Prior to 20th century
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- 8th century BCE - Reghion established by Chalcidian Greeks.[1]
- 386 BCE - Town sacked by forces of Dionysius I of Syracuse.[2]
- 91 BCE - Earthquake.(it)
- 89 BCE - Rhegium becomes a Roman municipium.[1]
- 17 CE - Earthquake.(it)
- 362 CE - Earthquake.(it)
- 410 CE - Reggio sacked by forces of Alaric.[3]
- 458 - Reggio taken by forces of Totila.[4]
- 550 - Roman Catholic diocese of Reggio Calabria established (approximate date).[5]
- 950 - Reggio taken by Muslim forces.[1]
- 1059 - Reggio taken by Norman forces.[4]
- 1783 - Earthquake.[6]
- 1806 - Administrative Distretto di Reggio established.
- 1818
- Regia Biblioteca Ferdinandiana (library) established.[7]
- Real Teatro Borbonio (theatre) opens.
- 1852 - Archivio di Calabria Ultra Prima (archives) opens.[8]
- 1860
- 21 August: Battle of Piazza Duomo; Garibaldian forces win.[3]
- Circondario di Reggio di Calabria (administrative region) established.
- 1866 - Railway station opens; Reggio Calabria - Lazzaro railway begins operating.
- 1884 - Garibaldi monument erected in the Piazza Garibaldi (Reggio Calabria).
- 1894 - Calabria earthquake of 1894.[9][6]
- 1895 - Battipaglia–Reggio di Calabria railway begins operating.
- 1896 - Villa comunale Umberto I (park) opens.
- 1897 - Population: 46,399.[10]
