Timeline of Genoa

• 5th century BC - First nucleus and oldest inhabited area around the Castello hill.^[1]
• 205 BC - The town, ally of Rome during the Second Punic War, was destroyed and sacked by the Carthaginians led by the Punic general Mago Barca, brother of Hannibal.^[2][3]
• 643 AD - Lombards take power (approximate date).
• 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built (approximate date).
• 10th century - Santuario della Madonna del Monte founded.
• 935 - Fatimid sack of Genoa
• 972 - Santo Stefano consecrated.
• 1049 - Santi Cosma e Damiano construction begins.
• 1099 - Republic of Genoa established.
• 1118 - Genoa Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gelasius II^[2]
• 1126 - San Matteo founded.^[2]
• 1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.
• 1161 - The Knights Templar settle in Genoa in the Santa Fede church.
• 1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built (approximate date).
• 1180 - Commenda di San Giovanni di Pré established.
• 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
• 1260
  • Palazzo San Giorgio built.^[2]
  • Sant'Agostino consecrated.
• 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
• 1284 - Battle of Meloria.^[2]
• 1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.
• 1330 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).^[2]
• 1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.^[2]
• 1347 - Black Death plague.
• 1354 - Public clock installed.^[4]
• 1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.
• 1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.
• 1474 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).^[5]
• 1481 - University of Genoa established.

• 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).^[2]
• 1639 - Michele Castelli publishes the Genova (newspaper 1639–1646), the oldest newspaper of Italy
• 1642 - Alessandro Botticelli publishes the Genova (newspaper 1642–1684), 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 (library) 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.

• 1803 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova established.
• 1814 - Revolt against France.^[2]
• 1815
  • Republic of Genoa ends.
  • Genoa incorporated into Piedmont (Kingdom of Sardinia)
• 1817 - State Archives of Genoa (state archives) established.^[6]
• 1824 - Corriere Mercantile newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.
• 1837 - Acquasola park laid out.^[2]
• 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 - Società Ligure di Storia Patria [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.^[8]
• 1876 - Via di Circonvallazione a Monte laid out.^[2]
• 1879 - Yacht Club Italiano founded.
• 1887 - Via XX Settembre laid out.^[2]
• 1890 - Stazione marittima di Genova built.
• 1892
  • Albertis Castle built.
  • Congresso geografico italiano [it] holds its first conference in Genoa.
• 1893
  • Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.
  • Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.^[2]
• 1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.^[2]
• 1897 - Population: 228,862.^[9]

• 1905
  • Genova Brignole railway station opens.
  • Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art opens.^[10]
• 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.^[11]
• 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.
• 1966 Euroflora begins.
• 1970 - 7 October: Genoa flood of 1970 [it].
• 1973 - First trolleybus system closes.
• 1975 - Teatro della Tosse, theatre company, founded.
• 1990
  • Genoa Metro begins operating.
  • City hosts 1990 FIFA World Cup games.
• 1992
  • Aquarium opens.
  • Genoa Expo '92 held.
  • 27 September: Genoa flood of 1992
• 1993 - 23 September: Genoa flood of 1993
• 1997 - Second trolleybus system opens.
• 1999 - Deledda International School established.

• 2001 - City hosts 27th G8 summit.
• 2004
  • City designated a European Capital of Culture.
  • Galata Museo del Mare opens.
• 2010 - 4 October: Genoa Sestri Ponente flood of 2010
• 2011 - 4 November: Genoa flood of 2011
• 2012 - Marco Doria elected mayor.^[12]
• 2014 - 9-10 October: Genoa flood of 2014
• 2017 - Marco Bucci elected mayor.
• 2018
  • Euroflora, Nervi
  • Ponte Morandi bridge collapses. Marco Bucci appointed commissioner for the reconstruction of the new bridge.^[13]
• 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
• 2022
  • Euroflora, Nervi
  • Marco Bucci re-elected mayor.
  • During the first day of inauguration of the 62nd Genoa International Boat Show, on 22 September 2022, an earthquake of magnitude Mw 4.0 earthquake occurred in region: 2 km W Bargagli (Genoa), on 22-09-2022 13:39:59 (UTC) - 22-09-2022 15:39:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4390, 9.0680 at 10 km depth.^[14]
  • On 4 October 2022, an earthquake of magnitude ML 3.5 earthquake occurred in region: 2 km SW Bargagli (Genoa), on 04-10-2022 21:41:09 (UTC) - 04-10-2022 23:41:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4610, 9.0630 at 8 km depth.^[15]
• 2023
  • Genoa becomes the finish of The Ocean Race.^[16]
  • The 63rd Genoa International Boat Show
  • Genoa designated the Capitale Italiana del Libro 2023.^[17]
  • On 4 May 2023 work began on the new breakwater in Genoa^[18]
• 2024
  • Genoa designated the European Capital of Sport.
  • The 64th Genoa International Boat Show
• 2025
  • Euroflora, Waterfront di Levante
  • Silvia Salis elected mayor.
  • On 10 June 2025, Festa della Marina Militare italiana held. Conclusion of the Amerigo Vespucci World Tour 2023–2025.

• History of Genoa
• List of mayors of Genoa
• Republic of Genoa (1005–1815)
• Doge of Genoa
• Dukes of Genoa (1831-1996)

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

• Lombardy region: Timeline of Bergamo; Brescia; Cremona; Mantua; Milan; Pavia
• Piedmont region: Timeline of Novara; Turin