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600 BC Foundation of Milan by Celts (approximate date).
260 Gallienus reinforces the military and establishes a new mobile force supported by the cavalry, which becomes the pivot of the Roman army. The army's headquarters are established in Milan.
261 Gallienus
crushes the Alamanni
at Milan.
265 Gallienus gives the order to fortify Milan and Verona
.
268 Gallienus, killed by his troops outside Milan.
290 Diocletian
and Maximian
meet in Milan on the five-year anniversary of their rule to discuss their successes and failures.
305 In the Western Empire, the capital is moved from Rome to Milan.
344 Bishop Eustorgius I brings relics of the Three Magi from Constantinople
to Milan according to a legend from the 12th century.
382 Gratian
officially moves the capital of the western empire from Rome to Milan.
384 Ambrosius
refuses the Roman Empress Justina's request for a church in Milan where she can worship according to her Arian
belief.
402 Emperor Honorius
transfers the capital of the Western Empire from Milan to Ravenna
.
490 The majority of Odoacer
's army, including his magister militum
Tufa, surrenders to Theodoric the Great
in Milan.
540 General Belisarius
conquers Milan and the Ostrogoth
capital Ravenna
.
1026 Archbishop Ariberto crowns Conrad II
King of Italy
in Milan.
1134 The Humiliati retreat to a monastery in Milan.
1164 Archbishop Rainald of Dassel brings relics of the Magi from Milan to Cologne
.
1402 Battle of Casalecchio - Gian Galeazzo Visconti
, the Duke of Milan, crushes the forces of Bologna
, but he dies later that year.
1454 April 18 Treaty of Lodi: Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the duchy of Milan, republic of Florence
and kingdom of Naples
1480 Ludovico Sforza
becomes Regent of Milan (reigns until 1499)
1494 Ludovico Sforza
becomes Duke
of Milan.
1499 The French under Louis XII
seize Milan, driving out Duke Ludovico Sforza
.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza
recaptures Milan, but is soon driven out again by the French
.
1513 Italian Wars
: Battle of Novara - Swiss troops defeat the French under Louis de la Tremoille, forcing the French to abandon Milan. Duke Massimiliano Sforza is restored.
1515 September 14 - Battle of Marignano - The army of Francis I of France
defeats the Swiss, thanks to the timely arrival of a Venetian army. Francis restores French control of Milan.
1795 First Coalition
: Napoleon I of France
enters Milan in triumph.
1796 Napoleon's troops take Milan.
1805 In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France
crowns himself King of Italy
with the Iron Crown of Lombardy
1839 Giuseppe Verdi
's first opera, ''Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio'' opens in Milan.
1843 Giuseppe Verdi
's opera ''I Lombardi'' premieres in Milan
1849 In Milan, anti-Austria
n activists organize a smoking boycott in protest of the Austrian monopoly
on tobacco
. Protests erupts into brief riots.
1859 French and Piedmontese forces enter Milan.
1898 General
Bava-Beccaris killed 80 demonstrators in Milan, Italy
shooting on a rally; King of Italy
Umberto I will be killed two years after to avenge this shooting.
1904 Puccini
's Madame Butterfly debuts in Milan to no great success
1911 Futurist exhibition in Milan was the first of efforts by the group to make its theories concrete
1919 March 23 — In Milan, Italy
, Benito Mussolini
founds his Fascist
political movement.
1945 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini
and his mistress, Clara Petacci, are executed by Italian partisans as they attempt to flee the country. Their bodies are then hung by their heels in the public square of Milan.
1999 In Milan, Italy
, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci's newly-restored masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.
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