai Giureconsulti or simply Palazzo Affari, is a 16th-century building of Milan, Italy. It is located in Piazza Mercanti, former city centre in the Middle Ages. The construction of the ...

begins construction. * 1565 - Casa degli Omenoni built (approximate date). * 1577 -

consecrated by

Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo (; ; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was an Catholic Church in Italy, Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archdiocese of Milan, Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584. He was made a Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal in 156 ...

, cardinal saint. * 1579 - San Fedele built. * 1580 - Plague.

17th century

* 1608 - Palazzo del Senato construction begins. * 1609 -

Biblioteca Ambrosiana The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded in 1609 by Cardinal Federico Borromeo, whose age ...

opens. * 1618 - Pinacoteca Ambrosiana opens. * 1630 - Plague begins. * 1631 - Palazzo Annoni construction begins. * 1640 - The gazette named ''

Milano Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while i ...

'' was published for the first time. * 1644 - Palazzo delle Scuole Palatine rebuilt.

18th century

* 1717 -

Teatro Regio Ducale The Teatro Regio Ducale (Italian, "Royal Ducal Theatre") was the opera house in Milan from 26 December 1717 until 25 February 1776, when it was burned down following a carnival gala. Many famous composers and their operas are associated with it, i ...

built. * 1761 - Palazzo Litta built. * 1762 - Madonnina (statue) erected. * 1772 -

Royal Palace of Milan The Royal Palace of Milan () was the seat of government in the Italian city of Milan for many centuries. Today, it serves as a cultural centre and it is home to international art exhibitions. It spans through an area of 7,000 square meters and i ...

renovated. * 1774 -

Orto Botanico di Brera The Orto Botanico di Brera (5,000 m2) is a botanical garden located behind Palazzo Brera at Via Brera 28 in the center of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, and operated by the Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata of the University of Milan. It is open wee ...

(garden) established. * 1776 -

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public mu ...

founded. * 1778 **

La Scala La Scala (, , ; officially , ) is a historic opera house in Milan, Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as (, which previously was Santa Maria della Scala, Milan, a church). The premiere performa ...

inaugurated. **

expanded. * 1779 - Teatro Lirico built. * 1784 -

Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli ("Indro Montanelli Public Gardens"), formerly known as Giardini Pubblici and Giardini di Porta Venezia (and renamed after journalist and writer Indro Montanelli in 2002) are a major and historic city park in Mi ...

established. * 1785 - The newspaper Il Corriere di Gabinetto - Gazzetta di Milano was published for the first time. * 1786 **

Biblioteca di Brera The or Braidense National Library, usually known as the Biblioteca di Brera, is a public library in Milan, in northern Italy. It is one of the largest libraries in Italy. Initially, it contained large historical and scientific collections before ...

(library) opens. ** Archivio di Stato di Milano (

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) established. * 1793 - Palazzo Serbelloni built. * 1796 - Milan declared capital of

Cisalpine Republic The Cisalpine Republic (; ) was a sister republic or a client state of France in Northern Italy that existed from 1797 to 1799, with a second version until 1802. Creation After the Battle of Lodi in May 1796, Napoleon Bonaparte organized two ...

. * 1797 - 1st Grenadier Battalion and 2nd Rifle Battalion of the Polish Legions founded in Milan.

19th century

* 1802 - Milan becomes capital of the Napoleonic

Italian Republic Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. * 1805 - Coronation of Napoleon as

King of Italy King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a constitutional monarch if his power is restrained by ...

. * 1807 **

Milan Conservatory The Milan Conservatory, also known as the Conservatorio di Milano and the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, is a Music school, college of music in Milan, Italy. History The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital ...

established. **

Arena Civica Arena Civica (), officially Arena Gianni Brera, is a multi-purpose stadium in Milan, Italy, which was opened on 18 August 1807. One of the city's main examples of neoclassical architecture, today it mainly hosts association football, football an ...

opened. * 1808 **

Milan Stock Exchange Borsa Italiana () or Borsa di Milano (), based in Milan at Mezzanotte Palace, is the Italian stock exchange. It manages and organises domestic market, regulating procedures for admission and listing of companies and intermediaries and supervi ...

established. **

Casa Ricordi Casa Ricordi is a publisher of primarily European classical music, classical music and opera. Its classical repertoire represents one of the important sources in the world through its publishing of the work of the major 19th-century Italian com ...

music publisher in business. * 1817 - Caffè Cova in business on

Via Monte Napoleone Via Monte Napoleone, also spelled Via Montenapoleone, is an upscale shopping street in Milan, Italy, and the most expensive street in the world (2024). It is famous for its ready-to-wear fashion and jewelry shops, and for being the most important ...

. * 1820 - Revolutionary

Carbonari The Carbonari () was an informal network of Secret society, secret revolutionary societies active in Italy from about 1800 to 1831. The Carbonari may have further influenced other revolutionary groups in France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Urugua ...

arrested. * 1824 - Pasticceria Marchesi in business. * 1838 -

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum) is a museum in Milan, Italy. It was founded in 1838 when the naturalist Giuseppe de Cristoforis donated his collections to the city. Its first director was the taxono ...

founded. * 1840 - Milan-Monza railway begins operating. * 1842 - Premiere of Verdi's opera ''

Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblic ...

.'' * 1848 - Five Days uprising against

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire, officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a Multinational state, multinational European Great Powers, great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the Habsburg monarchy, realms of the Habsburgs. Duri ...

. *1853 - abortive Milan Uprising against Austrian rule. * 1860 **

Campari Campari () is an Italian alcoholic liqueur, considered an aperitif, apéritif of the ''bitter'' variety (and not an amaro) by Italians while considered an apéritif of the Amaro (liqueur), amaro variety by Americans, obtained from the infusion of ...

in business. ** Antonio Beretta becomes mayor. * 1861 ** Milan becomes part of

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy (, ) was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy wa ...

. ** City hall opens in

Palazzo Marino Palazzo Marino is a 16th-century palace located in Piazza della Scala, in the centre of Milan, Italy. It has been Milan's city hall since 9 September 1861. It borders on Piazza San Fedele, Piazza della Scala, Via Case Rotte and Via Tommaso Marin ...

. * 1863 - Istituto Tecnico Superiore founded. * 1864 - opens at . * 1866 -

Cimitero Monumentale di Milano The Cimitero Monumentale ( " Monumental Cemetery") is one of the two largest cemeteries in Milan, Italy, the other one being the Cimitero Maggiore. It is noted for the abundance of artistic tombs and monuments. Designed by the architect Carlo ...

opened. * 1870 - Hoepli publisher in business. * 1871 - Population: 261,976. * 1872 **

Pirelli Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is an Italian multinational tyre manufacturer based in the city of Milan, Italy. The company, which has been listed on the Borsa Italiana since 1922, is the 5th-largest tyre manufacturer, and is focused on the consumer pro ...

company founded. **

Ca' de Sass The Ca' de Sass (Lombard language, Lombard name; literally "house of stone") is a monumental 19th century building in Milan, Italy. Located near the city centre, at 6 and 8 of Via Monte di Pietà, it used to be the headquarters of Cariplo, an Ita ...

built. **

Teatro Dal Verme The Teatro Dal Verme is a theatre in Milan, Italy located on the Via San Giovanni sul Muro, on the site of the former private theatre the ''Politeama Ciniselli''. It was designed by Giuseppe Pestagalli to a commission from Count Francesco Dal Ve ...

opens. * 1873 -

Società Storica Lombarda The Società Storica Lombarda (‘Lombardy Historical Society’) is a historical and humanistic association which was founded in 1873. It has 450 members from all over Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern E ...

(history society) founded. * 1876 ** ''

Corriere della Sera (; ) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023. First published on 5 March 1876, is one of Italy's oldest newspapers and is Italy's most read newspaper. Its masthead has remain ...

'' newspaper begins publication. **

Trams A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

begin operating. * 1877 -

Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (; ) is Italy's oldest active shopping arcade and a major landmark of Milan. Housed within a four-story double arcade in the centre of town, the ''Galleria'' is named after Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of ...

built. * 1879 ** Milano Affori railway station and

Milano Bovisa-Politecnico railway station Milano Bovisa is a railway station in Bovisa, Milan, Italy. It opened in 1879 and is now one of the key nodes of the Milan suburban railway service, and of the Trenord regional network in northern Lombardy. It is located in Piazza Emilio Alfieri. ...

open. ** "Società d'Esplorazione Commerciale in Africa" founded. * 1881 - Population: 321,839. * 1883 -

Salumi (: , ) are Italian cuisine, Italian meat products typical of an antipasto, predominantly made from pork and Curing (food preservation), cured. They also include bresaola, which is made from beef, and some cooked products, such as mortadell ...

in business. * 1886 **

Breda Breda ( , , , ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. ...

manufactory in business. **

German School of Milan The German School of Milan (, DSM; ), founded in 1886, is an international institution located in Milan, Italy. It is one of the three German schools in Italy, the other two based in Rome and Genoa, in which subjects are taught in both German and ...

founded. **

Piazza della Scala Piazza della Scala is a pedestrian central square of Milan, Italy, connected to the main square of Milan, Piazza del Duomo, by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II passage. It is named after the renowned Teatro alla Scala opera house, which occupies ...

established. * 1888 **

Parco Sempione Parco Sempione ("Simplon Park") is a large city park in the historic center of Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. Established in 1888, and designed by Emilio Alemagna, it has an overall area of , and it is located inside the Zone 1 administrative ...

established. ** Via Dante constructed. * 1891 - Camera del Lavoro (labor centre) and (hiking club) founded. * 1894 -

Touring Club Italiano The Touring Club Italiano (TCI) (Italian Touring Club or Touring Club of Italy) is the major Italian national tourist organization. History The Touring Club Ciclistico Italiano (TCCI) was founded on 8 November 1894 by a group of bicyclists to ...

established. * 1896 ** Casa di Riposo per Musicisti founded. **

Italo Pacchioni Italo Pacchioni (29 March 1872 – 11 July 1940) was an Italian inventor, photographer and Filmmaking, filmmaker, pioneer of Italian cinema, inventor of a Movie camera, camera and Movie projector, projector inspired by the cinematograph of August ...

creates "first Italian film" ''Arrivo del treno alla Stazione di Milano.'' * 1897 - Population: 470,558. * 1898 - Bava-Beccaris massacre. * 1899 ** Milan Football and Cricket Club founded. ** Parini statue erected in Piazza Cordusio.

20th century

1900s–1940s

* 1902 -

Bocconi University Bocconi University or Università Bocconi (formally known in Italian language, Italian as ''Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi'' – Luigi Bocconi Commercial University) is a private university in Milan, Italy. The university is consistently ...

founded. * 1903 - Palazzo Castiglioni built. * 1906 ** Confederazione Generale del Lavoro (labor union) headquartered in Milan. **

Milan International (1906) The Milan International was a world's fair held in Milan in 1906 titled ''L'Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione'', or sometimes ''The Great Expo of Work''. It received 4,012,776 visits and covered 250 acres. Summary The fair opened on 28 Apri ...

world's fair held **

Simplon Tunnel The Simplon Tunnel (''Simplontunnel'', ''Traforo del Sempione'' or ''Galleria del Sempione'') is a railway tunnel on the Simplon railway that connects Brig, Switzerland, Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, providing a shor ...

opens. ** Casa Campanini built. ** Population: 560,613. * 1907 - (shoe shop) in business. * 1908 - Internazionale Milano football club founded. * 1909 -

Malpensa Airport Milan Malpensa Airport "Silvio Berlusconi" is an international airport in Ferno, in the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Italy. It is the largest airport in northern Italy, serving Lombardy, Piedmont, and Liguria, as well as the Swiss canton of Ti ...

established. * 1911 - in business. * 1912 - Messina tram depot built. * 1915 ** Castello Cova built. ** American Chamber of Commerce established. * 1917 ** Galleria Pesaro opens. **

La Rinascente ; ) is a high-end Italian department store chain that operates nine stores in Italy, including two flagship locations in Milan ( Piazza del Duomo) and Rome (Via del Tritone). The company was a member of the International Association of Depar ...

(shop) in business. * 1919 ** March: Fascio di Combattimento political group founded. ** August: Honorary Consulate of

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opened, later elevated to Consulate-General (see ''

Italy–Poland relations Italy–Poland relations are cultural and political relations between Italy and Poland. The strong historical ties between both countries are based on common religion such as Roman Catholic and common fights for independence. Relations go back to ...

''). * 1921 ** Milan

Sample Fair The concept of the sample fair (in German language, German: ''Mustermesse'') was invented in 1895 in Leipzig, Germany. At the Leipzig Trade Fair the traditional goods fair was replaced with sample shows. The sample fairs are the usual type of trade ...

begins. **

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, colloquially the Catholic University of Milan () or simply the Cattolica, is an Italian private research university founded in 1921. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy, with satellite campuses in B ...

established. * 1922 -

Novecento Italiano Novecento Italiano () was an Italian artistic movement founded in Milan in 1922 to create an art based on the rhetoric of the fascism of Benito Mussolini, Mussolini. History Novecento Italiano was founded by Anselmo Bucci (1887–1955), Leonardo ...

art movement active. * 1924 -

University of Milan The University of Milan (; ), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the State niversity), is a public university, public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Eu ...

founded. * 1926 - Stadio San Siro opens. * 1927 - A. Rizzoli & Co. founded. * 1930 -

Planetario di Milano The Milan Planetarium (in Italian, Planetario di Milano) is the largest and most important planetarium in Italy. It is located in the Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli, Gardens of Porta Venezia, in the Porta Venezia district of Milan. It was est ...

inaugurated. * 1931 -

Milano Centrale railway station Milano Centrale () is the main railway station of the city of Milan, Italy, and is the second busiest railway station in Italy for passenger flow (after Roma Termini) and the largest railway station in Europe by volume. The station is a terminu ...

opens. * 1932 -

Palazzo Mezzanotte Palazzo Mezzanotte, also known as Palazzo delle Borse ("Stock Exchange Palace") is a 20th-century building of Milan, Italy, and the seat of the Italian stock exchange. It is located in Piazza Affari ("Business Square"), the city square after whi ...

(stock exchange) built. * 1933 **

Trolleybuses A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

begin operating. ** Torre Branca built in

. * 1934 -

Institute for International Political Studies The Institute for International Political Studies (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale, ''ISPI''), founded in 1934, is the oldest think tank in Italy. It offers diploma and postgraduate education specializing in international rela ...

founded. * 1935 - Villa Necchi Campiglio (residence) built. * 1937 -

Linate Airport Milan Linate Airport is a city airport located in Milan, the second-largest city and largest urban area of Italy. It served 10.6 million passengers and recorded 118,060 aircraft movements in 2024, making it one of the busiest airports in Ital ...

opens. * 1939 **

A.C. Milan (), commonly referred to as Milan or AC Milan () mainly outside of Italy, is an Italian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Founded in 1899, the club competes in the Serie A, the top tie ...

football club active. ** Anteo Spazio Cinema opens. * 1942 - opens. * 1945 - 29 April: Corpse of executed

Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 194 ...

brought to

Piazzale Loreto Piazzale Loreto is a major city square in Milan, Italy. Origin The name ''Loreto'' is also used in a wider sense to refer to the district surrounding the square, which is part of the Zone 2 administrative division, in the northeastern part of ...

. * 1947 - Piccolo Teatro founded.

1950s–1990s

* 1954 -

Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea The Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea or PAC is a List of contemporary art museums, museum of contemporary art in Milan, Italy. It is on via Palestro, next to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Milan), Galleria d'Arte Moderna, and across from the Giardin ...

inaugurated. * 1955 ** FrancoAngeli publisher in business. ** Centro di Documentazione Ebraica Contemporanea founded. * 1956 -

Palazzo dell'Arengario The Palazzo dell'Arengario is an early-20th century complex of two symmetrical buildings in Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Piazza del Duomo, the central piazza of Milan, Italy. It was completed in the 1950s and currently houses the The Museum of Twentiet ...

built. * 1958 -

Milan Fashion Week Milan Fashion Week () is a clothing trade show held semi-annually in Milan, Italy. Upcoming autumn/winter fashions are showcased in February/March of each year, and upcoming spring/summer fashions are showcased in September/October of each year ...

begins. * 1960 - Cinema Ambasciatori opens. * 1961 -

Milan Furniture Fair Salone del Mobile or Milan Design Week (, but more commonly ''Salone del Mobile'') is a furniture fair held annually in Milan. It is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. The exhibition showcases the latest in furniture and design from ...

begins. * 1962 - ''Amica'' fashion magazine in publication. * 1964 -

Milan Metro The Milan Metro () is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of five lines with a total network length of , and a total of List of Milan Metro stations, 125 stations (+2 in con ...

begins operating. * 1965 -

final details completed. * 1968 - IULM University of Milan founded. * 1969 -

Piazza Fontana bombing The Piazza Fontana bombing () was a terrorist attack that occurred on 12 December 1969 when a bomb exploded at the headquarters of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura (the National Agricultural Bank) in Piazza Fontana (near the ''Duomo'') in Mil ...

. * 1974 - theatre troupe founded. * 1975 -

Armani Giorgio Armani S.p.A. (), commonly known as Armani, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in Milan by Giorgio Armani which designs, manufactures, distributes and retails haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, accessories, and ...

fashion house founded. * 1979 - MIP- Politecnico di Milano School of Management formed. * 1980 ** opens. ** Parco Alessandrini inaugurated. * 1982 -

Domus Academy Domus Academy is a private school of design in Milan, Italy. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in fashion, industrial design, design management, business and user experience design, product and interior design, design i ...

established. * 1985 -

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian Luxury goods, luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, ...

fashion house founded. * 1986 - Class Editori founded. * 1987 ** '' MF Milano Finanza'' newspaper begins publication. ** Massimo De Carlo art gallery open

* 1990 ** Milan Metro Line 3 begins operating. **

Parco Agricolo Sud Milano Parco Agricolo Sud Milano ("Rural Park South Milan") is a large protected rural area located south and south-east of Milan, Italy. The park was established in 1990 with the purpose of preserving, safeguarding, and enhancing the natural and histo ...

established. * 1991 ** July: City hosts the final round of the 1991 FIVB Volleyball World League. ** Viafarini (art entity) established. **

10 Corso Como 10 Corso Como is a shopping and dining complex in Milan, Italy with international locations in Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai. It combines outlets that show and sell works of art, fashion, music, design, cuisine and culture. It was founded in 1990 by ...

in business. * 1994 - July: City hosts the final round of the 1994 FIVB Volleyball World League. * 1995 - Documentation Center for Visual Arts founded. * 1996 -

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Vita-Salute San Raffaele University ( Also known as UniSR) is a private, not for-profit university in Milan, Italy. The University was founded in 1996 within the Opera San Raffaele by Don Luigi Maria Verzé, who was its rector until his death in ...

and Trussardi Foundation established. * 1997 - Milan Passante railway begins operating. * 1998 ** June: University of Milan Bicocca established. ** July: City hosts the final round of the 1998 FIVB Volleyball World League. * 1999 - Malpensa Express begins operating.

21st century

* 2001 ** 23 May:

2001 UEFA Champions League Final The 2001 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 23 May 2001, to decide the winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The match pitted German side Bayern Munich against Spanish side ...

held in Milan. ** 8 October:

2001 Linate Airport runway collision Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 686, a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 airliner carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation CJ2 business jet carrying four people bound for Paris, France, on 8 ...

. ** City website online (approximate date). ** O’artoteca (art organization) founded. * 2002 ** Orto Botanico di Cascina Rosa established. **

Teatro degli Arcimboldi The ''Teatro degli Arcimboldi'' is a theatre and opera house in Milan. It was built over a 27-month period in anticipation of the closure and subsequent nearly three-year-long renovation of Milan's La Scala opera house in December 2001. It is lo ...

opens. * 2004 ** architects active. ** Bulgari Hotel in business. * 2006 ** Lettera27 headquartered in Mila

**

Letizia Moratti Letizia Maria Moratti (née Brichetto Arnaboldi; born 26 November 1949) is an Italian businesswoman and politician. She was president of RAI (1994–1996), Minister of Education, University and Research (2001–2006), mayor of Milan (2006–201 ...

becomes mayor. * 2008 ** BikeMi launched. **

Ecopass The Ecopass program was a traffic pollution charge implemented in Milan, Italy, as an urban toll for some motorists traveling within a designated traffic restricted zone or ZTL (), corresponding to the central ''Cerchia dei Bastioni'' area and en ...

congestion charge begins. * 2009 ** Peep Hole and Cardi Black Box art gallery active. ** Homeless World Cup football contest held. * 2010 - Population: 1,315,803. * 2011 -

Giuliano Pisapia Giuliano Pisapia (; born 20 May 1949) is an Italian lawyer, politician, former mayor of Milan, former member of the Italian Parliament and former member of the European Parliament. As a politician, he has been a member of two left-wing parties, fi ...

becomes mayor. * 2012 ** Portello Park inaugurated. ** Milan Area C congestion charge begins, replacing Ecopass. **

Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori is an Italian open-access train operating company operating in the field of high-speed rail transport under the brand name Italo (), stylized as ''.italo''. Commencing services in early 2012, it became Europe's first private open access operat ...

high-speed train service begins operating, connecting Milan to Naples via Rome. * 2013 - Population: 1,262,101 municipality; 3,075,083 province. * 2015 - 1 May:

Expo 2015 Expo 2015 was a World's fair, World Expo hosted by Milan, Italy. It opened on May 1 at 10:00 Central European Summer Time, CEST and closed on October 31. Milan hosted an exposition for the second time; the first was the 1906 Milan Internation ...

world fair opens. * 2016 - June: Milan municipal election, 2016 held.