Basic chronology
- 222 b.C. Milan was conquered by Romans.
46 b.C. Milan acquires Roman citizenship.
- 293 a. d. When the Roman empire was shared by Diocletianus in four parts ( with four different emperors) Milan was the seat of one of the emperors.
374-397 a.d. Ambrogio was the bishop of the city.
11th century. Milan became a Commune.
1162 a.d. The emperor Federico Redbeard conquered Milan; two years later the relics of the three Wise Men were brought in the Cathedral of Köln, in Germany.
1176 a.d. Milan with the allies defeated Federico Redbeard in the battle of Legnano.
1395 a.d. Gian Galeazzo Visconti was declared Duke of Milan by the emperor.
1559 a.d. Beginning of Spanish rule.
1713 a.d. Beginning of Austrian rule.
1805 a.d. Milan became the capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.
1814 a.d. Austria conquered Milan again.
25th April 1945 a.d. Milan was set free by the Allied in the 2nd World War.
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Translated by M.Pozzi