Timeline of Brindisi

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

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Prior to 15th century

• 266 BCE – Romans in power. ^[1]
• 244 BCE – Brundisium becomes a Roman colony. ^[2]
• 190 BCE – Appian Way (Rome-Brundisium) built (approximate date).
• 49 BCE – The Siege of Brundisium occurs during Caesar's civil war. Caesar fails to prevent Pompey from crossing the Adriatic Sea. ^[1]
• 40 BCE - The Treaty of Brundisium is signed after skirmishes between troops of Octavian and Mark Antony. The treaty places the western Roman territory in Gaul and Illyricum under Octavian influence. ^[3]
• 38 BCE – "Foedus brundissinum, a brief reconciliation between Mark Antony and Octavian" takes place in Brundisium. ^[1]
• 19 BCE – 21 September: Poet Virgil dies in Brundisium. ^[2]
• 109 CE – Via Traiana (Beneventum-Brundisium road) built. ^[1]
• 5th–6th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Brindisi established. ^[4]
• 7th C. CE – Lombards in power. ^[1]
• 836 – Brindisi sacked by Saracens. ^[5]
• 867 – Brindisi taken by forces of Louis II of Italy. ^[6]
• 1071 – Normans in power. ^[5]
• 1080 – Chiesa di San Benedetto (Brindisi)  [ it ] (church) built. ^[1]
• 1089 – Brindisi Cathedral  [ it ] dedicated. ^[1]
• 1192 – Fontana Tancredi  [ it ] (fountain) installed. ^[1]
• 1225 – Wedding of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella II of Jerusalem. ^[1]
• 1227 – Castello svevo (Brindisi)  [ it ] (castle) built. ^[1]
• 1230 – Chiesa del Cristo (Brindisi)  [ it ] (church) built. ^[7]
• 1310 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Casale  [ it ] (church) built. ^[7]
• 1322 – Chiesa di San Paolo eremita  [ it ] (church) built. ^[7]
• 1348 – Plague. ^[5]
• 1352 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I of Hungary. ^[1]
• 1383 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I, Duke of Anjou. ^[1]
• 1385 – Raimondo Del Balzo Orsini in power. ^[6]

15th–19th centuries

• 1456 – 1456 Central Italy earthquakes. ^{[8] [5]}
• 1496 – Venetians in power. ^[1]
• 1509 – Venetian rule ends. ^[1]
• 1528 – One of Brindisi's Roman columns  [ it ] collapses.
• 1734 - Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi captures the castle of Brindisi.
• 1743 – 1743 Salento earthquake.
• 1860
  • Brindisi becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy. ^[6]
  • Circondario di Brindisi  [ it ] (provincial district) established.
• 1861 – Population: 9,137.^(it)
• 1865 – Brindisi railway station opens.
• 1866 – Adriatic railway (Lecce-Brindisi) begins operating.
• 1870
  • Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company adds Brindisi to its route. ^[5]
  • Brindisi Marittima railway station opened (closed in 2006). ^[5]
• 1871 – Population: 13,755. ^[5]
• 1881 – Population: 16,618.^(it)
• 1886 – Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
• 1892 – Indipendente newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1898 – Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company deletes Brindisi from its route. ^[5]

20th century

• 1901 – Population: 25,317. ^[5]
• 1905 – Harbour railway station built. ^[5]
• 1911 – Population: 25,692.^(it)
• 1912 – F.B. Brindisi 1912 (football club) formed.
• 1916 – Idroscalo di Brindisi  [ it ] (seaplane base) built in the Port of Brindisi.
• 1923 – Brindisi – Salento Airport built.
• 1927 – Administrative Province of Brindisi formed. ^[6]
• 1931 – Monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale (Brindisi)  [ it ] (war monument) erected.
• 1933 – Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia  [ it ] erected. ^[10]
• 1934 - Brindisi Airport commercial flights start.
• 1936 – Population: 41,699.^(it)
• 1943 – September: Italian prime minister Badoglio and king Victor Emmanuel flee to Brindisi from Rome after the Armistice of Cassibile during World War II. ^[11]
• 1944 – February: Administrative seat of national government relocated from Brindisi to Salerno. ^[6]
• 1961 – Population: 70,657.^(it)
• 1963 – Archivio di Stato di Brindisi (state archives) established. ^[12]
• 1969 – Azienda Municipalizzata Autotrasporti Brindisi  [ it ] (transit entity) formed.
• 1979 – Quotidiano di Brindisi newspaper begins publication. ^[13]
• 1991 – Population: 95,383.^(it)

21st century

• 2006 – Teatro Verdi (Brindisi) (theatre) opens.
• 2012 – 19 May: Brindisi school bombing.
• 2013 – Population: 88,611. ^[14]
• 2016 – June: Local election held; Angela Carluccio becomes mayor.
• 2018 – June: Local election held; Riccardo Rossi becomes mayor.

See also

• History of Brindisi  [ it ]
• Urban development of Brindisi  [ it ]
• List of mayors of Brindisi
• List of bishops of Brindisi
• History of Apulia  [ it ] region

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

• Timeline of Bari, 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

1. Barker 2004.
2. Haydn 1910.
3. Pelling, C (1996). "The triumviral period". In Bowman, Alan K; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew (eds.). The Augustan empire, 43 BC–AD 69. Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–69. ISBN   0-521-26430-8.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 21 January 2017.
5. Britannica 1910.
6. Domenico 2002.
7. Pina Belli D’Elia. "Brindisi". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017
8. Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
9. Berger 1899.
10. Comune di Brindisi. "Storia del comune". Città di Brindisi (in Italian). Halley Informatica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
11. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6428-3.
12. "Archivio di Stato di Brindisi: L'Istituto" (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo . Retrieved 21 January 2017.
13. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN   978-1-85743-152-0.
14. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica . Retrieved 21 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Brundisium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq – via HathiTrust.
• "Brindisi". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901 – via Internet Archive.
• "Brindisi", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Brindisi"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). pp. 571–572.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brundisium", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Italian Port Guide: Bari, Brindisi, Taranto. Navpers ; 15383. Washington, DC: United States Navy Department. 1979. hdl:2027/uiug.30112105110164.
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Apulia: Brindisi". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 23+. ISBN   0313307334.
• John W. Barker (2004). "Brindisi". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 157–158. ISBN   0415939291.

in Italian

Further information (in Italian): Bibliography of the history of Brindisi  ^{[ it ]}

• A. Della Monaca. Memoria historica dell’antichissima e fedelissima città di Brindisi (Lecce 1674)
• A. De Leo. Dell’antichissima città di Brindisi e suo celebre porto (Naples, 1846)
• "Brindisi". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 4 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1877. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649802.
• F. Ascoli. La storia di Brindisi (Rimini 1886)
• Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Brindisi", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan
• Touring Club Italiano. "Brindisi". Puglie. Guide Regionali Illustrate (in Italian). Capriolo & Massimino. hdl:2027/uc1.c035947291. circa 1900?
• Guerrieri (1901). Gli Ebrei a Brindisi e a Lecce. Turin.
• "Brindisi", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1930
• R. Alaggio. Brindisi medievale. Natura, Santi e Sovrani in una città di frontiera (Naples, 2009)

External links

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