Timeline of Brindisi

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

Prior to 15th century

266 BCE – Romans in power.
244 BCE – Brundisium becomes a Roman colony.
190 BCE – Appian Way (Rome-Brundisium) built (approximate date).
49 BCE – The Siege of Brundisium occurs during Caesar's civil war. Caesar fails to prevent Pompey from crossing the Adriatic Sea.
40 BCE - The Treaty of Brundisium is signed after skirmishes between troops of Octavian and Mark Antony. The treaty places the western Roman territory in Gaul and Illyricum under Octavian influence.
38 BCE – "Foedus brundissinum, a brief reconciliation between Mark Antony and Octavian" takes place in Brundisium.
19 BCE – 21 September: Poet Virgil dies in Brundisium.
109 CE – Via Traiana (Beneventum-Brundisium road) built.
5th–6th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Brindisi established.
7th C. CE – Lombards in power.
836 – Brindisi sacked by Saracens.
867 – Brindisi taken by forces of Louis II of Italy.
1071 – Normans in power.
1080 – Chiesa di San Benedetto (Brindisi) (church) built.
1089 – Brindisi Cathedral dedicated.
1192 – Fontana Tancredi (fountain) installed.
1225 – Wedding of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella II of Jerusalem.
1227 – Castello svevo (Brindisi) (castle) built.
1230 – Chiesa del Cristo (Brindisi) (church) built.
1310 – Chiesa di Santa Maria del Casale (church) built.
1322 – Chiesa di San Paolo eremita (church) built.
1348 – Plague.
1352 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I of Hungary.
1383 – Brindisi sacked by forces of Louis I, Duke of Anjou.
1385 – Raimondo Del Balzo Orsini in power.

15th–19th centuries

1456 – 1456 Central Italy earthquakes.
1496 – Venetians in power.
1509 – Venetian rule ends.
1528 – One of Brindisi's Roman columns collapses.
1734 - Francisco José de Ovando, 1st Marquis of Brindisi captures the castle of Brindisi.
1743 – 1743 Salento earthquake.
1860
- Brindisi becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
- Circondario di Brindisi (provincial district) established.
1861 – Population: 9,137.^(it)
1865 – Brindisi railway station opens.
1866 – Adriatic railway (Lecce-Brindisi) begins operating.
1870
- Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company adds Brindisi to its route.
- Brindisi Marittima railway station opened (closed in 2006).
1871 – Population: 13,755.
1881 – Population: 16,618.^(it)
1886 – Taranto–Brindisi railway begins operating.
1892 – Indipendente newspaper begins publication.
1898 – Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company deletes Brindisi from its route.

20th century

1901 – Population: 25,317.
1905 – Harbour railway station built.
1911 – Population: 25,692.^(it)
1912 – F.B. Brindisi 1912 (football club) formed.
1916 – Idroscalo di Brindisi (seaplane base) built in the Port of Brindisi.
1923 – Brindisi – Salento Airport built.
1927 – Administrative Province of Brindisi formed.
1931 – Monumento ai caduti della prima guerra mondiale (Brindisi) (war monument) erected.
1933 – Monumento al Marinaio d'Italia erected.
1934 - Brindisi Airport commercial flights start.
1936 – Population: 41,699.^(it)
1943 – September: Italian prime minister Badoglio and king Victor Emmanuel flee to Brindisi from Rome after the Armistice of Cassibile during World War II.
1944 – February: Administrative seat of national government relocated from Brindisi to Salerno.
1961 – Population: 70,657.^(it)
1963 – Archivio di Stato di Brindisi (state archives) established.
1969 – Azienda Municipalizzata Autotrasporti Brindisi (transit entity) formed.
1979 – Quotidiano di Brindisi newspaper begins publication.
1991 – Population: 95,383.^(it)