Timeline of Reggio Calabria

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 8th century BCE - Reghion established by Chalcidian Greeks.^[1]
• 386 BCE - Town sacked by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.^[2]
• 91 BCE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 89 BCE - Rhegium becomes a Roman municipium.^[1]
• 17 CE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 362 CE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 410 CE - Reggio sacked by forces of Alaric.^[3]
• 458 - Reggio taken by forces of Totila.^[4]
• 550 - Roman Catholic diocese of Reggio Calabria established (approximate date).^[5]
• 950 - Reggio taken by Muslim forces.^[1]
• 1059 - Reggio taken by Norman forces.^[4]
• 1783 - Earthquake.^[6]
• 1806 - Administrative Distretto di Reggio [it] established.
• 1818
  • Regia Biblioteca Ferdinandiana (library) established.^[7]
  • Real Teatro Borbonio (theatre) opens.
• 1852 - Archivio di Calabria Ultra Prima (archives) opens.^[8]
• 1860
  • 21 August: Battle of Piazza Duomo [it]; Garibaldian forces win.^[3]
  • Circondario di Reggio di Calabria [it] (administrative region) established.
• 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating.
• 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the Piazza Garibaldi (Reggio Calabria) [it].
• 1894 - Calabria earthquake of 1894 [it].^[9][6]
• 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating.
• 1896 - Villa comunale Umberto I [it] (park) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 46,399.^[10]

20th century

• 1904 - Corriere di Calabria e di Messina [it] newspaper begins publication.^{[citation needed]}
• 1908 - December: Earthquake.^[11]
• 1911 - Population: 43,162.^[12]
• 1913 - Scilla Lighthouse built at Castello Ruffo di Scilla [it] near city.
• 1914 - Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, a football club, was formed.
• 1918 - Reggio Calabria tram [it] begins operating.
• 1920 - Biblioteca Pietro De Nava [it] (library) active.^[13]
• 1921 - Palazzo San Giorgio (Reggio Calabria) [it] built.
• 1922
  • Il Popolo di Calabria newspaper in publication.
  • Politeama Siracusa [it] theatre opens.
• 1931 - Teatro Francesco Cilea [it] (theatre) built.
• 1932 - Stadio Michele Bianchi (stadium) opens.
• 1935 - Tempio della Vittoria (Reggio Calabria) [it] built.^[4]
• 1938 - Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station rebuilt.
• 1939 - Reggio Calabria Airport established.
• 1943 - Bombing of Reggio Calabria (1943) [it] during World War II.
• 1953 - Corriere di Reggio [it] begins publication.
• 1967 - Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria (art school) established.
• 1970 - July: Reggio revolt begins.
• 1982 - University of Reggio Calabria active.^[14]
• 1999 - Stadio Oreste Granillo (stadium) opens.

21st century

• 2013 - Population: 180,686.^[15]
• 2014 - Giuseppe Falcomatà becomes mayor.

See also

• Reggio Calabria history
• History of Reggio Calabria [it]
• Urban development of Reggio Calabria [it]
• List of mayors of Reggio Calabria
• List of bishops of Reggio Calabria
• Duchy of Calabria [it]
• History of Calabria [it] 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 Salerno, Campania
• Timeline of Taranto, Apulia