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400 BC Celtic Insubres inhabited Milan
222 BC Romans conquered the city and named it Mediolanum
293 Emperor Diocletian declared Milan as the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
313 The Emperor Constantine I, with the Edict of Milan, guaranteed freedom of Christianity.
402 Visigoths attacked the city and Ravenna became the imperial residence.
539 Ostrogoths destroyed the city during Gothic War against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
774 Franks invaded Milan and Charlemagne took the title King of the Lombards.
1162 Frederick I Barbarossa conquered and destroyed Milan.
1167 Foundation of the Lombard League.
1183 With the Peace of Constance Milan became duchy.
1395 Gian Galeazzo Visconti became the duke of Milan.
1447 Filippo Maria Visconti died without a male heir which ended the Visconti line and the Ambrosian Republic was re-established.
1450 Francesco Sforza conquered Milan.
1492 The French King Louis XII laid claim to the duchy.
1525 Northern Italy, including Milan, passed to the House of Habsburg with the Battle of Pavia.
1700 The Spanish line of Habsburg ended with the death of Charles II.
1701 The War of Spanish Succession began.
1706 The French were defeated and forced to yield northern Italy to the Austrian Habsburgs.
1713 With the Treaty of Utrecht most of Spain’s Italian possessions left to Austrians.
1796 Napoleon conquered Lombardy and Milan became the capital of the Cisalpine Republic.
1815 The Congress of Vienna returned Lombardy and Milan and Veneto to Austrian control.
1848 The Milanese rebelled against Austrians.
1859 Austria was defeated at the Battle of Solferino by Sardinia and France union.
1919 Benito Mussolini formed the core of Italy’s Fascist Movement in Milan.
1944 During World War II Germans occupied most of northern Italy until 1945.
1945 Fascists were hung in Milan at Piazzale loreto.
1950 Immigration to Milan rapidly increased by 1960s to seek jobs.
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