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]
- 476 - Odoacer in power.[1]
- 493 - Theoderic the Great in power.[1]
- 505 - Arian Sant'Apollinare Nuovo church construction begins.
- 520 - Mausoleum of Theoderic 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).
- 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]
- 1826 - Accademia filarmonica (music academy) founded.[6]
- 1852 - Teatro Comunale Alighieri opens.[8]
- 1859 - Papal rule ends.[6]
- 1860 - Ravenna becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont.[6]
- 1863 - Ravenna railway station opens.
- 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, 2014 held.
- 2016 - June: Italian local elections, 2016 held; Michele De Pascale becomes 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
- Domenico 2002.
- "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- P. J. Nordhagen. "Ravenna". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty
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- "Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- Treccani 1935.
- "(Comune: Ravenna)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- Uccellini 1855.
- "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
- "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
- "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. 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
- William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Ravenna". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg.
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Ravenna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- "Ravenna". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- Umberto Cassuto (1905), "Ravenna", Jewish Encyclopedia, 10, New York
- "Ravenna", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ravenna", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- "Ravenna". Catholic Encyclopedia. 12. New York. 1911.
- "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. Ravenna in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2010)
in Italian
- Primo Uccellini (1855). Dizionario storico di Ravenna e di altri luoghi di Romagna (in Italian).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Gaspare Ribuffi (1869). Guida di Ravenna (2nd ed.).
- Nicola Bernardini, ed. (1890). "Provincia di Ravenna". Guida della stampa periodica italiana (in Italian). Lecce: R. Tipografia editrice salentina dei fratelli Spacciante.
- Corrado Ricci (1900). Guida di Ravenna (3rd ed.). Bologna.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Ravenna", Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian), 1935
- Raffaella Farioli (1979). "Principale bibliografia su Ravenna". Felix Ravenna (in Italian) (117). ISSN 0391-7517.
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