Timeline of Genoa

Prior to 16th century

209 BC - Town sacked by Carthaginians.

643 AD - Lombards take power (approximate date).

900 - Santa Maria di Castello built (approximate date).

934/5 - Sack by the Fatimids under Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi.

972 - Santo Stefano consecrated.

1005 - Republic of Genoa established.

1049 - Santi Cosma e Damiano construction begins.

1118 - Genoa Cathedral consecrated.

1125 - San Matteo founded.

1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.

1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built (approximate date).

1189 - San Donato consecrated.

1260

Palazzo San Giorgio built.

Sant'Agostino consecrated.

1275 - Doge's Palace built.

1284 - Battle of Meloria.

1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.

1330 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).

1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.

1347 - Black Death plague.

1354 - Public clock installed.

1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.

1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.

1474 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).

1481 - University of Genoa established.

16th-18th centuries

1520 - Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato construction begins.

1540 - Palazzo Bianco built.

1543 - Lighthouse of Genoa lit.

1576 - Rolli di Genova created.

1583

Strada Maggiore laid out.

Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa consecrated.

1585 - San Pietro in Banchi, Genoa built.

1619 - San Siro restored.

1624 - Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa built.

1625 - Relief of Genoa.

1632 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).

1655 - Palazzo Stefano Balbi built.

1677 - Palazzo Rosso built.

1684 - Bombardment of Genoa.

1706 - The church of the Nostra Signora della Consolazione e San Vincenzo martire built.

1733 - San Torpete rebuilt.

1747 - Siege of Genoa.

1770 - Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi built.

1775 - Biblioteca Civica Berio (library) established.

1794 - Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi established.

1797 - Genoa becomes part of Ligurian Republic.

1800

April - Siege of Genoa.

April - Battle of Sassello.

19th century

1803 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova established.

1814 - Revolt against France.

1815

Republic of Genoa ends.

Genoa incorporated into Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia)

1817 - Archivio di Stato di Genova (state archives) established.

1824 - Corriere Mercantile newspaper begins publication.

1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.

1837 - Acquasola park laid out.

1846 - Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini park constructed.

1849

Sack of Genoa.

Santi Quirico e Giulitta renovation begins.

1851 - Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno established.

1853 - Genova Sampierdarena railway station built.

1857 - Società Ligure di Storia Patria (history society) founded.

1860 - Genova Piazza Principe railway station opens.

1867 - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova opens.

1868 - Genoa–Ventimiglia railway begins operating.

1870 - Banca di Genova established.

1871 - Population: 130,269.

1876 - Via di Circonvallazione a Monte laid out.

1879 - Yacht Club Italiano founded.

1887 - Via XX Settembre laid out.

1890 - Stazione marittima di Genova built.

1892 - Albertis Castle built.

1893

Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.

Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.

1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.

1897 - Population: 228,862.

20th century

1905

Genova Brignole railway station opens.

Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art opens.

1911 - Stadio Luigi Ferraris opens as the Marassi.

1912 - Stock exchange built.

1914 - International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene is held.

1915 - Corso Italia constructed.

1922

City hosts Genoa Conference.

Palazzo Reale opens as a public museum.

1936 - Museo di Archeologia Ligure founded.

1938 - First trolleybus system opens.

1940 - Terrazza Martini Tower built.

1946 - U.C. Sampdoria football club formed.

1962

Airport opens.

Genoa International Boat Show begins.

1970 - 7 October: Genoa flood of 1970.

1973 - First trolleybus system closes.

1975 - Teatro della Tosse founded.

1990

Genoa Metro begins operating.

City hosts 1990 FIFA World Cup games.

1992

Aquarium opens.

Genoa Expo '92 held.

1997 - Second trolleybus system opens.

1999 - Deledda International School established.

21st century

2001 - City hosts 27th G8 summit.

2004

City designated a European Capital of Culture.

Galata Museo del Mare opens.

2012 - Marco Doria elected mayor.