Timeline of Bari

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bari in the Apulia region of Italy.

Prior to 15th century

450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established (approximate date).{{cite web |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy |url= http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/italy |publisher=Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo |location=Norway |access-date= 20 December 2016 }}
847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari.Barbara M. Kreuz, Before the Normans - Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, University of Pennsylvania Press, p 38
852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies.Barbara M. Kreuz, Before the Normans - Southern Italy in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, University of Pennsylvania Press, p 45
885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor."{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi."{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins (approximate date).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1098 - Religious council held in Bari.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1139 - Roger II of Sicily attacked Bari, damaging the city walls.{{sfn|Bellato|2024}}
1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{sfn|Bellato|2024}}
1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1197 - Basilica di San Nicola consecrated.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1233 - Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) (castle) rebuilt.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1292 - Cathedral of San Sabino consecrated.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1349 - City besieged by Hungarian and German forces.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1399 - Giovanni Bozzuto appointed captain.{{DBI |title=Bozzuto, Giovanni |volume=13 |author=Clara Gennaro |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-bozzuto_(Dizionario-Biografico)/}}

15th–19th centuries

1464 - Sforza in power.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1500 - Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan in power.{{sfn|Barker|2004}}
1545 - Population: 12,800.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1567 - Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1558 - Bona Sforza leaves the town to Philip II. of Spain and Naples.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1647 - Social unrest.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1656 - Plague.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1683 - Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1690 - 1692 - Major plague in the Province of Bari resulting in the entire region being placed under quarantine.Filippo de Arrieta, Raguaglio Historico del Contaggio Occorso Nella Provincia di Bari Negli Anni 1690,1691, 1692; Napoli 1694
1813 - City development outside the walls begins.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1833 - August: Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1835 - {{illm|Archivio di Stato di Bari|it}} (state archives) established.{{cite web |url= http://www.guidageneralearchivistato.beniculturali.it/document.aspx?uri=/istituticonservatori/IC0090004601 |title=Archivio di Stato di Bari |work=Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani |language=it |publisher=Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo |access-date= 20 December 2016 }}
1854 - Teatro Piccinni (theatre) opens.
1860 - Bari becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1861 - Population: 44,572.
1864 - Bari Centrale railway station opens.
1868 - Bari–Taranto railway in operation.
1872 - New Port of Bari development begins.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1877 - {{illm|Biblioteca nazionale Sagarriga Visconti-Volpi|it}} (library) opens.
1887 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno newspaper begins publication.{{cite book|title=Western Europe |edition=5th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC|year=2003|publisher=Europa Publications |chapter=Italy |isbn=978-1-85743-152-0 |series=Regional Surveys of the World }}
1897 - Population: 80,450.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1899 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Italy |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1081 |via=HathiTrust }}
1900 - Bari-Putignano railway begins operating.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}}

20th century

1901 - {{illm|Casa editrice Giuseppe Laterza & figli|it}} (publisher) in business.
1903 - Teatro Petruzzelli (theatre) opens.
1905
February: Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway begins operating.
1908 - F.C. Bari 1908 (football club) formed.
1911 - Population: 103,670.{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1913 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Italy |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368374?urlappend=%3Bseq=1107 }}
1914 - {{illm|Teatro Margherita (Bari)|it}} (theatre) opens.
1915 - September: Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1921 - Population: 136,247.
1924 - Università adriatica B. Mussolini founded.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1925 - Conservatory of Bari established.
1926 - November: Flood.{{sfn|Treccani|1930}}
1931 - Ferrovie del Sud Est (transit entity) established.
1934 - Bari Airport built.
1936
Ferrotramviaria (transit entity) established.
Population: 197,918.
1939 - Trolleybuses in Bari begin operating
1943 - Air raid on Bari by German forces in World War II.
1951 - Population: 268,183.
1965 - Bari–Barletta railway begins operating.
1981 - Population: 371,022.
1985 - May: {{illm|Apulian comunal election, 1985|it|Elezioni comunali in Puglia del 1985}} held.
1990
Part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bari.
Polytechnic University of Bari established.{{cite book|editor=Walter Rüegg |series=History of the University in Europe |volume=4 |title= Universities Since 1945 |year=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49425-0 |chapter= Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC |page=576+ }}
Stadio San Nicola (stadium) opens.

21st century

2008 - Bari metropolitan railway service begins operating.
2009 - Bari International Film Festival begins.
2013 - Population: 313,213.{{cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/pop2013/index_e.html |title=Resident Population |work=Demo-Geodemo |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Statistica |access-date= 20 December 2016 }}
2014 - Antonio Decaro becomes mayor.
2015
May: Apulian regional election, 2015 held.
Metropolitan City of Bari administration effected.
2016 - 12 July: Andria–Corato train collision occurs in vicinity of Bari.

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

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=in English=

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=in Italian=

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