Timeline of Cagliari

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Prior to 18th century



 * 2nd. half of the 4th millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
 * 2nd. half of the 3rd millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
 * 8th C. BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.
 * 510 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
 * 238 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Romans
 * Early 1st C. CE - Granting of the title of Municipium
 * 2nd C. CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
 * 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).
 * 5th C. CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
 * 485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.(it)
 * 533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.
 * 10th C. - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
 * 1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
 * 1297 - Pope Boniface VIII invests the Kings of Aragon with Sardinia.
 * 1305 - Torre di San Pancrazio (tower) built.
 * 1307 - Torre dell'Elefante (tower) built.
 * 1312 - Cagliari Cathedral built.
 * 1323 - begins during the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia.
 * 1325
 * December:.
 * Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria construction begins.
 * 1326 - Siege of Castel di Castro ends; Aragonese in power.
 * 1348 - Black Death plague.
 * 1492 - Jews in Sardinia expelled per Alhambra Decree.(it)
 * 1606 - University of Cagliari established.
 * 1688 - Population: 17,390.(it)

18th-19th centuries

 * 1714 - Aragonese ousted; Sardinia "assigned to Austria" per Treaty of Utrecht.
 * 1720 - Sardinia ceded by the Austrians to the duke of Savoy, in exchange for Sicily.
 * 1764 - built.
 * 1792 - (library) opens.
 * 1793 - Cagliari "bombarded by the French fleet."
 * 1804 - Reale Società Agraria ed Economica di Cagliari (learned society founded.
 * 1821 - Population: 31,935.(it)
 * 1840 - (garden) opens.
 * 1859 - (administrative region) established.
 * 1871 - begins operating.
 * 1879 - Cagliari railway station opens.
 * 1883 - (railway) begins operating.
 * 1889 - L'Unione Sarda newspaper begins publication.
 * 1893
 * begin operating.
 * Popolo Sardo newspaper begins publication.
 * 1897 - Population: 44,624.

20th century

 * 1901 - terrace built.
 * 1911 - Population: 60,101.
 * 1920 - Cagliari Football Club formed.
 * 1923 - Stadio Amsicora (stadium) opens.
 * 1931 - Population: 92,689.(it)
 * 1933 - built.
 * 1943 - Bombing of Cagliari in World War II.
 * 1948 - (fair) begins.
 * 1951 - Population: 130,511.(it)
 * 1952 - Trolleybuses in Cagliari begin operating.
 * 1961 - Population: 173,540.(it)
 * 1965 -  begins publication.
 * 1970 - Stadio Sant'Elia (stadium) opens.
 * 1981 - Population: 219,648.(it)
 * 1990 - Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Cagliari.
 * 1993 - (museum) active.

21st century

 * 2001 - Population: 164,249.(it)
 * 2008 - Cagliari light rail begins operating.
 * 2011
 * (library) opens in the.
 * Local election held; Massimo Zedda becomes mayor.(it)
 * 2013 - Population: 149,575.

in Italian

 * (List of newspapers)