Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 18th century

• 729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians.[1]
• 476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna".[2][1]
• 461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again.[1]
• 403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.[1]
• 263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War.[1]
• 122 BCE – Mount Etna eruption of 122 BCE [it].[1]
• 2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania
• 251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town.[1]
• 535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.[1]
• 4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active.[3]
• 902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.[1]
• 1090 – Catania Cathedral founded.[4][1]
• 1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake.[1]
• 1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]
• 1232 – Political unrest.[4]
• 1239 – Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily.
• 1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers.
• 1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily."[4]
• 1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built.
• 1435 – "Social unrest."[4]
• 1434 – University of Catania opens.[1]
• 1647 – Political unrest.
• 1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city.[1]
• 1687 – Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena [it] (church) construction begins.
• 1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.[1]

18th–19th centuries

• 1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins.
• 1713 – San Benedetto church built.
• 1737 – Fontana dell'Elefante [it] (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo.
• 1755 – University Library established.[5]
• 1817 – February: Earthquake.[6]^(it)
• 1824 – Accademia Gioenia [it] (learned society) formed.[7]
• 1843 – Catania provincial archives established.[8]
• 1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established.[9]
• 1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi."[6]
• 1866
  • Cimitero monumentale di Catania [it] (cemetery) established.
  • Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated.[1]
• 1869 – Stazione di Catania Marittima [it] (train station) opens.
• 1871 – Population: 84,397.[10]
• 1876 – Observatory established.
• 1881 – Population: 100,417.[1]
• 1882 – Vincenzo Bellini monument [it] erected in the Piazza Stesicoro.
• 1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens.
• 1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.

20th century

• 1905 – Catania tram [it] begins operating.
• 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
• 1911 – Population: 210,703.[11]
• 1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram [it] begins operating.
• 1929 – Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
• 1930 – Campo dei cent'anni [it] (stadium) opens.
• 1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero [it] (library) established.[12]
• 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
• 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[13]
• 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.[13]
• 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[14]
• 1949
  • Società Catanese Trasporti [it] (transit entity) established.
  • Catania trolleybus [it] begins operating.
• 1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) [it] opens.[15]
• 1957 – Demolition of San Berillo [it] neighborhood.
• 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
• 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.[8]
• 1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
• 1971
  • City divided into 26 administrative units.^(it)
  • Population: 400,048.^[citation needed]
• 1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.^(it)
• 1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
• 1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, San Giovanni Galermo [it], San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, San Leone-Rapisardi [it], and Trappeto-Cibali.^(it)
• 1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
• 1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.[16]
• 1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
• 2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
• 2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
• 2013
  • City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.[17]^(it)
  • Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.[18]

See also

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

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Robert Garland (2014). "Chronology". Wandering Greeks: the Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great. Princeton University Press. pp. 279–286. ISBN 978-1-4008-5025-9.
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
4. Abulafia 2004.
5. Biblioteche 1865.
6. Haydn 1910.
7. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
8. "Storia". Archivio di Stato di Catania (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
9. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
10. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
11. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
12. "Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero: Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
13. "Storia di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
14. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
15. "Movie Theaters in Catania, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
16. "The best club in the world?", The Guardian, UK, 25 June 2008
17. "Le sei Circoscrizioni del Comune di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
18. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Catana". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
• "Catania". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/hvd.hn52jk.
• "Catania", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908 + 1867 ed.
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Catania" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). pp. 502–503.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Catania", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• David Abulafia (2004). "Catania". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 192–193. ISBN 0415939291.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Catania". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.

in Italian

Further information (in Italian): Bibliography of the history of Catania^[it]

• Descrizione di Catania e delle cose notevoli nei dintorni de essa (in Italian). Catania: Pietro Giuntini. 1841.
• "Elenco delle biblioteche del regno: Catania". Statistica del Regno d'Italia: biblioteche (in Italian). Florence. 1865. hdl:2027/uc1.c2742343. (List of libraries)
• Catania e sue vicinanze: manuale pel viaggiatore [Catania and vicinity: handbook for travelers] (in Italian). Catania: C. Galatola. 1867.
• "Catania", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 5 (6th ed.), 1878, hdl:2027/uc1.c2649803
• "Catania". Guida generale di Sicilia e Malta: storica, artistica, commerciale (in Italian) (3rd ed.). Catania: Niccolò Giannotta [it]. 1889.
• Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Catania". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
• Malfitana, Daniele; Mazzaglia, Antonino (2023). Catania – la città antica e quella del futuro: archeologia, topografia, urbanistica per la riqualificazione dello spazio urbano. Roma Bristol: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider. ISBN 9788891328717.
• "Catania". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. p. 291+. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
• Giuseppe Giarrizzo (1986). Catania (in Italian). Rome: Laterza [it].
• Paolo Militello (2008). Ritratti di città in Sicilia e a Malta: XVI-XVII secolo (in Italian). Palermo: Officina di Studi Medievali [it]. ISBN 978-88-88615-78-3.

External links

• "Archivio Storico Comunale di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. (city archives)
• Items related to Catania, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Catania, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)