Timeline of Genoa

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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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Early
  • Prehistoric Italy
  • Etruscan civilization (12th–6th c. BC)
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Ancient Rome
Romano-Barbaric Kingdoms
Odoacer's 476-493
Ostrogothic 493-553
Vandal 435-534
Lombard (independence) 565-774
Lombard (under the Frankish rule) 774-885
Frankish (as part of the Carolingian Empire) 885-961
Germanic (as part of the Holy Roman Empire) 961-1801
Medieval
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  • Italian Renaissance (14th–16th c.)
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Modern
  • Monarchy (1861–1946)
  • Colonial Empire (1882–1960)
  • Italy in World War I (1914–1918)
  • Fascism (1922–1943)
  • Italy in World War II (1940–1945)
  • Fascist Italian Social Republic, Partisans and Civil War (1943–1945)
  • Republic (1946–present)
  • Years of Lead (1970s–1980s)
    • Maxi Trial (1986–1992)
    • Mani pulite (1992–2001)
    • Great Recession (2007–2009)
    • European migrant crisis (2014–present)
    • Coronavirus pandemic (2019–present)
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Timeline

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Genoa Cathedral was consecrated in 1118
  • 209 BC - Town sacked by Carthaginians.[1]
  • 643 AD - Lombards take power (approximate date).
  • 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built (approximate date).
  • 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 by Pope Gelasius II[1]
  • 1126 - San Matteo founded.[1]
  • 1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.
  • 1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built (approximate date).
  • 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
  • 1260
  • 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
  • 1284 - Battle of Meloria.[1]
  • 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
Map of Genoa, ca.1800

19th century[]

Genoa State Archives, established 1817
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.[1]
  • 1815
    • Republic of Genoa ends.
    • Genoa incorporated into Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia)
  • 1817 -  [it] (state archives) established.[4]
  • 1824 - newspaper begins publication.[5]
  • 1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.
  • 1837 - Acquasola park laid out.[1]
  • 1846 - Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini park constructed.
  • 1849
  • 1851 - Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno established.
  • 1853 - Genova Sampierdarena railway station built.
  • 1857 -  [it] (history society) 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.[6]
  • 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.
    •  [it] holds its first conference in Genoa.
  • 1893
    • Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.
    • Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.[1]
  • 1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.[1]
  • 1897 - Population: 228,862.[7]

20th century[]

The Stadio Luigi Ferraris opened in 1911 and was a venue for the 1990 FIFA World Cup

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.[10]
  • 2017 - Marco Bucci elected mayor.
  • 2018 - Ponte Morandi bridge collapses. Marco Bucci appointed commissioner for the reconstruction of the new bridge.[11]
  • 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic - Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio rebuilt during the COVID-19 pandemic to replace the Ponte Morandi. It projected by Renzo Piano.
  • 2021 - COVID-19 vaccination

See also[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). "The First Public Clocks". History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  3. ^ 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. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450631 – via HathiTrust.
  4. ^ "Archivio di Stato di Genova". Guida generale degli Archivi di Stato italiani (in Italian). Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  6. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590360.
  7. ^ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
  8. ^ Vittorio Pica (1907), L'arte giapponese al Museo Chiossone di Genova (in Italian), Bergamo: Istituto italiano d'arti grafiche
  9. ^ Museum Palazzo Reale. "Introduction". Genova. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  10. ^ "Italian mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Genova, il sindaco Bucci nominato commissario per la ricostruzione del ponte". ilgiornale.it. ilgiornale.it. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

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, OL 24511982M
  • Charles Dickens (1846), "Genoa and its Neighbourhood", Pictures from Italy, London: Bradbury & Evans
  • William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Genua". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
  • John Ramsay McCulloch (1877), "Genoa", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, Hugh G. Reid, ed., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., hdl:2027/njp.32101079877088
  • J. Theodore Bent (1881), Genoa: how the Republic rose and fell, London: Paul, OL 7047054M
  • Noah Brooks (1895), "Genoa", The Mediterranean Trip, C. Scribner's Sons, OCLC 1315401
Published in the 20th-21st century

in Italian[]

Further information (in Italian):  [it]
  • "Genova". Ligúria, Toscana settentrionale, Emília. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1916. p. 89+. hdl:2027/wu.89003452653.
  • "Genova nella guerra, 1940-1945". Storia e Memoria (in Italian). 1. 1993.

in Ukrainian[]

  • Гавриленко О. А., Сівальньов О. М., Цибулькін В. В. Генуезька спадщина на теренах України; етнодержавознавчий вимір. — Харків: Точка, 2017.— 260 с. — ISBN 978-617-669-209-6

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