Timeline of Palermo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Prior to 19th century

 * 734 BC - Phoenicians found Palermo
 * 415 BC – Carthaginians in power, but continue using Greek name Panormos on the city's coins.
 * 276 BC – Conquered by Pyrrhus of Epirus.
 * 275 BC – Carthaginian reconquest.
 * 254 BC – Romans take Palermo under the Latin name Panormus.
 * 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.
 * 1072 – Normans take Palermo.
 * 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 – active.
 * 1282
 * 30 March: Sicilian Vespers uprising against Anjou rule.
 * 4 September: Peter I crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
 * 1330 – Palazzo Sclafani built.
 * 1394 – University established.
 * 1460 – Porta Nuova (Palermo) (gate) built.
 * 1477 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).
 * 1557 – September: Flood.(it)
 * 1584 – Fontana Pretoria (fountain) installed in the Piazza Pretoria.
 * 1620 – Quattro Canti laid out.
 * 1676 – 2 June: Naval Battle of Palermo occurs offshore.
 * 1693 – 1693 Sicily earthquake.
 * 1726 – Earthquake.
 * 1734 – 2 September: Spanish conquest.
 * 1735 – 3 July: Charles V crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
 * 1740 – Earthquake.
 * 1760 – Allegorical Apotheosis of Palermo artwork painted in the Palazzo Isnello.
 * 1790 – Palermo Astronomical Observatory founded.
 * 1795 – Botanical Garden of Palermo opens.

19th century

 * 1801 – Astronomer Piazzi discovers Ceres (dwarf planet).
 * 1806 – University of Palermo established.
 * 1837 – Cholera epidemic.
 * 1848 – 12 January: Sicilian revolution of 1848 begins.
 * 1849 – 13 May: "Neapolitans capture Palermo."
 * 1860
 * 6 June: Forces of Garibaldi take Palermo.
 * Giornale di Sicilia newspaper begins publication.
 * 1861
 * opens.
 * Population: 199,911.
 * 1866 – Anti-government unrest; crackdown.
 * 1871 – Population: 219,938.
 * 1873 – (history society) founded.
 * 1886 – Palermo Centrale railway station opens.
 * 1891 – 15 November: Esposizione Nazionale di Palermo (exhibit) opens.
 * 1897
 * Teatro Massimo opens.
 * Population: 287,972.
 * 1900 – L'Ora newspaper begins publication.(it)
 * US Città di Palermo was founded by Ignazio Majo Pagano

20th century

 * 1901 – Population: 309,566.
 * 1906 - First edition of Targa Florio.
 * 1919 - Gonzaga Institute, Palermo founded by Jesuits.
 * 1930 – Cinema Orfeo opens.
 * 1931
 * February:.
 * 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.
 * 1957 – October: Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957.
 * 1960 – Palermo Airport opens.
 * 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: held.
 * 1986 – Maxi Trial begins.
 * 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.
 * 1993 – Pino Puglisi killed.
 * Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001 – Diego Cammarata becomes mayor.
 * 2006 – Paolo Romeo becomes archbishop.
 * 2007 – March: held.
 * 2010 – UCI Palermo cinema opens.
 * 2012 – Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor again.
 * 2013 – Population: 654,987 city; 1,243,638 province.
 * 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.

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