# Timeline of Taranto

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

## Prior to 20th century

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* 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 - Palazzo Pantaleo [it] 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
** Ponte di Porta Napoli [it] (bridge) built.
** Work begins on the maritime arsenal.
* 1886 - Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
* 1887 - Ponte di San Francesco di Paola [it] (bridge) built.
* 1889 - Arsenale militare marittimo di Taranto [it] built.
* 1896 - Palazzo degli Uffici [it] built.

## 20th century

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

## 21st century

* 2007 - Italian local elections, 2007 [it] held; Ippazio Stefano becomes mayor.
* 2013 - Population: 198,728.