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- 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]
