Timeline Sardinia

Timeline Sardinia

Sardinia: http://www.crs4.it/~luigi/SARDEGNA/sardegna.html

Cagliari is the capital of the island.
(SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T4)

2,500 BC    The Nuraghic Civilization thrived in Sardinia.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T4)

1,000 BC    The Phoenicians inhabited Sardinia.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T4)

500 BC    The Carthaginians inhabited Sardinia.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T4)

238 BC    The Romans occupied Sardinia.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T4)

1354-1720    Catalan conquerors ruled over Sardinia.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T5)

1720        Sardinia was handed over to Piedmont's Savoy Kingdom.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T5)

1720        Ligurian seafarers built the town of Carloforte on San Pietro island.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T5)

1725        August II, elector of Saxony and King of Poland, gifted a selection of Meissen porcelain from his own collection to the king of Sardinia.
    (WSJ, 11/21/07, p.D10)

1743        Sep 13, England, Austria & Savoye-Sardinia signed the Treaty of Worms.
    (MC, 9/13/01)

1754        The Carouge area of Geneva was ceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia.
    (SSFC, 1/7/01, p.T8)

1759        Jul 24, Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21), was born.
    (MC, 7/24/02)

1792        Apr 20, France declared war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.
    (AP, 4/20/97)(HN, 4/20/98)

1814        The Kingdom of Sardinia was united with the Kingdom of Liguria.
    (WUD, 1994, p.830)

1820        Mar 14, Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61) and Italy (1861-78), was born.
    (MC, 3/14/02)

1848        Mar 4, Sardinia-Piemonte got a new Constitution.
    (SC, 3/4/02)

1849        Mar 23, Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert of Sardinia vs. Italian republic). Austria’s Gen. Radetzky (83) crushed the Piedmontese forces. Charles Albert abdicated and was suc-ceeded by his son, Victor Emmanuel II, who reigned until 1861.
    (PCh, 1992, p.449)(SS, 3/23/02)

1849        Jul 31, Garibaldi asked San Marino for asylum from Austrian forces. San Marino bro-kered for Garibaldi’s surrender to Austrian forces. Garibaldi and his wife escaped, and made their way to Ravenna. Anita Garibaldi died enroute. Garibaldi managed to reach safety in the Kingdom of Sardinia.
    (ON, 10/06, p.7)

1856        The Countess de Castiglione (Virginia Oldoini) became the mistress of Napoleon III. She was chosen by her cousin Camillo Cavour, prime minister of Sardinia under King Victor Emanuel, to win the emperor’s support for a war against the Austrians.
    (WSJ, 12/27/00, p.A10)

1861        Feb 18, Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia became the first King of Italy.
    (HN, 2/18/98)(MC, 2/18/02)

1943        Aug 18, The Heinkel-111 of Otto Skorzeny, Waffen SS commander, was shot down at Sardinia.
    (MC, 8/18/02)

1960s        Aga Khan developed the Costa Smeralda luxury resort.
    (SFEC, 1/30/00, p.T5)

2001        Jun, Dennis Kozlowski, head of Tyco Intl., held an extravagant $2 million weeklong, birthday party for his wife in Sardinia. Kozlowski was later indicted for wasting Tyco assets. [see Sep 12, 2002]
    (WSJ, 10/29/03, p.A1)

2003        Oct 25, The USS Hartford, a fast attack submarine, went aground off La Maddalena, a tiny island off Sardinia's north coast that hosts a Naval support facility. 2 officers were later re-lieved of their commands over the incident.
    (AP, 11/13/03)

2004        Feb 24, In Sardinia a small plane carrying a medical team and a heart for a transplant patient crashed, killing all six people aboard.
    (AP, 2/24/04)

2007        Jun 15, On the island of Sardinia 2 trains collided head-on, killing a 27-year-old British woman and two Italians.
    (AP, 6/15/07)

2009        Aug 9, Italians newspapers reported that burglars earlier in the week had made off with jewels and cash worth 11 million euros (15.6 million dollars) from the hotel room of a Saudi princess in Sardinia, sparking a diplomatic incident.
    (AFP, 8/9/09)

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