Timeline of Ravenna
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
Prior to 20th century
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- 191 BCE – Romans in power in region.[1]
- 1st–3rd century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Ravenna established.[2]
- 402 CE – Capital of the Western Roman Empire relocated to Ravenna from Milan (until 476).[3]
- 425 CE – San Giovanni Evangelista church construction begins.[4]
- 475 – Battle of Ravenna (475) for the control of the Western Roman Empire.
- 476 – Battle of Ravenna (476). Deposition of Romulus Augustus. Fall of the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer in power.[1]
- 491 – Theodoric begins siege Odoacer in Ravenna
- 493 – Theodoric the Great in power.[1]
- 505 – Arian Sant'Apollinare Nuovo church construction begins.
- 520 – Mausoleum of Theodoric built near town.[1]:
- 526 – Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (Ravenna) (church) built.[4]
- 540 – Forces of Byzantine Belisarius take Ravenna.[3]
- 547 – Basilica of San Vitale consecrated.[5]
- 549 – Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe consecrated near Ravenna.[3]
- 584 – Exarchate of Ravenna established (approximate date).
- 729 – Battle of Ravenna (729)
- 751 – Lombards in power.[1]
- 777 – Ravenna under rule of the Holy See.[3]
- 967 – Imperial Diet held by Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1441 – Venetians in power.[1]
- 1512 – Battle of Ravenna (1512) fought near town during the War of the League of Cambrai.[4]
- 1737 – Canale Candiano (canal) to Adriatic Sea created.[6]
- 1752 – Società Letteraria Ravennate (learned society) founded.
- 1797 – Ravenna becomes part of the Dipartimento del Rubicone of the French client Cispadane Republic.[6]
- 1804 – Biblioteca Classense (library) established.[7]
- 1820/21 – Home of Lord Byron for eighteen months.[4]
- 1826 – Accademia filarmonica (music academy) founded.[6]
- 1849 – Anita Garibaldi succumbed to fatigue during the retreat from Rome.[4]
- 1852 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri opens.[8]
- 1859 – Papal rule ends.[6]
- 1860 – Ravenna becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.[6]
- 1863 – Ravenna railway station opens.
- 1881 – Population: 34,270.[4]
- 1897 – Population: 67,760.[9]
20th century
- 1911 – Population: 71,581.[10]
- 1913 – Unione Sportiva Ravennate(football club) formed.
- 1921 – Ferrovia Faenza-Ravenna (railway) begins operating.
- 1927 – Biblioteca di storia contemporanea Alfredo Oriani (library) established.[7]
- 1966 – Stadio Bruno Benelli (stadium) opens.
- 1983 – Teatro delle Albe (theatre group) formed.
- 1990 – Ravenna Festival of music begins.
- 1997 – Vidmer Mercatali becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2006 – Fabrizio Matteucci becomes mayor.
- 2011 – Some of the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup played in Ravenna.
- 2013 – Population: 154,288.[11]
- 2014 – November: Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014held.
- 2016 – June: Italian local elections, 2016 held; Michele De Pascalebecomes mayor.
See also
- Ravenna history
- History of Ravenna]
- Classe, ancient port of Ravenna
- List of mayors of Ravenna
- List of bishops of Ravenna
Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:(it)
- Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
- Trentino-South Tyrol region: Timeline of Trento
- Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza
References
- ^ a b c d e f Domenico 2002.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d P. J. Nordhagen. "Ravenna". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 21 December 2016 - ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
- ^ "Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Treccani 1935.
- ^ a b "(Comune: Ravenna)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ Uccellini 1855.
- – via HathiTrust.
- .
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Andreas Agnellus, Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis. 9th century
in English
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- "Ravenna". hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.)
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{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Hodgkin, Thomas; Ashby, Thomas (1910). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). pp. 923–927.
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ravenna",
- Herbermann, Charles George; Pace, Edward Aloysius; Pallen, Condé Bénoist; Shahan, Thomas Joseph; Wynne, John Joseph (1911). "Ravenna". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Ravenna", Northern Italy (14th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913
- Edward Hutton. The Story of Ravenna. Great Britain: J.M. Dent and Sons Limited, 1926
- A. J. Wharton. Refiguring the Post Classical City: Dura Europos, Jerash, Jerusalem, and Ravenna (Cambridge, 1995)
- Roy Domenico (2002). "Emilia Romagna: Ravenna". Regions of Italy: a Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood. pp. 97+. ISBN 0313307334.
- Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Ravenna". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 949–954. ISBN 0415939291.
- D. Deliyannis (2010). Ravenna in Late Antiquity. Cambridge. ISBN 978-1107612907.
- ISBN 9780691204222.
in Italian
- Primo Uccellini [in Italian] (1855). Dizionario storico di Ravenna e di altri luoghi di Romagna (in Italian).
- Gaspare Ribuffi (1869). Guida di Ravenna (2nd ed.). stabilimento tip.di G.Angeletti.
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Ravenna". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante. .
- Corrado Ricci [in Italian] (1900). Guida di Ravenna (3rd ed.). Bologna.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Ravenna", Enciclopedia Italiana(in Italian), 1935
- Raffaella Farioli (1979). "Principale bibliografia su Ravenna". Felix Ravenna (in Italian) (117). ISSN 0391-7517.
External links
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- "Archivio Storico Comunale" (in Italian). Istituzione Biblioteca Classense. Archived from the original on 2006-05-07. (city archives)
- Archivio di Stato di Ravenna (state archives)
- Items related to Ravenna, various dates (via Europeana)
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