Prior to 20th century
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- 1077 - Matilda of Tuscany tower built.[1]
- 1284 - Naval Battle of Meloria (1284) fought near Livorno with the win of Genoa.
- 1303 - Livorno Lighthouse (Fanale dei Pisani) built.[1]
- 1399 - Livorno sold by Pisa to the Visconti.[2]
- 1407 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Genoa.[3]
- 1421 - Livorno becomes part of the Republic of Florence.[3]
- 1423 - Torre del Marzocco (tower) built.[3]
- 1551 - Population: 749.[3]
- 1571 - Port of Livorno construction begins.[2]
- 1575 - Pisa-Livorno Navicelli channel created.
- 1603 - Synagogue of Livorno built.
- 1606
- Livorno attains city status.[3]
- Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi built.[2]
- 1626 - Monument of the Four Moors erected in the Piazza Micheli.[4]
- 1630 - Venezia Nuova area development begins.[4]
- 1645 - Old English Cemetery, Livorno established (until 1838).
- 1653 - 4 March: Naval battle fought near city during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1691 - Port declared Free port.[3]
- 1718 - Status as free port confirmed in the War of the Quadruple Alliance.[3]
- 1742 - Earthquake.[5](it)
- 1796 - French forces enter city.[6]
- 1806 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Livorno established.[7]
- 1813 - Attempted siege of Livorno by British and Italian forces.[6]
- 1816 - Biblioteca Labronica (library) founded.[8]
- 1825
- 1840 - New Walls of Livorno built.[4]
- 1842 - Cisternone (Livorno) built.[4]
- 1847 - Teatro Carlo Goldoni (Livorno) (theatre) opens.
- 1848 - Cisternino di città built.
- 1849 - May: Siege of Livorno by Austrian forces during the First Italian War of Independence.[6]
- 1856 - Santa Maria del Soccorso, Livorno opened.
- 1857 - June: Fire.[6]
- 1867 - Livorno–Rome railway opened.[3]
- 1868 - Livorno's free port status ends.[2][3]
- 1871 - Population: 97,096.[10]
- 1872 - Chamber of Commerce headquartered in the Palazzo della Dogana.
- 1881 - Italian Naval Academy established.
- 1899 - City Archive opens on Via Borra.[11]
