Timeline of Trapani explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.

Prior to 20th century

See also: Drepanum.

• 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
• 241 BCE - Romans in power
• 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"
• 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily
• 1266 - Battle of Trapani
• 1282 - Aragonese in power
• 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers
• 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town
• 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.
• 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou
• 1570 - Population: 16,286
• 1726 - Earthquake^{[1] (it)}
• 1748 - Population: 17,311
• 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
• 1798 - Population: 24,330
• 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule
• 1830 - (library) opens.^[2]
• 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established^[3]
• 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848
• 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built^[4]
• 1861 - (administrative region) established
• 1880 - (railway station) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 49,992^[5]

20th century

• 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
• 1906 - Population: 47,578.
• 1911 - Population: 59,593^[6]
• 1915 - begins operating.
• 1937 - railway begins operating.
• 1952 - begins operating.
• 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
• 1961 - Trapani–Birgi Airport opens.
• 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake

21st century

• 2001 - held; becomes mayor.
• 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 68,967^[7]

See also

• Trapani history
  • • History of Sicily
• Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:^(it)
  • • • Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . . London . John Murray . 1854 . 1872. Drepanum . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . 2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=808 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cuq?urlappend=%3Bseq=808. .
• Book: Chambers's Encyclopaedia . Chambers's Encyclopaedia . London . 1901 . https://archive.org/stream/chambersencyclop10lond#page/277/mode/1up. Trapani. .
• Trapani . 27 . Ashby . Thomas . Thomas Ashby (archaeologist). 213 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture . Roy Domenico . Greenwood. 0313307334 . 2002. Sicily: Trapani . 293+. .

in Italian

• Book: Guida per gli stranieri in Trapani . Giuseppe Maria Di Ferro .

  it:Giuseppe Maria Di Ferro

  . 1825 .
  • Book: Gaetano Battaglia . Guida descrittiva della Sicilia . Palermo . G. Pedone Lauriel . it . 1904. Trapani. https://books.google.com/books?id=QD9MAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA238.
• Book: Sicilia . Guida d'Italia . . Milan . it . 1919. Trapani . 2027/uc1.$b535988?urlappend=%3Bseq=239 .

External links

• Archivio di Stato di Trapani (state archives)
• Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Book: Mario Baratta .

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   . I terremoti d'Italia . Earthquakes in Italy . 1901. . Turin . it . 839–840. (includes chronology)
2. Web site: Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani . Comune di Trapani . 11 January 2017 .
3. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy . . Norway . 10 January 2017 .
4. Web site: Storia . it . Comune di Trapani . 10 January 2017 .
5. 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 .
6. 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 .
7. Web site: Resident Population . Demo-Geodemo . . 10 January 2017 .