The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Messina , Sicily , Italy .
Prior to 18th century
520 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Messina active (approximate date).[ 4]
535 CE - Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire takes Sicily.
843 - Arabs in power over most of the island, including Messina.
902 - Fall of Taormina to the Saracens. The Muslim conquest of the island had begun in 826. Some time between the fall of Syracuse in 878 and the fall of Taormina in 902, the imperial administrator and military commander for the Thema of Sicily , the Strategos, moves across the strait to Rhegion , in Calabria.
965 - Fall of Rometta , an outpost near Messina, and the last imperial possession on the island of Sicily. After this event, the Byzantine military post of "Strategos of Sicily" is altered to "Strategos of Calabria" in the chroniclers' lists.
1038 - George Maniakes liberates Messina and the eastern third of Val Demone , and carries on with the annexation of the eastern coast of Val di Noto , also liberating Syracuse[ 6]
1061 - Normans arrive in the area. They respect the native population.
1098 - Messina Cathedral construction begins.
1190 - Messina is sacked, looted, and burned by forces of the Angevin King Richard , including the emblematic, Basilian Monastery of San Salvatore, on the pretext of the Norman King William 's widow, Joan , and Richard's sister, not receiving her husband's inheritance from the new King of Sicily, Tancred .
1194 - Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor in power in Sicily.
1197 - Messina Cathedral consecrated.
1232
1282
Messina revolts against the Angevin Kingdom of Naples, joining the other rest of Sicily in the Sicilian Vespers .
The city is besieged for five weeks by an Angevin army under Charles I of Anjou , before the approach of an Aragonese army relieves the city.
Aragonese rule begins.
1296 - Fair [it ] begins.[citation needed
1301 - Messina is besieged by an Angevin army and Aragonese fleet. Despite a famine, the city holds and is relieved by autumn.
ca.1430 - Birth of Antonello da Messina a painter.
1473 - Printing press in operation.[ 8] [ 9]
1535 - Entry of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor into Messina.
1545 - Forte Gonzaga (fort) built.
1546 - Forte del Santissimo Salvatore (fort) built.
1548 - Jesuit College (Messina) [it ] founded.
1616 - Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Messina) built.
1638 - Orto Botanico "Pietro Castelli" dell'Università di Messina (garden) established.
1674 - Messina revolt against Spanish rule begins.[ 10]
1686 - Real Cittadella (fort) built.
1693 - 1693 Sicily earthquake .
18th-19th centuries
20th century
21st century
See also
References
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy" . Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 9 December 2016 .^ Lupus Protospatharius , 58.6-7^ Glyn Davies ; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.^ Henri Bouchot (1890). "Topographical index of the principal towns where early printing presses were established" . In H. Grevel (ed.). The book: its printers, illustrators, and binders, from Gutenberg to the present time . London: H. Grevel & Co.^ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Messina" . Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum . London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl :2027/uc1.c3450631 .^ Smedley, Edward; Rose, Hugh James; Rose, Henry John (1845), "Modern History, Chronological Table, 1649-1815: Spain and Portugal" , Encyclopædia Metropolitana ^ James E. McClellan (1985). "Official Scientific Societies: 1600-1793". Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century ISBN 978-0-231-05996-1 ^ "Storia dell'Istituto" . Archivio di Stato di Messina (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo . Retrieved 9 December 2016 .^ "Italy" . Statesman's Year-Book . London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl :2027/nyp.33433081590360 .^ "Italy" . Statesman's Year-Book hdl :2027/njp.32101072368374 .^ "Archivio Storico Comunale" (in Italian). Comune di Messina. Retrieved 9 December 2016 .^ a b "Turismo: Storia e Tradizioni: Cenni storici" (in Italian). Comune di Messina. Retrieved 9 December 2016 .^ "Italy". Western Europe Europa Publications . 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0 ^ "Resident Population" . Demo-Geodemo . Istituto Nazionale di Statistica . Retrieved 9 December 2016 .^ "Cateno De Luca è stato proclamato Sindaco di Messina. «Sarò il portatore della rivoluzione» - FOTO" . Normanno.com (in Italian). 26 June 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2022 .^ "Federico Basile proclamato sindaco di Messina: «Premiato il metodo De Luca, lo porterò avanti a modo mio»" . Normanno.com (in Italian). 16 June 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022 .
Bibliography
in English
William Smith , ed. (1872) [1854]. "Messana" . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography hdl :2027/hvd.ah5cur .John Ramsay McCulloch (1877), "Messina" , A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation , Hugh G. Reid, ed., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., hdl :2027/njp.32101079877088 "Messina" . Chambers's Encyclopaedia hdl :2027/njp.32101065312926 .{{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )Ismar Elbogen (1904), "Messina" , Jewish Encyclopedia hdl :2027/mdp.49015002282243 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )"Messina" , Southern Italy and Sicily (15th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker , 19081867 ed. Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Messina" Encyclopædia Britannica 194– 195.Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Messina" , Haydn's Dictionary of Dates hdl :2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t Roy Domenico (2002). "Sicily: Messina". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture ISBN 0313307334 Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Messina". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia ISBN 0415939291
in Italian
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