The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Prior to 20th century

8th century BCE - Reghion established by Chalcidian Greeks. 386 BCE - Town sacked by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse. Retrieved 5 January 2017 91 BCE - Earthquake.(it) 89 BCE - Rhegium becomes a Roman municipium. 17 CE - Earthquake.(it) 362 CE - Earthquake.(it) 410 CE - Reggio sacked by forces of Alaric. 458 - Reggio taken by forces of Totila. 550 - Roman Catholic diocese of Reggio Calabria established (approximate date). 950 - Reggio taken by Muslim forces. 1059 - Reggio taken by Norman forces. 1783 - Earthquake. 1806 - Administrative established. 1818 Regia Biblioteca Ferdinandiana (library) established. Real Teatro Borbonio (theatre) opens. 1852 - Archivio di Calabria Ultra Prima (archives) opens. 1860 21 August: ; Garibaldian forces win. (administrative region) established. 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating. 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the . 1894 - . (includes chronology) 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating. 1896 - (park) opens. 1897 - Population: 46,399.

20th century

1904 - newspaper begins publication. 1908 - December: Earthquake. 1911 - Population: 43,162. 1913 - Scilla Lighthouse built at near city. 1914 - Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, a football club, was formed. 1918 - begins operating. 1920 - (library) active. 1921 - built. 1922 Il Popolo di Calabria newspaper in publication. theatre opens. 1931 - (theatre) built. 1932 - Stadio Michele Bianchi (stadium) opens. 1935 - built. 1938 - Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station rebuilt. 1939 - Reggio Calabria Airport established. 1943 - during World War II. 1953 - begins publication. 1967 - Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria (art school) established. 1970 - July: Reggio revolt begins. 1982 - University of Reggio Calabria active. 1999 - Stadio Oreste Granillo (stadium) opens.

21st century

2013 - Population: 180,686. 2014 - Giuseppe Falcomatà becomes mayor.

See also Reggio Calabria history

List of mayors of Reggio Calabria List of bishops of Reggio Calabria

History of Calabria 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 Salerno, Campania Timeline of Taranto, Apulia

References

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

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External links

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