Timeline of Taranto

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

Prior to 20th century

8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient Taras from the Massepicans."{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
212 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (212 BC) fought during the Second Punic War.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
209 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (209 BC).{{sfn|Haydn|1910}}
465 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Taranto active (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= 3 January 2017 }}
840 CE - Taranto occupied by Muslims (approximate date).{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
927 - Taranto sacked by Saracens.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
967 - Nikephoros II Phokas "rebuilds the town".{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
11th C. - Taranto Cathedral
1063 - Taranto taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1088 - Bohemond I of Antioch becomes Prince of Taranto.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1301 - Philip I, Prince of Taranto becomes Prince of Taranto.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1496 - Castello Aragonese (Taranto) present fortress built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1656 - Plague.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}
1770 - {{illm|Palazzo Pantaleo|it}} built.
1861 - Population: 27,484.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}
1864 - Naval Commission designate it as third maritime arsenal.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1868 - Taranto railway station opens.
1869 - Jonica railway begins operating.
1881 - Population: 33,942.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}
1883
{{illm|Ponte di Porta Napoli|it}} (bridge) built.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Work begins on the maritime arsenal.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
1887 - {{illm|Ponte di San Francesco di Paola|it}} (bridge) built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1889 - {{illm|Arsenale militare marittimo di Taranto|it}} built.
1896 - {{illm|Palazzo degli Uffici|it}} built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}

20th century

1901 - Population: 50,592.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1911 - {{illm|Audace Football Club|it}} formed.
1914 - Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (shipyard) begins operating.{{sfn|Domenico|2002}}
1921 - Population: 103,807.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}
1922 - {{illm|Trams in Taranto|it|Rete tranviaria di Taranto|lt=Tram}} begins operating.
1923 - {{illm|Stadio Valentino Mazzola (Taranto)|it|lt=Motovelodromo Corvisea}} (racetrack) opens.
1927 - Taranto F.C. 1927 formed.
1936 - Population: 127,230.{{sfn|Treccani|1937}}
1940 - Battle of Taranto fought during World War II.
1947 - {{illm|Corriere del Giorno|it}} 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 }}
1960s - {{illm|Finsider|it}} steelworks "IV Centro" in business in Taranto (approximate date).{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
1965 - Stadio Erasmo Iacovone (stadium) opens.
1977 - Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone (bridge) opens.
1979 - Quotidiano di Taranto newspaper begins publication.

21st century

2007 - {{illm|Italian local elections, 2007|it|Elezioni amministrative italiane del 2007}} held; Ippazio Stefano becomes mayor.
2013 - Population: 198,728.{{cite web |url=http://demo.istat.it/pop2013/index_e.html |title=Resident Population |work=Demo-Geodemo |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Statistica |access-date= 3 January 2017 }}

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

=in English=

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

|chapter= Tarentum

|chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=1118

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

|title-link= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |hdl= 2027/hvd.ah5cur?urlappend=%3Bseq=1118 }}

{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Tarentum |volume= 23 |pages = 61–62 |short= 1}}
{{cite book

|title= Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|location= London

|year= 1901

|chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101065312959?urlappend=%3Bseq=91

|chapter= Taranto

| ref = {{harvid|Chambers|1901}}

|title-link= Chambers's Encyclopaedia

|hdl= 2027/njp.32101065312959?urlappend=%3Bseq=91

}}

{{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |title = Southern Italy and Sicily |edition=15th |date = 1908

|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/southernitalysic00karl#page/242/mode/2up

|chapter= Taranto

}}

{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Taranto |volume= 26 |last= Ashby |first= Thomas |author-link=Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) | pages = 415–416 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
{{Citation

|date = 1910

|chapter= Tarentum |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t?urlappend=%3Bseq=1357

|ref = {{harvid|Haydn|1910}}

|title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |hdl = 2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t?urlappend=%3Bseq=1357 }}

{{Citation |publisher = Dutton |location = New York |author = Augustus J. C. Hare |title = Cities of Southern Italy |date = 1911

|chapter= Taranto

|chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/citiesofsouthern00hareuoft#page/n271/mode/2up |author-link = Augustus Hare }}

{{cite book |title=Italian Port Guide: Bari, Brindisi, Taranto |location=Washington, DC |publisher= United States Navy Department |year=1979

|chapter-url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiug.30112105110164?urlappend=%3Bseq=39

|chapter=Taranto |hdl=2027/uiug.30112105110164?urlappend=%3Bseq=39 }}

{{cite book

|year=2002

|chapter= Apulia: Taranto |pages= 28+

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

}}

=in Italian=

{{further ill|Bibliography of the history of Taranto|it|Storia_di_Taranto#Bibliografia}}

{{cite book|author= Giovanni Battista Gagliardo |title=Descrizione topografica di Taranto|url=https://archive.org/details/descrizionetopog00gagl |year= 1811 |publisher=Angelo Trani |location=Naples }}
{{cite book|title=Storia di Taranto |author= Domenico Ludovico De Vincentiis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOkj5bYS1-UC |year= 1878 |language=it }}
{{cite book |title=Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana |language=it |publisher = Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese |location = Turin |edition=6th

|year=1887

|chapter= Taranto |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2649819?urlappend=%3Bseq=921

|title-link=Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana |hdl=2027/uc1.c2649819?urlappend=%3Bseq=921 }}

{{cite book |title=Biblioteca istorica della antica e nuova Italia |author= Carlo Lozzi |location=Imola |oclc=12117233 |language=it |year=1887 |volume=2

|chapter= Storie de'Municipii: Taranto

|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOBAAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA303

}} (bibliography)

{{cite book

|chapter= Provincia di Lecce

|hdl=2027/njp.32101074983378?urlappend=%3Bseq=493 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101074983378?urlappend=%3Bseq=493

| ref = {{harvid|Bernardini|1890}}

}} (includes Taranto)

{{cite book |author= Touring Club Italiano |series=Guide Regionali Illustrate |title=Puglie |language=it

|chapter= Taranto

|hdl=2027/uc1.c035947291?urlappend=%3Bseq=82 |chapter-url= https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c035947291?urlappend=%3Bseq=82

|author-link=Touring Club Italiano }} circa 1900?

{{citation |title= Enciclopedia Italiana |language=it

|year= 1937

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

|chapter= Taranto

| ref = {{harvid|Treccani|1937}}

|title-link=Enciclopedia Italiana

}}

External links

[http://www.archiviodistatotaranto.beniculturali.it Archivio di Stato di Taranto] (state archives)
[https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=Taranto+Italy&rows=96 Items related to Taranto], various dates (via Europeana)
[http://dp.la/search?page_size=100&q=Taranto+Italy&utf8=✓ Items related to Taranto], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Category:History of Taranto

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Timeline of Taranto

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20th century

21st century

See also

References

Bibliography

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