Timeline of Venice

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.