Timeline of Taranto

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient Taras from the Massepicans."
 * 212 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (212 BC) fought during the Second Punic War.
 * 209 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (209 BC).
 * 465 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Taranto active (approximate date).
 * 840 CE - Taranto occupied by Muslims (approximate date).
 * 927 - Taranto sacked by Saracens.
 * 967 - Nikephoros II Phokas "rebuilds the town".
 * 11th C. - Taranto Cathedral
 * 1063 - Taranto taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.
 * 1088 - Bohemond I of Antioch becomes Prince of Taranto.
 * 1301 - Philip I, Prince of Taranto becomes Prince of Taranto.
 * 1496 - Castello Aragonese (Taranto) present fortress built.
 * 1656 - Plague.
 * 1770 - built.
 * 1861 - Population: 27,484.
 * 1864 - Naval Commission designate it as third maritime arsenal.
 * 1868 - Taranto railway station opens.
 * 1869 - Jonica railway begins operating.
 * 1881 - Population: 33,942.
 * 1883
 * (bridge) built.
 * Work begins on the maritime arsenal.
 * 1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
 * 1887 - (bridge) built.
 * 1889 - built.
 * 1896 - built.

20th century

 * 1901 - Population: 50,592.
 * 1911 - formed.
 * 1914 - Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (shipyard) begins operating.
 * 1921 - Population: 103,807.
 * 1922 - begins operating.
 * 1923 - (racetrack) opens.
 * 1927 - Taranto F.C. 1927 formed.
 * 1936 - Population: 127,230.
 * 1940 - Battle of Taranto fought during World War II.
 * 1947 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1960s - steelworks "IV Centro" in business in Taranto (approximate date).
 * 1965 - Stadio Erasmo Iacovone (stadium) opens.
 * 1977 - Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone (bridge) opens.
 * 1979 -  newspaper begins publication.

21st century

 * 2007 - held; Ippazio Stefano becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 198,728.

in Italian

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 * (includes Taranto)
 * circa 1900?
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 * circa 1900?