The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy.
Salerno capital of Normans' southern Italy in 1100
- 1902 - Ferrovia Salerno-Mercato San Severino [it] (railway) begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 45,682.[14]
- 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed.
- 1920 - Società salernitana di storia patria [it] (history society) founded.
- 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established.
- 1936 - Population: 67,186.(it)
- 1937 - Salerno trolleybus [it] begins operating.
- 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II.[7]
- 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months
- February: Governo Badoglio I & II [it] headquartered in Salerno during the Periodo costituzionale transitorio [it].[7]
- April: Communist policy announcement [it] made in Salerno.[15]
- 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins.
- 1954 - 25 October: Salerno flood [it].
- 1956 - Local election held; Alfonso Menna [it] becomes mayor (until 1970).
- 1961 - Population: 117,363.(it)
- 1964 - Azienda Trasporti Autofiloviari Consorzio Salernitano [it] (transit entity) formed.
- 1968 - University of Salerno established.
- 1971 - Population: 155,498.(it)
- 1982 - 26 August: Salerno massacre [it] occurs in the Torrione (Salerno) [it] quartiere.
- 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens.
- 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Parco del Mercatello [it] (park) opens.[16]
Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:(it)
"Cenni storici" (in Italian). Comune di Salerno. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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