Timeline of Bari explained

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

Prior to 15th century

• 450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established (approximate date).^[1]
• 847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari.^[2]
• 852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city.
• 871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies.^[3]
• 885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor."
• 1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi."
• 1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins.
• 1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces.
• 1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins (approximate date).
• 1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade.
• 1098 - Religious council held in Bari.
• 1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power.
• 1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily.
• 1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed.
• 1197 - Basilica di San Nicola consecrated.
• 1233 - Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) (castle) rebuilt.
• 1292 - Cathedral of San Sabino consecrated.
• 1349 - City besieged by Hungarian and German forces.
• 1399 - Giovanni Bozzuto appointed captain.

15th–19th centuries

• 1464 - Sforza in power.
• 1500 - Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan in power.
• 1545 - Population: 12,800.
• 1567 - Flood.
• 1558 - Bona Sforza leaves the town to Philip II. of Spain and Naples.
• 1647 - Social unrest.
• 1656 - Plague.
• 1683 - Flood.
• 1690 - 1692 - Major plague in the Province of Bari resulting in the entire region being placed under quarantine.^[4]
• 1813 - City development outside the walls begins.
• 1833 - August: Flood.
• 1835 - (state archives) established.^[5]
• 1854 - Teatro Piccinni (theatre) opens.
• 1860 - Bari becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
• 1861 - Population: 44,572.
• 1864 - Bari Centrale railway station opens.
• 1868 - Bari–Taranto railway in operation.
• 1872 - New Port of Bari development begins.
• 1877 - (library) opens.
• 1887 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1897 - Population: 80,450.^[7]
• 1900 - Bari-Putignano railway begins operating.

20th century

• 1901 - (publisher) in business.
• 1903 - Teatro Petruzzelli (theatre) opens.
• 1905
  • February: Flood.
  • Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway begins operating.
• 1908 - F.C. Bari 1908 (football club) formed.
• 1911 - Population: 103,670.^[8]
• 1914 - (theatre) opens.
• 1915 - September: Flood.
• 1921 - Population: 136,247.
• 1924 - Università adriatica B. Mussolini founded.
• 1925 - Conservatory of Bari established.
• 1926 - November: Flood.
• 1931 - Ferrovie del Sud Est (transit entity) established.
• 1934 - Bari Airport built.
• 1936
  • Ferrotramviaria (transit entity) established.
  • Population: 197,918.
• 1943 - Air raid on Bari by German forces in World War II.
• 1951 - Population: 268,183.
• 1965 - Bari–Barletta railway begins operating.
• 1981 - Population: 371,022.
• 1985 - May: held.
• 1990
  • Part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bari.
  • Polytechnic University of Bari established.^[9]
  • Stadio San Nicola (stadium) opens.

21st century

• 2008 - Bari metropolitan railway service begins operating.
• 2009 - Bari International Film Festival begins.
• 2013 - Population: 313,213.^[10]
• 2014 - Antonio Decaro becomes mayor.
• 2015
  • May: Apulian regional election, 2015 held.
  • Metropolitan City of Bari administration effected.
• 2016 - 12 July: Andria–Corato train collision occurs in vicinity of Bari.

See also

• Bari history
• ; includes Timeline (in Italian)
• List of mayors of Bari
• List of bishops of Bari
• Duchy of Bari
• (region)

Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:^(it)

• Timeline of Brindisi, Apulia region
• Timeline of L'Aquila, Abruzzo region
• Timeline of Naples, Campania region
• Timeline of Reggio Calabria
• Timeline of Salerno, Campania
• Timeline of Taranto, Apulia

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Barium . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=399 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=399. .
• Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312868?urlappend=%3Bseq=811. Bari. 2027/njp.32101065312868?urlappend=%3Bseq=811. .
  • Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . New York. Bari . 2 . 1907 . Umberto Benigni. Catholic Encyclopedia. https://books.google.com/books?id=w00sAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA295. .
  • Bari (town) . 3 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) . 400 - 401 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Apulia: Bari . 19+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Bari . 94–96 . John W. Barker. .

in Italian

• Book: Antonio Beatillo . Storia di Bari . 1637 . 1886 . stab. tip. Cannone .
• Book: Giulio Petroni . Della storia di Bari . Stamperia e cartiere del Fibreno . 1857-1858
• Book: Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . it . Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese . Turin . 6th. 1877 . 3. Bari delle Puglie . 2027/uc1.c2649801?urlappend=%3Bseq=336 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2649801?urlappend=%3Bseq=336.
• A. Beatillo. Storia di Bari. 1886
• Book: Nicola Bernardini . Guida della stampa periodica italiana . it . R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante . Lecce . 1890. Provincia di Bari. 2027/njp.32101074983378?urlappend=%3Bseq=305 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101074983378?urlappend=%3Bseq=305. .
• F. Carabellese. Bari. Bergamo 1909
• F. Colavecchio. Guida di Bari. 1910
• Book: La vita di Bari durante il secolo XIX . Saverio La Sorsa . Commissione provinciale di archeologia e storia patria [Bari] Documenti e monografie,v. 12, 15 . 1913-1915
  • Vito Masellis. Storia di Bari dalle origini ai nostri giorni. Italstampa, 1966
• Dino Borri et al. Storia di Bari. Laterza, 1994
• Pietro Mazzeo. Storia di Bari dalle origini alla conquista normanna (1071), Adriatica Editrice, Bari, 2008

External links

• Items related to Bari, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Bari, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 20 December 2016 .
2. Barbara M. Kreuz, Before the Normans - Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, University of Pennsylvania Press, p 38
3. Barbara M. Kreuz, Before the Normans - Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, University of Pennsylvania Press, p 45
4. Filippo de Arrieta, Raguaglio Historico del Contaggio Occorso Nella Provincia di Bari Negli Anni 1690,1691, 1692; Napoli 1694
5. Web site: Archivio di Stato di Bari . Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani . it . . 20 December 2016 .
6. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1899 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 . HathiTrust .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1913 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 .
9. Book: Walter Rüegg . History of the University in Europe . 4 . Universities Since 1945 . 2011. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-49425-0 . Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 . 576+ .
10. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 20 December 2016 .