Timeline of Verona

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Verona in the Veneto region of Italy.

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Prior to 18th century

• 2nd century BCE – Ponte Pietra (Verona) (bridge) and Via Postumia (road) built.
• 49 BCE – Verona becomes a Roman municipium.^[1]
• 1st century CE – Verona Arena and Via Claudia Augusta (road) built.
• 4th-5th century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona active (approximate date).^[2]
• 312 – Battle of Verona (312); Constantinian forces win.^[3]
• 362 – Zeno of Verona becomes bishop (approximate date).^[4]
• 489 – Battle of Verona (489); Ostrogoths win.^[3]
• 556 – Forces of Narses of the Byzantine Empire take Verona (approximate date).^[1]
• 568 – Lombards in power.^[1]
• 572 – Lombard king Alboin assassinated on the Colle San Pietro [it].^[1]
• 589 – October: Alleged flood.
• 774 – Verona taken by forces of Charlemagne.^[3]
• 1065 – San Fermo Maggiore church construction begins (approximate date).^[1]
• 1117 – 1117 Verona earthquake.
• 1185 – Papal election, 1185 held at Verona.
• 1187 – Verona Cathedral consecrated by Pope Urban III.^[4]
• 1260 – Mastino I della Scala becomes capitano del popolo of Verona; Scaligeri rule begins.^[3]
• 1290 – Sant'Anastasia church construction begins.^[5]
• 1354 – Castelvecchio Bridge built.^[6]
• 1363 – Palazzo di Cansignorio [it] built on the Piazza dei Signori (approximate date).
• 1370 – Scaligeri Palace [it] remodelled (approximate date).^[4]
• 1375 – Castelvecchio (castle) built.^[5]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[7]
• 1387 – Scaligeri rule ends.^[3]
• 1393 – Castel San Pietro (Verona) [it] rebuilt.^[4]
• 1398 – Basilica of San Zeno rebuilt.
• 1405 – Venetian forces take Verona; city pledges devotion to Venice.^[3]
• 1470 – Printing press in operation.^[8]
• 1471 – Sant'Anastasia church consecrated.
• 1493 – Loggia del Consiglio [it] built on the Piazza dei Signori.
• 1540 – Porta Nuova (Verona) (gate) built on the Corso Porta Nuova [it].^[9]
• 1543 – Accademia Filarmonica di Verona (music academy) founded.
• 1555 – Accademia Olimpica [it] founded.
• 1560 – Palazzo Canossa built.^[6]
• 1585 – Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.^[10]
• 1610 – Palazzo della Gran Guardia [it] construction begins.^[9]
• 1630 – Plague.^[11]

18th–19th centuries

• 1732 – Teatro Filarmonico (theatre) opens.
• 1738 – Museo lapidario maffeiano [it] (museum) established.
• 1757 – Flood.^[6]
• 1782 – Societa Italiana delle Scienze formed.^[12]
• 1792 – Biblioteca civica di Verona [it] (library) founded.^[13][14]
• 1796 – Verona occupied by French forces during the French Revolutionary Wars.^[6]
• 1797 – April: Uprising against French occupiers.^[11]
• 1801
  • City divided into French area (Veronetta [it]) and Austrian area, per Treaty of Lunéville.^[11]
  • Castel San Pietro dismantled.^[4]
• 1805 – French in power.^[11]
• 1814 – February: Verona taken by Austrian forces.^[6]
• 1815 – Verona becomes part of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia of the Austrian Empire per Congress of Vienna; period of Austrian Verona [it] begins.
• 1822 – 20 October: International diplomatic congress held in Verona at the close of the Napoleonic Wars.^[15]
• 1825 – Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno e Ancona (bank) established.
• 1829 – Cimitero monumentale di Verona [it] (cemetery) designed.
• 1833 – Sistema difensivo di Verona [it] (fortification) construction begins.
• 1847 – Verona Porta Vescovo railway station opens.
• 1848
  • 6 May: Battle of Santa Lucia fought near city.^[3]
  • Palazzo Barbieri built.
• 1851 – Verona Porta Nuova railway station built.
• 1852 – Ponte della Ferrovia (Verona) [it] (bridge) built.
• 1866
  • October: Verona becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Vienna (1866).^[11]
  • 18 November: King of Italy Victory Emmanuel visits city.^[3]
  • L'Arena newspaper begins publication.^[16]
• 1867
  • Banca Popolare di Verona (bank) founded
  • Giulio Camuzzoni [it] becomes mayor.
• 1881 – Tranvia Verona-Caldiero-San Bonifacio [it] (railway) begins operating.
• 1882 – September: Verona flood of 1882 [it].
• 1887 – Canale Camuzzoni [it] built.
• 1888 – Fedrigoni paper mill in business.
• 1897 – Population: 72,860.^[17]
• 1898 – Verona fair [it] begins.^[11]

20th century

• 1903 – Hellas Verona F.C. (football club) formed.
• 1911 – Population: 81,909.^[18]
• 1913 – Arena di Verona Festival begins.^[11]
• 1919 – 2 August: 1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash.
• 1921 – Virtus Verona football club formed.
• 1931 – Ponte della Vittoria (Verona) [it] (bridge) built.
• 1941 – Archivio di Stato di Verona (state archives) established.^[19]
• 1943 – November: National congress of the Republican Fascist Party held in Verona.^[15]
• 1944 – January: Trial and execution of anti-Mussolini leaders takes place in Verona.^[15]
• 1945 – Bombing of Verona in World War II.
• 1948 – Estate teatrale veronese [it] (theatre festival) begins.
• 1963 – Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (stadium) opens.
• 1975 – Radio Verona [it] begins broadcasting.
• 1978 – Sede del Banco Popolare [it] built.
• 1982 – University of Verona founded.
• 1990 – Some of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest played in Verona.
• 1998 – National conference of Alleanza Nazionale political party held in Verona.^[15]

21st century

• 2007 – Local election [it] held; Flavio Tosi becomes mayor.
• 2013 – Population: 253,409.^[20]

See also

• History of Verona
• List of mayors of Verona
• List of bishops of Verona
• List of Scaligeri lords of Verona, 1260–1404
• Timeline of the Republic of Venice, of which Verona was part 1405–1796
• Veneto history (it) (region)

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Vicenza