Timeline of Genoa

Prior to 16th century

• 209 BC - Town sacked by Carthaginians.
• 643 AD - Lombards take power.
• 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built.
• 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.
• 1125 - San Matteo founded.
• 1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.
• 1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built.
• 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
• 1260
• * Palazzo San Giorgio built.
• * Sant'Agostino consecrated.
• 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
• 1284 - Battle of Meloria.
• 1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.
• 1330 - Fortifications expanded.
• 1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.
• 1347 - Black Death plague.
• 1354 - Public clock installed.
• 1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.
• 1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.
• 1474 - Printing press in operation.
• 1481 - University of Genoa established.

  16th-18th centuries

• 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.
• 1639 - Michele Castelli publishes the Genova, the oldest newspaper of Italy
• 1642 - Alessandro Botticelli publishes the Genova, 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 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.

  19th century

• 1803 - Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova established.
• 1814 - Revolt against France.
• 1815
• * Republic of Genoa ends.
• * Genoa incorporated into Piedmont
• 1817 - established.
• 1824 - Corriere Mercantile newspaper begins publication.
• 1828 - Teatro Carlo Felice opens.
• 1837 - Acquasola park laid out.
• 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 - 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.
• 1876 - Via di Circonvallazione a Monte laid out.
• 1879 - Yacht Club Italiano founded.
• 1887 - Via XX Settembre laid out.
• 1890 - Stazione marittima di Genova built.
• 1892
• * Albertis Castle built.
• * holds its first conference in Genoa.
• 1893
• * Genoa Cricket and Football Club founded.
• * Garibaldi statue in Piazza De Ferrari unveiled.
• 1895 - Via di Circonvallazione a Mare laid out.
• 1897 - Population: 228,862.

  20th century

• 1905
• * Genova Brignole railway station opens.
• * Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art opens.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1970 - 7 October:.
• 1973 - First trolleybus system closes.
• 1975 - Teatro della Tosse founded.
• 1990
• * Genoa Metro begins operating.
• * City hosts 1990 FIFA World Cup games.
• 1992
• * Aquarium opens.
• * Genoa Expo '92 held.
• 1997 - Second trolleybus system opens.
• 1999 - Deledda International School established.

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

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