Timeline of Palermo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Prior to 19th century

* 734 BC - Phoenicians found Palermo
*415 BC – Carthaginians in power, but continue using Greek name Panormos on the city's coins.
* 276 BC – Conquered by Pyrrhus of Epirus.
* 275 BC – Carthaginian reconquest.
* 254 BC – Romans take Palermo under the Latin name Panormus.
* 251 BC – Attempted Carthaginian reconquest fails in the Battle of Panormus.
* 1st century AD – Catholic Diocese of Palermo established.
* 440 – Vandal siege and conquest of Panormus.
* 535 – Byzantine siege and conquest of Panormus.
* 830 – August: Arabs begin siege of Palermo.
* 831 – August: Saracens in power.
* 1072 – Normans take Palermo.
* 1130 – Palermo becomes capital of the Kingdom of Sicily.
* 1136 – San Giovanni degli Eremiti church built.
* 1140 – Cappella Palatina consecrated.
* 1143 – Martorana church founded.
* 1160 – Chiesa di San Cataldo (church) built.
* 1185 – Palermo Cathedral construction begins.
* 1191 – active.
* 1282
** 30 March: Sicilian Vespers uprising against Anjou rule.
** 4 September: Peter I crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
* 1330 – Palazzo Sclafani built.
* 1394 – University established.
* 1460 – Porta Nuova (Palermo) (gate) built.
* 1477 – Printing press in operation (approximate date).
* 1557 – September: Flood.^{( it)}
* 1584 – Fontana Pretoria (fountain) installed in the Piazza Pretoria.
* 1620 – Quattro Canti laid out.
* 1676 – 2 June: Naval Battle of Palermo occurs offshore.
* 1693 – 1693 Sicily earthquake.
* 1726 – Earthquake.
* 1734 – 2 September: Spanish conquest.
* 1735 – 3 July: Charles V crowned as king of Sicily in Palermo Cathedral.
* 1740 – Earthquake.
* 1760 – Allegorical ''Apotheosis of Palermo'' artwork painted in the Palazzo Isnello.
* 1790 – Palermo Astronomical Observatory founded.
* 1795 – Botanical Garden of Palermo opens.

19th century

* 1801 – Astronomer Piazzi discovers Ceres (dwarf planet).
* 1806 – University of Palermo established.
* 1837 – Cholera epidemic.
* 1848 – 12 January: Sicilian revolution of 1848 begins.
* 1849 – 13 May: "Neapolitans capture Palermo."
* 1860
** 6 June: Forces of Garibaldi take Palermo.
** ''Giornale di Sicilia'' newspaper begins publication.
* 1861
** opens.
** Population: 199,911.
* 1866 – Anti-government unrest; crackdown.
* 1871 – Population: 219,938.
* 1873 – (history society) founded.
* 1886 – Palermo Centrale railway station opens.
* 1891 – 15 November: Esposizione Nazionale di Palermo (exhibit) opens.
* 1897
** Teatro Massimo opens.
** Population: 287,972.
* 1900 – ''L'Ora'' newspaper begins publication.^{( it)}
** US Città di Palermo was founded by Ignazio Majo Pagano

20th century

* 1901 – Population: 309,566.
* 1906 - First edition of Targa Florio.
* 1919 - Gonzaga Institute, Palermo founded by Jesuits.
* 1930 – Cinema Orfeo opens.
* 1931
** February: .
** Palermo–Boccadifalco Airport opens.
* 1932 – Stadio Littorio (stadium) opens.
* 1936 – Population: 411,879.
* 1940-1945 - Palermo is bombed during the Second War World.
* 1943 – 22 July: Allied forces arrive in Palermo.
* 1947 – Sicilian Regional Assembly headquartered in city.
* 1950s/1980s - Sack of Palermo.
* 1953 – Cinema Astoria opens.
* 1957 – October: Grand Hotel des Palmes Mafia meeting 1957.
* 1960 – Palermo Airport opens.
* 1961 – Population: 587,985.
* 1970 - Mauro De Mauro disappeared.
* 1971 – Population: 642,814.
* 1974 – Palermo Notarbartolo railway station opens.
* 1979 - Mario Francese and Boris Giuliano killed.
* 1980 - Piersanti Mattarella and Gaetano Costa killed.
* 1981 – Population: 701,782.
* 1982 - Pio La Torre, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa and his wife Emanuela Setti Carraro killed.
* 1983 - Rocco Chinnici and Mario D’Aleo killed.
* 1985 – Antonino Cassarà killed.
** March: held.
* 1986 – Maxi Trial begins.
* 1988 – Internazionali Femminili di Palermo tennis tournament begins.
* 1990 – Palermo metropolitan railway service begins operating.
** Palermo hosts some matches of 1990 World Cup.
* 1991 – Population: 698,556.
* 1992 – Anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino killed.
* 1993 – Pino Puglisi killed.
** Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor.

21st century

* 2001 – Diego Cammarata becomes mayor.
* 2006 – Paolo Romeo becomes archbishop.
* 2007 – March: held.
* 2010 – UCI Palermo cinema opens.
* 2012 – Leoluca Orlando becomes mayor again.
* 2013 – Population: 654,987 city; 1,243,638 province.
* 2015 - Palermo’s Itinerario Arabo-Normanno proclaimed World Heritage Site by Unesco.
** The Palermitan Sergio Mattarella becomes President of Italian Republic.
* 2018 - Palermo is “Capitale Italiana della cultura” and hosts the 12th edition of Manifesta.
** Pope Francis visits the city.

See also

* History of Palermo
* List of mayors of Palermo
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* (state archives)
* History of Sicily
* Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:^{( it)}
** Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari
** Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Syracuse, Trapani

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External links

* Europeana
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