# Timeline of Bari

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

## Prior to 15th century

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* 450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established (approximate date).
* 847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari.
* 852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city.
* 871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies.
* 885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor."
* 1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi."
* 1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins.
* 1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces.
* 1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins (approximate date).
* 1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade.
* 1098 - Religious council held in Bari.
* 1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power.
* 1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily.
* 1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed.
* 1197 - Basilica di San Nicola consecrated.
* 1233 - Castello Normanno-Svevo (Bari) (castle) rebuilt.
* 1292 - Cathedral of San Sabino consecrated.
* 1349 - City besieged by Hungarian and German forces.
* 1399 - Giovanni Bozzuto appointed captain.

## 15th–19th centuries

* 1464 - Sforza in power.
* 1500 - Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan in power.
* 1545 - Population: 12,800.
* 1567 - Flood.
* 1558 - Bona Sforza leaves the town to Philip II. of Spain and Naples.
* 1647 - Social unrest.
* 1656 - Plague.
* 1683 - Flood.
* 1690 - 1692 - Major plague in the Province of Bari resulting in the entire region being placed under quarantine.
* 1813 - City development outside the walls begins.
* 1833 - August: Flood.
* 1835 - Archivio di Stato di Bari [it] (state archives) established.
* 1854 - Teatro Piccinni (theatre) opens.
* 1860 - Bari becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
* 1861 - Population: 44,572.
* 1864 - Bari Centrale railway station opens.
* 1868 - Bari–Taranto railway in operation.
* 1872 - New Port of Bari development begins.
* 1877 - Biblioteca nazionale Sagarriga Visconti-Volpi [it] (library) opens.
* 1887 - La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno newspaper begins publication.
* 1897 - Population: 80,450.
* 1900 - Bari-Putignano railway begins operating.

## 20th century

* 1901 - Casa editrice Giuseppe Laterza & figli [it] (publisher) in business.
* 1903 - Teatro Petruzzelli (theatre) opens.
* 1905
** February: Flood.
** Bari-Casamassima-Putignano railway begins operating.
* 1908 - F.C. Bari 1908 (football club) formed.
* 1911 - Population: 103,670.
* 1914 - Teatro Margherita (Bari) [it] (theatre) opens.
* 1915 - September: Flood.
* 1921 - Population: 136,247.
* 1924 - Università adriatica B. Mussolini founded.
* 1925 - Conservatory of Bari established.
* 1926 - November: Flood.
* 1931 - Ferrovie del Sud Est (transit entity) established.
* 1934 - Bari Airport built.
* 1936
** Ferrotramviaria (transit entity) established.
** Population: 197,918.
* 1939 - Trolleybuses in Bari begin operating
* 1943 - Air raid on Bari by German forces in World War II.
* 1951 - Population: 268,183.
* 1965 - Bari–Barletta railway begins operating.
* 1981 - Population: 371,022.
* 1985 - May: Apulian comunal election, 1985 [it] held.
* 1990
** Part of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Bari.
** Polytechnic University of Bari established.
** Stadio San Nicola (stadium) opens.

## 21st century

* 2008 - Bari metropolitan railway service begins operating.
* 2009 - Bari International Film Festival begins.
* 2013 - Population: 313,213.
* 2014 - Antonio Decaro becomes mayor.
* 2015
** May: Apulian regional election, 2015 held.
** Metropolitan City of Bari administration effected.
* 2016 - 12 July: Andria–Corato train collision occurs in vicinity of Bari.