Events in Venice History
- 0421-03-25 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded
- 1085-10-08 San Marcos ministry in Venice initiated
- 1177-08-01 Peace Treaty of Venice: Emperor Frederik I and Pope Alexander III
- 1203-07-17 The Siege of Constantinople begins during the Fourth Crusade, as Roman Catholic Crusaders, aboard a Venetian fleet, attack the city
- 1309-03-27 Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.
- 1358-02-25 Dalmatie flees Venice
- 1395-04-16 Azzo X d'Este is defeated at the Battle of Portomaggiore by Venetian-Ferrarese troops
- 1420-06-07 Troops of the Republic of Venice capture Udine, ending the independence of the Patriarchate of Aquileia
- 1454-04-09 Milan and Venice sign peace of Lodi
- 1489-03-14 The last Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro is forced to abdicate by Venice
League of Venice
1495-03-31 Pope Alexander VI forms the anti-French alliance the League of Venice with Archduke of Austria Maximilian I, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza and the Republic of Venice
- 1499-02-09 France & Venice sign treaty against Milan
- 1499-08-12 First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets
- 1499-08-25 Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians
- 1508-12-10 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
- 1509-04-07 France declares war on Venice
Pope Excommunicates Venice
1509-04-27 Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice
- 1509-04-27 Pope Julius II excommunicates the Republic of Venice, and endorses his allies to attack
Battle of Agnadello
1509-05-14 Battle of Agnadello, French forces under Louis XII defeat the Venetians in Northern Italy
- 1509-07-17 Venice recaptures nearby Italian city of Padua
- 1512-02-16 Battle at Valeggio: French troops beat Venetianen
- 1513-10-07 Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
- 1515-09-14 Battle at Marignano ends after two days in a French and Venetian victory over a Swiss army
- 1516-04-10 Venice compels Jews to live in a specific area, establishing the first Jewish ghetto
- 1522-04-27 Battle of Bicocca: a combined French and Venetian force is decisively defeated by a Spanish-Imperial and Papal army
League of Cognac
1526-05-22 Pope Clement VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence & Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac
- 1527-12-12 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
- 1539-06-10 Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
- 1540-05-04 Venice and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
- 1540-10-02 Venice and Turkey signs peace
Holy League Forms
1571-05-25 Pope Pius V forms The Holy League to fight the Ottomans with other Catholic maritime states including Spain, Venice, Naples and Sicily
- 1573-03-07 Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty
Galileo Demonstrates Telescope
1609-08-08 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
- 1609-08-25 Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers, including to the Doge (ruler) of Venice, Leonardo Donato
- 1630-11-30 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
- 1649-01-05 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century)
- 1654-05-13 Venetian fleet under Norwegian Admiral Cort Adeler beats Turkish fleet the near the Dardanelles, sinking 15 Turkish galleys
- 1669-09-06 The siege of Candia, on Crete, ends with the Venetian fortress surrendering to the Ottomans - second-longest siege in history (began 1648)
Piscopia First Female PhD
1678-06-25 Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy from the University of Padua, the first woman to receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
- 1682-02-09 Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London
- 1684-03-05 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
Siege of the Acropolis
1687-09-26 Acropolis in Athens attacked by Venetian army trying to eject Turks, damaging the Parthenon
- 1687-09-28 Venetians take Athens from the Turks
- 1699-01-26 Venice, Poland & Austria sign Treaty of Karlowitz with Ottoman Empire, ending the Great Turkish War (1683-97) - 1st time Ottomans concede significant territory
- 1718-07-21 Treaty of Passarowitz is signed between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice
- 1750-10-05 Carlo Goldoni's "Il Teatro Comico" premieres in Venice
Casanova Imprisoned
1755-07-26 Giacomo Casanova is arrested in Venice for affront to religion and common decency and imprisoned in the Doge's Palace
- 1755-09-12 Giacomo Casanova is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in Venice without trial for affront to religion and common decency
- 1756-10-31 Giacomo Casanova escapes from "The Leads" prison in Venice by climbing onto the roof
Napoleon Conquers Venice
1797-05-12 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice
"Semiramide"
1823-02-02 Gioachino Rossini's opera "Semiramide" first performed at La Fenice in Venice, Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom
- 1824-03-07 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
- 1830-03-04 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
- 1841-08-21 John Hampton patents venetian blind
Hernani
1844-03-09 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Hernani" premieres in Venice
- 1849-08-22 The first air raid in history; Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice
- 1849-08-28 Venice under Daniele Manin surrenders to Austrians under Radetsky, having been under siege since July 20 after proclaiming independence
- 1851-03-11 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" premieres in Venice
- 1853-03-06 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
- 1857-03-12 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra" premieres in Venice
- 1866-06-24 Second Battle at Custozza: the Austrian Imperial army, joined by the Venetian Army decisively defeated the Italian army, despite the Italians' strong numerical advantage
- 1902-07-14 The Campanile in St Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta (reconstructed 1912)
The Tramp
1914-02-07 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"
- 1926-05-18 Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes in Venice, California She shows up a month later saying she's been kidnapped
- 1945-04-29 Venice and Mestre captured by the Allies
The Rake's Progress
1951-09-11 Igor Stravinsky's opera "The Rake's Progress", with libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, premieres at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
5th Cannes Film Festival
1952-05-10 5th Cannes Film Festival: "The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice" directed by Orson Welles and "Two Cents Worth of Hope" directed by Renato Castellani jointly awarded the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Turn of the Screw
1954-09-14 Benjamin Britten's opera "Turn of the Screw" premieres in Venice
- 1956-09-13 Stravinsky's "Canticum Sacrum," premieres in Venice
- 1958-09-23 Stravinsky's "Thieni" premieres in Venice
- 1960-05-07 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4
- 1978-08-26 Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I
- 1996-01-29 La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire
- 2018-09-08 75th Venice International Film Festival: a Netflix film wins the Golden Lion for the first time with "Roma"
- 2018-10-29 Storms in Italy kill at least 11 with 75% of Venice flooded and two tornadoes striking Terracina
- 2019-02-26 City of Venice in Italy introduces a day visitors tax
- 2019-11-13 Venice hit by worse floods for 50 years, due to a very high tide with waves in St Mark's square, killing one resident
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