Timeline of Messina
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
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- 730 BCE - Chalcidians take settlement from the Siculi; town renamed "Zancle".[1]
- 671 BCE - Samians take Zancle.[2]
- 397 BCE - Settlement sacked by Carthaginian forces in the Battle of Messene.[3]
- 343 BCE - Carthaginians ousted by forces of Timoleon.[3]
- 282 BCE - Mamertines take Messina (approximate date).[3]
- 241 BCE - Messina becomes a civitas foederata.[3]
- 35 BCE - Messina attacked by forces of Octavian.[3]
- 520 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Messina active (approximate date).[4]
- 535 CE - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.[5]
- 843 - Arabs in power.[5][3]
- 1061 - Normans in power.[3]
- 1098 - Messina Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1190 - Messina sacked by forces of Richard I of England.[3]
- 1194 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor in power in Sicily.[3]
- 1197 - Messina Cathedral consecrated.[3]
- 1232
- Messina issues gold coin.[6]
- Economic unrest.[5]
- 1282
- Uprising against Anjou rule.[3]
- Spanish rule begins.[3]
- 1296 - Fair [it] begins.[citation needed]
- ca.1430 - Birth of Antonello da Messina a painter.[3]
- 1473 - Printing press in operation.[7][8]
- 1535 - Entry of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor into Messina.
- 1545 - Forte Gonzaga (fort) built.
- 1546 - Forte del Santissimo Salvatore (fort) built.
- 1548 - Jesuit College (Messina) [it] founded.
- 1616 - Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Messina) built.
- 1638 - Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina (garden) established.
- 1674 - Messina revolt against Spanish rule begins.[1][9]
- 1686 - Real Cittadella (fort) built.
- 1693 - 1693 Sicily earthquake.[2]
18th-19th centuries
- 1713 - Spanish rule ends.[3]
- 1728 - Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (learned society) founded.[10]
- 1743 - Plague.[3]
- 1757 - Statua dell'Immacolata (Messina) [it] (monument) erected.
- 1783 - Earthquake.[3]
- 1806 - Museum opens.
- 1838 - University of Messina established.
- 1848 - Siege of Messina (1848) during the Sicilian revolution of 1848.[3]
- 1850 - Population: 97,074.[3]
- 1854
- State Archive of Messina established.[11]
- Cholera outbreak.[3]
- 1860 - July: Garibaldi enters city.[2][3]
- 1866 - Railway station opens.
- 1871
- Ferrovia Messina-Siracusa (railway) in operation.
- Population: 111,854.[12]
- 1881 - Population: 126,497. [3]
- 1889
- Ferrovia Palermo-Messina (railway) begins operating.
- Messina Marittima railway station opens.
- 1890 - Messina-Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Tram [it] begins operating.
- 1892 - First section of Messina-Giampilieri Tram [it] begins operating.
- 1896 - Strait of Messina ferry [it] begins operating.
- 1900 - Messina Football Club formed.
20th century
- 1908 - 28 December: 1908 Messina earthquake.[3]
- 1911 - Population: 126,557.[13]
- 1921 - Population: 177,196.[citation needed]
- 1932 - Stadio Giovanni Celeste (stadium) opens.
- 1935 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.[14]
- 1936 - Population: 191,966.[citation needed]
- 1943 - City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[15]
- 1952 - Gazzetta del Sud newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1955
- June: International conference on European economic integration held in Messina.[15]
- Pylons erected in the Strait of Messina to hold an electric power line.
- 1959 - Messina Grand Prix (car race) begins.
- 1979 - International Rally of Messina (car race) begins.
- 1985 - March: Sicilian local election, 1985 [it] held.
21st century
- 2003 - Tram begins operating.
- 2004 - Stadio San Filippo (stadium) opens.
- 2009
- October: 2009 Messina floods and mudslides.
- Palazzo della cultura built.
- 2010 - S.S.D. Città di Messina (football club) formed.
- 2013
- June: Local election held; Renato Accorinti becomes mayor.
- Population: 242,267.[17]
- 2018 - Local election held; Cateno De Luca becomes mayor.[18]
- 2022 - Local election held; Federico Basile becomes mayor.[19]
See also
- Messina history
- History of Messina [it]
- List of mayors of Messina
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani
References
- ^ a b Domenico 2002.
- ^ a b c Haydn 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Kleinhenz 2004.
- ^ Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
- ^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established". In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. London: H. Grevel & Co.
- ^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Messina". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631.
- ^ Smedley, Edward; Rose, Hugh James; Rose, Henry John (1845), "Modern History, Chronological Table, 1649-1815: Spain and Portugal", Encyclopædia Metropolitana, vol. 13: History and Biography, v.5, London
- ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 261+. ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1.
- ^ "Storia dell'Istituto". Archivio di Stato di Messina (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ "Archivio Storico Comunale" (in Italian). Comune di Messina. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Turismo: Storia e Tradizioni: Cenni storici" (in Italian). Comune di Messina. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ "Cateno De Luca è stato proclamato Sindaco di Messina. «Sarò il portatore della rivoluzione» - FOTO". Normanno.com (in Italian). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Federico Basile proclamato sindaco di Messina: «Premiato il metodo De Luca, lo porterò avanti a modo mio»". Normanno.com (in Italian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
Bibliography
in English
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Messana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
- John Ramsay McCulloch (1877), "Messina", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, Hugh G. Reid, ed., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., hdl:2027/njp.32101079877088
- "Messina". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312926.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Messina", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908 + 1867 ed.
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Messina" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). pp. 194–195.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Messina", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Messina". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 287+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Messina". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 705+. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian
- Cajo Domenico Gallo (1756). Annali della citta si Messina (in Italian). Francesco Gaipa.
- Guida per la cittá di Messina (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Giuseppe Fiumara. 1841.
- "Messina". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 13 (6th ed.). Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1882. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649811.
- "Messina". Guida generale di Sicilia e Malta: storica, artistica, commerciale (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Catania: Niccolò Giannotta [it]. 1889.
- "Messina". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. p. 96+. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
- Paolo Militello (2008). Ritratti di città in Sicilia e a Malta: XVI-XVII secolo (in Italian). Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali [it]. ISBN 978-88-88615-78-3.
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