Timeline of Trapani

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
 * 241 BCE - Romans in power


 * 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.
 * 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"
 * 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily
 * 1266 - Battle of Trapani
 * 1282 - Aragonese in power
 * 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers
 * 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town
 * 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou
 * 1570 - Population: 16,286
 * 1726 - Earthquake (it)
 * 1748 - Population: 17,311
 * 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
 * 1798 - Population: 24,330
 * 1820 - Uprising against
 * 1830 - (library) opens.
 * 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established
 * 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848
 * 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built
 * 1861 - (administrative region) established
 * 1880 - (railway station) opens.
 * 1897 - Population: 49,992

20th century

 * 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
 * 1906 - Population: 47,578.
 * 1911 - Population: 59,593
 * 1915 - begins operating.
 * 1937 - railway begins operating.
 * 1952 - begins operating.
 * 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
 * 1961 - Trapani–Birgi Airport opens.
 * 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake

21st century

 * 2001 - held;  becomes mayor.
 * 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Population: 68,967