753 b.C.
Landing of calcidesi Greeks in the cove at the mouth of the river Alcantara.
403 b.C.
After the massacre of Naxos, Andromaco gathers the survivors and stands on the slopes of the nearby hill “the shape of a bull.”
307-304 b.C.
Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse, unifies Sicily and becomes King.
212 b.C.
Rome declares Sicily its province, ending the domination of Siracusa
902 a.C.
After a long siege, Taormina is taken and razed it to the ground by the Arabs.
1078
The Great Count Ruggero the takes possession of the city, it begins the Normans’ domination.
1409
Martino il Giovane (the young), King of Sicily, dies. Sicilian Parlaments meets at Palazzo Corvaja and appoints his father Martino il Grande (the great) as his successor. But he leaves the leadership of Sicily to her daughter-in-law, Bianca di Navarra.
1675
On the occasion of the revolt against Messina, Taormian is besieged by the French, that stormed it the following year.
1968
After the earthquake of Belice, Taormina skin changes moving toward mass tourism and giving up the individual classic, which had made it famous until then.
1983
The birth of Taormina Arte, one of the most important sicilian cultural events that deals with the production of prestigious cultural and musical events.