# Timeline of Reggio Calabria

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy.

## Prior to 20th century

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* 8th century BCE - Reghion established by Chalcidian Greeks.
* 386 BCE - Town sacked by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.
* 91 BCE - Earthquake.
* 89 BCE - Rhegium becomes a Roman municipium.
* 17 CE - Earthquake.
* 362 CE - Earthquake.
* 410 CE - Reggio sacked by forces of Alaric.
* 458 - Reggio taken by forces of Totila.
* 550 - Roman Catholic diocese of Reggio Calabria established (approximate date).
* 950 - Reggio taken by Muslim forces.
* 1059 - Reggio taken by Norman forces.
* 1783 - Earthquake.
* 1806 - Administrative Distretto di Reggio [it] established.
* 1818
** Regia Biblioteca Ferdinandiana (library) established.
** Real Teatro Borbonio (theatre) opens.
* 1852 - Archivio di Calabria Ultra Prima (archives) opens.
* 1860
** 21 August: Battle of Piazza Duomo [it]; Garibaldian forces win.
** Circondario di Reggio di Calabria [it] (administrative region) established.
* 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating.
* 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the Piazza Garibaldi (Reggio Calabria) [it].
* 1894 - Calabria earthquake of 1894 [it].
* 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating.
* 1896 - Villa comunale Umberto I [it] (park) opens.
* 1897 - Population: 46,399.

## 20th century

* 1904 - Corriere di Calabria e di Messina [it] newspaper begins publication.
* 1908 - December: Earthquake.
* 1911 - Population: 43,162.
* 1913 - Scilla Lighthouse built at Castello Ruffo di Scilla [it] near city.
* 1914 - Unione Sportiva Reggio Calabria, a football club, was formed.
* 1918 - Reggio Calabria tram [it] begins operating.
* 1920 - Biblioteca Pietro De Nava [it] (library) active.
* 1921 - Palazzo San Giorgio (Reggio Calabria) [it] built.
* 1922
** Il Popolo di Calabria newspaper in publication.
** Politeama Siracusa [it] theatre opens.
* 1931 - Teatro Francesco Cilea [it] (theatre) built.
* 1932 - Stadio Michele Bianchi (stadium) opens.
* 1935 - Tempio della Vittoria (Reggio Calabria) [it] built.
* 1938 - Reggio di Calabria Centrale railway station rebuilt.
* 1939 - Reggio Calabria Airport established.
* 1943 - Bombing of Reggio Calabria (1943) [it] during World War II.
* 1953 - Corriere di Reggio [it] begins publication.
* 1967 - Accademia di Belle Arti di Reggio Calabria (art school) established.
* 1970 - July: Reggio revolt begins.
* 1982 - University of Reggio Calabria active.
* 1999 - Stadio Oreste Granillo (stadium) opens.

## 21st century

* 2013 - Population: 180,686.
* 2014 - Giuseppe Falcomatà becomes mayor.