Timeline of Genoa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
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Prior to 16th century
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- 209 BC - Town sacked by Carthaginians.[1]
- 643 AD - Lombards take power (approximate date).
- 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built (approximate date).
- 934/5 - Sack by the Fatimids under Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi.
- 972 - Santo Stefano consecrated.
- 1005 - Republic of Genoa established.
- 1049 - Santi Cosma e Damiano construction begins.
Genoa Cathedral was consecrated in 1118
- 1118 - Genoa Cathedral consecrated.
- 1125 - San Matteo founded.
- 1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.
- 1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built (approximate date).
- 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
- 1260
- Palazzo San Giorgio built.[1]
- Sant'Agostino consecrated.
- 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
- 1284 - Battle of Meloria.
- 1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.
- 1330 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).[1]
- 1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.[1]
- 1347 - Black Death plague.
- 1354 - Public clock installed.[2]
- 1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.
- 1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.
- 1474 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).[3]
- 1481 - University of Genoa established.
16th-18th centuries
The current Lighthouse of Genoa was first lit in 1543
- 1520 - Basilica della Santissima Annunziata del Vastato construction begins.
- 1540 - Palazzo Bianco built.
- 1543 - Lighthouse of Genoa lit.
- 1576 - Rolli di Genova created.
- 1583
- Strada Maggiore laid out.
- Santa Maria Assunta, Genoa consecrated.
- 1585 - San Pietro in Banchi, Genoa built.
- 1619 - San Siro restored.
- 1624 - Basilica di Nostra Signora Assunta, Genoa built.
- 1625 - Relief of Genoa.
- 1632 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).[1]
- 1655 - Palazzo Stefano Balbi built.
- 1677 - Palazzo Rosso built.
- 1684 - Bombardment of Genoa.
- 1706 - The church of the Nostra Signora della Consolazione e San Vincenzo martire built.
- 1733 - San Torpete rebuilt.
- 1747 - Siege of Genoa.
- 1770 - Santissimo Nome di Maria e degli Angeli Custodi built.
- 1794 - Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi established.
- 1797 - Genoa becomes part of Ligurian Republic.
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Map of Genoa, ca.1800
- 1800
- April - Siege of Genoa.
- April - Battle of Sassello.
19th century
Statue of Columbus at the Albertis Castle, built in 1892 to mark the 400th anniversary of his first voyage
- 1803 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova established.
- 1814 - Revolt against France.
- 1815
- Republic of Genoa ends.
- Genoa incorporated into Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia)
- 1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.
- 1837 - Acquasola park laid out.[1]
- 1846 - Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini park constructed.
- 1849
- Sack of Genoa.
- Santi Quirico e Giulitta renovation begins.
- 1851 - Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno established.
- 1853 - Genova Sampierdarena railway station built.
- 1860 - Genova Piazza Principe railway station opens.
- 1867 - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova opens.
- 1868 - Genoa–Ventimiglia railway begins operating.
- 1870 - Banca di Genova established.
- 1876 - Via di Circonvallazione a Monte laid out.[1]
- 1879 - Yacht Club Italiano founded.
- 1887 - Via XX Settembre laid out.[1]
- 1890 - Stazione marittima di Genova built.
- 1892 - Albertis Castle built.
- 1893
- Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.
- Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.[1]
- 1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.[1]
20th century
The Stadio Luigi Ferraris opened in 1911 and was a venue for the 1990 FIFA World Cup
- 1905
- 1911 - Stadio Luigi Ferraris opens as the Marassi.
- 1912 - Stock exchange built.
- 1915 - Corso Italia constructed.
- 1922
- City hosts Genoa Conference.
- Palazzo Reale opens as a public museum.[5]
- 1936 - Museo di Archeologia Ligure founded.
- 1938 - Trolleybuses begin operating.
- 1940 - Terrazza Martini Tower built.
- 1946 - U.C. Sampdoria football club formed.
- 1962
- Airport opens.
- Genoa International Boat Show begins.
- 1975 - Teatro della Tosse founded.
- 1990
- Genoa Metro begins operating.
- City hosts 1990 FIFA World Cup games.
- 1992
- Aquarium opens.
- Genoa Expo '92 held.
- 1997 - Trolleybuses begin operating again.
- 1999 - Deledda International School established.
21st century
- 2001 - City hosts 27th G8 summit.
- 2004
- City designated a European Capital of Culture.
- Galata Museo del Mare opens.
- 2012 - Marco Doria elected mayor.[6]
See also
- History of Genoa
- List of mayors of Genoa
- Republic of Genoa (1005–1815)
- Doge of Genoa
- Dukes of Genoa (1831-1996)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Genoa", The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ↑ Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Italy: Genova". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Vittorio Pica (1907), L'arte giapponese al Museo Chiossone di Genova (in Italian), Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche
- ↑ Museum Palazzo Reale. "Introduction". Genova. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- Mariana Starke (1839), "Genoa", Travels in Europe (9th ed.), Paris: A. and W. Galignani
- Henry Jones Bunnett (1844), A description, historical and topographical of Genoa, London: John Russell Smith
- Charles Dickens (1846), "Genoa and its Neighbourhood", Pictures from Italy, London: Bradbury & Evans
- "Genoa", Italy (2nd ed.), Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1870, OCLC 5279321
- J. Theodore Bent (1881), Genoa: how the Republic rose and fell, London: Paul
- Noah Brooks (1895), "Genoa", The Mediterranean Trip, C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1315401
- Published in the 20th-21st century
- Robert Walter Carden (1908), The city of Genoa, London: Methuen, OCLC 2471515
- "Genoa", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Genoa". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
- Giuseppi Felloni (2002). "Population dynamics and economic development of Genoa, 1750-1939". In Richard Lawton and W. Robert Lee. Population and Society in Western European Port Cities, c.1650-1939. Liverpool University Press. ISBN 978-0-85323-435-7.
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