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Timeline of Salerno

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

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{{History of Italy}}

  • 197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi.{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}(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{{cite web | url=https://salerno.occhionotizie.it/positano-18-luglio-riapre-la-villa-romana-sepolta-dalleruzione-del-79-d-c/ | title=Positano: 18 luglio riapre la Villa romana sepolta dall'eruzione del 79 d.C. | date=9 July 2018 }}
  • 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established.{{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= 13 January 2017 }}
  • 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento.{{cite web |work=Oxford Art Online |title=Salerno |author= Valentino Pace }} Retrieved 13 January 2017
  • 774 CE - Duke Arechis II of Benevento relocates to Salerno.
  • 9th C. - Schola Medica Salernitana (medical school) founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno.
  • 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces.{{sfn|Kleinhenz|2004}}
  • 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.
  • 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1150 - University founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1260 - Port of Salerno construction begins.{{sfn|Overall|1870}}
  • 1419 - Salerno becomes part of the Kingdom of Naples and administrative centre of its {{illm|Principato Citeriore|it}}.{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
  • 1578 - Salerno sacked by "Muslim pirates."{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
  • 1656 - Plague.
  • 1688 - Earthquake.{{sfn|Baratta|1901}}
  • 1694 - Earthquake.{{sfn|Baratta|1901}}
  • 1799 - Salerno becomes part of the French client Parthenopean Republic.{{cite web |title=Cenni storici |language=it |url= http://www.comune.salerno.it/client/scheda.aspx?scheda=4367&stile=7&parent=3912&ti=1 |publisher= Comune di Salerno |access-date= 13 January 2017 }}
  • 1817 - University closed.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1843 - {{illm|Biblioteca Provinciale di Salerno|it}} (library) founded.{{cite web |url=http://anagrafe.iccu.sbn.it/opencms/opencms/ |title= (Comune: Salerno) |work=Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane |trans-work=Registry of Italian Libraries |publisher=Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico |language=it |access-date= 13 January 2017 }}
  • 1860 - {{illm|Circondario di Salerno|it}} (administrative region) established.
  • 1866 - Naples–Salerno railway begins operating; Salerno railway station opens.
  • 1872 - {{illm|Teatro municipale Giuseppe Verdi (Salerno)|it}} opens.
  • 1875 - Frusta newspaper begins publication.{{citation |title= Almanacco Italiano |language=it |publisher= R. Bemporad & figlio |location=Florence |year=1896 |chapter=Giornali e giornalisti |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8ATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA431 |pages=431+ }} (List of newspapers)
  • 1895 - Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway in operation.
  • 1896 - L'Eco newspaper begins publication.{{citation |title=Annuario della stampa italiana |year=1899 |location=Milan |editor=Henry Berger |chapter= Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Salerno |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ti5AAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA519 |language=it }}
  • 1897 - Population: 37,310.{{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 }}

20th century

  • 1902 - {{illm|Ferrovia Salerno-Mercato San Severino|it}} (railway) begins operating.
  • 1911 - Population: 45,682.{{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 }}
  • 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed.
  • 1920 - {{illm|Società salernitana di storia patria|it}} (history society) founded.
  • 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established.
  • 1936 - Population: 67,186.(it)
  • 1937 - {{illm|Salerno trolleybus|it|Rete filoviaria di Salerno}} begins operating.
  • 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II.{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
  • 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months
  • February: {{illm|Governo Badoglio I & II|it}} headquartered in Salerno during the {{illm|Periodo costituzionale transitorio|it}}.
  • April: Communist {{illm|Svolta di Salerno|it|lt=policy announcement}} made in Salerno.{{cite book|author1=Mark Gilbert|author2=Robert K. Nilsson|title=Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy |year= 2007|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6428-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XQCyAAAAQBAJ }}{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
  • 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins.
  • 1954 - 25 October: {{illm|Salerno flood|it|Alluvione di Salerno del 25 ottobre 1954}}.
  • 1956 - Local election held; {{illm|Alfonso Menna|it}} becomes mayor (until 1970).
  • 1961 - Population: 117,363.(it)
  • 1964 - {{illm|BusItalia Campania|it|lt=Azienda Trasporti Autofiloviari Consorzio Salernitano}} (transit entity) formed.
  • 1968 - University of Salerno established.
  • 1971 - Population: 155,498.(it)
  • 1982 - 26 August: {{illm|Salerno massacre|it|Strage di Salerno}} occurs in the {{illm|Torrione (Salerno)|it}} quartiere.
  • 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens.
  • 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor.
  • 1998 - {{illm|Parco del Mercatello|it}} (park) opens.{{cite web |title=Parchi e Giardini |language=it |url= http://www.comune.salerno.it/client/menu.aspx?menu=3999&stile=7 |publisher= Comune di Salerno |access-date= 13 January 2017 }}

21st century

See also

Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy:(it)

References

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This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

{{See also|Salerno#Bibliography}}

{{Refbegin}}

=in English=

  • {{cite book |editor= William Henry Overall |title= Dictionary of Chronology |publisher=William Tegg |location=London |year= 1870

|chapter= Salerno

|hdl= 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=759 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949?urlappend=%3Bseq=759

| ref = {{harvid|Overall|1870}}

}}

  • {{cite book |title= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |editor= William Smith |location=London |publisher= John Murray |orig-date=1854 |year= 1872

|chapter= Salernum

|title-link= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |hdl= 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=904 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=904

| ref = {{harvid|Smith|1872}}

}}

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Salerno |volume= 24 |last= Ashby |first= Thomas |author-link=Thomas Ashby (archaeologist)| page = 66 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Southern Italy and Sicily |edition=16th |date = 1912

|chapter= Salerno

|chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/southernitalysi00karl#page/194/mode/2up

|ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1912}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture |author=Roy Domenico |publisher=Greenwood|isbn= 0313307334 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZ-PMNC5XOkC

|year=2002

|chapter= Campania: Salerno |pages= 72+

|ref= {{harvid|Domenico|2002}}

}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia

|editor= Christopher Kleinhenz |publisher=Routledge|isbn=0415939291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ

|year= 2004

|chapter= Salerno

|ref = {{harvid|Kleinhenz|2004}}

}}

=in Italian=

  • {{citation |title=Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana |title-link=Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana |language=it |edition=6th

|year= 1885

|volume= 19

|chapter= Salerno

|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_lc_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1072

}}

  • {{cite book|author=Mario Baratta |author-link=:it:Mario Baratta |title=I terremoti d'Italia |trans-title=Earthquakes in Italy |publisher=Fratelli Bocca |location=Turin |language=it |year= 1901

|chapter= Distribuzione topografica dei terremoti italiani: Salernitano e Basilicata: Salerno

|chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=LIi7AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA801

|ref = {{harvid|Baratta|1901}}

}} (also includes chronology)

  • {{citation |title= Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) |title-link=Enciclopedia Italiana

|language=it

|year= 1936

|chapter-url= http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/salerno_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/

|chapter= Salerno

| ref = {{harvid|Treccani|1936}}

}}

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External links

{{Commons category|Salerno}}

  • {{cite web |title=Archivio storico municipale |language=it |url=http://www.comune.salerno.it/client/scheda.aspx?scheda=4775&stile=2&ti=50 |publisher= Comune di Salerno }} (city archives)
  • [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=Salerno+Italy&rows=96 Items related to Salerno], various dates (via Europeana)
  • [http://dp.la/search?page_size=100&q=Salerno+Italy&utf8=✓ Items related to Salerno], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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