Timeline of Trieste

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

Prior to 19th century

 * 79 CE – Via Flavia (Dalmatia–Tergeste) built.
 * 1203 – Captured by the Republic of Venice.
 * 1320 – Trieste Cathedral built.
 * 1352 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1382 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city.
 * 1385 – Trieste Cathedral consecrated.
 * 1680 – Castle built.
 * 1682 – Church of Santa Maria Maggiore built.
 * 1719 – City becomes a free port.
 * 1753 – Nautical School founded.
 * 1755 – Trieste Commodity Exchange established.
 * 1756 – Canal Grande (Trieste) constructed.
 * 1776 – Karl von Zinzendorf becomes governor of Trieste.
 * 1783 – Jewish primary school opens.
 * 1784 –  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1787 – Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci built.
 * 1793 – Pubblica Biblioteca Arcadica Triestina (library) established.

19th century

 * 1801 – Teatro Nuovo (opera house) inaugurated.
 * 1809 – Trieste ceded to the French as part of the Illyrian Provinces in the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
 * 1810
 * Gabinetto di Minerva literary society founded.
 * Population: 29,908.
 * 1814 – Austrians returned to power in the Treaty of Paris.
 * 1828 – Catholic Diocese of Trieste-Koper established.
 * 1831 – Assicurazioni Generali insurance company in business.
 * 1833 – Österreichischer Lloyd shipping firm in business.
 * 1835 – Schiller Society founded.
 * 1839
 * Caffe degli Specchi in business.
 * Mutius von Tommasini becomes mayor.
 * 1840 – Tergesteo built.
 * 1842 – Civico Orto Botanico di Trieste (garden) and Savings Bank of Trieste established.
 * 1846 – Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste (museum) established.
 * 1848
 * May to Aug − Harbour blockaded by an Italian fleet.
 * 25 October: Premiere of Verdi's opera Il corsaro.
 * 1849 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city again.
 * 1851 – Trieste Astronomical Observatory established.
 * 1853 – Trieste Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
 * 1857
 * Austrian Southern Railway (Vienna-Trieste) begins operating.
 * Trieste Centrale railway station opens.
 * Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipbuilding firm in business near city.
 * 1860 – Miramare Castle built near city for Austrian archduke Maximilian.
 * 1871 – Richard Burton becomes British consul in Trieste.
 * 1872 – Revoltella Museum founded.
 * 1878 – Politeama Rossetti theatre built.
 * 1880 – Population: 144,844.
 * 1881 – Il Piccolo newspaper begins publication.
 * 1882
 * September: Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I visits city.
 * Agricultural exhibition held.
 * 1883 – Harbour constructed.
 * 1885 – Saint Spyridon Church building inaugurated.
 * 1887 – Trieste–Hrpelje railway begins operating.
 * 1888 - Monument erected to commemorate 500th anniversary of connexion with Austria.
 * 1891 – City ended being a free port.
 * 1899 – Circolo di Studi Sociali (civic group) founded.
 * 1900 – Population: 132,879.

20th century

 * 1902 – Trieste–Opicina tramway begins operating.
 * 1904 – Trieste National Hall opens.
 * 1905 – Coffee exchange established.
 * 1906 − Opening of the Karawanks Tunnel (railway) completed the railway from Trieste to Klagenfurt.
 * 1912
 * Synagogue of Trieste completed.
 * Circolo Sportivo Ponziana (football club) formed.
 * Savoia Excelsior Palace hotel in business.
 * 1914 – Caffè San Marco in business.
 * 1918
 * Unione Triestina football club formed.
 * La Nazione newspaper begins publication.
 * Umana literary journal begins publication.
 * 1919 – Trieste becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
 * 1920 – 13 July: Trieste National Hall burnt by Fascist Blackshirts.
 * 1924 – University of Trieste and Rotary Club established.
 * 1927 – Vittoria Lighthouse built.
 * 1930 – Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico shipbuilding firm in business.
 * 1931 – Radio Trst begins broadcasting.
 * 1932 – Stadio Littorio opens.
 * 1943
 * September: Nazi German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral headquartered in Trieste.
 * September: City becomes part of the Italian Social Republic.
 * Risiera di San Sabba Nazi concentration camp established near city.
 * 1945
 * 1 May: City taken by Yugoslav forces.
 * 2 May: German surrender to Allied forces.
 * Primorski dnevnik Slovene-language newspaper begins publication.
 * 1947 – 15 September: City becomes part of the Free Territory of Trieste of the United Nations Security Council.
 * 1949
 * June: Municipal election held.
 * Gianni Bartoli becomes mayor.
 * Museo Sartorio opens.
 * 1953 – Administration of Free Territory of Trieste passes to Italy.
 * 1954 – Some of Trieste becomes part of Italy; the remainder becomes part of Yugoslavia.
 * 1958 – Mario Franzil becomes mayor.
 * 1961 – Trieste Airport in operation.
 * 1963 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste (garden) established.
 * 1964 – International Centre for Theoretical Physics headquartered near city.
 * 1965 – Temple of Monte Grisa (church) built near city.
 * 1970 – City becomes capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (approximate date).
 * 1975 – Protest against Treaty of Osimo.
 * 1978 – International School for Advanced Studies established.
 * 1992 – Stadio Nereo Rocco opens.
 * 1993
 * Riccardo Illy becomes mayor.
 * Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste research centre established near city.
 * 1996 – Central European Initiative headquartered in Trieste.

21st century

 * 2001 – Roberto Dipiazza becomes mayor.
 * 2006 – Italia Marittima shipping firm active.
 * 2011
 * Roberto Cosolini becomes mayor.
 * Population: 205,535.

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 20th century

 * (profusely illustrated)
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6
 * Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6

Published in the 21st century

 * in English
 * Morris, Jan. Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. DaCapo Press. Cambridge, Mass, 2001
 * Morris, Jan. Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. DaCapo Press. Cambridge, Mass, 2001


 * in Italian
 * Franco Gleria and Maurizio Radacich. Il terrore viene dal cielo. Trieste: 1944/1945 (Trieste: Italo Svevo Edizioni, 2007)