Timeline of Bari
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bari in the Apulia region of Italy.
Prior to 15th century
- 450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established.
- 847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari.
- 852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city.
- 871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies.
- 885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor."
- 1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi."
- 1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins.
- 1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces.
- 1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins.
- 1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade.
- 1098 - Religious council held in Bari.
- 1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1139 - Roger II of Sicily attacked Bari, damaging the city walls.
- 1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power.
- 1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily.
- 1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed.
- 1197 - Basilica di San Nicola consecrated.
- 1233 - Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) rebuilt.
- 1292 - Cathedral of San Sabino consecrated.
- 1349 - City besieged by Hungarian and German forces.
- 1399 - Giovanni Bozzuto appointed captain.
15th–19th centuries
- 1464 - Sforza in power.
- 1500 - Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan in power.
- 1545 - Population: 12,800.
- 1567 - Flood.
- 1558 - Bona Sforza leaves the town to Philip II. of Spain and Naples.
- 1647 - Social unrest.
- 1656 - Plague.
- 1683 - Flood.
- 1690 - 1692 - Major plague in the Province of Bari resulting in the entire region being placed under quarantine.
- 1813 - City development outside the walls begins.
- 1833 - August: Flood.
- 1835 - established.
- 1854 - Teatro Piccinni opens.
- 1860 - Bari becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1861 - Population: 44,572.
- 1864 - Bari Centrale railway station opens.
- 1868 - Bari–Taranto railway in operation.
- 1872 - New Port of Bari development begins.
- 1877 - opens.
- 1887 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno newspaper begins publication.
- 1897 - Population: 80,450.
- 1900 - Bari-Putignano railway begins operating.
20th century
- 1901 - in business.
- 1903 - Teatro Petruzzelli opens.
- 1905
- * February: Flood.
- * Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway begins operating.
- 1908 - F.C. Bari 1908 formed.
- 1911 - Population: 103,670.
- 1914 - opens.
- 1915 - September: Flood.
- 1921 - Population: 136,247.
- 1924 - Università adriatica B. Mussolini founded.
- 1925 - Conservatory of Bari established.
- 1926 - November: Flood.
- 1931 - Ferrovie del Sud Est established.
- 1934 - Bari Airport built.
- 1936
- * Ferrotramviaria established.
- * Population: 197,918.
- 1939 - Trolleybuses in Bari begin operating
- 1943 - Air raid on Bari by German forces in World War II.
- 1951 - Population: 268,183.
- 1965 - Bari–Barletta railway begins operating.
- 1981 - Population: 371,022.
- 1985 - May: held.
- 1990
- * Part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bari.
- * Polytechnic University of Bari established.
- * Stadio San Nicola opens.
21st century
- 2008 - Bari metropolitan railway service begins operating.
- 2009 - Bari International Film Festival begins.
- 2013 - Population: 313,213.
- 2014 - Antonio Decaro becomes mayor.
- 2015
- * May: Apulian regional election, 2015 held.
- * Metropolitan City of Bari administration effected.
- 2016 - 12 July: Andria–Corato train collision occurs in vicinity of Bari.
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*in Italian
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