Timeline of Taranto

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Taranto in the Apulia region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient Taras from the Massepicans."^[1]
212 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (212 BC) fought during the Second Punic War.^[2]
209 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (209 BC).^[2]
465 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Taranto active (approximate date).^[3]
840 CE - Taranto occupied by Muslims (approximate date).^[1]
927 - Taranto sacked by Saracens.^[4]
967 - Nikephoros II Phokas "rebuilds the town".^[4]
11th C. - Taranto Cathedral
1063 - Taranto taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.^[4]
1088 - Bohemond I of Antioch becomes Prince of Taranto.^[4]
1301 - Philip I, Prince of Taranto becomes Prince of Taranto.^[4]
1496 - Castello Aragonese (Taranto) present fortress built.^[4]
1656 - Plague.^[5]
1770 - Palazzo Pantaleo [it] built.
1861 - Population: 27,484.^[5]
1864 - Naval Commission designate it as third maritime arsenal.^[4]
1868 - Taranto railway station opens.
1869 - Jonica railway begins operating.
1881 - Population: 33,942.^[5]
1883
- Ponte di Porta Napoli [it] (bridge) built.^{[citation needed]}
- Work begins on the maritime arsenal.^[4]
1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
1887 - Ponte di San Francesco di Paola [it] (bridge) built.^[4]
1889 - Arsenale militare marittimo di Taranto [it] built.
1896 - Palazzo degli Uffici [it] built.^[4]

1901 - Population: 50,592.^[5]^[4]
1911 - Audace Football Club [it] formed.
1914 - Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (shipyard) begins operating.^[1]
1921 - Population: 103,807.^[5]
1922 - Tram [it] begins operating.
1923 - Motovelodromo Corvisea [it] (racetrack) opens.
1927 - Taranto F.C. 1927 formed.
1936 - Population: 127,230.^[5]
1940 - Battle of Taranto fought during World War II.
1947 - Corriere del Giorno [it] newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1960s - Finsider [it] steelworks "IV Centro" in business in Taranto (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1965 - Stadio Erasmo Iacovone (stadium) opens.
1977 - Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone (bridge) opens.
1979 - Quotidiano di Taranto newspaper begins publication.^[6]