Timeline of Trieste

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trieste, Italy.

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Prior to 19th century

• 79 CE – Via Flavia (Dalmatia–Tergeste) built.
• 1320 – Trieste Cathedral built.
• 1352 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1382 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city.
• 1680 – Castle built.
• 1682 – Church of Santa Maria Maggiore built.
• 1719 – City becomes a free port.
• 1753 – Nautical School founded.
• 1755 – Trieste Commodity Exchange established.
• 1756 – Canal Grande constructed.
• 1776 – Karl von Zinzendorf becomes governor of Trieste.
• 1783 – Jewish primary school opens.
• 1784 – L'Osservatore Triestino newspaper begins publication.

19th century

• 1801 – Teatro Nuovo (opera house) inaugurated.
• 1809 – French in power.
• 1810
  • Gabinetto di Minerva literary society founded.
  • Population: 29,908.
• 1814 – Austrians in power again.
• 1828 – Catholic Diocese of Trieste-Koper established.
• 1831 – Assicurazioni Generali insurance company in business.
• 1833 – Österreichischer Lloyd shipping firm in business.
• 1835 – Schiller Society founded.
• 1839
  • Caffe degli Specchi in business.
  • Mutius von Tommasini becomes mayor.
• 1840 – Tergesteo built.
• 1842 – Savings Bank of Trieste established.
• 1846 – Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste (museum) established.
• 1848 – 25 October: Premiere of Verdi's opera Il corsaro.
• 1849 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city again.
• 1851 – Trieste Astronomical Observatory established.
• 1853 – Trieste Chamber of Commerce and Industry established.
• 1857
  • Austrian Southern Railway (Vienna-Trieste) begins operating.
  • Trieste Centrale railway station opens.
  • Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino shipbuilding firm in business near city.
• 1860 – Miramare Castle built near city for Austrian archduke Maximilian.
• 1871 – Richard Burton becomes British consul in Trieste.
• 1872 – Revoltella Museum founded.
• 1873 – Civico Orto Botanico di Trieste (garden) opens.
• 1878 – Politeama Rossetti theatre built.
• 1880 – Population: 144,844.
• 1881 – Il Piccolo newspaper begins publication.
• 1882
  • September: Emperor of Austria Franz Joseph I visits city.
  • Agricultural exhibition held.
• 1883 – Harbour constructed.
• 1885 – Saint Spyridon Church building inaugurated.
• 1887 – Trieste–Hrpelje railway begins operating.
• 1899 – Circolo di Studi Sociali (civic group) founded.

20th century

• 1900 – Population: 132,879.
• 1902 – Trieste–Opicina tramway begins operating.
• 1904 – Trieste National Hall opens.
• 1905 – Coffee exchange established.
• 1912
  • Synagogue of Trieste built.
  • Circolo Sportivo Ponziana (football club) formed.
  • Savoia Excelsior Palace hotel in business.
• 1914 – Caffè San Marco in business.
• 1918
  • Unione Triestina football club formed.
  • La Nazione newspaper begins publication.
  • Umana literary journal begins publication.
• 1919 – Trieste becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919).
• 1920 – 13 July: Trieste National Hall burnt by Fascist Blackshirts.
• 1924 – University of Trieste and Rotary Club established.
• 1927 – Vittoria Lighthouse built.
• 1930 – Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico shipbuilding firm in business.
• 1931 – Radio Trst begins broadcasting.
• 1932 – Stadio Littorio opens.
• 1943
  • September: Nazi German Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral headquartered in Trieste.
  • September: City becomes part of the Italian Social Republic.
  • Risiera di San Sabba Nazi concentration camp established near city.
• 1945
  • 1 May: City taken by Yugoslav forces.
  • 2 May: German surrender to Allied forces.
  • Primorski dnevnik Slovene-language newspaper begins publication.
• 1947 – 15 September: City becomes part of the Free Territory of Trieste of the United Nations Security Council.
• 1949
  • June: Free Territory of Trieste municipal election, 1949 held.
  • Gianni Bartoli becomes mayor.
  • Museo Sartorio opens.
• 1953 – Administration of Free Territory of Trieste passes to Italy.
• 1954 - Some of Trieste becomes part of Italy, the remainder becomes part of Yugoslavia.
• 1958 – Mario Franzil becomes mayor.
• 1961 – Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport in operation.
• 1963 – Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste (garden) established.
• 1964 – International Centre for Theoretical Physics headquartered near city.
• 1965 – Temple of Monte Grisa (church) built near city.
• 1970 – City becomes capital of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (approximate date).
• 1975 – Protest against Treaty of Osimo.
• 1978 – International School for Advanced Studies established.
• 1992 – Stadio Nereo Rocco opens.
• 1993
  • Riccardo Illy becomes mayor.
  • Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste research centre established near city.
• 1996 – Central European Initiative headquartered in Trieste.

21st century

• 2001 – Roberto Dipiazza becomes mayor.
• 2006 – Italia Marittima shipping firm active.
• 2011
  • Roberto Cosolini becomes mayor.
  • Population: 205,535.

See also

• History of Trieste
• Other names of Trieste
• List of Presidents of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region since 1960s
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Other cities in Italy

• Timeline of Bologna
• Timeline of Florence
• Timeline of Genoa
• Timeline of Milan
• Timeline of Naples
• Timeline of Palermo
• Timeline of Rome
• Timeline of Siena
• Timeline of Trieste
• Timeline of Turin
• Timeline of Venice

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia and Italian Wikipedia.

Further reading

Published in the 19th century

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Published in the 20th century

• (profusely illustrated)
• Angelo Ara, Claudio Magris. Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera. Einaudi Editore. Torino, 1982. ISBN 88-06-59823-6

Published in the 21st century

• Morris, Jan. Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere. DaCapo Press. Cambridge, Mass, 2001

External links

• Map of Trieste, 1999
• Europeana. Items related to Trieste, various dates.