en 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).
49 BCE – The Siege of Brundisium occurs during Caesar's civil war. Caesar fails to prevent Pompey from crossing the Adriatic Sea.^[1]
40 BCE - The Treaty of Brundisium is signed after skirmishes between troops of Octavian and Mark Antony. The treaty places the western Roman territory in Gaul and Illyricum under Octavian influence.^[3]
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 C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Brindisi established.^[4]
7th C. CE – Lombards in power.^[1]
836 – Brindisi sacked by Saracens.^[5]
867 – Brindisi taken by forces of Louis II of Italy.^[6]
1071 – Normans in power.^[5]
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.^[7]
1310 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Casale [it] (church) built.^[7]
1322 – Chiesa di San Paolo eremita [it] (church) built.^[7]
1348 – Plague.^[5]
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.^[6]

15th–19th centuries

1456 – 1456 Central Italy earthquakes.^[8]^[5]
1496 – Venetians in power.^[1]
1509 – Venetian rule ends.^[1]
1528 – One of Brindisi's Roman columns [it] collapses.
1734 - Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi captures the castle of Brindisi.
1743 – 1743 Salento earthquake.
1860
- Brindisi becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[6]
- 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.^[5]
- Brindisi Marittima railway station opened (closed in 2006).^[5]
1871 – Population: 13,755.^[5]
1881 – Population: 16,618.^(it)
1886 – Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
1892 – Indipendente newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1898 – Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company deletes Brindisi from its route.^[5]

20th century

1901 – Population: 25,317.^[5]
1905 – Harbour railway station built.^[5]
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.^[6]
1931 – Monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale (Brindisi) [it] (war monument) erected.
1933 – Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia [it] erected.^[10]
1934 - Brindisi Airport commercial flights start.
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.^[11]
1944 – February: Administrative seat of national government relocated from Brindisi to Salerno.^[6]
1961 – Population: 70,657.^(it)
1963 – Archivio di Stato di Brindisi (state archives) established.^[12]
1969 – Azienda Municipalizzata Autotrasporti Brindisi [it] (transit entity) formed.
1979 – Quotidiano di Brindisi [it] newspaper begins publication.^[13]
1991 – Population: 95,383.^(it)

21st century

2006 – Teatro Verdi (Brindisi) (theatre) opens.
2012 – 19 May: Brindisi school bombing.
2013 – Population: 88,611.^[14]
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.
^ Pelling, C (1996). "The triumviral period". In Bowman, Alan K; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew (eds.). The Augustan empire, 43 BC–AD 69. Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–69. ISBN 0-521-26430-8.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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 [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (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. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq – via HathiTrust.
"Brindisi". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Brindisi", Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908
Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Brindisi" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). pp. 571–572.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Brundisium", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
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

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. hdl:2027/uc1.c2649802.
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}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Touring Club Italiano. "Brindisi". Puglie. Guide Regionali Illustrate (in Italian). hdl:2027/uc1.c035947291. 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
R. Alaggio. Brindisi medievale. Natura, Santi e Sovrani in una città di frontiera (Naples, 2009)

External links

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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] Pelling, C (1996). "The triumviral period". In Bowman, Alan K; Champlin, Edward; Lintott, Andrew (eds.). The Augustan empire, 43 BC–AD 69. Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–69. ISBN 0-521-26430-8.

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

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-6] Domenico 2002.

[OxfordArt-7] Pina Belli D’Elia. "Brindisi". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) 21 January 2017

[baratta1901-8] Mario Baratta [in Italian] (1901). I terremoti d'Italia [Earthquakes in Italy] (in Italian). Turin: Fratelli Bocca. (includes chronology)

[FOOTNOTEBerger1899-9] Berger 1899.

[storia-10] Comune di Brindisi. "Storia del comune". Città di Brindisi (in Italian). Halley Informatica. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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

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

[europa2003-13] "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

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

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