Timeline of Palermo

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

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  • 734 BC - Phoenicians found Palermo[1]
  • 415 BC – Carthaginians in power,[2] but continue using Greek name Panormos on the city's coins.[3]
  • 276 BC – Conquered by Pyrrhus of Epirus.
  • 275 BC – Carthaginian reconquest.
  • 254 BC – Romans take Palermo under the Latin name Panormus.[2]
  • 251 BC – Attempted Carthaginian reconquest fails in the Battle of Panormus.
  • 1st century AD – Catholic Diocese of Palermo established.
  • 440 – Vandal siege and conquest of Panormus.
  • 535 – Byzantine siege and conquest of Panormus.
  • 830 – August: Arabs begin siege of Palermo.
  • 831 – August: Saracens in power.[4]
  • 1072 – Normans take Palermo.[2]
  • 1130 – Palermo becomes capital of the Kingdom of Sicily.
  • 1136 – San Giovanni degli Eremiti church built.
  • 1140 – Cappella Palatina consecrated.
  • 1143 – Martorana church founded.
  • 1160 – Chiesa di San Cataldo (church) built.
  • 1185 – Palermo Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1191 – Basilica della Santissima Trinità del Cancelliere [it] active.
  • 1282
    • 30 March: Sicilian Vespers uprising against Anjou rule.[2]
    • 4 September: Peter I crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
  • 1330 – Palazzo Sclafani built.[5]
  • 1394 – University established.[6]
  • 1460 – Porta Nuova (Palermo) (gate) built.[5]
  • 1477 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).[7]
  • 1557 – September: Flood.(it)
  • 1584 – Fontana Pretoria (fountain) installed in the Piazza Pretoria.[8]
  • 1620 – Quattro Canti laid out.
  • 1676 – 2 June: Naval Battle of Palermo occurs offshore.
  • 1693 – 1693 Sicily earthquake.
  • 1726 – Earthquake.[2]
  • 1734 – 2 September: Spanish conquest.
  • 1735 – 3 July: Charles V crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
  • 1740 – Earthquake.[2]
  • 1760 – Allegorical Apotheosis of Palermo artwork painted in the Palazzo Isnello.
  • 1790 – Palermo Astronomical Observatory founded.
  • 1795 – Botanical Garden of Palermo opens.

19th century[]

  • 1801 – Astronomer Piazzi discovers Ceres (dwarf planet).[5]
  • 1806 – University of Palermo established.
  • 1837 – Cholera epidemic.[9]
  • 1848 – 12 January: Sicilian revolution of 1848 begins.[10]
  • 1849 – 13 May: "Neapolitans capture Palermo."[10]
  • 1860
  • 1861
    •  [it] opens.[12]
    • Population: 199,911.
  • 1866 – Anti-government unrest; crackdown.[2][13]
  • 1871 – Population: 219,938.[14]
  • 1873 –  [it] (history society) founded.
  • 1886 – Palermo Centrale railway station opens.
  • 1891 – 15 November: Esposizione Nazionale di Palermo (exhibit) opens.[2]
  • 1897
    • Teatro Massimo opens.
    • Population: 287,972.[15]
  • 1900 – L'Ora newspaper begins publication.(it)

20th century[]

  • 1901 – Population: 309,566.
  • 1906 - First edition of Targa Florio.
  • 1919 - Gonzaga Institute, Palermo founded by Jesuits.
  • 1930 – Cinema Orfeo opens.[16]
  • 1931
  • 1932 – Stadio Littorio (stadium) opens.
  • 1936 – Population: 411,879.
  • 1940-1945 - Palermo is bombed during the .
  • 1943 – 22 July: Allied forces arrive in Palermo.
  • 1947 – Sicilian Regional Assembly headquartered in city.
  • 1950s/1980s - Sack of Palermo.
  • 1953 – Cinema Astoria opens.[16]
  • 1957 – October: Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957.
  • 1960 – Palermo Airport opens.[citation needed]
  • 1961 – Population: 587,985.
  • 1970 - Mauro De Mauro disappeared.
  • 1971 – Population: 642,814.
  • 1974 – Palermo Notarbartolo railway station opens.
  • 1979 - Mario Francese and Boris Giuliano killed.
  • 1980 - Piersanti Mattarella and Gaetano Costa killed.
  • 1981 – Population: 701,782.
  • 1982 - Pio La Torre, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa and his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro killed.
  • 1983 - Rocco Chinnici and killed.
  • 1985 – Antonino Cassarà killed.
    • March:  [it] held.
  • 1986 – Maxi Trial begins.[17]
  • 1988 – Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tennis tournament begins.
  • 1990 – Palermo metropolitan railway service begins operating.
    • Palermo hosts some matches of 1990 World Cup.
  • 1991 – Population: 698,556.
  • 1992 – Anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino killed.[18]
  • 1993 – Pino Puglisi killed.
    • Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor.

21st century[]

  • 2001 – Diego Cammarata becomes mayor.
  • 2006 – Paolo Romeo becomes archbishop.
  • 2007 – March:  [it] held.
  • 2010 – UCI Palermo cinema opens.[16]
  • 2012 – Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor again.
  • 2013 – Population: 654,987 city; 1,243,638 province.[19]
  • 2015 - Palermo’s Itinerario Arabo-Normanno proclaimed World Heritage Site by Unesco.
    • The Palermitan Sergio Mattarella becomes President of Italian Republic.
  • 2018 - Palermo is “Capitale Italiana della cultura” and hosts the 12th edition of Manifesta.
    • Pope Francis visits the city.

See also[]

References[]

Citations[]

  1. ^ "History of Palermo". www.italytravelescape.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Haydn 1910.
  3. ^ Graham (1982), p. 186–7.
  4. ^ Benigni 1911.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Baedeker 1912.
  6. ^ Overall 1870.
  7. ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Palermo". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
  9. ^ "Chronicle of Events from August 1836 to September 1837". American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge. Boston: Charles Bowen. 1838.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Joseph Irving (1880). Annals of Our Time...1837 to...1871. London: Macmillan and Co.
  11. ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  12. ^ "Tesori d'arte a Palermo: Teatri". Palermo Turismo (in Italian). Provincia Regionale di Palermo. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  13. ^ Lucy Riall (1998). Sicily and the Unification of Italy: Liberal Policy and Local Power, 1859–1866. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-154261-9.
  14. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873.
  15. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Movie Theaters in Palermo". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  17. ^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
  18. ^ "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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