Timeline of Novara
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Novara (anciently called Novaria) in the Piedmont region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

 386 - Novaria "dismantled" by Magnus Maximus.
 397 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Novara established (approximate date).
 398 - Gaudentius of Novara becomes bishop.
 405 - Town sacked by forces of Goth Radagaisus.
 450 -  (baptistery) built (approximate date).
 452 - Town sacked by forces of Hun Attila.
 569 - Lombards in power.
 774 - Franks in power.
 830 -  becomes bishop.
 1096 - Birth of Peter Lombard, later a scholastic theologian & Bishop of Paris.
 1110 - Novara sacked by forces of Henry V.
 1123 -  becomes bishop.
 1132 - Cathedral consecrated.
 1168 - Novara joins the Lombard League.
 1178 - Communal palace built.
 1185 - Office of podestà established.
 1277 - Legal code established.
 1332 - Novara becomes part of "Milanese territory."
 1346 - Courthouse built.
 1448 - Sforza in power.
 1513 - 6 June: Battle of Novara (1513) fought during the War of the League of Cambrai.
 1538 - Farnese in power.
 1577 - Basilica of San Gaudenzio rebuilding begins.
 1607 - San Marco church built.(it)
 1664 - Palazzo Cabrino built.

18th and 19th centuries 
 1706 - Novara "occupied by the Savoy troops."
 1734 - Novara "occupied by Charles Emmanuel."
 1798 - Novara occupied by French forces.
 1814 - Novara "restored to Savoy."
 1821 - Austrian-Piedmontese conflict occurs at Novara.
 1838 - Population: 18,524.
 1842 - Market built.
 1847 - Public library founded.
 1849 - Battle of Novara (1849) fought during the First Italian War of Independence.
 1854 - Novara–Alessandria railway begins operating; Novara railway station opens.
 1855 - Arona–Novara railway begins operating.
 1856 - Turin–Novara railway begins operating.
 1859 -  (provincial district) established.
 1861 - Population: 25,144.(it)
 1864 -  begins operating
 1869 - Novara Cathedral rebuilt.
 1871 - Banca Popolare di Novara (bank) in business.
 1881 -  (tram) begins operating.
 1884
 Corriere di Novara newspaper begins publication.
  (tram) begins operating.
 1886 - Novara–Varallo railway begins operating.
 1888 - Teatro Coccia (theatre) opens.
 1897 - Population: 45,189.

20th century
 1911 - Population: 54,571.
 1912 - Novara Calcio (football club) formed.
 1920 - Società Storica Novarese (history society) formed.
 1939 - Biella–Novara railway begins operating.
 1951 - Population: 69,395.(it)
 1952 -  founded.
 1959 - Faraggiana Ferrandi Natural History Museum established.
 1961 - Population: 87,704.(it)
 1970 - Archivio di Stato di Novara (state archives) established.
 1975 -  begins broadcasting.
 1976 - Stadio Silvio Piola (stadium) opens.
 1989 -  founded.
 1996 - Conservatorio Guido Cantelli established.

21st century
 2004 -  begins.
 2013 - Population: 101,933.
 2016 - Local election held; Alessandro Canelli becomes mayor.
 2021 - Novara ramming

See also
 Novara history 
 List of mayors of Novara
 List of bishops of Novara

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)
 Liguria region: Timeline of Genoa 
 Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
 Piedmont region: Timeline of Turin

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Sources

in English

in Italian
 
 
 
 1912 ed.
 
 
  (bibliography)
 
  1907-
 
 N. Bazzetta de Vemenia. Storia della città di Novara, 1931

External links

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