Timeline of Palermo
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Prior to 19th century[edit]
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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 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[edit]
- 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
- 6 June: Forces of Garibaldi take Palermo.[2]
- Giornale di Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1861
- Teatro Garibaldi (Palermo) opens.[12]
- Population: 199,911.
- 1866 – Anti-government unrest; crackdown.[2][13]
- 1871 – Population: 219,938.[14]
- 1873 – Società Siciliana per la Storia Patria (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)
- US Città di Palermo was founded by Ignazio Majo Pagano
20th century[edit]
- 1901 – Population: 309,566.
- 1906 - First edition of Targa Florio.
- 1919 - Gonzaga Institute, Palermo founded by Jesuits.
- 1930 – Cinema Orfeo opens.[16]
- 1931
- February: Palermo flood of 1931.
- Palermo–Boccadifalco Airport opens.
- 1932 – Stadio Littorio (stadium) opens.
- 1936 – Population: 411,879.
- 1940-1945 - Palermo is bombed during the Second War World.
- 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 Mario D’Aleo killed.
- 1985 – Antonino Cassarà killed.
- March: Sicilian local election, 1985 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[edit]
- 2001 – Diego Cammarata becomes mayor.
- 2006 – Paolo Romeo becomes archbishop.
- 2007 – March: Sicilian local election, 2007 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[edit]
- History of Palermo
- List of mayors of Palermo
- List of landmarks in Palermo
- Archivio di Stato di Palermo (state archives)
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Syracuse, Trapani
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ^ "History of Palermo". www.italytravelescape.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Haydn 1910.
- ^ Graham (1982), p. 186–7.
- ^ Benigni 1911.
- ^ a b c Baedeker 1912.
- ^ Overall 1870.
- ^ 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. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Michael Wyatt, ed. (2014). "Timeline". Cambridge Companion to the Italian Renaissance. Cambridge University Press. p. xxi+. ISBN 978-1-139-99167-4.
- ^ "Chronicle of Events from August 1836 to September 1837". American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge. Boston: Charles Bowen. 1838.
- ^ a b Joseph Irving (1880). Annals of Our Time...1837 to...1871. London: Macmillan and Co.
- ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Tesori d'arte a Palermo: Teatri". Palermo Turismo (in Italian). Provincia Regionale di Palermo. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ Lucy Riall (1998). Sicily and the Unification of Italy: Liberal Policy and Local Power, 1859–1866. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-154261-9.
- ^ Hunter, Brian (1873). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
- ^ Hunter, Brian (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Palermo". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 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 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
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- Annliese Nef, ed. (2013). Companion to Medieval Palermo: the History of a Mediterranean City from 600 to 1500. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25253-0.
in Italian[edit]
- "Palermo". Guida generale di Sicilia e Malta: storica, artistica, commerciale (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Catania: Niccolò Giannotta. 1889.
- Gaetano Battaglia (1902). Palermo: guida descrittiva, amministrativa e commerciale (in Italian). G. Pedone Lauriel.
- "Palermo". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. p. 136+. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
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