Timeline of Genoa
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Prior to 16th century
- 209 BC - Town sacked by Carthaginians.
- 643 AD - Lombards take power.
- 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built.
- 935 - Fatimid sack of Genoa
- 972 - Santo Stefano consecrated.
- 1005 - Republic of Genoa established.
- 1049 - Santi Cosma e Damiano construction begins.
- 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.
- 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
- 1260
- * Palazzo San Giorgio built.
- * Sant'Agostino consecrated.
- 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
- 1284 - Battle of Meloria.
- 1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.
- 1330 - Fortifications expanded.
- 1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.
- 1347 - Black Death plague.
- 1354 - Public clock installed.
- 1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.
- 1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.
- 1474 - Printing press in operation.
- 1481 - University of Genoa established.
16th-18th centuries
- 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.
- 1639 - Michele Castelli publishes the Genova, the oldest newspaper of Italy
- 1642 - Alessandro Botticelli publishes the Genova, later known as Il Sincero
- 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.
- 1775 - Biblioteca Civica Berio established.
- 1777 - The newspaper Avvisi started to be printed.
- 1794 - Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi established.
- 1797 - Genoa becomes part of Ligurian Republic.
- 1800
- * April - Siege of Genoa.
- * April - Battle of Sassello.
19th century
- 1803 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova established.
- 1814 - Revolt against France.
- 1815
- * Republic of Genoa ends.
- * Genoa incorporated into Piedmont
- 1817 - established.
- 1824 - Corriere Mercantile newspaper begins publication.
- 1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.
- 1837 - Acquasola park laid out.
- 1846 - Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini park constructed.
- 1849
- * Revolt of Genoa.
- * Santi Quirico e Giulitta renovation begins.
- 1851 - Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno established.
- 1853 - Genova Sampierdarena railway station built.
- 1857 - founded.
- 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.
- 1871 - Population: 130,269.
- 1876 - Via di Circonvallazione a Monte laid out.
- 1879 - Yacht Club Italiano founded.
- 1887 - Via XX Settembre laid out.
- 1890 - Stazione marittima di Genova built.
- 1892
- * Albertis Castle built.
- * holds its first conference in Genoa.
- 1893
- * Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.
- * Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.
- 1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.
- 1897 - Population: 228,862.
20th century
- 1905
- * Genova Brignole railway station opens.
- * Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art opens.
- 1911 - Stadio Luigi Ferraris opens as the Marassi.
- 1912 - Stock exchange built.
- 1914 - International exhibition of marine and maritime hygiene is held.
- 1915 - Corso Italia constructed.
- 1922
- * City hosts Genoa Conference.
- * Palazzo Reale opens as a public museum.
- 1936 - Museo di Archeologia Ligure founded.
- 1938 - First trolleybus system opens.
- 1940 - Terrazza Martini Tower built.
- 1946 - U.C. Sampdoria football club formed.
- 1962
- * Airport opens.
- * Genoa International Boat Show begins.
- 1970 - 7 October:.
- 1973 - First trolleybus system closes.
- 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 - Second trolleybus system opens.
- 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.
- 2017 - Marco Bucci elected mayor.
- 2018 - Ponte Morandi bridge collapses. Marco Bucci appointed commissioner for the reconstruction of the new bridge.
- 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic - Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio rebuilt during the COVID-19 pandemic to replace the Ponte Morandi. It projected by Renzo Piano.
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