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

18th–19th centuries

20th century

  • 1905 – Catania tram begins operating.
  • 1908 – Calcio Catania football club formed.
  • 1911 – Population: 210,703.[11]
  • 1915 – Catania-Acireale Tram begins operating.
  • 1930 – Campo dei cent'anni (stadium) opens.
  • 1931 – Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero (library) established.[12]
  • 1937 – Stadio Cibali (stadium) opens.
  • 1943 – July: City bombed in the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.[13]
  • 1944 – 14 December: Palazzo degli Elefanti (city hall) burns down.[13]
  • 1945 – La Sicilia newspaper begins publication.[14]
  • 1949
    • Società Catanese Trasporti (transit entity) established.
    • Catania trolleybus begins operating.
  • 1954 – Teatro Metropolitan (Catania) opens.[15]
  • 1957 – Demolition of San Berillo neighborhood.
  • 1958 – Teatro Stabile di Catania founded.
  • 1963 – State Archive of Catania active.[8]
  • 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.[16]
  • 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.[17](it)
    • Population: 290,678 city; 1,077,113 province.[18]

See also

References

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Robert Garland (2014). "Chronology". Wandering Greeks: the Ancient Greek Diaspora from the Age of Homer to the Death of Alexander the Great. Princeton University Press. pp. 279–286. ISBN 978-1-4008-5025-9.
  3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. Abulafia 2004.
  5. Biblioteche 1865.
  6. Haydn 1910.
  7. Jim Parrott (ed.). "Chronology of Scholarly Societies". Scholarly Societies Project. Canada: University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. "Storia". Archivio di Stato di Catania (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873.
  11. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
  12. "Biblioteche riunite Civica e A. Ursino Recupero: Storia" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  13. "Storia di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  14. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. "Movie Theaters in Catania, Italy". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  16. "The best club in the world?", The Guardian, UK, 25 June 2008
  17. "Le sei Circoscrizioni del Comune di Catania" (in Italian). Comune di Catania. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  18. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Italian

See also: Bibliography of the history of Catania (in Italian)

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