Timeline of Ravenna

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

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Prior to 20th century

• 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 - Ostrogoth 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

1. Domenico 2002.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. P. J. Nordhagen. "Ravenna". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 21 December 2016
4. Britannica 1910.
5. "Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
6. Treccani 1935.
7. "(Comune: Ravenna)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
8. Uccellini 1855.
9. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899 – via HathiTrust.
10. "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913.
11. "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.

External links

• "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)
• Items related to Ravenna, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)