Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.

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Timeline

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  • 729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians.[1]
  • 476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna".[2][1]
  • 461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again.[1]
  • 403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.[1]
  • 263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War.[1]
  • 122 BCE – Mount Etna eruption of 122 BCE.[1]
  • 2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania
  • 251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town.[1]
  • 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.[1]
  • 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active.[3]
  • 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.[1]
  • 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded.[4][1]
  • 1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake.[1]
  • 1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
  • 1232 – Political unrest.[4]
  • 1239 – Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily.
  • 1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers.
  • 1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily."[4]
  • 1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built.
  • 1435 – "Social unrest."[4]
  • 1434 – University of Catania opens.[1]
  • 1647 – Political unrest.
  • 1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city.[1]
  • 1687 – Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena (church) construction begins.
  • 1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.[1]

18th–19th centuries

  • 1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins.
  • 1713 – San Benedetto church built.
  • 1737 – Fontana dell'Elefante (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo.
  • 1755 – University Library established.[5]
  • 1817 – February: Earthquake.[6](it)
  • 1824 – Accademia Gioenia (learned society) formed.[7]
  • 1843 – Catania provincial archives established.[8]
  • 1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established.[9]
  • 1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi."[6]
  • 1866
    • Cimitero monumentale di Catania (cemetery) established.
    • Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated.[1]
  • 1869 – Stazione di Catania Marittima (train station) opens.
  • 1871 – Population: 84,397.[10]
  • 1876 – Observatory established.
  • 1881 – Population: 100,417.[1]
  • 1882 – Vincenzo Bellini monument erected in the Piazza Stesicoro.
  • 1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens.
  • 1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.

20th century

  • 1905 – Catania tram begins operating.
  • 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
  • 1911 – Population: 210,703.[11]
  • 1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram begins operating.
  • 1929 – Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
  • 1930 – Campo dei cent'anni (stadium) opens.
  • 1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero (library) established.[12]
  • 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
  • 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[13]
  • 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.[13]
  • 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[14]
  • 1949
    • Società Catanese Trasporti (transit entity) established.
    • Catania trolleybus begins operating.
  • 1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) opens.[15]
  • 1957 – Demolition of San Berillo neighborhood.
  • 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
  • 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.[8]
  • 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
  • 1971
    • City divided into 26 administrative units.(it)
    • Population: 400,048.
  • 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it)
  • 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
  • 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, San Giovanni Galermo, San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, San Leone-Rapisardi, and Trappeto-Cibali.(it)
  • 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
  • 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.[16]
  • 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
  • 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.

21st century

  • 2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
  • 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
  • 2013
    • City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.[17](it)
    • Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.[18]

See also

  • Catania history
  • History of Catania
  • List of mayors of Catania
  • History of Sicily
  • Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
    • Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
    • Sicily: Timeline of Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Robert Garland (2014). "Chronology". Wandering Greeks: the Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great. Princeton University Press. pp. 279–286. ISBN 978-1-4008-5025-9.
  3. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e Abulafia 2004.
  5. ^ Biblioteche 1865.
  6. ^ a b Haydn 1910.
  7. ^ Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Storia". Archivio di Stato di Catania (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
  11. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
  12. ^ "Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero: Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Storia di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. ^ "Movie Theaters in Catania, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. ^ "The best club in the world?", The Guardian, UK, 25 June 2008
  17. ^ "Le sei Circoscrizioni del Comune di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

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