• Source: Timeline of Catania

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Catania in the Sicily region of Italy.




Prior to 18th century



729 BCE – Catina founded by Naxians.
476 BCE – Hiero I of Syracuse expels residents to Leontini; settlement renamed "Aetna".
461 BCE – Settlement named "Catina" again.
403 BCE – Catina taken by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.
263 BCE – Catina taken by Roman forces during the First Punic War.
122 BCE – Mount Etna eruption of 122 BCE.
2nd C. CE – Amphitheatre of Catania
251 CE – Lava stream threatens the town.
535 CE – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.
4th–5th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Catania active.
902 CE – Catania "sacked by the Saracens" during the Muslim conquest of Sicily.
1090 – Catania Cathedral founded.
1169 – February: 1169 Sicily earthquake.
1194 – Catania sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
1232 – Political unrest.
1239 – Castello Ursino (castle) ordered to be constructed by Emperor Frederick II, King of Sicily.
1282 – War of the Sicilian Vespers.
1296 – "Parliament at Catania elected Frederick of Aragon king of Sicily."
1350 – Castello Ursino (castle) built.
1435 – "Social unrest."
1434 – University of Catania opens.
1647 – Political unrest.
1669 – 1669 Etna eruption causes destruction in region near city.
1687 – Chiesa di San Nicolò l'Arena (church) construction begins.
1693 – January: 1693 Sicily earthquake causes much destruction in city.




18th–19th centuries


1709 – Palazzo Tezzano construction begins.
1713 – San Benedetto church built.
1737 – Fontana dell'Elefante (fountain) installed in the Piazza del Duomo.
1755 – University Library established.
1817 – February: Earthquake.(it)
1824 – Accademia Gioenia (learned society) formed.
1843 – Catania provincial archives established.
1858 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania (garden) established.
1862 – August: Catania "held by Garibaldi."
1866
Cimitero monumentale di Catania (cemetery) established.
Catania Centrale railway station inaugurated.
1869 – Stazione di Catania Marittima (train station) opens.
1871 – Population: 84,397.
1876 – Observatory established.
1881 – Population: 100,417.
1882 – Vincenzo Bellini monument erected in the Piazza Stesicoro.
1883 – Giardino Bellini (park) opens.
1890 – Teatro Massimo Bellini (theatre) opens.




20th century


1905 – Catania tram begins operating.
1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
1911 – Population: 210,703.
1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram begins operating.
1929 – Calcio Catania (football club) founded.
1930 – Campo dei cent'anni (stadium) opens.
1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero (library) established.
1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.
1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.
1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.
1949
Società Catanese Trasporti (transit entity) established.
Catania trolleybus begins operating.
1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) opens.
1957 – Demolition of San Berillo neighborhood.
1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
1963 – State Archive of Catania active.
1969 – Teatro Verga (theatre) built.
1971
City divided into 26 administrative units.(it)
Population: 400,048.
1978 – City reorganized into 17 administrative units.(it)
1988 – Enzo Bianco becomes mayor.
1995 – City reorganized into 10 administrative units: Barriera-Canalicchio, Borgo-Sanzio, Centro-San Cristoforo-Angeli Custodi, Monte Po-Nesima, Ognina-Picanello-Stazione, San Giorgio-Librino, San Giovanni Galermo, San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa, San Leone-Rapisardi, and Trappeto-Cibali.(it)
1997 – PalaCatania arena opens.
1998 – Mercati Generali nightclub in business near city.
1999 – Catania Metro begins operating.
2000 – Umberto Scapagnini becomes mayor.




21st century


2007 – Catania–Fontanarossa Airport new terminal opens.
2012 – 28 October: Sicilian regional election, 2012 held.
2013
City reorganized into six administrative units: Borgo Sanzio, Centro San Giovanni Galermo-Trappeto-Cibali, Centro Storico, Monte Po-Nesima-San Leone-Rapisardi, Picanello-Ognina-Barriera-Canalicchio, and San Giorgio-Librino-San Giuseppe La Rena-Zia Lisa-Villaggio Sant'Agata.(it)
Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.




See also


Catania history
History of Catania
List of mayors of Catania
History of Sicily
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it)
Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
Sicily: Timeline of Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani




References



This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.




Bibliography






External links



"Archivio Storico Comunale di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. (city archives)
Items related to Catania, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Catania, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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