Timeline of Trieste

19th century

• 1801 – Teatro Nuovo (opera house) inaugurated.
• 1809 – Trieste ceded to the French as part of the Illyrian Provinces in the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
• 1810
• Gabinetto di Minerva literary society founded.
• Population: 29,908.
• 1814 – Austrians returned to power in the Treaty of Paris.
• 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.
• Muzio Tommasini becomes mayor.
• 1840 – Tergesteo built.
• 1842 – Civico Orto Botanico di Trieste (garden) and Savings Bank of Trieste established.
• 1846 – Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste (museum) established.
• 1848
• May to Aug − Harbour blockaded by an Italian fleet.
• 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.
• 1878 – Politeama Rossetti theatre built.
• 1880 – Population: 144,844.
• 1881 – 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.
• 1888 - Monument erected to commemorate 500th anniversary of connexion with Austria.
• 1891 – City ended being a free port.
• 1899 – Circolo di Studi Sociali (civic group) founded.
• 1900 – Population: 132,879.

20th century

• 1902 – Trieste–Opicina tramway begins operating.
• 1904 – Trieste National Hall opens.
• 1905 – Coffee exchange established.
• 1906 − Opening of the Karawanks Tunnel (railway) completed the railway from Trieste to Klagenfurt.
• 1912
• Synagogue of Trieste completed.
• 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 (signed on 10 September 1919 and effective on 16 July 1920).
• 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.
• 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: Municipal election 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 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 ()
• List of presidents of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region since 1960s
• List of mayors of Trieste

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:⁽⁾

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Bolzano; Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

References

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

Bibliography

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.

Published in the 21st century

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

• Franco Gleria and Maurizio Radacich. Il terrore viene dal cielo. Trieste: 1944/1945 (Trieste: Italo Svevo Edizioni, 2007)

External links

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