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451 In Italy
, refugees flee to swamp areas near modern-day Venice.
452 The city of Venice is founded by fugitives from Attila's army.
568 King Alboin
leads the Lombards
into Italy; refugees fleeing from them go on to found Venice.
726 Orso Ipato elected Doge of Venice
803 Venice recognized as independent by Byzantine Empire
.
832 The second St Mark's Basilica in Venice (replacing an older church at a different location) is built.
912 Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice
1104 The Venice Arsenal, is founded in Venice.
1192 Enrico Dandolo becomes Doge of Venice.
1253 A series of naval wars begins between the Italian
city-states of Genoa
and Venice, which will continue sporadically until 1371.
1254 The Horses of Saint Mark, once supposed to have adorned the Arch of Trajan in ancient Rome
, are installed at Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice.
1257 The second Genoan War brokes out between Genoa
and Venice.
1268 New election procedures for the election of the doge
are established in Venice in order to reduce the influence of powerful individual families.
1268 The carnival in Venice is first recorded.
1271 Marco Polo
departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan
's China
.
1281 Pope Martin IV
authorizes the Ninth Crusade
against the newly re-established Byzantine Empire
in Constantinople
; French
and Venetian
expeditions set out toward Constantinople but are forced to turn back in the following year.
1291 All glassmakers in Venice are forced to moved to the island of Murano in order to contain the risk of fire, thus establishing the glass industry there.
1328 Nicholas V
is consecrated at St Peter's Basilica in Rome
by the bishop
of Venice.
1355 In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge
Marin Falier for conspiring to kill them.
1369 Venice repels Hungarian
invasion.
1409 Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary
.
1430 The Ottoman Empire
captures Thessalonica
from the Venetians
1489 Nicosia, Cyprus
, becomes a possession of Venice.
1489 The Queen of Cyprus
, Catherine Cornaro
, sells her kingdom to Venice.
1490 Aldus Manutius
moves to Venice.
1508 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
attacks Venice
1508 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
is defeated in Friulia by Venetian
forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to Venice
1508 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
is defeated in Friulia by Venetian
forces; he is forced to sign a three year truce and cede several territories to Venice
1508 League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II
, Louis XII of France
, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
and Ferdinand II of Aragon
.
1509 Pope Julius II
places Venice under interdict and excommunication
for refusing to cede part of Romagna under Papal control
1529 Pietro Bembo
becomes historiographer of Venice.
1637 First opera
house, ''Teatro San Cassiona'', opens in Venice
1640 First known European coffee house opens in Venice.
1684 Pope Innocent XI
forms a Holy League with the Habsburg Empire, Venice and Poland
to liberate Europe
from the Ottoman Turkish
rule.
1696 Forces of Venice and Turkish
troops clash near Molino
1797 First Coalition
: Napoleon I of France
conquers Venice, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city. The last doge of Venice
, Ludovico Manin, steps down.
1849 Venice surrenders to Austria
n troops after a 4-month siege
1902 St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses.
1957 Flood
ing in the Po River valley of Italy
leads to the flooding also in Venice.
1975 The first annual Vogalonga rowing "race" is held in Venice, Italy
.
1996 Fire destroys La Fenice, Venice's opera house.
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