Timeline of Trieste

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

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Prior to 19th century

• 79 AD – Via Flavia (Dalmatia–Tergeste) built.
• 1203 – Captured by the Republic of Venice.^[1]
• 1320 – Trieste Cathedral built.
• 1352 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1382 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city.^[1]
• 1385 – Trieste Cathedral consecrated.^[1]
• 1680 – Castle built.^[1]
• 1682 – Church of Santa Maria Maggiore built.^[1]
• 1719 – City becomes a free port.^[3][1]
• 1753 – Nautical School founded.
• 1755 – Trieste Commodity Exchange established.
• 1756 – Canal Grande (Trieste) constructed.^[4]
• 1776 – Karl von Zinzendorf becomes governor of Trieste.
• 1783 – Jewish primary school opens.
• 1784 – L'Osservatore Triestino [it] newspaper begins publication.^[5]
• 1787 – Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci built.
• 1793 – Pubblica Biblioteca Arcadica Triestina (library) established.^[6]

19th century

• 1801 – Teatro Nuovo (opera house) inaugurated.
• 1809 – Trieste ceded to the French as part of the Illyrian Provinces in the Treaty of Schönbrunn.^[3]
• 1810
  • Gabinetto di Minerva literary society founded.^[7]
  • Population: 29,908.^[8]
• 1814 – Austrians returned to power in the Treaty of Paris.^[3]
• 1828 – Catholic Diocese of Trieste-Koper established.
• 1831 – Assicurazioni Generali insurance company in business.
• 1833 – Österreichischer Lloyd shipping firm in business.
• 1835 – Schiller Society founded.^[9]
• 1839
  • Caffe degli Specchi in business.^[10]
  • Muzio Tommasini becomes mayor.
• 1840 – Tergesteo built.^[8]
• 1842 – Civico Orto Botanico di Trieste (garden)^[11] and Savings Bank of Trieste^{[citation needed]} established.
• 1846 – Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste (museum) established.
• 1848
  • May to Aug − Harbour blockaded by an Italian fleet.^[1]
  • 25 October: Premiere of Verdi's opera Il corsaro.
• 1849 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city again.^[8]
• 1851 – Trieste Astronomical Observatory established.
• 1853 – Trieste Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
• 1857
  • Austrian Southern Railway (Vienna-Trieste) begins operating.
  • Trieste Centrale railway station opens.
  • Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipbuilding firm in business near city.
• 1860 – Miramare Castle built near city for Austrian archduke Maximilian.^[1]
• 1871 – Richard Burton becomes British consul in Trieste.
• 1872 – Revoltella Museum founded.
• 1878 – Politeama Rossetti theatre built.
• 1880 – Population: 144,844.^[8]
• 1881 – Il Piccolo newspaper begins publication.^[12]
• 1882
  • September: Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I visits city.^[13]
  • Agricultural exhibition held.^[8]
• 1883 – Harbour constructed.^[8]
• 1885 – Saint Spyridon Church building inaugurated.
• 1887 – Trieste–Hrpelje railway begins operating.
• 1888 - Monument erected to commemorate 500th anniversary of connexion with Austria.^[1]
• 1891 – City ended being a free port.^[1]
• 1899 – Circolo di Studi Sociali (civic group) founded.^[7]
• 1900 – Population: 132,879.^[1]

20th century

• 1902 – Trieste–Opicina tramway begins operating.
• 1904 – Trieste National Hall opens.^[9]
• 1905 – Coffee exchange established.^[14]
• 1906 − Opening of the Karawanks Tunnel (railway) completed the railway from Trieste to Klagenfurt.^[1]
• 1912
  • Synagogue of Trieste completed.
  • Circolo Sportivo Ponziana (football club) formed.
  • Savoia Excelsior Palace hotel in business.
• 1914 – Caffè San Marco in business.
• 1918
  • Unione Triestina football club formed.
  • La Nazione newspaper begins publication.
  • Umana literary journal begins publication.^[9]
• 1919 – Trieste becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (signed on 10 September 1919 and effective on 16 July 1920).^[3][15]
• 1920 – 13 July: Trieste National Hall burnt by Fascist Blackshirts.
• 1924 – University of Trieste and Rotary Club^[10] established.
• 1927 – Vittoria Lighthouse built.
• 1930 – Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico shipbuilding firm in business.
• 1931 – Radio Trst begins broadcasting.
• 1932 – Stadio Littorio opens.
• 1943
  • September: Nazi German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral headquartered in Trieste.
  • September: City becomes part of the Italian Social Republic.
  • Risiera di San Sabba Nazi concentration camp established near city.
• 1945
  • 1 May: City taken by Yugoslav forces.^[3]
  • 2 May: German surrender to Allied forces.
  • Primorski dnevnik Slovene-language newspaper begins publication.^[12]
• 1947 – 15 September: City becomes part of the Free Territory of Trieste of the United Nations Security Council.^[3]
• 1949
  • June: Municipal election held.
  • Gianni Bartoli becomes mayor.
  • Museo Sartorio opens.
• 1953 – Administration of Free Territory of Trieste passes to Italy.^[3]
• 1954 – Some of Trieste becomes part of Italy; the remainder becomes part of Yugoslavia.^[16]
• 1958 – Mario Franzil becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Trieste Airport in operation.^{[citation needed]}
• 1963 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste (garden) established.
• 1964 – International Centre for Theoretical Physics headquartered near city.
• 1965 – Temple of Monte Grisa (church) built near city.
• 1970 – City becomes capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
• 1975 – Protest against Treaty of Osimo.^[17]
• 1978 – International School for Advanced Studies established.
• 1992 – Stadio Nereo Rocco opens.
• 1993
  • Riccardo Illy becomes mayor.
  • Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste research centre established near city.
• 1996 – Central European Initiative headquartered in Trieste.

21st century

• 2001 – Roberto Dipiazza becomes mayor.
• 2006 – Italia Marittima shipping firm active.
• 2011
  • Roberto Cosolini becomes mayor.^[18]
  • Population: 205,535.

See also

• History of Trieste (it)
• Other names of Trieste
• List of presidents of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region since 1960s
• List of mayors of Trieste

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza