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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- 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]
- 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.
- 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]
- 1798 - Population: 24,330.[2]
- 1820 - Uprising against .[2]
- 1830 - (library) opens.[5]
- 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established.[6]
- 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848.[3]
- 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built.[1]
- 1861 - (administrative region) established.[citation needed]
- 1880 - (railway station) opens.
- 1897 - Population: 49,992.[7]
20th century[]
- 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
- 1911 - Population: 59,593.[8]
- 1915 - begins operating.
- 1937 - railway begins operating.
- 1952 - begins operating.
- 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
- 1961 - Trapani Airport opens.
- 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake.[1]
21st century[]
- 2001 - held; becomes mayor.
- 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 68,967.[9]
See also[]
- Trapani history
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Treccani 1937.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Britannica 1910.
- ^ (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. pp. 839–840.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes chronology)
- ^ "Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani". Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography[]
in English[]
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Drepanum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Trapani". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- Thomas Ashby (1910), "Trapani", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424
- "Trapani", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Trapani". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 293+. ISBN 0313307334.
in Italian[]
- (1825). Guida per gli stranieri in Trapani.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Trepani", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 22 (6th ed.), 1887
- Gaetano Battaglia (1904). "Trapani". Guida descrittiva della Sicilia (in Italian). Palermo: G. Pedone Lauriel.
- "Trapani". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919.
- "Trapani", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937
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