Timeline of Taranto

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient Taras from the Massepicans."^[1]
• 212 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (212 BC) fought during the Second Punic War.^[2]
• 209 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (209 BC).^[2]
• 465 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Taranto active (approximate date).^[3]
• 840 CE - Taranto occupied by Muslims (approximate date).^[1]
• 927 - Taranto sacked by Saracens.^[4]
• 967 - Nikephoros II Phokas "rebuilds the town".^[4]
• 11th C. - Taranto Cathedral
• 1063 - Taranto taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.^[4]
• 1088 - Bohemond I of Antioch becomes Prince of Taranto.^[4]
• 1301 - Philip I, Prince of Taranto becomes Prince of Taranto.^[4]
• 1496 - Castello Aragonese (Taranto) present fortress built.^[4]
• 1656 - Plague.^[5]
• 1770 - Palazzo Pantaleo [it] built.
• 1861 - Population: 27,484.^[5]
• 1864 - Naval Commission designate it as third maritime arsenal.^[4]
• 1868 - Taranto railway station opens.
• 1869 - Jonica railway begins operating.
• 1881 - Population: 33,942.^[5]
• 1883
  • Ponte di Porta Napoli [it] (bridge) built.^{[citation needed]}
  • Work begins on the maritime arsenal.^[4]
• 1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
• 1887 - Ponte di San Francesco di Paola [it] (bridge) built.^[4]
• 1889 - Arsenale militare marittimo di Taranto [it] built.
• 1896 - Palazzo degli Uffici [it] built.^[4]

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 50,592.^[5][4]
• 1911 - Audace Football Club [it] formed.
• 1914 - Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (shipyard) begins operating.^[1]
• 1921 - Population: 103,807.^[5]
• 1922 - Tram [it] begins operating.
• 1923 - Motovelodromo Corvisea [it] (racetrack) opens.
• 1927 - Taranto F.C. 1927 formed.
• 1936 - Population: 127,230.^[5]
• 1940 - Battle of Taranto fought during World War II.
• 1947 - Corriere del Giorno [it] newspaper begins publication.^[6]
• 1960s - Finsider [it] steelworks "IV Centro" in business in Taranto (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
• 1965 - Stadio Erasmo Iacovone (stadium) opens.
• 1977 - Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone (bridge) opens.
• 1979 - Quotidiano di Taranto newspaper begins publication.^[6]

21st century

• 2007 - Italian local elections, 2007 [it] held; Ippazio Stefano becomes mayor.
• 2013 - Population: 198,728.^[7]

See also

• History of Taranto
• List of mayors of Taranto (in Italian)
• List of bishops of Taranto
• History of Apulia [it] region

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

• Timeline of Bari, Apulia region
• Timeline of Brindisi, Apulia
• Timeline of L'Aquila, Abruzzo region
• Timeline of Naples, Campania region
• Timeline of Reggio Calabria
• Timeline of Salerno, Campania