Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.

Prior to 18th century

 * 729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians.
 * 476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna".
 * 461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again.
 * 403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.
 * 263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War.
 * 122 BCE –.
 * 2nd C. CE - Amphitheatre of Catania
 * 251 CE - Lava stream threatens the town.
 * 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.
 * 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active.
 * 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
 * 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded.
 * 1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake.
 * 1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
 * 1232 – Political unrest.
 * 1239 - Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily.
 * 1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers.
 * 1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily."
 * 1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built.
 * 1435 – "Social unrest."
 * 1434 – University of Catania opens.
 * 1647 – Political unrest.
 * 1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city.
 * 1687 – (church) construction begins.
 * 1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.

18th–19th centuries

 * 1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins.
 * 1713 – San Benedetto church built.
 * 1737 – (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo.
 * 1755 – University Library established.
 * 1817 – February: Earthquake.(it)
 * 1824 – (learned society) formed.
 * 1843 – Catania provincial archives established.
 * 1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established.
 * 1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi."
 * 1866
 * (cemetery) established.
 * Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated.
 * 1869 – (train station) opens.
 * 1871 – Population: 84,397.
 * 1876 – Observatory established.
 * 1881 - Population: 100,417.
 * 1882 – erected in the Piazza Stesicoro.
 * 1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens.
 * 1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.

20th century

 * 1905 – begins operating.
 * 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
 * 1911 – Population: 210,703.
 * 1915 – begins operating.
 * 1929 - Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
 * 1930 – (stadium) opens.
 * 1931 – (library) established.
 * 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
 * 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.
 * 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.
 * 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.
 * 1949
 * (transit entity) established.
 * begins operating.
 * 1954 – opens.
 * 1957 – neighborhood.
 * 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
 * 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.
 * 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
 * 1971
 * City divided into 26 administrative units.(it)
 * Population: 400,048.
 * 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it)
 * 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
 * 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino,, San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, , and Trappeto-Cibali.(it)
 * 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
 * 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.
 * 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
 * 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
 * 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
 * 2013
 * City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata. (it)
 * Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.

in English

 * + 1867 ed.
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in Italian

 * (List of libraries)
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