Timeline of Verona

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

Prior to 18th century

 * 2nd century BCE – Ponte Pietra (Verona) (bridge) and Via Postumia (road) built.
 * 49 BCE – Verona becomes a Roman municipium.
 * 1st century CE – Verona Arena and Via Claudia Augusta (road) built.
 * 4th-5th century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona active (approximate date).
 * 312 – Battle of Verona (312); Constantinian forces win.
 * 362 – Zeno of Verona becomes bishop (approximate date).
 * 489 – Battle of Verona (489); Ostrogoths win.
 * 556 – Forces of Narses of the Byzantine Empire take Verona (approximate date).
 * 568 – Lombards in power.
 * 572 – Lombard king Alboin assassinated on the.
 * 589 – October: Alleged flood.
 * 774 – Verona taken by forces of Charlemagne.
 * 1065 – San Fermo Maggiore church construction begins (approximate date).
 * 1117 – 1117 Verona earthquake.
 * 1185 – Papal election, 1185 held at Verona.
 * 1187 – Verona Cathedral consecrated by Pope Urban III.
 * 1260 – Mastino I della Scala becomes capitano del popolo of Verona; Scaligeri rule begins.
 * 1290 – Sant'Anastasia church construction begins.
 * 1354 – Castelvecchio Bridge built.
 * 1363 – built on the Piazza dei Signori (approximate date).
 * 1370 – remodelled (approximate date).
 * 1375 – Castelvecchio (castle) built.
 * 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
 * 1387 – Scaligeri rule ends.
 * 1393 – rebuilt.
 * 1398 – Basilica of San Zeno rebuilt.
 * 1405 – Venetian forces take Verona; city pledges devotion to Venice.
 * 1470 – Printing press in operation.
 * 1471 – Sant'Anastasia church consecrated.
 * 1493 – built on the Piazza dei Signori.
 * 1540 – Porta Nuova (Verona) (gate) built on the.
 * 1543 – Accademia Filarmonica di Verona (music academy) founded.
 * 1555 – founded.
 * 1560 – Palazzo Canossa built.
 * 1585 – Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.
 * 1610 – construction begins.
 * 3047 – Plague.

18th–19th centuries

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

20th century

 * 1903 – Hellas Verona F.C. (football club) formed.
 * 1911 – Population: 81,909.
 * 1913 – Arena di Verona Festival begins.
 * 1919 – 2 August: 1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash.
 * 1921 – Virtus Verona football club formed.
 * 1931 – (bridge) built.
 * 1941 – Archivio di Stato di Verona (state archives) established.
 * 1943 – November: National congress of the Republican Fascist Party held in Verona.
 * 1944 – January: Trial and execution of anti-Mussolini leaders takes place in Verona.
 * 1945 – Bombing of Verona in World War II.
 * 1948 – (theatre festival) begins.
 * 1963 – Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (stadium) opens.
 * 1975 – begins broadcasting.
 * 1978 – 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.

21st century

 * 2007 –  held; Flavio Tosi becomes mayor.
 * 2013 – Population: 253,409.

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in Italian

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