Timeline of Trapani

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

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Prior to 20th century

See also: Drepanum

• 249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win
• 241 BCE - Romans in power[1]

• 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]
• 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis"[1]
• 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily[1]
• 1266 - Battle of Trapani
• 1282 - Aragonese in power[1]
• 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers[2]
• 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town[3]
• 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins.[3]
• 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou[2]
• 1570 - Population: 16,286[2]
• 1726 - Earthquake[4]^(it)
• 1748 - Population: 17,311[2]
• 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt.
• 1798 - Population: 24,330[2]
• 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule[2]
• 1830 - Biblioteca Fardelliana [it] (library) opens.[5]
• 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established[6]
• 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848[3]
• 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built[1]
• 1861 - Circondario di Trapani [it] (administrative region) established^[citation needed]
• 1880 - Stazione di Trapani [it] (railway station) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 49,992[7]

20th century

• 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed.
• 1906 - Population: 47,578.[3]
• 1911 - Population: 59,593[8]
• 1915 - Trapani tram [it] begins operating.
• 1937 - Ferrovia Palermo-Trapani [it] railway begins operating.
• 1952 - Trapani trolleybus [it] begins operating.
• 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice.
• 1961 - Trapani–Birgi Airport opens.
• 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake[1]

21st century

• 2001 - Local election [it] held; Girolamo Fazio [it] becomes mayor.
• 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 68,967[9]

See also

• Trapani history
• History of Trepani [it]
• List of mayors of Trepani [it]
• 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

1. "Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
2. Treccani 1937.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. pp. 839–840. (includes chronology)
5. "Biblioteca Fardelliana di Trapani". Comune di Trapani. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
6. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
7. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
8. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
9. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Further information (in Italian): Bibliography of Trapani^[it]

in English

• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Drepanum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
• "Trapani". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Trapani" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). p. 213.
• "Trapani", Southern Italy and Sicily (16th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
• Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Trapani". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 293+. ISBN 0313307334.

in Italian

• Giuseppe Maria Di Ferro [in Italian] (1825). Guida per gli stranieri in Trapani.
• Pagliani, Stefano; Boccardo, Gerolamo (1887), "Trepani", Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), vol. 22 (6th ed.)
• Gaetano Battaglia (1904). "Trapani". Guida descrittiva della Sicilia (in Italian). Palermo: G. Pedone Lauriel.
• "Trapani". Sicilia. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1919. hdl:2027/uc1.$b535988.
• "Trapani", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937

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)