Timeline of Palermo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
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Prior to 19th century
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- 415 BCE - Carthaginians in power.[1]
- 254 BCE - Romans take Palermo.[1]
- 251 BCE - Battle of Panormus.
- 1st century CE - Catholic Diocese of Palermo established.
- 835 CE - Saracens in power.[2]
- 1072 CE - Normans take Palermo.[1]
- 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 active.
- 1282 - Sicilian Vespers uprising against Anjou rule.[1]
- 1330 - Palazzo Sclafani built.[3]
- 1394 - University established.[4]
- 1460 - Porta Nuova (Palermo) (gate) built.[3]
- 1620 - Quattro Canti laid out.
- 1676 - 2 June: Naval Battle of Palermo occurs offshore.
- 1693 - 1693 Sicily earthquake.
- 1726 - Earthquake.[1]
- 1740 - Earthquake.[1]
- 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).[3]
- 1806 - University of Palermo established.
- 1837 - Cholera epidemic.[5]
- 1848 - 12 January: Sicilian revolution of 1848 begins.[6]
- 1849 - 13 May: "Neapolitans capture Palermo."[6]
- 1860
- 6 June: Forces of Garibaldi take Palermo.[1]
- Giornale di Sicilia newspaper begins publication.
- 1861
- Teatro Garibaldi (Palermo) opens.[7]
- Population: 199,911.
- 1866 - Anti-government unrest; crackdown.[1][8]
- 1886 - Palermo Centrale railway station opens.
- 1891 - 15 November: Esposizione Nazionale di Palermo (exhibit) opens.[1]
- 1897 - Teatro Massimo opens.
20th century
- 1900 - L'Ora newspaper begins publication.
- 1901 - Population: 309,566.
- 1930 - Cinema Orfeo opens.[9]
- 1931 - Palermo–Boccadifalco Airport opens.
- 1932 - Stadio Littorio (stadium) opens.
- 1936 - Population: 411,879.
- 1943 - 22 July: Allied forces arrive in Palermo.
- 1947 - Sicilian Regional Assembly headquartered in city.
- 1953 - Cinema Astoria opens.[9]
- 1957 - October: Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957.
- 1960 - Palermo Airport opens.
- 1961 - Population: 587,985.
- 1971 - Population: 642,814.
- 1974 - Palermo Notarbartolo railway station opens.
- 1981 - Population: 701,782.
- 1986 - Maxi Trial begins.[10]
- 1987 - U.S. Città di Palermo football club active.
- 1988 - Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tennis tournament begins.
- 1990 - Palermo metropolitan railway service begins operating.
- 1991 - Population: 698,556.
- 1992 - Anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone killed.[11]
- 1993 - Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2001 - Diego Cammarata becomes mayor.
- 2006 - Paolo Romeo becomes archbishop.
- 2010 - UCI Palermo cinema opens.[9]
- 2012 - Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor again.
- 2013 - Population: 654,987 city; 1,243,638 province.[12]
See also
- History of Palermo
- List of mayors of Palermo
- List of landmarks in Palermo
- History of Sicily
- Other cities in Italy
- Timeline of Bologna
- Timeline of Florence
- Timeline of Genoa
- Timeline of Milan
- Timeline of Naples
- Timeline of Rome
- Timeline of Siena
- Timeline of Trieste
- Timeline of Turin
- Timeline of Venice
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Palermo", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ Umberto Benigni (1911). "Palermo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Palermo", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- ↑ William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Palermo". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
- ↑ "Chronicle of Events from August 1836 to September 1837". American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge. Boston: Charles Bowen. 1838.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Joseph Irving (1880). Annals of Our Time...1837 to...1871. London: Macmillan and Co.
- ↑ "Tesori d'arte a Palermo: Teatri". Palermo Turismo (in Italian). Provincia Regionale di Palermo. Retrieved January 2015.
- ↑ Lucy Riall (1998). Sicily and the Unification of Italy: Liberal Policy and Local Power, 1859–1866: Liberal Policy and Local Power, 1859–1866. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-154261-9.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Movie Theaters in Palermo". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 2014.
- ↑ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ↑ "Italy Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved January 2015.
- ↑ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved January 2015.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, and German Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Frederic Leopold Stolberg (1797), "(Palermo)", Travels through Germany, Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily, Translated by Thomas Holcroft, London: G.G. and J. Robinson
- Douglas Sladen (1908). "Things of Palermo". Sicily, the new winter resort: an encyclopaedia. Methuen. (includes timeline)
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