Timeline of Cagliari
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Prior to 18th century[]
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- Second half of the 4th millennium BC - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
- Second half of the 3rd millennium BC - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
- 8th century BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.[1]
- 510 BC - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
- 238 BC - Caralis occupied by the Romans
- Early 1st century AD - Granting of the title of Municipium
- 2nd century CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
- 5th century CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).[2]
- 5th century CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
- 485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.[3](it)
- 533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.[3]
- 10th century CE - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
- 1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
- 1305 - Torre di San Pancrazio (tower) built.[3]
- 1307 - Torre dell'Elefante (tower) built.[3]
- 1312 - Cagliari Cathedral built.[3]
- 1323 - begins during the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia.
- 1325
- December: .
- Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria construction begins.[1]
- 1326 - Siege of Castel di Castro ends; Aragonese in power.[1]
- 1348 - Black Death plague.[3]
- 1492 - Jews in Sardinia expelled per Alhambra Decree.(it)
- 1607 - University of Cagliari established
- 1688 - Population: 17,390.(it)
18th-19th centuries[]
- 1714 - Aragonese ousted; Sardinia "assigned to Austria" per Treaty of Utrecht.[3]
- 1764 - built.[3]
- 1792 - (library) opens.
- 1793 - Cagliari "bombarded by the French fleet."[3]
- 1804 - Reale Società Agraria ed Economica di Cagliari (learned society founded.
- 1821 - Population: 31,935.(it)
- 1840 - (garden) opens.
- 1859 - (administrative region) established.
- 1871 - begins operating.
- 1879 - Cagliari railway station opens.
- 1883 - (railway) begins operating.
- 1889 - L'Unione Sarda newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1893
- begin operating.
- Popolo Sardo newspaper begins publication.[5]
- 1897 - Population: 44,624.[6]
20th century[]
- 1901 - terrace built.
- 1911 - Population: 60,101.[7]
- 1920 - Cagliari Football Club formed.
- 1923 - Stadio Amsicora (stadium) opens.
- 1931 - Population: 92,689.(it)
- 1933 - built.
- 1943 - Bombing of Cagliari in World War II.
- 1948 - (fair) begins.
- 1951 - Population: 130,511.(it)
- 1952 - Trolleybuses in Cagliari begin operating.
- 1961 - Population: 173,540.(it)
- 1965 - begins publication.
- 1970 - Stadio Sant'Elia (stadium) opens.
- 1981 - Population: 219,648.(it)
- 1990 - Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Cagliari.
- 1993 - (museum) active.[8]
21st century[]
- 2001 - Population: 164,249.(it)
- 2008 - Cagliari light rail begins operating.
- 2011
- (library) opens in the .
- Local election held; Massimo Zedda becomes mayor.(it)
- 2013 - Population: 149,575.[9]
See also[]
- History of Cagliari
- List of mayors of Cagliari
- List of bishops of Cagliari
- List of giudici of Caligari, 11th-13th centuries
- History of Sardinia
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it) Sicily: Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani
References[]
- ^ a b c Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Giornali e giornalisti", Almanacco Italiano (in Italian), Florence: , 1896, pp. 431+ (List of newspapers)
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
- ^ "Cultura e spettacolo: Musei Civici" (in Italian). Comune di Cagliari. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
in English[]
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Cagliari", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Caralis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Cagliari". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- "Cagliari", Jewish Encyclopedia, 3, New York, 1902
- Thomas Ashby (1910), "Cagliari", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "Cagliari", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Sardinia: Cagliari". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 259+. ISBN 0313307334.
in Italian[]
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Cagliari". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. (List of newspapers)
- "Cagliari", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1930
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