Timeline of Reggio Calabria

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 8th century BCE - Reghion established by Chalcidian Greeks. ^[1]
• 386 BCE - Town sacked by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse. ^[2]
• 91 BCE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 89 BCE - Rhegium becomes a Roman municipium. ^[1]
• 17 CE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 362 CE - Earthquake.^(it)
• 410 CE - Reggio sacked by forces of Alaric. ^[3]
• 458 - Reggio taken by forces of Totila. ^[4]
• 550 - Roman Catholic diocese of Reggio Calabria established (approximate date). ^[5]
• 950 - Reggio taken by Muslim forces. ^[1]
• 1059 - Reggio taken by Norman forces. ^[4]
• 1783 - Earthquake. ^[6]
• 1806 - Administrative Distretto di Reggio  [ it ] established.
• 1818
  • Regia Biblioteca Ferdinandiana (library) established. ^[7]
  • Real Teatro Borbonio (theatre) opens.
• 1852 - Archivio di Calabria Ultra Prima (archives) opens. ^[8]
• 1860
  • 21 August: Battle of Piazza Duomo  [ it ]; Garibaldian forces win. ^[3]
  • Circondario di Reggio di Calabria  [ it ] (administrative region) established.
• 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating.
• 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the Piazza Garibaldi (Reggio Calabria)  [ it ].
• 1894 - Calabria earthquake of 1894  [ it ]. ^{[9] [6]}
• 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating.
• 1896 - Villa comunale Umberto I  [ it ] (park) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 46,399. ^[10]

20th century

• 1904 - Corriere di Calabria e di Messina  [ it ] newspaper begins publication.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1908 - December: Earthquake. ^[11]
• 1911 - Population: 43,162. ^[12]
• 1913 - Scilla Lighthouse built at Castello Ruffo di Scilla  [ it ] near city.
• 1914 - Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, a football club, was formed.
• 1918 - Reggio Calabria tram  [ it ] begins operating.
• 1920 - Biblioteca Pietro De Nava  [ it ] (library) active. ^[13]
• 1921 - Palazzo San Giorgio (Reggio Calabria)  [ it ] built.
• 1922
  • Il Popolo di Calabria newspaper in publication.
  • Politeama Siracusa  [ it ] theatre opens.
• 1931 - Teatro Francesco Cilea  [ it ] (theatre) built.
• 1932 - Stadio Michele Bianchi (stadium) opens.
• 1935 - Tempio della Vittoria (Reggio Calabria)  [ it ] built. ^[4]
• 1938 - Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station rebuilt.
• 1939 - Reggio Calabria Airport established.
• 1943 - Bombing of Reggio Calabria (1943)  [ it ] during World War II.
• 1953 - Corriere di Reggio  [ it ] begins publication.
• 1967 - Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria (art school) established.
• 1970 - July: Reggio revolt begins.
• 1982 - University of Reggio Calabria active. ^[14]
• 1999 - Stadio Oreste Granillo (stadium) opens.

21st century

• 2013 - Population: 180,686. ^[15]
• 2014 - Giuseppe Falcomatà becomes mayor.

See also

• Reggio Calabria history
• History of Reggio Calabria  [ it ]
• Urban development of Reggio Calabria  [ it ]
• List of mayors of Reggio Calabria
• List of bishops of Reggio Calabria
• Duchy of Calabria  [ it ]
• History of Calabria  [ it ] 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 Salerno, Campania
• Timeline of Taranto, Apulia

References

1. Domenico 2002.
2. David Ridgway. "Rhegion". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 5 January 2017
3. Chambers 1901.
4. Treccani 1935.
5. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 5 January 2017.
6. Britannica 1910.
7. "Biblioteca Comunale: Cenni storici" (in Italian). Città di Reggio Calabria. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
8. "Archivio di Stato di Reggio Calabria" (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo . Retrieved 5 January 2017.
9. Mario Baratta (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)
10. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
11. Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6428-3.
12. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
13. "(Comune: Reggio Calabria)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico . Retrieved 5 January 2017.
14. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN   978-1-139-49425-0.
15. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica . Retrieved 5 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Rhegium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• "Reggio", Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1878
• "Reggio". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.
• Umberto Cassuto (1905), "Reggio", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, hdl:2027/msu.31293024395141
• "Reggio", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908
• "Reggio Calabria"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 23 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 38.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rhegium", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Calabria: Reggio di Calabria". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 48+. ISBN   0313307334.

in Italian

• Girolamo Marafioti (1601). Chroniche et Antichita di Calabria (in Italian). Padua.
• Domenico Spanò Bolani (1857). Storia di Reggio di Calabria (in Italian). Naples: Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno.
• "Reggio di Calabria", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 19 (6th ed.), 1885, pp. 55–61, hdl:2027/nnc1.cu08476861
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Reggio di Calabria". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). Vol. 2. Imola. OCLC   12117233. (bibliography)
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Reggio Calabria". Guida della stampa periodica italiana[Guide to Italian Periodicals] (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
• Gustavo Strafforello, ed. (1900). "Provincia di Reggio Calabria: Circondario di Reggio Calabria". La Patria: Geografia dell' Italia. Vol. 4. Turin: Unione tipografico-editrice. OCLC   82800910.
• "Reggio di Calabria", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1935
• Filippo Aliquò Taverriti (1958). Reggio 1908-1958: Nel cinquantesimo anniversario del terremoto del XXVIII dicembre. OCLC   39709984.
• Vincenzo Larizza (1993). Cronistoria di Reggio Calabria nella seconda guerra mondiale: 1939/1945 (in Italian). OCLC   468513235.
• Ferdinando Cordova (2003). Il fascismo nel Mezzogiorno: le Calabrie. Rubbettino Editore. ISBN   978-88-498-0489-8.
• Nicola Criniti (2007). La stampa politica di Reggio Calabria e provincia: 1860-1926. Rubbettino. ISBN   978-88-498-2142-0.

External links

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