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of the city of

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...

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Prior to 17th century

* 218 BC - Town besieged by forces led by

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. * 27 BC - Romans establish Castra Taurinorum. * 69 AD - Fire caused by negligence of the 14th legion. * 312 -

Battle of Turin The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when a French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin. The campaign by Prince Eugene of Savoy that led to i ...

. * 5th century - Roman Catholic diocese of Turin established. * 773 -

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Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Em ...

in power. * 10th century - Monastery of St. Andrew established. * 940s - Contea di Torino (countship) founded. * 1354 - founded. * 1404 -

Palatine Towers The Palatine Gate (; Piedmontese: ''Pòrta Palatin-a'') is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy. The gate provided access through the city walls of ''Julia Augusta Taurinorum'' (modern Turin) from the North side and, as a result, it ...

rebuilt. * 1405 -

University of Turin The University of Turin ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an imp ...

founded. * 1453 - City sacked. * 1474 -

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

in operation. * 1498 -

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built. * 1515 -

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin The Archdiocese of Turin ( la, Archidioecesis Taurinensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Italy.Duchy of Savoy The Duchy of Savoy ( it, Ducato di Savoia; french: Duché de Savoie) was a country in Western Europe that existed from 1416. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The du ...

. * 1565 - Citadel built. * 1568 - Collegio dei Nobili founded. * 1583 - Capuchin monastery founded on Monte dei Cappuccini.

17th century

* 1610 - Church of Corpus Domini and built. * 1630 - Plague. * 1638 -

Piazza San Carlo (" St. Charles Square"), previously known as , , and , is one of the main city squares in Turin, Italy. It was laid out in the 16th and 17th century and is an example of Baroque style. The 1838 Equestrian monument of Emmanuel Philibert by Carlo ...

laid out. * 1640 -

Siege of Turin The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession, when a French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin. The campaign by Prince Eugene of Savoy that led to i ...

; French in power. * 1652 -

Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti The Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti ("Albertina Academy of Fine Arts") is an institution of higher education in Turin, Italy History In the first half of the seventeenth century, there was a "University of Painters, Sculptors and Architects" ...

founded. * 1656 - Monte dei Cappuccini church built. * 1658 -

Royal Palace This is a list of royal palaces, sorted by continent. Africa * Abdin Palace, Cairo * Al-Gawhara Palace, Cairo * Koubbeh Palace, Cairo * Tahra Palace, Cairo * Menelik Palace * Jubilee Palace * Guenete Leul Palace * Imperial Palace- Mass ...

built. * 1659 - Artillery Arsenal founded. * 1660 -

Castello del Valentino The Valentino Castle ( it, Castello del Valentino) is a historic building in the northwestern Italian city of Turin. It is located in Parco del Valentino, and is the seat of the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. It is o ...

built. * 1669 - Palazzo de Citta (town hall) built. * 1679 - Jesuit college built. * 1680 -

Palazzo Carignano Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other f ...

built. * 1687 - Church of San Lorenzo built. * 1694 -

Sindone Chapel The Chapel of the Holy Shroud ( it, Cappella della Sacra Sindone) is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic chapel in Turin in northern Italy, constructed to house the Shroud of Turin (''Sindone di Torino''), a religious relic believed to be the burial ...

built.

18th century

* 1706 - City besieged by French forces. * 1718 - Palazzo Madama expanded. * 1720 ** City becomes capital of the

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

. ** University Library founded. * 1730 - built. * 1731 -

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino (2.6 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale of the University of Turin. It is located in the Parco del Valentino along the Po River, at Viale Pie ...

(garden) laid out. * 1736 - built. * 1740 - Royal Theatre opens. * 1753 -

Teatro Carignano The Teatro Carignano (Carignano Theatre) is a theatre in Turin and one of the oldest and most important theatres in Italy. Designed by Benedetto Alfieri, it is located opposite the Palazzo Carignano. Building commenced in 1752 and the theatre was ...

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 The Accademia di Agricoltura di Torino (academy of agriculture) of Turin was founded as the Società Agraria di Torino on 24 May 1785, by edict of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia The following is a list of rulers of Sardinia, in particul ...

founded. * 1798 - French in power.

19th century

Maggi, Giovanni Battista - Torino - Panorama

* 1801 - Fortifications demolished. * 1802 - City becomes part of French Empire. * 1814 - City becomes capital of

Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

. * 1815 - Accademia Filarmonica founded. * 1823 - Population: 88,000. * 1824 -

Museo Egizio The Museo Egizio ( Italian for Egyptian Museum) is an archaeological museum in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 30, ...

(Egyptian museum) founded. * 1831 -

Gran Madre di Dio, Turin The church of Gran Madre di Dio is a Neoclassic-style church located on the western bank of the Po River, facing the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele I leading into Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. Description The church was conc ...

(church) built. * 1832 -

Pinacoteca A pinacotheca (Latin borrowing from grc, πινακοθήκη, pinakothēkē = grc, πίναξ, pinax, (painted) board, tablet, label=none + grc, θήκη, thēkē, box, chest, label=none) was a picture gallery in either ancient Greece or anc ...

opens in Palazzo Madama. * 1837 -

Royal Library of Turin The Royal Library of Turin () is a library located within the ground floor of the Royal Palace of Turin, itself a World Heritage Site in Turin, Italy. The library contains approximately 200,000 print volumes, 4,500 manuscripts, 3,055 drawings, ...

and Royal Armoury established. * 1841 -

Società del Whist La Società del Whist, modelled broadly on the gentleman's clubs of London and their Parisian analogues, was founded in March 1841 in the fashionable Caffè Fiorio in Turin, Italy, by Count Cavour and a number of his friends. By contrast to previ ...

founded. * 1843 - founded. * 1848 ** ''

Gazzetta del Popolo ''Gazzetta del Popolo'' was an Italian daily newspaper founded in Turin, in northern Italy, on 16 June 1848. It ceased publication on 31 December 1983 after 135 years of operation. Italian novelist Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Al ...

'' begins publication. ** becomes mayor. * 1857 - Fortifications demolished. * 1861 ** City becomes capital of newly united

Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and ...

. ** Population: 173,305. * 1862 - Regio Museo Industriale Italiano (industrial museum) established. * 1863 -

Club Alpino Italiano The Club Alpino Italiano is the senior Italian alpine club which stages climbing competitions, operates alpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpine environment. It was founded in Turin in 1863 by the then fin ...

founded. * 1864 -

Torino Porta Nuova railway station Torino Porta Nuova railway station is the main railway station of Turin, northern Italy. It is the third busiest station in Italy for passenger flow after Roma Termini railway station, Rome Termini and Milan Central railway station, Milan Centra ...

opens. * 1865 - Capital of

relocates from Turin to

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

. * 1867 - '' Gazzetta Piemontese'' newspaper begins publication. * 1868 - and

Torino Porta Susa railway station Torino Porta Susa is a railway station in Turin, northern Italy; it is the second busiest mainline station in the city, after Torino Porta Nuova. It is located in ''Corso Inghilterra''. History The station was built in 1868 during the expansio ...

built. * 1869 ** 22 February: Biblioteca Civica Centrale (Turin) (library) opens. ** Le Nuove prison built. * 1871 **

Fréjus Rail Tunnel The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway through Mont Cenis to an end-on connection with the Culoz–Modane railway and linking Bardonecchia ...

opens. ** Population: 207,770. * 1878 - Museum of the Risorgimento established. * 1879 - Mont Cenis

Tunnel A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through surrounding soil, earth or rock, and enclosed except for the entrance and exit, commonly at each end. A pipeline is not a tunnel, though some recent tunnels have used immersed tube cons ...

Monument erected in

Piazza Statuto Piazza Statuto is a city square in Turin, Italy. Buildings around the square *Fréjus Rail Tunnel The Fréjus Rail Tunnel (also called Mont Cenis Tunnel) is a rail tunnel of length in the European Alps, carrying the Turin–Modane railway t ...

. * 1889 -

Mole Antonelliana The Mole Antonelliana () is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A '' mole'' in Italian is a building of monumental proportions. Construction began in 1863, soon after Italian unification, ...

built. * 1892 - (hiking club) formed. * 1896 - 1 February: Premiere of Puccini's opera ''

La Bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuse ...

''. * 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 The Derby della Mole is the local derby played out between Turin's most prominent football clubs, Juventus and Torino. It is also known as the Derby di Torino or the Turin Derby in English. It is named after the Mole Antonelliana, a major landm ...

athletic contest begins. * 1908 - September, first solo

aeroplane An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spec ...

flight by a woman,

Thérèse Peltier Thérèse Peltier (1873 – 1926), born Thérèse Juliette Cochet, was a French sculptor and early aviation pioneer. Popularly believed to have been the first ever female passenger in an airplane, she may also have been the first woman to pil ...

, from the Military Square, Turin * 1911 **

Turin International The Turin International was a world's fair held in Turin in 1911 titled ''Esposizione internazionale dell'industria e del lavoro''. It received 7,409,145 visits and covered 247 acres. Summary The fair opened on 29 April, was held just nine ye ...

world's fair held. ** Population: 415,667. * 1922 -

Conflict Conflict may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film) ...

between Fascist and labour supporters. * 1933 **

Giulio Einaudi editore Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 19 ...

(publisher) in business. ** Stadio Benito Mussolini opens. * 1934 - City Museum of Ancient Art housed in the Palazzo Madama. * 1937 - constructed. * 1945 **

Allies An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

take city. ** ''

Tuttosport ''Tuttosport'' is an Italian sport newspaper published in Turin, Italy. History and profile ''Tuttosport'' was first published on 30 July 1945. Renato Casalbore (who later died in the 1949 Superga air disaster alongside the Il Grande Torino ...

'' begins publication. * 1949 ** May 4:

Superga air disaster The Superga air disaster occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian Airlines), carrying the entire Torino football team (popularly known as the '' Grande Torino''), crashed into the retaining wall at the back ...

. **

Torino Esposizioni Torino Esposizioni is an exhibition hall and convention centre in Turin, Italy which was primarily completed in 1948, designed by Pier Luigi Nervi. The building is made with primarily '' ferrocemento'' and glass. Ferrocemento is a form of concr ...

built. * 1951 - Population: 719,300. * 1953 -

Turin Airport Turin Airport ( it, Aeroporto di Torino) , also known as Turin-Caselle Airport (''Aeroporto di Torino-Caselle''), is an international airport located at Caselle Torinese, north-northwest of the city of Turin, in the Metropolitan City of Turin ...

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 - (orchestra) formed.

21st century

* 2001 -

Sergio Chiamparino Sergio Chiamparino (born 1 September 1948) is an Italian politician. He was President of Piedmont from 2014 to 2019, and was the mayor of Turin, Italy from 2001 to 2011. A graduate in political sciences at the University of Turin, where he worke ...

becomes mayor. * 2002 - Lumiq Studios established. * 2003 - Gruppo Torinese Trasporti founded. * 2004 **

Terra Madre Terra Madre is a network of food communities. Terra Madre network was launched by the Slow Food grass roots organization, and the intent is to provide small-scale farmers, breeders, fishers and food artisans whose approach to food production pr ...

conference begins. **

ESCP Europe ESCP Business School (french: École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris) is a French business school and ''grande école'' founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw. It is consisten ...

campus established. * 2006 **

Turin Metro Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ...

begins operating. ** 2006 Winter Olympics held. **

Archaeological Park An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and ...

opens. ** City named

World Book Capital The World Book Capital (WBC) is an initiative of UNESCO which recognises cities for promoting books and fostering reading for a year starting on April 23rd, World Book and Copyright Day. Cities designated as UNESCO World Book Capital carry out ac ...

by UNESCO. * 2007 -

Eataly Eataly is a chain of large format/footprint Italian marketplaces ( food halls) comprising a variety of restaurants, food and beverage counters, bakery, retail items, and a cooking school. Eataly was founded by Oscar Farinetti, an entrepreneur fo ...

in business. * 2008 -

National Museum of Cinema The National Museum of Cinema (''Museo Nazionale del Cinema'') located in Turin, Italy, is a motion picture museum fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the ''Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation'', and the core of its collecti ...

and Museum of Oriental Art established. * 2010 - ToBike municipal bike-sharing program begins. * 2011 **

Juventus Stadium Juventus Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz Stadium since July 2017, sometimes simply known in Italy as the Stadium ( it, Lo Stadium), is an all-seater football stadium in the Vallette borough of Turin, Italy, and the home ...

opens. **

Piero Fassino Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino (born 7 October 1949) is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party. He was Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016 and is a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.

becomes mayor. * 2012 - Population: 906,089. * 2016 - June: Turin municipal election, 2016 held.

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