Timeline of Cagliari

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

Prior to 18th century

• 2nd. half of the 4th millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
• 2nd. half of the 3rd millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
• 8th C. BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.
• 510 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
• 238 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Romans
• Early 1st C. CE - Granting of the title of Municipium
• 2nd C. CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
• 5th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).
• 5th C. CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
• 485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.⁽⁾
• 533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.
• 10th C. - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
• 1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
• 1297 - Pope Boniface VIII invests the Kings of Aragon with Sardinia.
• 1305 - Torre di San Pancrazio (tower) built.
• 1307 - Torre dell'Elefante (tower) built.
• 1312 - Cagliari Cathedral built.
• 1323 - begins during the Aragonese conquest of Sardinia.
• 1325
• December: .
• Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria construction begins.
• 1326 - Siege of Castel di Castro ends; Aragonese in power.
• 1348 - Black Death plague.
• 1492 - Jews in Sardinia expelled per Alhambra Decree.⁽⁾
• 1606 - University of Cagliari established.
• 1688 - Population: 17,390.⁽⁾

18th-19th centuries

• 1714 - Aragonese ousted; Sardinia "assigned to Austria" per Treaty of Utrecht.
• 1720 - Sardinia ceded by the Austrians to the duke of Savoy, in exchange for Sicily.
• 1764 - built.
• 1792 - (library) opens.
• 1793 - Cagliari "bombarded by the French fleet."
• 1804 - Reale Società Agraria ed Economica di Cagliari (learned society founded.
• 1821 - Population: 31,935.⁽⁾
• 1840 - (garden) opens.
• 1859 - (administrative region) established.
• 1871 - begins operating.
• 1879 - Cagliari railway station opens.
• 1883 - (railway) begins operating.
• 1889 - L'Unione Sarda newspaper begins publication.
• 1893
• begin operating.
• Popolo Sardo newspaper begins publication.
• 1897 - Population: 44,624.

20th century

• 1901 - terrace built.
• 1911 - Population: 60,101.
• 1920 - Cagliari Football Club formed.
• 1923 - Stadio Amsicora (stadium) opens.
• 1931 - Population: 92,689.⁽⁾
• 1933 - built.
• 1943 - Bombing of Cagliari in World War II.
• 1948 - (fair) begins.
• 1951 - Population: 130,511.⁽⁾
• 1952 - Trolleybuses in Cagliari begin operating.
• 1961 - Population: 173,540.⁽⁾
• 1965 - ' begins publication.
• 1970 - Stadio Sant'Elia (stadium) opens.
• 1981 - Population: 219,648.⁽⁾
• 1990 - Part of 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Cagliari.
• 1993 - (museum) active.