Timeline of Taranto

The following is a of the history of the city of Taranto in the Apulia region of Italy.

Prior to 20th century

• 8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient Taras from the Massepicans."
• 212 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (212 BC) fought during the Second Punic War.
• 209 BCE - Battle of Tarentum (209 BC).
• 465 CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Taranto active (approximate date).
• 840 CE - Taranto occupied by Muslims (approximate date).
• 927 - Taranto sacked by Saracens.
• 967 - Nikephoros II Phokas "rebuilds the town".
• 11th C. - Taranto Cathedral
• 1063 - Taranto taken by forces of Norman Robert Guiscard.
• 1088 - Bohemond I of Antioch becomes Prince of Taranto.
• 1301 - Philip I, Prince of Taranto becomes Prince of Taranto.
• 1496 - Castello Aragonese (Taranto) present fortress built.
• 1656 - Plague.
• 1770 - built.
• 1861 - Population: 27,484.
• 1864 - Naval Commission designate it as third maritime arsenal.
• 1868 - Taranto railway station opens.
• 1869 - Jonica railway begins operating.
• 1881 - Population: 33,942.
• 1883
• (bridge) built.
• Work begins on the maritime arsenal.
• 1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
• 1887 - (bridge) built.
• 1889 - built.
• 1896 - built.

20th century

• 1901 - Population: 50,592.
• 1911 - formed.
• 1914 - Cantieri navali Tosi di Taranto (shipyard) begins operating.
• 1921 - Population: 103,807.
• 1922 - begins operating.
• 1923 - (racetrack) opens.
• 1927 - Taranto F.C. 1927 formed.
• 1936 - Population: 127,230.
• 1940 - Battle of Taranto fought during World War II.
• 1947 - ' newspaper begins publication.
• 1960s - steelworks "IV Centro" in business in Taranto (approximate date).
• 1965 - Stadio Erasmo Iacovone (stadium) opens.
• 1977 - Ponte Punta Penna Pizzone (bridge) opens.
• 1979 - Quotidiano di Taranto newspaper begins publication.