# Timeline of Trieste

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

## Prior to 19th century

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* 79 AD – Via Flavia (Dalmatia–Tergeste) built.
* 1203 – Captured by the Republic of Venice.
* 1320 – Trieste Cathedral built.
* 1352 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1382 – Trieste becomes a Habsburg imperial free city.
* 1385 – Trieste Cathedral consecrated.
* 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 (Trieste) constructed.
* 1776 – Karl von Zinzendorf becomes governor of Trieste.
* 1783 – Jewish primary school opens.
* 1784 – L'Osservatore Triestino [it] newspaper begins publication.
* 1787 – Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci built.
* 1793 – Pubblica Biblioteca Arcadica Triestina (library) established.

## 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 – 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.
* 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.
* 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: 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.