Timeline of Salerno explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

• 197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi.^(it)
• 79 CE - Salerno was buried by the rain of ash and debris of the eruption of Vesuvius that razed Pompeii and Herculaneum to the ground^[1]
• 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established.^[2]
• 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento.^[3]
• 774 CE - Duke Arechis II of Benevento relocates to Salerno.
• 9th C. - Schola Medica Salernitana (medical school) founded.
• 851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno.
• 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces.
• 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.
• 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII.
• 1150 - University founded.
• 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1260 - Port of Salerno construction begins.
• 1419 - Salerno becomes part of the Kingdom of Naples and administrative centre of its .
• 1578 - Salerno sacked by "Muslim pirates."
• 1656 - Plague.
• 1688 - Earthquake.
• 1694 - Earthquake.
• 1799 - Salerno becomes part of the French client Parthenopean Republic.^[4]
• 1817 - University closed.
• 1843 - (library) founded.^[5]
• 1860 - (administrative region) established.
• 1866 - Naples–Salerno railway begins operating; Salerno railway station opens.
• 1872 - opens.
• 1875 - Frusta newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1895 - Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway in operation.
• 1896 - L'Eco newspaper begins publication.
• 1897 - Population: 37,310.^[7]

20th century

• 1902 - (railway) begins operating.
• 1911 - Population: 45,682.^[8]
• 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed.
• 1920 - (history society) founded.
• 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established.
• 1936 - Population: 67,186.^(it)
• 1937 - begins operating.
• 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II.
• 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months
  • February: headquartered in Salerno during the .
  • April: Communist made in Salerno.^[9]
• 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins.
• 1954 - 25 October: .
• 1956 - Local election held; becomes mayor (until 1970).
• 1961 - Population: 117,363.^(it)
• 1964 - (transit entity) formed.
• 1968 - University of Salerno established.
• 1971 - Population: 155,498.^(it)
• 1982 - 26 August: occurs in the quartiere.
• 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens.
• 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor.
• 1998 - (park) opens.^[10]

21st century

• 2013
  • Salerno metropolitan railway service begins operating.
  • Population: 131,925.^[11]
• 2016 - Vincenzo Napoli becomes mayor.

See also

• • List of mayors of Salerno
• List of Princes of Salerno, 9th-16th centuries
• List of bishops of Salerno
• (state archives)
• Campania history (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 Reggio Calabria
• Timeline of Taranto, Apulia

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: . Dictionary of Chronology . William Tegg . London . 1870. Salerno. 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=759 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=759 . .
• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Salernum . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=904 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=904. .
• Salerno . 24 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist). 66 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Campania: Salerno . 72+. .
• Book: Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz . Routledge. 0415939291 . 2004. Salerno . .

in Italian

• • Book: Mario Baratta .

    it:Mario Baratta

    . I terremoti d'Italia . Earthquakes in Italy . . Turin . it . 1901. Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Salernitano e Basilicata: Salerno. https://books.google.com/books?id=LIi7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA801. . (also includes chronology)

External links

• Web site: Archivio storico municipale . it . Comune di Salerno . (city archives)
• Items related to Salerno, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Salerno, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/positano-18-luglio-riapre-la-villa-romana-sepolta-dalleruzione-del-79-d-c/
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 13 January 2017 .
3. Web site: . Salerno . Valentino Pace . Retrieved 13 January 2017
4. Web site: Cenni storici . it . Comune di Salerno . 13 January 2017 .
5. Web site: (Comune: Salerno) . . Registry of Italian Libraries . . it . 13 January 2017 .
6. (List of newspapers)
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: Mark Gilbert. Robert K. Nilsson. Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy . 2007. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-6428-3 .
10. Web site: Parchi e Giardini . it . Comune di Salerno . 13 January 2017 .
11. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 13 January 2017 .