Timeline of Brindisi

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

Prior to 15th century

266 BCE – Romans in power.^[1]
244 BCE – Brundisium becomes a Roman colony.^[2]
190 BCE – Appian Way (Rome-Brundisium) built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
49 BCE – "Caesar attempted to bottle up his rival Pompey" in Brundisium.^[1]
38 BCE – "Foedus brundissinum, a brief reconciliation between Mark Antony and Octavian" takes place in Brundisium.^[1]
19 BCE – 21 September: Poet Virgil dies in Brundisium.^[2]
109 CE – Via Traiana (Beneventum-Brundisium road) built.^[1]
5th–6th century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Brindisi established.^[3]
7th century CE – Lombards in power.^[1]
836 – Brindisi sacked by Saracens.^[4]
867 – Brindisi taken by forces of Louis II of Italy.^[5]
1071 – Normans in power.^[4]
1080 – Chiesa di San Benedetto (Brindisi) [it] (church) built.^[1]
1089 – Brindisi Cathedral [it] dedicated.^[1]
1192 – Fontana Tancredi [it] (fountain) installed.^[1]
1225 – Wedding of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella II of Jerusalem.^[1]
1227 – Castello svevo (Brindisi) [it] (castle) built.^[1]
1230 – Chiesa del Cristo (Brindisi) [it] (church) built.^[6]
1310 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Casale [it] (church) built.^[6]
1322 – Chiesa di San Paolo eremita [it] (church) built.^[6]
1348 – Plague.^[4]
1352 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I of Hungary.^[1]
1383 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I, Duke of Anjou.^[1]
1385 – Raimondo Del Balzo Orsini in power.^[5]

15th–19th centuries

1456 – 1456 central Italy earthquake [it].^[7]^[4]
1496 – Venetians in power.^[1]
1509 – Venetian rule ends.^[1]
1528 – One of Brindisi's Roman columns [it] collapses.
1743 – 1743 Nardò earthquake [it].
1860
- Brindisi becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[5]
- Circondario di Brindisi [it] (provincial district) established.
1861 – Population: 9,137.^(it)
1865 – Brindisi railway station opens.
1866 – Adriatic railway (Lecce-Brindisi) begins operating.
1870 – Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company adds Brindisi to its route.^[4]
1881 – Population: 16,618.^(it)
1886 – Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
1892 – Indipendente newspaper begins publication.^[8]

20th century

1905 – Harbour railway station built.^[4]
1911 – Population: 25,692.^(it)
1912 – F.B. Brindisi 1912 (football club) formed.
1916 – Idroscalo di Brindisi [it] (seaplane base) built in the Port of Brindisi.
1923 – Brindisi – Salento Airport built.
1927 – Administrative Province of Brindisi formed.^[5]
1931 – Monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale (Brindisi) [it] (war monument) erected.
1933 – Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia [it] erected.^[9]
1936 – Population: 41,699.^(it)
1943 – September: Italian prime minister Badoglio and king Victor Emmanuel flee to Brindisi from Rome after the Armistice of Cassibile during World War II.^[10]
1944 – February: Administrative seat of national government relocated from Brindisi to Salerno.^[5]
1961 – Population: 70,657.^(it)
1963 – Archivio di Stato di Brindisi (state archives) established.^[11]
1969 – Azienda Municipalizzata Autotrasporti Brindisi [it] (transit entity) formed.
1979 – Quotidiano di Brindisi [it] newspaper begins publication.^[12]
1991 – Population: 95,383.^(it)

21st century

2006 – Teatro Verdi (Brindisi) (theatre) opens.
2012 – 19 May: 2012 Brindisi school bombing.
2013 – Population: 88,611.^[13]
2016 – June: Local election held; Angela Carluccio becomes mayor.
2018 – June: Local election held; Riccardo Rossi becomes mayor.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Barker 2004.
^ ^a ^b Haydn 1910.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Domenico 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pina Belli D’Elia. "Brindisi". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017
^ Mario Baratta [it] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. {{cite book}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (includes chronology)
^ Berger 1899.
^ Comune di Brindisi. "Storia del comune". Città di Brindisi (in Italian). Halley Informatica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
^ "Archivio di Stato di Brindisi: L'Istituto" (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Brundisium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray – via HathiTrust. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
"Brindisi". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901 – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Brindisi", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Thomas Ashby (1910), "Brindisi", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brundisium", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
Italian Port Guide: Bari, Brindisi, Taranto. Washington, DC: United States Navy Department. 1979. hdl:2027/uiug.30112105110164.
Roy Domenico (2002). "Apulia: Brindisi". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 23+. ISBN 0313307334.
John W. Barker (2004). "Brindisi". In Christopher Kleinhenz (ed.). Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

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

A. Della Monaca. Memoria historica dell’antichissima e fedelissima città di Brindisi (Lecce 1674)
A. De Leo. Dell’antichissima città di Brindisi e suo celebre porto (Naples, 1846)
"Brindisi". Nuova Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Vol. 4 (6th ed.). Turin: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. 1877. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
F. Ascoli. La storia di Brindisi (Rimini 1886)
Henry Berger, ed. (1899), "Giornali Italiani (per ordine di localita): Brindisi", Annuario della stampa italiana (in Italian), Milan {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Touring Club Italiano. "Brindisi". Puglie. Guide Regionali Illustrate (in Italian). {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help) circa 1900?
Guerrieri (1901). Gli Ebrei a Brindisi e a Lecce. Turin.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Brindisi", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1930 {{citation}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
R. Alaggio. Brindisi medievale. Natura, Santi e Sovrani in una città di frontiera (Naples, 2009)

External links

Items related to Brindisi, various dates (via Europeana)
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[FOOTNOTEBarker2004-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Barker 2004.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-2] Haydn 1910.

[3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-5] Domenico 2002.

[OxfordArt-6] Pina Belli D’Elia. "Brindisi". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017

[baratta1901-7] Mario Baratta [it] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. {{cite book}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (includes chronology)

[FOOTNOTEBerger1899-8] Berger 1899.

[storia-9] Comune di Brindisi. "Storia del comune". Città di Brindisi (in Italian). Halley Informatica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[10] Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.

[11] "Archivio di Stato di Brindisi: L'Istituto" (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

[europa2003-12] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[13] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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