Timeline of Catania
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Prior to 18th century
- 729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians.[1]
- 476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna".[2][1]
- 461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again.[1]
- 403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.[1]
- 263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War.[1]
- 122 BCE – Mount Etna eruption of 122 BCE.[1]
- 2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania
- 251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town.[1]
- 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.[1]
- 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active.[3]
- 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.[1]
- 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded.[4][1]
- 1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake.[1]
- 1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
- 1232 – Political unrest.[4]
- 1239 – Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily.
- 1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily."[4]
- 1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built.
- 1435 – "Social unrest."[4]
- 1434 – University of Catania opens.[1]
- 1647 – Political unrest.
- 1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city.[1]
- 1687 – Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena (church) construction begins.
- 1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.[1]
18th–19th centuries
- 1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins.
- 1713 – San Benedetto church built.
- 1737 – Fontana dell'Elefante (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo.
- 1755 – University Library established.[5]
- 1817 – February: Earthquake.[6](it)
- 1824 – Accademia Gioenia (learned society) formed.[7]
- 1843 – Catania provincial archives established.[8]
- 1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established.[9]
- 1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi."[6]
- 1866
- Cimitero monumentale di Catania (cemetery) established.
- Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated.[1]
- 1869 – Stazione di Catania Marittima (train station) opens.
- 1871 – Population: 84,397.[10]
- 1876 – Observatory established.
- 1881 – Population: 100,417.[1]
- 1882 – Vincenzo Bellini monument erected in the Piazza Stesicoro.
- 1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens.
- 1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.
20th century
- 1905 – Catania tram begins operating.
- 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
- 1911 – Population: 210,703.[11]
- 1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram begins operating.
- 1929 – Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
- 1930 – Campo dei cent'anni (stadium) opens.
- 1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero (library) established.[12]
- 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
- 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[13]
- 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.[13]
- 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1949
- Società Catanese Trasporti (transit entity) established.
- Catania trolleybus begins operating.
- 1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) opens.[15]
- 1957 – Demolition of San Berillo neighborhood.
- 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
- 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.[8]
- 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
- 1971
- City divided into 26 administrative units.(it)
- Population: 400,048.[citation needed]
- 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it)
- 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
- 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, San Giovanni Galermo, San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, San Leone-Rapisardi, and Trappeto-Cibali.(it)
- 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
- 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.[16]
- 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
- 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
- 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
- 2013
- City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.[17](it)
- Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.[18]
See also
- Catania history
- History of Catania
- List of mayors of Catania
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani
