The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
- 197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi.[1](it)
- 79 CE - Salerno was buried by the rain of ash and debris of the eruption of Vesuvius that razed Pompeii and Herculaneum to the ground[2]
- 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established.[3]
- 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento.[4]
- 774 CE - Duke Arechis II of Benevento relocates to Salerno.
- 9th C. - Schola Medica Salernitana (medical school) founded.[4][5]
- 851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno.
- 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces.[6]
- 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.[7]
- 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII.[5]
- 1150 - University founded.[5]
- 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.[5]
- 1260 - Port of Salerno construction begins.[8]
- 1419 - Salerno becomes part of the Kingdom of Naples and administrative centre of its Principato Citeriore.[1]
- 1578 - Salerno sacked by "Muslim pirates."[1]
- 1656 - Plague.[7]
- 1688 - Earthquake.[7][9]
- 1694 - Earthquake.[7][9]
- 1799 - Salerno becomes part of the French client Parthenopean Republic.[7]
- 1817 - University closed.[5]
- 1843 - Biblioteca Provinciale di Salerno (library) founded.[10]
- 1860 - Circondario di Salerno (administrative region) established.
- 1866 - Naples–Salerno railway begins operating; Salerno railway station opens.
- 1872 - Teatro municipale Giuseppe Verdi (Salerno) opens.
- 1875 - Frusta newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1895 - Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway in operation.
- 1896 - L'Eco newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1897 - Population: 37,310.[13]
20th century
- 1902 - Ferrovia Salerno-Mercato San Severino (railway) begins operating.
- 1911 - Population: 45,682.[14]
- 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed.
- 1920 - Società salernitana di storia patria (history society) founded.
- 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established.
- 1936 - Population: 67,186.(it)
- 1937 - Salerno trolleybus begins operating.
- 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II.[7][1]
- 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months
- February: Governo Badoglio I & II headquartered in Salerno during the Periodo costituzionale transitorio.[7]
- April: Communist policy announcement made in Salerno.[15][1]
- 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins.
- 1954 - 25 October: Salerno flood.
- 1956 - Local election held; Alfonso Menna becomes mayor (until 1970).
- 1961 - Population: 117,363.(it)
- 1964 - Azienda Trasporti Autofiloviari Consorzio Salernitano (transit entity) formed.
- 1968 - University of Salerno established.
- 1971 - Population: 155,498.(it)
- 1982 - 26 August: Salerno massacre occurs in the Torrione (Salerno) quartiere.
- 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens.
- 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor.
- 1998 - Parco del Mercatello (park) opens.[16]
21st century
- 2013
- Salerno metropolitan railway service begins operating.
- Population: 131,925.[17]
- 2016 - Vincenzo Napoli becomes mayor.
See also
- History of Salerno
- List of mayors of Salerno
- List of Princes of Salerno, 9th-16th centuries
- List of bishops of Salerno
- State Archives of Salerno (state archives)
- Campania history (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 Reggio Calabria
- Timeline of Taranto, Apulia
References
- ^ Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Positano: 18 luglio riapre la Villa romana sepolta dall'eruzione del 79 d.C.". 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Valentino Pace. "Salerno". Oxford Art Online Retrieved 13 January 2017
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ Kleinhenz 2004.
- ^ "Cenni storici" (in Italian). Comune di Salerno. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Overall 1870.
- ^ Baratta 1901.
- ^ "(Comune: Salerno)" (in Italian). Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane. Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Giornali e giornalisti", "Almanacco Italiano" (in Italian), Florence: R. Bemporad & figlio, 1896, pp. 431+ (List of newspapers)
- ^ Henry Berger (ed.) (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Salerno", "Annuario della stampa italiana" (in Italian)
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081. – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107
- ^ Mark Gilbert & Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ^ "Parchi e Giardini" (in Italian). Comune di Salerno. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- William Henry Overall (ed.) (1870). "Salerno". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=759
- William Smith (ed.) (1872 [1854]). "Salernum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=904
- Ashby, Thomas (1910). Vol. 24. p. 66.
- "Salerno", "Southern Italy and Sicily", 16th ed., Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1912
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Campania: Salerno". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 72+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.) (2004). "Salerno". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.
in Italian
- "Salerno", "Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana" (in Italian), Vol. 19, 6th ed., 1885
- Mario Baratta (1901). "Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Salernitano e Basilicata: Salerno". I terremoti d'Italia (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca (also includes chronology)
- "Salerno", "Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani)" (in Italian), 1936
External links
- "Archivio storico municipale" (in Italian). Comune di Salerno. (city archives)
- Items related to Salerno, various dates (via Europeana)
- Items related to Salerno, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)