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Timeline of Venice 
Summary
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Prior to 19th century edit
- 421 CE – Church established on Rialto.[1] First mention of Poveglia.
- 452 – "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]
- 1131 – Church of San Clemente is the first established settlement on the Isola di San Clemente.
- 1157 – Bank established.[1]
- 1173 – Rialto Bridge made of wood opened, designed by Nicolò Barattieri.[8]
- 1204 – 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.[9]
- 1333 – Botanical garden planted.[1]
- 1348 – Plague.[6]
- 1360 – Ponte della Paglia (bridge) built (approximate date).
- 1386 – Jewish burial ground granted on the Lido.
- 1394 – Public clock installed.[10]
- 1423
- Lazaretto (quarantine) established on the island of Lazzaretto Vecchio.[1]
- Francesco Foscari becomes doge.
- 1430 – Santi Giovanni e Paolo church rebuilt.
- 1447 – Scuola degli Albanesi founded.[11]
- 1469 – Printing press in operation.[12]
- 1475 – De honesta voluptate et valetudine cookbook published.[13]
- 1495 – Printer Aldus Manutius in business.[6]
- 1500 – Jacopo de' Barbari's woodcut View of Venice is published
- 1501 – Petrucci's Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (songbook) published.[14]
- 1507 – Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia (trade board) established.[15][16]
- 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.[17]
- 1548 – Population: 158,069.[8]
- 1558 – Establishment of a permanent postal connection between Venice and Kraków, capital of the Kingdom of Poland.[18]
- 1565 – Theatre built.[6]
- 1569 – 13 September: Arsenal explodes.[1]
- 1575 – Fondaco dei Turchi established.[19]
- 1575–77 – Plague.
- 1587 – Banco della Piazza di Rialto (bank) opens.[5]
- 1591 – Rialto Bridge built of stone.[5][8]
- 1600 – Bridge of Sighs built.
- 1613 – Monteverdi becomes maestro di cappella of St Mark's Basilica.[20]
- 1630
- 1629–31 Italian plague strikes Venice.
- Accademia degli Incogniti founded.[21]
- 1637 – Teatro San Cassiano (opera house) opens.[20][22]
- 1642 – Premiere of Monteverdi's opera L'incoronazione di Poppea.[22]
- 1645 – Coffee house in business.[23]
- 1649 – Premiere of Cavalli's opera Giasone.[24]
- 1678 – Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi is born on 4 March.
- 1682 – Dogana built.[1]
- 1706 – Population: 140,256.[8]
- 1720 – Vezzi porcelain begins
- 1720 – Caffè Florian in business.
- 1741 – Il Nuovo Postiglione newspaper 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.[25]
- 1764 – Cozzi porcelain begins
- 1778 – Notizie del mondo newspaper begins publication.
- 1785 – Population: 139,095.[8]
- 1792 – La Fenice opera house built.[26]
- 1797 – Republic of Venice ends; Austrians in power per Treaty of Campo Formio.[6]
19th century edit
- 1805 – French in power per Peace of Pressburg.[1]
- 1812 – Ateneo Veneto founded.[21]
- 1814
- Austrians in power again.[1]
- Ala Napoleonica section of Piazza San Marco built.[26]
- 1815 – General Archive of Veneto established.[15]
- 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.[22]
- Mental asylum established on Isola di San Clemente.
- 1848
- March: Republic of San Marco established.
- 27 October: Battle of Mestre.
- 1853 – Premiere of Verdi's opera La Traviata.[24]
- 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.
- 1870 – Artificial creation of the island of Sacca Sessola completed.
- 1871 – Population: 128,901.[27]
- 1876
- Liceo e Società Musicale Benedetto Marcello established.
- L'Adriatico newspaper begins publication.[28]
- 1880 – 16 June: John Cross, on honeymoon with English novelist George Eliot, jumps from their hotel room into the Grand Canal in an episode of mental disorder.
- 1881 – Population: 132,826.[8]
- 1883
- Lido and Malamocco annexed to city.[29]
- 13 February: German composer Richard Wagner dies at Ca' Vendramin Calergi of a heart attack, age 69.
- 1887 – Il Gazzettino newspaper begins publication.
- 1889 – 12 December: English poet Robert Browning dies at his son's home Ca' Rezzonico, age 77.
- 1892 – Conversion of Sacca Sessola into a hospital for contagious diseases is begun.
- 1895 – Venice Biennale begins.
- 1897 – Population: 155,899.[30]
20th century edit
- 1906 – Population: 169,563.[8]
- 1907 – Venezia FC (football club) formed.
- 1910 – 27 April: Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto Contro Venezia passatista ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco.
- 1913 – Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo (stadium) opens.
- 1917 – Marghera becomes part of Venice.[29]
- 1922 – Mental asylum established on Poveglia.
- 1923 – Pellestrina becomes part of Venice.[29]
- 1924 – Burano, Ca'Savio, and Murano become part of Venice.[29]
- 1926
- Chirignago, Favaro, Malcontenta, Mestre, and Zelarino become part of Venice.[29]
- Nicelli Airport begins operating.[29]
- 1927 – A.C. Mestre football club formed.
- 1929 – 19 August: Russian-born ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev dies in Venice and is buried on the Isola di San Michele.
- 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.[29]
- 1945 – Operation Bowler.
- 1949 – Cinema Teatro Corso built in Mestre.[31]
- 1956 – Venice Conference.
- 1958 – Hotel Cipriani in business.
- 1966 – 4 November: 1966 Venice flood: highest acqua alta.[32][33]
- 1970 – Veneto regional administration implemented.[34]
- 1972 – 1 November: American poet Ezra Pound dies in the Civil Hospital and is buried on the Isola di San Michele.
- 1978 – Società Filologica Veneta founded.[29]
- 1980 – June: 6th G7 summit held.
- 1981 – Venice hosts the 1981 European Karate Championships.
- 1987 – June: 13th G7 summit held.
- 1993 – Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor.[34]
- 1996 – 29 January: La Fenice opera house is destroyed by fire.
- 1999 – City master plan created.[34]
- 2000
- Paolo Costa becomes mayor.[34]
- Sacca Sessola sold to a multi-national company for conversion into a private tourist hotel complex.
21st century edit
- 2003 – Buildings on Isola di San Clemente refurbished as a luxury hotel complex.
- 2005 – Massimo Cacciari becomes mayor again.
- 2006 – Veritas (water/trash municipal entity) established.[35]
- 2008 – Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia established.
- 2010 – Giorgio Orsoni becomes mayor.
- 2013 – Population: 259,263 comune; 865,421 province.[36]
- 2014
- 2015 – Local election held; Luigi Brugnaro becomes mayor.
- 2019 – 12 November: Second highest acqua alta hits an already flooded city.[39]
- 2020 – the city of Venice is hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism is blocked and the Carnival of Venice is closed early.
- 2021 – 1600th Anniversary of the Foundation of Venice.[40]
See also edit
- History of the city of Venice (it)
- List of mayors of Venice, 1806–present
- Timeline of the Republic of Venice
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Verona; Vicenza
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External links edit
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Venice, various dates
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