Timeline of Bari

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bari in the Apulia region of Italy.

Prior to 15th century

 * 450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established (approximate date).
 * 847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari.
 * 852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city.
 * 871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies.
 * 885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor."
 * 1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi."
 * 1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins.
 * 1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces.
 * 1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins (approximate date).
 * 1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade.
 * 1098 - Religious council held in Bari.
 * 1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * 1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power.
 * 1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily.
 * 1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed.
 * 1197 - Basilica di San Nicola consecrated.
 * 1233 - Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) (castle) rebuilt.
 * 1292 - Cathedral of San Sabino consecrated.
 * 1349 - City besieged by Hungarian and German forces.
 * 1399 - Giovanni Bozzuto appointed captain.

15th–19th centuries

 * 1464 - Sforza in power.
 * 1500 - Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan in power.
 * 1545 - Population: 12,800.
 * 1567 - Flood.
 * 1558 - Bona Sforza leaves the town to Philip II. of Spain and Naples.
 * 1647 - Social unrest.
 * 1656 - Plague.
 * 1683 - Flood.
 * 1690 - 1692 - Major plague in the Province of Bari resulting in the entire region being placed under quarantine.
 * 1813 - City development outside the walls begins.
 * 1833 - August: Flood.
 * 1835 - (state archives) established.
 * 1854 - Teatro Piccinni (theatre) opens.
 * 1860 - Bari becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
 * 1861 - Population: 44,572.
 * 1864 - Bari Centrale railway station opens.
 * 1868 - Bari–Taranto railway in operation.
 * 1872 - New Port of Bari development begins.
 * 1877 - (library) opens.
 * 1887 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno newspaper begins publication.
 * 1897 - Population: 80,450.
 * 1900 - Bari-Putignano railway begins operating.

20th century

 * 1901 - (publisher) in business.
 * 1903 - Teatro Petruzzelli (theatre) opens.
 * 1905
 * February: Flood.
 * Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway begins operating.
 * 1908 - F.C. Bari 1908 (football club) formed.
 * 1911 - Population: 103,670.
 * 1914 - (theatre) opens.
 * 1915 - September: Flood.
 * 1921 - Population: 136,247.
 * 1924 - Università adriatica B. Mussolini founded.
 * 1925 - Conservatory of Bari established.
 * 1926 - November: Flood.
 * 1931 - Ferrovie del Sud Est (transit entity) established.
 * 1934 - Bari Airport built.
 * 1936
 * Ferrotramviaria (transit entity) established.
 * Population: 197,918.
 * 1943 - Air raid on Bari by German forces in World War II.
 * 1951 - Population: 268,183.
 * 1965 - Bari–Barletta railway begins operating.
 * 1981 - Population: 371,022.
 * 1985 - May: held.
 * 1990
 * Part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bari.
 * Polytechnic University of Bari established.
 * Stadio San Nicola (stadium) opens.

21st century

 * 2008 - Bari metropolitan railway service begins operating.
 * 2009 - Bari International Film Festival begins.
 * 2013 - Population: 313,213.
 * 2014 - Antonio Decaro becomes mayor.
 * 2015
 * May: Apulian regional election, 2015 held.
 * Metropolitan City of Bari administration effected.
 * 2016 - 12 July: Andria–Corato train collision occurs in vicinity of Bari.

in Italian

 * 1857-1858
 * A. Beatillo. Storia di Bari. 1886
 * F. Carabellese. Bari. Bergamo 1909
 * F. Colavecchio. Guida di Bari. 1910
 * 1913-1915
 * Vito Masellis. Storia di Bari dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Italstampa, 1966
 * Dino Borri et al. Storia di Bari. Laterza, 1994
 * Pietro Mazzeo. Storia di Bari dalle origini alla conquista normanna (1071), Adriatica Editrice, Bari, 2008
 * Vito Masellis. Storia di Bari dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Italstampa, 1966
 * Dino Borri et al. Storia di Bari. Laterza, 1994
 * Pietro Mazzeo. Storia di Bari dalle origini alla conquista normanna (1071), Adriatica Editrice, Bari, 2008
 * Pietro Mazzeo. Storia di Bari dalle origini alla conquista normanna (1071), Adriatica Editrice, Bari, 2008