The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
Prior to 20th century edit
- 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
- 241 BCE - Romans in power[1]
- 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
- 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"[1]
- 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily[1]
- 1266 - Battle of Trapani
- 1282 - Aragonese in power[1]
- 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers[2]
- 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town[3]
- 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou[2]
- 1570 - Population: 16,286[2]
- 1726 - Earthquake[4](it)
- 1748 - Population: 17,311[2]
- 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
- 1798 - Population: 24,330[2]
- 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule[2]
- 1830 - Biblioteca Fardelliana (library) opens.[5]
- 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established[6]
- 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848[3]
- 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built[1]
- 1861 - Circondario di Trapani (administrative region) established[citation needed]
- 1880 - Stazione di Trapani (railway station) opens.
- 1897 - Population: 49,992[7]
20th century edit
- 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
- 1906 - Population: 47,578.[3]
- 1911 - Population: 59,593[8]
- 1915 - Trapani tram begins operating.
- 1937 - Ferrovia Palermo-Trapani railway begins operating.
- 1952 - Trapani trolleybus begins operating.
- 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
- 1961 - Trapani–Birgi Airport opens.
- 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake[1]
21st century edit
- 2001 - Local election held; Girolamo Fazio becomes mayor.
- 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 68,967[9]
See also edit
- Trapani history
- History of Trepani
- List of mayors of Trepani
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Treccani 1937.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. pp. 839–840. (includes chronology)
- ^ "Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani". Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography edit
in English edit
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Drepanum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
- "Trapani". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). p. 213.
- "Trapani", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Trapani". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 293+. ISBN 0313307334.
in Italian edit
- Giuseppe Maria Di Ferro [in Italian] (1825). Guida per gli stranieri in Trapani.
- Pagliani, Stefano; Boccardo, Gerolamo (1887), "Trepani", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 22 (6th ed.)
- Gaetano Battaglia (1904). "Trapani". Guida descrittiva della Sicilia (in Italian). Palermo: G. Pedone Lauriel.
- "Trapani". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
- "Trapani", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trapani.
- Archivio di Stato di Trapani (state archives)
- Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Europeana)
- Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)