Timeline of Salerno
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Prior to 20th century
- 197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi.[1](it)
- 79 CE - Salerno was buried by the rain of ash and debris of the eruption of Vesuvius that razed Pompeii and Herculaneum to the ground[2]
- 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established.[3]
- 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento.[4]
- 774 CE - Duke Arechis II of Benevento relocates to Salerno.
- 9th C. - Schola Medica Salernitana (medical school) founded.[4][5]
- 851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno.
- 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces.[6]
- 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.[7]
- 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII.[5]
- 1150 - University founded.[5]
- 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[5]
- 1260 - Port of Salerno construction begins.[8]
- 1419 - Salerno becomes part of the Kingdom of Naples and administrative centre of its Principato Citeriore.[1]
- 1578 - Salerno sacked by "Muslim pirates."[1]
- 1656 - Plague.[7]
- 1688 - Earthquake.[7][9]
- 1694 - Earthquake.[7][9]
- 1799 - Salerno becomes part of the French client Parthenopean Republic.[7]
- 1817 - University closed.[5]
- 1843 - Biblioteca Provinciale di Salerno (library) founded.[10]
- 1860 - Circondario di Salerno (administrative region) established.
- 1866 - Naples–Salerno railway begins operating; Salerno railway station opens.
- 1872 - Teatro municipale Giuseppe Verdi (Salerno) opens.
- 1875 - Frusta newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1895 - Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway in operation.
- 1896 - L'Eco newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1897 - Population: 37,310.[13]
20th century
- 1902 - Ferrovia Salerno-Mercato San Severino (railway) begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 45,682.[14]
- 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed.
- 1920 - Società salernitana di storia patria (history society) founded.
- 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established.
- 1936 - Population: 67,186.(it)
- 1937 - Salerno trolleybus begins operating.
- 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II.[7][1]
- 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months
- 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins.
- 1954 - 25 October: Salerno flood.
- 1956 - Local election held; Alfonso Menna becomes mayor (until 1970).
- 1961 - Population: 117,363.(it)
- 1964 - Azienda Trasporti Autofiloviari Consorzio Salernitano (transit entity) formed.
- 1968 - University of Salerno established.
- 1971 - Population: 155,498.(it)
- 1982 - 26 August: Salerno massacre occurs in the Torrione (Salerno) quartiere.
- 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens.
- 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Parco del Mercatello (park) opens.[16]
21st century
- 2013
- Salerno metropolitan railway service begins operating.
- Population: 131,925.[17]
- 2016 - Vincenzo Napoli becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Salerno
- List of mayors of Salerno
- List of Princes of Salerno, 9th-16th centuries
- List of bishops of Salerno
- State Archives of Salerno (state archives)
- Campania history (region)
Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:(it)
- Timeline of Bari, Apulia region
- Timeline of Brindisi, Apulia
- Timeline of L'Aquila, Abruzzo region
- Timeline of Naples, Campania region
- Timeline of Reggio Calabria
- Timeline of Taranto, Apulia
