Timeline of Verona
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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.[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 built on the Piazza dei Signori (approximate date).
- 1370 – Scaligeri Palace 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) 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 built on the Piazza dei Signori.
- 1540 – Porta Nuova, Verona (gate) built on the Corso Porta Nuova.[9]
- 1543 – Accademia Filarmonica di Verona (music academy) founded.
- 1555 – Accademia Olimpica founded.
- 1560 – Palazzo Canossa built.[6]
- 1585 – Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.[10]
- 1610 – Palazzo della Gran Guardia construction begins.[9]
- 1630 – Plague.[11]
18th–19th centuries
- 1732 – Teatro Filarmonico (theatre) opens.
- 1738 – Museo lapidario maffeiano (museum) established.
- 1757 – Flood.[6]
- 1782 – Societa Italiana delle Scienze formed.[12]
- 1792 – Biblioteca civica di Verona (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) 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 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 (cemetery) designed.
- 1833 – Sistema difensivo di Verona (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) (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 becomes mayor.
- 1881 – Tranvia Verona-Caldiero-San Bonifacio (railway) begins operating.
- 1882 – September: Verona flood of 1882.
- 1887 – Canale Camuzzoni built.
- 1888 – Fedrigoni paper mill in business.
- 1897 – Population: 72,860.[17]
- 1898 – Verona fair 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) (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 (theatre festival) begins.
- 1963 – Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (stadium) opens.
- 1975 – Radio Verona begins broadcasting.
- 1978 – Sede del Banco Popolare 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 held; Flavio Tosi becomes mayor.
- 2013 – Population: 253,409.[20]
- 2026 – The city hosted the 2026 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies and the 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremonies.
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
