Timeline of Trapani
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
- 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 - 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 built
- 1858 - Isolotto Formica Lighthouse built
- 1861 - established
- 1868 - Former Ice Factory established
- 1874 - Former Fish Market built
- 1880 - 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 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 installation 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