Timeline of Trapani

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.

Prior to 20th century

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Timeline

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  • 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
  • 241 BCE - Romans in power[1]
  • 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
  • 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"[1]
  • 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily[1]
  • 1266 - Battle of Trapani
  • 1282 - Aragonese in power[1]
  • 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers[2]
  • 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town[3]
  • 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.[3]
  • 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou[2]
  • 1570 - Population: 16,286[2]
  • 1726 - Earthquake[4](it)
  • 1748 - Population: 17,311[2]
  • 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
  • 1798 - Population: 24,330[2]
  • 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule[2]
  • 1830 - Biblioteca Fardelliana (library) opens.[5]
  • 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established[6]
  • 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848[3]
  • 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built[1]
  • 1861 - Circondario di Trapani (administrative region) established
  • 1880 - Stazione di Trapani (railway station) opens.
  • 1897 - Population: 49,992[7]

20th century

  • 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
  • 1906 - Population: 47,578.[3]
  • 1911 - Population: 59,593[8]
  • 1915 - Trapani tram begins operating.
  • 1937 - Ferrovia Palermo-Trapani railway begins operating.
  • 1952 - Trapani trolleybus begins operating.
  • 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
  • 1961 - Trapani–Birgi Airport opens.
  • 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake[1]

21st century

  • 2001 - Local election held; Girolamo Fazio becomes mayor.
  • 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
  • 2013 - Population: 68,967[9]

See also

  • Trapani history
  • History of Trepani
  • List of mayors of Trepani
  • History of Sicily
  • Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Treccani 1937.
  3. ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
  4. ^ Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. pp. 839–840. (includes chronology)
  5. ^ "Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani". Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
  9. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

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