Timeline of Cagliari

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Prior to 18th century

* 2nd. half of the 4th millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
* 2nd. half of the 3rd millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
* 8th C. BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.
* 510 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
* 238 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Romans
* Early 1st C. CE - Granting of the title of Municipium
* 2nd C. CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
* 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).
* 5th C. CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
* 485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.^{( it)}
* 533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.
* 10th C. - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
* 1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
* 1297 - Pope Boniface VIII invests the Kings of Aragon with Sardinia.
* 1305 - Torre di San Pancrazio (tower) built.
* 1307 - Torre dell'Elefante (tower) built.
* 1312 - Cagliari Cathedral built.
* 1323 - begins during the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia.
* 1325
** December: .
** Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria construction begins.
* 1326 - Siege of Castel di Castro ends; Aragonese in power.
* 1348 - Black Death plague.
* 1492 - Jews in Sardinia expelled per Alhambra Decree.^{( it)}
* 1606 - University of Cagliari established.
* 1688 - Population: 17,390.^{( it)}

18th-19th centuries

* 1714 - Aragonese ousted; Sardinia "assigned to Austria" per Treaty of Utrecht.
* 1720 - Sardinia ceded by the Austrians to the duke of Savoy, in exchange for Sicily.
* 1764 - built.
* 1792 - (library) opens.
* 1793 - Cagliari "bombarded by the French fleet."
* 1804 - Reale Società Agraria ed Economica di Cagliari (learned society founded.
* 1821 - Population: 31,935.^{( it)}
* 1840 - (garden) opens.
* 1859 - (administrative region) established.
* 1871 - begins operating.
* 1879 - Cagliari railway station opens.
* 1883 - (railway) begins operating.
* 1889 - ''L'Unione Sarda'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1893
** begin operating.
** ''Popolo Sardo'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1897 - Population: 44,624.

20th century

* 1901 - terrace built.
* 1911 - Population: 60,101.
* 1920 - Cagliari Football Club formed.
* 1923 - Stadio Amsicora (stadium) opens.
* 1931 - Population: 92,689.^{( it)}
* 1933 - built.
* 1943 - Bombing of Cagliari in World War II.
* 1948 - (fair) begins.
* 1951 - Population: 130,511.^{( it)}
* 1952 - Trolleybuses in Cagliari begin operating.
* 1961 - Population: 173,540.^{( it)}
* 1965 - ' begins publication.
* 1970 - Stadio Sant'Elia (stadium) opens.
* 1981 - Population: 219,648.^{( it)}
* 1990 - Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Cagliari.
* 1993 - (museum) active.

21st century

* 2001 - Population: 164,249.^{( it)}
* 2008 - Cagliari light rail begins operating.
* 2011
** (library) opens in the .
** Local election held; Massimo Zedda becomes mayor.^{( it)}
* 2013 - Population: 149,575.

See also

* History of Cagliari
* List of mayors of Cagliari
* List of bishops of Cagliari
* List of giudici of Caligari, 11th-13th centuries
* History of Sardinia
* Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:^{( it)} Sicily: Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse, Trapani

References

''This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.''

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External links

* (city archives)

Archivio di Stato di Cagliari
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