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Timeline of Venice

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Venice, Veneto, Italy.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 421 CE - Church established on Rialto.
  • 452 CE - "Consular government adopted."
  • 697 - Paolo Lucio Anafesto becomes Doge of Venice.
  • 774 - Catholic diocese established on Olivolo, comprising Dorsoduro, Luprio, and Rialto.
  • 814 - Venetian seat of government relocated to Rialto per Treaty of Ratisbone.
  • 828 - Mark the Evangelist designated patron saint of city.
  • 836 - Doge's Chapel built.
  • 902 - St Mark's Campanile construction begins.
  • 1094 - St Mark's Basilica consecrated.
  • 1097 - Market established on Rialto.
  • 1157 - Bank established.
  • 1202 - Fourth Crusade embarks from Venice.
  • 1228 - Fondaco dei Tedeschi built.
  • 1264 - Bridge built across Grand Canal.
  • 1291 - Glassmakers relocate to Murano.
  • 1297 - Legislative body formally established.
  • 1333 - Botanical garden planted.
  • 1348 - Plague.
  • 1360 - Ponte della Paglia (bridge) built (approximate date).
  • 1394 - Public clock installed.
  • 1423
  • Lazaretto (quarantine) established.
  • Francesco Foscari becomes doge.
  • 1430 - Santi Giovanni e Paolo church rebuilt.
  • 1447 - Scuola degli Albanesi founded.
  • 1469 - Printing press in operation.
  • 1475 - De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine cookbook published.
  • 1495 - Printer Aldus Manutius in business.
  • 1501 - Petrucci's Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (songbook) published.
  • 1507 - Cinque savi alla mercanzia (trade board) established.
  • 1514 - Fire on Rialto.
  • 1516 - Jewish ghetto in Cannaregio established.
  • 1520 - Palazzo dei Dieci Savi built.
  • 1527 - Jacopo Sansovino "appointed public architect."
  • 1541 - Sempiterni compagnie founded.
  • 1565 - Theatre built.
  • 1569 - 13 September: Arsenal explodes.
  • 1575 - Fondaco dei Turchi established.
  • 1575-77 - Plague.
  • 1587 - Banco della Piazza di Rialto (bank) opens.
  • 1591 - Rialto Bridge built of stone.
  • 1600 - Bridge of Sighs built.
  • 1613 - Monteverdi becomes maestro di cappella of St Mark's Basilica.
  • 1630
  • 1629–31 Italian plague strikes Venice.
  • Accademia degli Incogniti founded.
  • 1637 - Teatro San Cassiano (opera house) opens.
  • 1642 - Premiere of Monteverdi's opera L'incoronazione di Poppea.
  • 1645 - Coffee house in business.
  • 1649 - Premiere of Cavalli's opera Giasone.
  • 1678 - Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi is born on 4 March.
  • 1682 - Dogana built.
  • 1720 - Caffè Florian in business.
  • 1741 - Gazzetta di Venezia begins publication.
  • 1744 - Joseph Smith becomes British consul.
  • 1750 - Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia founded.
  • 1755 - Teatro San Benedetto (theatre) opens.
  • 1761 - Gozzi's L'Osservatore Veneto begins publication.
  • 1783 - Il Nuovo Postiglione newspaper begins publication.
  • 1792 - La Fenice opera house built.
  • 1797 - Republic of Venice ends; Austrians in power per Treaty of Campo Formio.

    • 19th century

  • 1805 - French in power per Peace of Pressburg.
  • 1812 - Ateneo Veneto founded.
  • 1814
  • Austrians in power again.
  • Ala Napoleonica section of Piazza San Marco built.
  • 1815 - General Archive of Veneto established.
  • 1830
  • City becomes a free port.
  • Museo Correr (museum) established.
  • 1842 - Milan–Venice railway begins operating; Venezia Mestre railway station opens.
  • 1844 - Premiere of Verdi's opera Ernani.
  • 1848 - Republic of San Marco established.
  • 1853 - Premiere of Verdi's opera La Traviata.
  • 1854 - Accademia bridge built.
  • 1857 - Population: 118,173.
  • 1859 - Venice becomes part of the Italian confederation of Austria, per Treaty of Villafranca.
  • 1861 - Venezia Santa Lucia railway station opens.
  • 1866 - Venice becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Vienna (1866).
  • 1868 - Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio (business school) established.
  • 1871 - Population: 128,901.
  • 1876
  • Liceo e Società Musicale Benedetto Marcello established.
  • L'Adriatico newspaper begins publication.
  • 1883 - Lido and Malamocco annexed to city.
  • 1887 - Il Gazzettino newspaper begins publication.
  • 1895 - Venice Biennale begins.
  • 1897 - Population: 155,899.

    • 20th century

  • 1907 - F.B.C. Unione Venezia (football club) formed.
  • 1913 - Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (stadium) opens.
  • 1917 - Marghera becomes part of Venice.
  • 1923 - Pellestrina becomes part of Venice.
  • 1924 - Burano, Ca'Savio, and Murano become part of Venice.
  • 1926
  • Chirignago, Favaro, Malcontenta, Mestre, and Zelarino become part of Venice.
  • Nicelli Airport begins operating.
  • 1927 - A.C. Mestre football club formed.
  • 1931 - Harry's Bar in business.
  • 1932 - Venice Film Festival begins.
  • 1933 - Ponte della Libertà (bridge) opens.
  • 1937 - Collegio Navale della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (naval school) established.
  • 1940 - Università Iuav di Venezia (architecture institute) founded.
  • 1949 - Cinema Teatro Corso built in Mestre.
  • 1958 - Hotel Cipriani in business.
  • 1966 - 4 November: Flood.
  • 1970 - Veneto regional administration implemented.
  • 1978 - Società Filologica Veneta founded.
  • 1980 - June: 6th G7 summit held.
  • 1987 - June: 13th G7 summit held.
  • 1993 - Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - City master plan created.
  • 2000 - Paolo Costa becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2005 - Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor again.
  • 2006 - Veritas (water/trash municipal entity) established.
  • 2008 - Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia established.
  • 2010 - Giorgio Orsoni becomes mayor.
  • 2013 - Population: 259,263 comune; 865,421 province.
  • 2014
  • June: Mayor Orsoni arrested.
  • 29 September: Clooney-Alamuddin wedding.
  • 2015 - Local election held; Luigi Brugnaro becomes mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Venice Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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