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 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; Garibaldian forces win.[3]
  • Circondario di Reggio di Calabria (administrative region) established.
• 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating.
• 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the Piazza Garibaldi (Reggio Calabria).
• 1894 - Calabria earthquake of 1894.[9][6]
• 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating.
• 1896 - Villa comunale Umberto I (park) opens.
• 1897 - Population: 46,399.[10]

20th century

• 1904 - Corriere di Calabria e di Messina newspaper begins publication.
• 1908 - December: Earthquake.[11]
• 1911 - Population: 43,162.[12]
• 1913 - Scilla Lighthouse built at Castello Ruffo di Scilla near city.
• 1914 - Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, a football club, was formed.
• 1918 - Reggio Calabria tram begins operating.
• 1920 - Biblioteca Pietro De Nava (library) active.[13]
• 1921 - Palazzo San Giorgio (Reggio Calabria) built.
• 1922
  • Il Popolo di Calabria newspaper in publication.
  • Politeama Siracusa theatre opens.
• 1931 - Teatro Francesco Cilea (theatre) built.
• 1932 - Stadio Michele Bianchi (stadium) opens.
• 1935 - Tempio della Vittoria (Reggio Calabria) built.[4]
• 1938 - Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station rebuilt.
• 1939 - Reggio Calabria Airport established.
• 1943 - Bombing of Reggio Calabria (1943) during World War II.
• 1953 - Corriere di Reggio 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
• Urban development of Reggio Calabria
• List of mayors of Reggio Calabria
• List of bishops of Reggio Calabria
• Duchy of Calabria
• History of Calabria 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. 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 – 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.
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. 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.
• "Reggio", Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy (8th ed.), London: J. Murray, 1878
• "Reggio". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
• Umberto Cassuto (1905), "Reggio", Jewish Encyclopedia, 10, New York
• "Reggio", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908
• "Reggio Calabria", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Rhegium", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• 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), 19 (6th ed.), 1885, pp. 55–61
• Carlo Lozzi (1887). "Storie de'Municipii: Reggio di Calabria". Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia (in Italian). 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.
• Gustavo Strafforello, ed. (1900). "Provincia di Reggio Calabria: Circondario di Reggio Calabria". La Patria: Geografia dell' Italia. 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. ISBN 978-88-498-2142-0.

External links

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