Chronology of political division
by Pablo Briand
The Roman Empire reigned on the Italian Peninsule and over all the known world for 1,200 years. After its decadence, at the 5th century, barbarians started to conquer some territories. Alaric I invaded Rome with his Visigoths in 410 AD. At the year 450 AD the Vandals plundered Rome.
The Roman Emperor Romulus Augustulus was overthronwn in 476 AD. Some germanic kingdoms started to shape in the North of Italy. The Bishop of Rome, later named Pope, started to have importance on the leading of Rome. The first Papal States were created, beginning a chain of alliances with the barbarians.
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Region
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Chronology
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Capital: L’Aquila
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0843 – DUCHY OF SPOLETO (Charlemagne)
1143 – KINGDOM OF SICILY
1442 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES
1504 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1707 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1754 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF SICILY
1809 – FRANCE
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital : Potenza
Provinces: Matera and Potenza
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0826 – PRINCIPALITY OF SALERNO
1068 – SUEVIA
1550 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1754 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF SICILY
1809 – FRANCE
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Catanzaro
Main Cities :
Reggio-Calabria and Cosenza |
1068 – DUCHY OF NORMANDY
1098 – KINGDOM OF SICILY
1265 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (House of Anjou)
1443 – KINGDOM OF ARAGON
1550 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1713 – HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
1730 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1754 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF SICILY
1806 – FRANCE
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Napoles
Provinces:Avellino, Benevento, Caserta, Napoli, Salerno
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1265 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (House of Anjou)
1443 – KINGDOM OF ARAGON
1550 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1713 – HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
1730 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Spain)
1754 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF SICILY
1806 – FRANCE
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Bologna
Provinces: Bologna, Ferrara, Forli-Cessena, Modena, Parma, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggio-Emilia y Rimini.
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1550 – PAPAL STATES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Trieste
Provinces: Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste, Udine
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1443 – VENETIAN REPUBLIC
1797 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1866 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Roma
Provinces: Frosinone, Latina, Rieti, Roma Viterbo.
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0800 – PAPAL STATES
1809 – FRANCE
1815 – PAPAL STATES
1870 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Genova
Provinces: Genova, Imperia, La Spezia and Savona.
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0800 – LOMBARDY
1096 – REPUBLIC OF GENOA
1797 – LIGURIAN REPUBLIC
1814 – KINGDOM OF SARDINIA
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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LOMBARDIA (LOMBARDY)
Capital: Milano
Provinces: Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Leco, Lodi, Mantova, Milano, Monza and Brianza, Pavia, Sondrio and Varese.
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0570 – KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY
1450 – DUCHY OF MILANO
1706 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1806 – FRANCE
1815 – KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY-VENICE (Austria)
1859 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Ancona
Provinces: Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Maserata, Pesaro e Urbino.
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0800 – FRANCE (Charlemagne)
1100 – DUCHYS OF MALATESTA, FANO, PESARO and URBINO
1636 – PAPAL STATES
1797 – FRANCE
1814 – PAPAL STATES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Campobasso
Provinces: Campobasso, Isernia.
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0950 – COUNTIES OF: Venafro, Larino, Trivento, Bojano, Isernia, Campomarino, Termoli, Sangro and Pietrabbondante.
1250 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES
1530 – PROVINCE OF CAPITANATA (Puglia)
1806 – REGION OF ABRUZZI
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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PIEMONTE (PIEDMONT)
Capital: Torino
Provinces: Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo, Novara, Turin, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Vercelli.
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1409 – COUNTY OF SAVOY
1443 – DUCHY OF SAVOY
1631 – FRANCE
1720 – KINGDOM OF PIEDMONT AND SARDINIA
1860 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Bari
Provinces: Bari, Barletta Andria-Triani, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto.
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0800 – BYZANTINE EMPIRE
1059 – DUCHY OF APULIA (Normandy)
1100 – KINGDOM OF SICILY, KINGDOM OF NAPLES (Normandy)
1200 – HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (Hohenstaufen)
1300 – KINGDOM OF ARAGON
1806 – FRANCE
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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SARDEGNA (SARDINIA)
Capital: Cagliari
Provinces: Cagliari, Carbonia Iglesias, Medio Campidano, Nuoro, Ogliastra, Olbia Tempio, Oristano, Sassari.
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1409 – KINGDOM OF ARAGON
1717 – SPAIN
1720 – DUCHY OF SAVOY
1792 – FRANCE
1814 – KINGDOM OF PIEDMONT-SARDINIA
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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SICILIA (SICILY)
Capital: Palermo
Provinces: Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Palermo, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani.
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0826 – BYZANTINE EMPIRE
1068 – DUCHY OF NORMANDY
1130 – KINGDOM OF SICILY
1409 – KINGDOM OF ARAGON
1754 – KINGDOM OF NAPLES AND OF SICILY
1816 – KINGDOM OF TWO SICILIES
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Firenze
Provinces: Arezzo, Firenze, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa-Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato, Sienna.
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0800 – DUCHY OF TOSCANA
1409 – FIRENZE
1730 – HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
1806 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1850 – KINGDOM OF UNIFIED ITALY
1860 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Trento
Provinces: Bolzano-Bozen, Trento.
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1100 – PRINCIPALITIES OF TRENTO and BRIXEN (Holy Roman Empire)
1500 – COUNTIES OF TIROL AND OF GÃ?RZ 1803 – HOUSE OF HABSBURG
1805 – BAVARIA
1810 – AUSTRIA – FRANCE
1815 – AUSTRIA
1867 – AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
1918 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1943 – GERMANY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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0800 – FRANCE
1369 – VENETIAN REPUBLIC
1382 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1920 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1947 – FREE TERRITORY OF TRIESTE
1954 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Perugia
Provinces: Perugia, Terni.
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0800 – PAPAL STATES
1100 – PATRIARCHATE OF AQUILEIA
1789 – ROMAN REPUBLIC
1799 – FRANCE
1816 – PAPAL STATES
1860 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Aosta
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0870 – Part of KINGDOM OF UPPER BURGUNDY, later KINGDOM OF ARLES (France).
1032 – COUNTY OF AOSTA (House of Savoy)
1250 – DUCHY OF AOSTA (House of Savoy)
1539 – FRANCE
1563 – DUCHY OF AOSTA (Kingdom of Sardinia).
1861 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Capital: Venezia
Provinces: Belluno, Padua, Rovigo, Treviso, Venezia, Verona, Vicenza.
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0800 – VENETIAN REPUBLIC
1797 – FRANCE
1797 – AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
1805 – FRANCE
1814 – KINGDOM OF VENICE AND LOMBARDY
1848 – VENETIAN REPUBLIC
1866 – KINGDOM OF ITALY
1946 – REPUBLIC OF ITALY
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Note: Current territories have not been always the same. References are approximate.
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Note: Trieste is not an Italian region. However, due to its particular historic evolution, it has been considered apart from the other regions.
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Comments
Damian – July 7, 2010 2:22 PM
First of all, I love your site and blog and look forward to seeing how it all evolves over time.
Regarding this post’s topic, few people know that Bari was an emirate from 847 to 871. There’s a Wikipedia article here which references some other sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Bari.
genbriand – July 9, 2010 11:54 PM
Hi, Damian:
That’s right, Bari was an emirate at that time, but not only Bari; also Taranto and Brindisi were independent emirates. The Muslims “ruled the waves” at the Mediterranean around the 8th and the 9th centuries.
I hope this post could help people to know where to address in different years or centuries of the Italian history.
Best Regards
Pablo Briand.
Damian – July 10, 2010 3:43 PM
Thanks for the additional insights Pablo.