Timeline of Venice
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Prior to 19th century
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- 421 CE - Church established on Rialto.[1]
- 452 CE - "Consular government adopted."[1]
- 697 - Paolo Lucio Anafesto becomes Doge of Venice.[2]
- 774 - Catholic diocese established on Olivolo, comprising Dorsoduro, Luprio, and Rialto.[3][4]
- 814 - Venetian seat of government relocated to Rialto per Treaty of Ratisbone.[5]
- 828 - Mark the Evangelist designated patron saint of city.[6]
- 836 - Doge's Chapel built.[5]
- 902 - St Mark's Campanile construction begins.[1]
- 1094 - St Mark's Basilica consecrated.[7]
- 1097 - Market established on Rialto.[5]
- 1157 - Bank established.[1]
- 1202 - Fourth Crusade embarks from Venice.
- 1228 - Fondaco dei Tedeschi built.
- 1264 - Bridge built across Grand Canal.[5]
- 1291 - Glassmakers relocate to Murano.
- 1297 - Legislative body formally established.[8]
- 1333 - Botanical garden planted.[1]
- 1348 - Plague.[6]
- 1360 - it (bridge) built (approximate date).
- 1394 - Public clock installed.[9]
- 1423
- Lazaretto (quarantine) established.[1]
- Francesco Foscari becomes doge.
- 1430 - Santi Giovanni e Paolo church rebuilt.
- 1447 - Scuola degli Albanesi founded.[10]
- 1469 - Printing press in operation.[11]
- 1475 - De Honesta Voluptate et Valetudine cookbook published.[12]
Photo of Jacopo de' Barbari's woodcut, the Map of Venice, 1500 - 1495 - Printer Aldus Manutius in business.[6]
- 1507 - Cinque savi alla mercanzia (trade board) established.[13][14]
- 1514 - Fire on Rialto.[5]
- 1516 - Jewish ghetto in Cannaregio established.[6]
- 1520 - Palazzo dei Dieci Savi built.[5]
- 1527 - Jacopo Sansovino "appointed public architect."[6]
- 1541 - Sempiterni compagnie founded.[15]
- 1565 - Theatre built.[6]
- 1569 - 13 September: Arsenal explodes.[1]
Venice in the late 17th and early 18th centuries - 1575 - Fondaco dei Turchi established.[16]
- 1587 - Banco della Piazza di Rialto (bank) opens.[5]
- 1591 - Rialto Bridge built of stone.[5]
- 1600 - Bridge of Sighs built.
- 1613 - Monteverdi becomes maestro di cappella of St Mark's Basilica.[17]
- 1630 - Accademia degli Incogniti founded.[18]
- 1637 - Teatro San Cassiano (opera house) opens.[17][19]
- 1642 - Premiere of Monteverdi's opera L'incoronazione di Poppea.[19]
- 1645 - Coffee house in business.[20]
- 1649 - Premiere of Cavalli's opera Giasone.[21]
- 1678 - Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi is born on 4 March.
- 1682 - Dogana built.[1]
- 1720 - Caffè Florian in business.
The Grand Canal in Venice, c. 1730 - 1741 - Gazzetta di Venezia begins publication.[22]
- 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.[23]
- 1783 - Il Nuovo Postiglione newspaper begins publication.
- 1792 - La Fenice opera house built.[24]
- 1797 - Republic of Venice ends; Austrians in power per Treaty of Campo Formio.[6]
19th century
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- 1805 - French in power per Peace of Pressburg.[1]
- 1812 - Ateneo Veneto founded.[18]
- 1814
- Austrians in power again.[1]
- Ala Napoleonica section of Piazza San Marco built.[24]
- 1815 - General Archive of Veneto established.[13]
- 1830
- City becomes a free port.[1]
- Museo Correr (museum) established.
- 1842 - Milan–Venice railway begins operating; Venezia Mestre railway station opens.
- 1844 - Premiere of Verdi's opera Ernani.[19]
- 1848 - Republic of San Marco established.
- 1853 - Premiere of Verdi's opera La Traviata.[21]
- 1854 - Accademia bridge built.[5]
- 1857 - Population: 118,173.[2]
- 1859 - Venice becomes part of the Italian confederation of Austria, per Treaty of Villafranca.[1]
- 1861 - Venezia Santa Lucia railway station opens.
- 1866 - Venice becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Vienna (1866).[1]
- 1868 - Regia Scuola Superiore di Commercio (business school) established.
- 1876
- Liceo e Società Musicale Benedetto Marcello established.
- L'Adriatico newspaper begins publication.[22]
- 1883 - Lido and Malamocco annexed to city.[25]
- 1887 - Il Gazzettino newspaper begins publication.
- 1895 - Venice Biennale begins.
20th century
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- 1907 - F.B.C. Unione Venezia (football club) formed.
- 1913 - Stadio Pierluigi Penzo (stadium) opens.
- 1917 - Marghera becomes part of Venice.[25]
- 1923 - Pellestrina becomes part of Venice.[25]
- 1924 - Burano, Ca'Savio, and Murano become part of Venice.[25]
- 1926
- 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.[25]
- 1949 - Cinema Teatro Corso built in Mestre.[26]
- 1958 - Hotel Cipriani in business.
- 1966 - 4 November: Flood.[27][28]
- 1970 - Veneto regional administration implemented.[29]
- 1978 - Società Filologica Veneta founded.[25]
- 1980 - June: 6th G7 summit held.
- 1987 - June: 13th G7 summit held.
- 1993 - Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor.[29]
- 1999 - City master plan created.[29]
21st century
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- 2000 - Paolo Costa becomes mayor.[29]
- 2005 - Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor again.
- 2006 - Veritas (water/trash municipal entity) established.[30]
- 2008 - Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia established.
- 2010 - Giorgio Orsoni becomes mayor.
- 2013 - Population: 259,263 comune; 865,421 province.[31]
- 2014
- 2015 - it becomes mayor.
See also
- History of the city of Venice
- List of mayors of Venice, 1806-present
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice
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- ^ a b Haydn 1910.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia 1912.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved June 2015.
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{{citation}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Nicola Bernardini (1890). "Provincia de Venezia". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Bosworth 2014.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Venice". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved November 2014.
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- ^ a b c d Toniolo 2005.
- ^ "Venice Journal: City Known for Its Water Turns to Tap to Cut Trash", New York Times, 11 June 2009
- ^ "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved November 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Venice mayor Giorgio Orsoni arrested on bribery charges over dam", Financial Times, 4 June 2014
- ^ "George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's wedding", The Guardian, 29 September 2014
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