Timeline of Salerno

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Salerno in the Campania region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi.(it) 79 CE - Salerno was buried by the rain of ash and debris of the eruption of Vesuvius that razed Pompeii and Herculaneum to the ground 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established. 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento. Retrieved 13 January 2017 774 CE - Duke Arechis II of Benevento relocates to Salerno. 9th C. - Schola Medica Salernitana (medical school) founded. 851 - Principality of Salerno established. List of princes of Salerno. 870s - Salerno besieged by Arab forces. 1076 - Salerno taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard. 1084 - Saint Matthew Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gregory VII. 1150 - University founded. 1194 - Salerno sacked by forces of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. 1260 - Port of Salerno construction begins. 1419 - Salerno becomes part of the Kingdom of Naples and administrative centre of its . 1578 - Salerno sacked by "Muslim pirates." 1656 - Plague. 1688 - Earthquake. 1694 - Earthquake. 1799 - Salerno becomes part of the French client Parthenopean Republic. 1817 - University closed. 1843 - (library) founded. 1860 - (administrative region) established. 1866 - Naples–Salerno railway begins operating; Salerno railway station opens. 1872 - opens. 1875 - Frusta newspaper begins publication. (List of newspapers) 1895 - Salerno–Reggio Calabria railway in operation. 1896 - L'Eco newspaper begins publication. 1897 - Population: 37,310.

20th century

1902 - (railway) begins operating. 1911 - Population: 45,682. 1919 - U.S. Salernitana 1919 (football club) formed. 1920 - (history society) founded. 1926 - Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport established. 1936 - Population: 67,186.(it) 1937 - begins operating. 1943 - 9 September: Salerno besieged by Allied forces during World War II. 1944 - Salerno is Capital of Italy for some months February: headquartered in Salerno during the . April: Communist made in Salerno. 1946 - Festival del cinema di Salerno begins. 1954 - 25 October: . 1956 - Local election held; becomes mayor (until 1970). 1961 - Population: 117,363.(it) 1964 - (transit entity) formed. 1968 - University of Salerno established. 1971 - Population: 155,498.(it) 1982 - 26 August: occurs in the quartiere. 1990 - Stadio Arechi (stadium) opens. 1993 - Vincenzo De Luca becomes mayor. 1998 - (park) opens.

21st century

2013 Salerno metropolitan railway service begins operating. Population: 131,925. 2016 - Vincenzo Napoli becomes mayor.

Timeline of Salerno

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