Map of Naples, 1572 An 18th-century painting depicting an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Naples . The Naples area has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. The earliest historical sources in the area were left by the Myceneans in the 2nd millennium BC . During its long history, Naples has been captured, destroyed and attacked many times. The city has seen earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, foreign invasions and revolutions.
Prior to 12th century [ edit ] 12th–16th centuries[ edit ] Naples Cathedral was built in 1313Contemporary engraving of Naples during the Naples Plague in 1656 The Palace of Capodimonte was built in 1742 1804 – Reale Biblioteca di Napoli opens.
1805 – Anglo-Russian invasion .
1806 – Napoleon grants the Kingdom of Naples to his brother Joseph.
1807 – Botanical Garden established.[ 10]
1808 – Gioacchin Murat is the new King of Naples. He promotes administrative reforms and public works.
1811 – Zoological Museum founded.
1815 – Naples is against the Austrian Empire. The intervention by Austria caused resentment in Italy, which further spurred on the drive towards Italian unification.
1816
1819 – Villa Floridiana built.
1820 – Revolution of July.
1821 – Flag of Naples red and yellow design adopted.
1825 - Palazzo San Giacomo construction completed.
1826
1835 – Premiere of Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor .[ 12]
1839 – Napoli-Portici railway begins operating.
1848 – The revolutionary movements produce a parliament and a new constitution, but the following year the parliament is dissolved.
1859 – Francesco II is the last King of the Two Sicilies.
1860 - Plebiscite taken on 21 October 1860 to bring Naples into the unified Kingdom of Italy under the House of Savoy .
1860 – Constitution.[clarification needed ]
1861 – Garibaldi arrives.
1862 - Anglican church in Vico San Pasquale built.
1867
1869 – Villa Comunale opens.
1870 – Many revolts against the unitary state, particularly in the countryside. This is the principle of the "southern question ".
1871 – Population: 448,743.[ 13]
1875 – Società Napoletana di Storia Patria [it ] (history society) founded.
1880 – Club Africano di Napoli founded (later Società africana d'Italia).[1]
1882 – Filangieri Museum opens.
1883 – Galleria Principe di Napoli [it ] (shopping arcade) built.
1884 – Cholera epidemic. One year later is proclaimed the big "Restoration of Naples". Naples in the 1890s Four Days of Naples (1943)Other cities in the macroregion of South Italy :(it )
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Published in the 19th century [ edit ]
"Naples" . A Geographical, Historical and Political Description of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Prussia, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia: With a Gazetteer . London: John Stockdale . 1800. OCLC 79519893 .
Josiah Conder (1834), "Naples" , Italy , The Modern Traveller, vol. 33, London: J.Duncan
Mariana Starke (1839), "Naples" , Travels in Europe (9th ed.), Paris: A. and W. Galignani
David F. Dorr (1858), "Naples" , A Colored Man Round the World , Cleveland, Ohio: Printed for the Author, OCLC 2475546
J. Willoughby Rosse (1859). "Naples" . Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World . London: H.G. Bohn . hdl :2027/hvd.32044098621048 – via Hathi Trust.
William Smith , ed. (1872) [1854]. "Neapolis" . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray. hdl :2027/hvd.ah5cur .
John Ramsay McCulloch (1877), "Naples" , A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation , Hugh G. Reid, ed., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., hdl :2027/njp.32101079877088
Noah Brooks (1895), "Naples" , The Mediterranean Trip , C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1315401
Published in the 20th century [ edit ]
"Naples and its Nearer Environs" , Italy from the Alps to Naples (2nd ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker , 1909, OCLC 400551 + 1867 ed.
Neville-Rolfe, Eustace (1910). "Naples" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). pp. 178–182.
Augustus J. C. Hare (1911), "Naples" , Cities of Southern Italy , New York: Dutton
Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Naples". Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650 .
"Southern Italy: Naples" . Italy . Let's Go . St Martins Press. 1998. p. 400+. ISBN 978-0-312-16895-7 . OL 16445167W .
Paul Arthur, ed. (2002). "London". Naples, from Roman town to city-state . British School at Rome. Vol. 12. BSR. OCLC 495546269 .
Published in the 21st century [ edit ]
"Naples" . Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003 . United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2014 .