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Calabria, Italy and its Genealogy, History, Culture and Language
Timeline of the History of Calabria
A timeline of Calabria's history from 9000 B.C. to 1860.
The following is taken from the book Cerenzia, by Giuseppe Aragona.
Year |
Event |
9,000 - 4,000 BC |
- The Fossil Age
- Inhabited
- The Mythical Flood...Aschenaz, grandson of Noah, founded city of Reggio (Asteniti)
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2,000 BC |
- Enotrians (Arcadians) Colonize Calabria
- Italo, a King of the Enotrians, gives name Italia
to the region. (Italia, first Calabria then the
whole peninsula).
- Pre-Hellenic tribes (Laconians)
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720 BC |
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2nd Century BC |
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4th Century AD |
- Christian Era
- Fall of Rome
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4th to 11th Century |
- Byzantine Era in Calabria
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1054-1194 |
- Norman Conquest of Calabria
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1194-1266 |
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1266-1435 |
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1435-1503 |
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1503-1707 |
- Spanish Conquest
- Spanish Era
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1707-1734 |
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1734-1860 |
- Bourbon Era with
an interruption from 1806-1816 by French Rule.
- The Unification of Italy. The plebiscite for
the unification of Italy was on October 21, 1860.
- Periodic incursions of Islam of limited duration.
- From 1100-1800 constant Pirate incursions on
the coast.
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Submitted and translated
by Dr. Tom Lucente |