| Prehistory |
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Findings show the presence of a Palaeolithic man dates the most ancient human presence found in Casella di Maida from over half million years ago. |
| 2,000
BC: |
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According to Greek historians, Enotrians (Arcadians) Colonize Calabria. The king of the Enotrians, gives name Italia to first Calabria then the whole peninsula. |
| 720 BC.: |
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The beginning of colonization by Greek colonists in southern Italy and Sicily. This area is still refered to as Magna Gracia, latin for Greater Greek. Among these were the Vituli who made the settlement of Vitulia. |
| 5th
Century BC: |
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All places on the coast of Calabria are under Greek influence. |
| 2nd Century BC: |
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After the second Punic war, Italy is Roman. |
| 4th to 11th Century: |
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Byzantine Era in Calabria. Monks and scholars from Asia Minor, North Africa and Sicily, form Christianity to Greek culture in Italy. The Calabro-Greek monks (Basilianers) found numerous monasteries. Since 9.Jh. threaten and plunder the Arabs from Sicily during the coastal towns. |
| 1054-1194: |
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The Normans conquered Calabria, they brung stability and a state-controlled feudal system.
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| 15-18 Century: |
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The Spanish House of Aragon, ruled in southern Italy and Sicily. The Arberesh,
Christians from Albania, are on the run from the Turks settled in Calabria.
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| 1800-1860: |
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Napoleon Bonaparte's brother-in-law, Joachim Murat becomes King of Naples in 1808. The misery of the people leads to emigration, mainly to America.
Freedom efforts culminate in the popular uprising of Garibaldi in 1860, with a strong assembly of thousands they conquered Sicily and southern Italy. |
| 1861: |
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Unification of Italy. In northern Italy, rising industrialization progress, but the south remains the poor house..
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| 1880-1920: |
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One third of the population of Calabria migrates to America.
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| 1922: |
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Mussolini marchs into Rome, and is Prime Minister of Italy.
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| 1929: |
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The Vatican City is officially founded.
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| 1940: |
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Italy is participating on German side in the Second World War
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| 1949: |
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Following the Second World War, Italy after a plebiscite Republic (1946).
The emigration of the Calabrian continues, inside the region are depopulated entire regions. Rites and folk die.
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| 1970: |
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The region's capital of Reggio Catanzaro after relocated. Reggio is a process of decay is triggered, the cooperation of politicians with the Ndrangheta, the mafia kalbriesischen favored. One of the consequences
of building speculation is on the coast.. |
| 1991: |
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Through the direct election of the mayor, the city significantly more autonomy and therefore experiencing an upward trend.
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