The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Prior to 18th century
- 730 BCE - Chalcidians take settlement from the Siculi; town renamed "Zancle".[1]
- 671 BCE - Samians take Zancle.[2]
- 397 BCE - Settlement sacked by Carthaginian forces in the Battle of Messene.[3]
- 343 BCE - Carthaginians ousted by forces of Timoleon.[3]
- 282 BCE - Mamertines take Messina (approximate date).[3]
- 241 BCE - Messina becomes a civitas foederata.[3]
- 35 BCE - Messina attacked by forces of Octavian.[3]
- 520 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Messina active (approximate date).[4]
- 535 CE - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.[5]
- 843 - Arabs in power.[5][3]
- 1061 - Normans in power.[3]
- 1098 - Messina Cathedral construction begins.[3]
- 1190 - Messina sacked by forces of Richard I of England.[3]
- 1194 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor in power in Sicily.[3]
- 1197 - Messina Cathedral consecrated.[3]
- 1232
- 1282
- Messina revolts against the Angevin Kingdom of Naples, joining the other rest of Sicily in the Sicilian Vespers.[3]
- The city is besieged for five weeks by an Angevin army under Charles I of Anjou, before the approach of an Aragonese army relives the city.
- Aragonese rule begins.[3]
- 1296 - Fair begins.[citation needed]
- ca.1430 - Birth of Antonello da Messina a painter.[3]
- 1473 - Printing press in operation.[7][8]
- 1535 - Entry of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor into Messina.
- 1545 - Forte Gonzaga (fort) built.
- 1546 - Forte del Santissimo Salvatore (fort) built.
- 1548 - Jesuit College (Messina) founded.
- 1616 - Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Messina) built.
- 1638 - Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina (garden) established.
- 1674 - Messina revolt against Spanish rule begins.[1][9]
- 1686 - Real Cittadella (fort) built.
- 1693 - 1693 Sicily earthquake.[2]
18th-19th centuries
- 1713 - Spanish rule ends.[3]
- 1728 - Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (learned society) founded.[10]
- 1743 - Plague.[3]
- 1757 - Statua dell'Immacolata (Messina) (monument) erected.
- 1783 - Earthquake.[3]
- 1806 - Museum opens.
- 1838 - University of Messina established.
- 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848.[3]
- 1850 - Population: 97,074.[3]
- 1854
- State Archive of Messina established.[11]
- Cholera outbreak.[3]
- 1860 - July: Garibaldi enters city.[2][3]
- 1866 - Railway station opens.
- 1871
- Ferrovia Messina-Siracusa (railway) in operation.
- Population: 111,854.[12]
- 1881 - Population: 126,497. [3]
- 1889
- Ferrovia Palermo-Messina (railway) begins operating.
- Messina Marittima railway station opens.
- 1890 - Messina-Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto Tram begins operating.
- 1892 - First section of Messina-Giampilieri Tram begins operating.
- 1896 - Strait of Messina ferry begins operating.
- 1900 - Messina Football Club formed.
20th century
- 1908 - 28 December: 1908 Messina earthquake.[3]
- 1911 - Population: 126,557.[13]
- 1921 - Population: 177,196.[citation needed]
- 1932 - Stadio Giovanni Celeste (stadium) opens.
- 1935 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.[14]
- 1936 - Population: 191,966.[citation needed]
- 1943 - City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[15]
- 1952 - Gazzetta del Sud newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1955
- June: International conference on European economic integration held in Messina.[15]
- Pylons erected in the Strait of Messina to hold an electric power line.
- 1959 - Messina Grand Prix (car race) begins.
- 1979 - International Rally of Messina (car race) begins.
- 1985 - March: Sicilian local election, 1985 held.
21st century
- 2003 - Tram begins operating.
- 2004 - Stadio San Filippo (stadium) opens.
- 2009
- October: 2009 Messina floods and mudslides.
- Palazzo della cultura built.
- 2010 - S.S.D. Città di Messina (football club) formed.
- 2013
- June: Local election held; Renato Accorinti becomes mayor.
- Population: 242,267.[17]
- 2018 - Local election held; Cateno De Luca becomes mayor.[18]
- 2022 - Local election held; Federico Basile becomes mayor.[19]
See also
- Messina history
- History of Messina
- List of mayors of Messina
- History of Sicily
- Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
- Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
- Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani
References
Bibliography
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