The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
Prior to 20th century
249 BCE - Naval Battle of Drepana fought; Carthaginian forces win 241 BCE - Romans in power 395 CE - Drepanum becomes part of the Eastern Roman Empire. 827 CE - Muslim conquest of Sicily; town called "Tarabanis" 1097 - Town taken by forces of Norman Roger I of Sicily 1200s - San Domenico church established 1266 - Battle of Trapani 1274 - San Francesco d'Assisi church and convent established 1282 - Aragonese in power 1284 - Naval siege of Trapani during the War of the Sicilian Vespers 1320 - Castello della Colombaia substantially rebuilt 1332 - Madonna dell' Annunziata church built near town 1363 - Palazzo della Giudecca: a synagogue is founded on the site 1421 - Trapani Cathedral construction begins. 1432 - Trapani besieged by forces of Louis III of Anjou 1455 - Palazzo Lucatelli founded as the Ospedale di Sant’Antonio 1523 - Mura di Tramontana redesigned 1536 - Santa Maria di Gesù church transferred to new site 1570 - Population: 16,286 1596 - Porta Oscura astronomical clock installed 1638 - Church and College of the Jesuits consecrated 1672 - Palazzo Senatorio: Baroque façade constructed 1672 - Ligny Tower construction completed 1688 - Anime Sante del Purgatorio church established 1726 - Earthquake (includes chronology)(it) 1748 - Population: 17,311 1760 - Madonna of Trapani church rebuilt. 1798 - Population: 24,330 1817 - Province of Trapani established with Trapani as its capital 1820 - Uprising against Bourbon rule 1830 - Biblioteca Fardelliana (library) opens. 1843 - State Archives of Trapani established 1844 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani established 1848 - Sicilian revolution of 1848 1848 - Castello di Terra stormed by revolutionaries 1849 - Teatro Garibaldi (theatre) built 1858 - Isolotto Formica Lighthouse built 1861 - (administrative region) established 1868 - Former Ice Factory established 1874 - Former Fish Market built 1880 - Trapani railway station opens 1896 - Port of Trapani Colombaia breakwater constructed 1897 - Population: 49,992 1898 - Villino Nasi completed
20th century 1904 - Palazzo D'Alì construction completed 1905 - Trapani Calcio football team formed 1906 - Population: 47,578. 1911 - Population: 59,593 1915 - begins operating 1920s - Palazzo Montalto built c. 1921 - Casina delle Palme constructed 1924 - Badia Nuova monastery becomes the Palazzo delle Finanze 1927 - Palazzo delle Poste completed 1937 - railway begins operating. c. 1937 - Casa del Mutilato built 1946 - Italian institutional referendum: Trapani voted in favour of the republic 1948 - Palazzo D'Alì becomes Trapani’s city hall 1952 - begins operating 1953 - Fontana del Tritone sculpture installed 1954 - Cronoscalata Monte Erice held for the first time 1956 - Trapani–Erice Cable Car inaugurated 1960 - Stadio Polisportivo Provinciale (stadium) opens in nearby Erice. 1964 - Trapani–Birgi Airport inaugurated 1968 - January: 1968 Belice earthquake 1968 – Sant'Antonio Abate Hospital opens its new facility in Erice 1990 - Castello di Terra: modern Questura building completed on the site 1993 - Pope John Paul II visits Trapani 1995 - Salt pans of Trapani and Paceco became a nature reserve
21st century 2001 - held; becomes mayor. 2005 - America’s Cup regattas hosted in Trapani 2009 - State Archives of Trapani relocated to the former convent of Sant’Anna 2012 - Local election held; Vito Damiano becomes mayor. 2012 - Museum of Contemporary Art San Rocco founded 2013 - Population: 68,967 2016 - Sala Laurentina Specus Corallii interior architecture project completed 2019 - Port of Trapani fast-ferry terminal inaugurated 2021 - Misiliscemi separated from Trapani 2021 - Port of Trapani cruise and passenger terminal inaugurated 2025 - Mura di Tramontana "Porta sul Mare" opening created 2026 - Trapani-Birgi Airport: Ryanair opens operating base
See also History of Trapani List of mayors of Trapani History of Sicily Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Insular Italy:(it) Sardinia: Timeline of Cagliari Sicily: Timeline of Catania, Messina, Palermo, Syracuse
References
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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External links
Archivio di Stato di Trapani (state archives) Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Europeana) Items related to Trapani, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)