Timeline of Messina explained

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".
• 671 BCE - Samians take Zancle.
• 397 BCE - Settlement sacked by Carthaginian forces in the Battle of Messene.
• 343 BCE - Carthaginians ousted by forces of Timoleon.
• 282 BCE - Mamertines take Messina (approximate date).
• 241 BCE - Messina becomes a civitas foederata.
• 35 BCE - Messina attacked by forces of Octavian.
• 520 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Messina active (approximate date).^[1]
• 535 CE - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.
• 843 - Arabs in power.
• 1061 - Normans in power.
• 1098 - Messina Cathedral construction begins.
• 1190 - Messina sacked by forces of Richard I of England.
• 1194 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor in power in Sicily.
• 1197 - Messina Cathedral consecrated.
• 1232
  • Messina issues gold coin.^[2]
  • Economic unrest.
• 1282
  • Messina revolts against the Angevin Kingdom of Naples, joining the other rest of Sicily in the Sicilian Vespers.
  • 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.
• 1296 - begins.
• ca.1430 - Birth of Antonello da Messina a painter.
• 1473 - Printing press in operation.^{[3] [4]}
• 1535 - Entry of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor into Messina.
• 1545 - Forte Gonzaga (fort) built.
• 1546 - Forte del Santissimo Salvatore (fort) built.
• 1548 - 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.
• 1686 - Real Cittadella (fort) built.
• 1693 - 1693 Sicily earthquake.

18th-19th centuries

• 1713 - Spanish rule ends.
• 1728 - Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (learned society) founded.^[5]
• 1743 - Plague.
• 1757 - (monument) erected.
• 1783 - Earthquake.
• 1806 - Museum opens.
• 1838 - University of Messina established.
• 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848.
• 1850 - Population: 97,074.
• 1854
  • State Archive of Messina established.^[6]
  • Cholera outbreak.
• 1860 - July: Garibaldi enters city.
• 1866 - Railway station opens.
• 1871
  • Ferrovia Messina-Siracusa (railway) in operation.
  • Population: 111,854.^[7]
• 1881 - Population: 126,497.
• 1889
  • Ferrovia Palermo-Messina (railway) begins operating.
  • Messina Marittima railway station opens.
• 1890 - begins operating.
• 1892 - First section of begins operating.
• 1896 - begins operating.
• 1900 - Messina Football Club formed.

20th century

• 1908 - 28 December: 1908 Messina earthquake.
• 1911 - Population: 126,557.^[8]
• 1921 - Population: 177,196.
• 1932 - Stadio Giovanni Celeste (stadium) opens.
• 1935 - Archivio Storico Comunale (city archives) established.^[9]
• 1936 - Population: 191,966.
• 1943 - City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.^[10]
• 1952 - Gazzetta del Sud newspaper begins publication.^[11]
• 1955
  • June: International conference on European economic integration held in Messina.
  • 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: 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.^[12]
• 2018 - Local election held; Cateno De Luca becomes mayor.^[13]
• 2022 - Local election held; Federico Basile becomes mayor.^[14]

See also

• Messina history
  • 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

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Messana . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=354 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=354. .
  • Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312926?urlappend=%3Bseq=172. Messina. 2027/njp.32101065312926?urlappend=%3Bseq=172. .
  • + 1867 ed.
• Messina . 18 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) . 194 - 195 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Sicily: Messina . 287+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Messina . 705+. .

in Italian

• Book: . Annali della citta si Messina . 1756. Francesco Gaipa . it .
• Book: Guida per la cittá di Messina . 1841 . 2nd . Giuseppe Fiumara . it .
• Book: Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana . it . Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese . Torino . 6th. 1882 . 13. Messina . 2027/uc1.c2649811?urlappend=%3Bseq=1387 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2649811?urlappend=%3Bseq=1387.
• Book: Guida generale di Sicilia e Malta: storica, artistica, commerciale . . it . Catania . 3rd. 1889. Messina.
• Book: Sicilia. Guida d'Italia . . Milan . it. 1919. Messina . 96+. 2027/uc1.$b535988 .
• Book: Paolo Militello . Ritratti di città in Sicilia e a Malta: XVI-XVII secolo. 2008. . Palermo . it . 978-88-88615-78-3.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 9 December 2016 .
2. Web site: Comparative Chronology of Money . . Roy Davies . 2002 . University of Exeter .
3. Book: . H. Grevel . London . The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time. 1890. H. Grevel & Co. . https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA367 . Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established .
4. Book: Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . Robert Proctor . Robert Proctor (bibliographer) . London . Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company . 1898 . Books Printed From Types: Italy: Messina . 2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=482 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3450631?urlappend=%3Bseq=482 .
5. Book: James E. McClellan. Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century. 1985. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-05996-1 . Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793 . 261+ .
6. Web site: Storia dell'Istituto . Archivio di Stato di Messina . it . . 9 December 2016 .
7. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1873 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Italy . 2027/nyp.33433081590360?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590360?urlappend=%3Bseq=356 .
8. Book: Statesman's Year-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. Web site: Archivio Storico Comunale . it . Comune di Messina . 9 December 2016 .
10. Web site: Turismo: Storia e Tradizioni: Cenni storici . it . Comune di Messina . 9 December 2016 .
11. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Italy . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
12. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 9 December 2016 .
13. News: Cateno De Luca è stato proclamato Sindaco di Messina. «Sarò il portatore della rivoluzione» - FOTO . 18 August 2022 . Normanno.com . 26 June 2018 . it-IT.
14. News: Federico Basile proclamato sindaco di Messina: «Premiato il metodo De Luca, lo porterò avanti a modo mio» . 18 August 2022 . Normanno.com . 16 June 2022 . it-IT.