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Timeline of Genoa

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Genoa, Liguria, Italy.

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Prior to 16th century

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  • 5th century BC - First nucleus and oldest inhabited area around the Castello hill.{{cite web |title=L'Italia preromana. I siti liguri: Genova |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/l-italia-preromana-i-siti-liguri-genova_%28Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia%29/ |website=treccani.it |access-date=24 April 2024}}
  • 205 BC - The town, ally of Rome during the Second Punic War, was destroyed and sacked by the Carthaginians led by the Punic general Mago Barca, brother of Hannibal.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{cite web |title=L'Italia preromana. I siti liguri: Genova |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/l-italia-preromana-i-siti-liguri-genova_%28Il-Mondo-dell'Archeologia%29/ |website=treccani.it |access-date=24 April 2024}}
  • 643 AD - Lombards take power (approximate date).
  • 900 - Santa Maria di Castello built (approximate date).
  • 10th century - Santuario della Madonna del Monte founded.
  • 935 - Fatimid sack of Genoa
  • 972 - Santo Stefano consecrated.
  • 1049 - Santi Cosma e Damiano construction begins.
  • 1099 - Republic of Genoa established.
  • 1118 - Genoa Cathedral consecrated by Pope Gelasius II{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1126 - San Matteo founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1133 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Genoa created.
  • 1161 - The Knights Templar settle in Genoa in the Santa Fede church.
  • 1163 - Porta Soprana, Porta dei Vacca, and Porta Aurea built (approximate date).
  • 1180 - Commenda di San Giovanni di Pré established.
  • 1189 - San Donato consecrated.
  • 1260
  • Palazzo San Giorgio built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • Sant'Agostino consecrated.
  • 1275 - Doge's Palace built.
  • 1284 - Battle of Meloria.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1308 - San Bartolomeo degli Armeni founded.
  • 1330 - Fortifications expanded (approximate date).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1339 - Simone Boccanegra appointed doge.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1347 - Black Death plague.
  • 1354 - Public clock installed.{{cite book|author= Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum |title=History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders |year= 1996|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-15510-4 |chapter=The First Public Clocks |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9Za4jdBEVB4C |page=129 |author-link=:de:Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum }}
  • 1407 - Banco di San Giorgio founded.
  • 1453 - Oratory of San Giacomo della Marina built.
  • 1474 - Printing press in operation (approximate date).{{cite book |title= Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum |url= https://archive.org/details/b29003611_0001 |author= Robert Proctor |location=London |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company |year= 1898 |chapter=Books Printed From Types: Italy: Genova |via=HathiTrust |hdl= 2027/uc1.c3450631 |author-link= Robert Proctor (bibliographer) }}
  • 1481 - University of Genoa established.

16th-18th centuries

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Image:1800 Bardi Map of Genoa (Genova), Italy - Geographicus - Genoa-bardi-1800.jpg

19th century

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File:Giulio Monteverde, Columbus as a boy.jpg at the Albertis Castle, built in 1892 to mark the 400th anniversary of his first voyage]]

20th century

File:Stadio Marassi vecchio.jpg opened in 1911 and was a venue for the 1990 FIFA World Cup]]

21st century

  • 2001 - City hosts 27th G8 summit.
  • 2004
  • City designated a European Capital of Culture.
  • Galata Museo del Mare opens.
  • 2010 - 4 October: Genoa Sestri Ponente flood of 2010
  • 2011 - 4 November: Genoa flood of 2011
  • 2012 - Marco Doria elected mayor.{{cite web |url= http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/italian-mayors.html |title=Italian mayors |location=London |work=City Mayors.com |publisher=City Mayors Foundation |access-date=27 April 2013}}
  • 2014 - 9-10 October: Genoa flood of 2014
  • 2017 - Marco Bucci elected mayor.
  • 2018
  • Euroflora, Nervi
  • Ponte Morandi bridge collapses. Marco Bucci appointed commissioner for the reconstruction of the new bridge.{{cite news |title=Genova, il sindaco Bucci nominato commissario per la ricostruzione del ponte |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/genova-sindaco-bucci-nominato-commissario-ricostruzione-1583948.html |access-date=24 May 2020 |agency=ilgiornale.it |publisher=ilgiornale.it |date=4 October 2018}}
  • 2020 - COVID-19 pandemic - Viadotto Genova-San Giorgio rebuilt during the COVID-19 pandemic to replace the Ponte Morandi. It projected by Renzo Piano.
  • 2021 - COVID-19 vaccination
  • 2022
  • Euroflora, Nervi
  • Marco Bucci re-elected mayor.
  • During the first day of inauguration of the 62nd Genoa International Boat Show, on 22 September 2022, an earthquake of magnitude Mw 4.0 earthquake occurred in region: 2 km W Bargagli (Genoa), on 22-09-2022 13:39:59 (UTC) - 22-09-2022 15:39:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4390, 9.0680 at 10 km depth.{{cite web |title=Earthquake with magnitude of Mw 4.0 on date 22-09-2022 and time 15:39:59 (Italy) in region 2 km W Bargagli (GE) |url=http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/en/event/32828651 |website=ingv.it |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |access-date=22 September 2022}}
  • On 4 October 2022, an earthquake of magnitude ML 3.5 earthquake occurred in region: 2 km SW Bargagli (Genoa), on 04-10-2022 21:41:09 (UTC) - 04-10-2022 23:41:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4610, 9.0630 at 8 km depth.{{cite web |title=Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.5 on date 04-10-2022 and time 23:41:09 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Bargagli (GE) |url=http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/en/event/32988201 |website=ingv.it |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |access-date=4 October 2022}}
  • 2023
  • Genoa becomes the finish of The Ocean Race.{{cite news |title=The Ocean Race Europe farà tappa finale a Genova anche nel 2025 |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2024/04/24/news/the_ocean_race_europe_tappa_finale_2025-14250380/?ref=SEC-M10-S2-T1 |access-date=24 April 2024 |agency=ilsecoloxix.it |publisher=ilsecoloxix.it |date=24 April 2024}}
  • The 63rd Genoa International Boat Show
  • Genoa designated the Capitale Italiana del Libro 2023.{{cite web |title=Cultura, Genova è la Capitale italiana del Libro 2023 |url=https://www.beniculturali.it/comunicato/24288 |website=beniculturali.it |publisher=Ministero della cultura |access-date=30 March 2023}}
  • On 4 May 2023 work began on the new breakwater in Genoa{{cite news |title=Nuova Diga di Genova, è il giorno della cerimonia per l'avvio dei cantieri |url=https://www.ilsecoloxix.it/genova/2023/05/04/news/nuova_diga_di_genova_e_il_giorno_della_cerimonia_per_lavvio_dei_cantieri-12786489/?ref=SEC-M6-S1-T1 |access-date=4 May 2023 |agency=ilsecoloxix.it |publisher=ilsecoloxix.it |date=4 May 2023}}
  • 2024
  • Genoa designated the European Capital of Sport.
  • The 64th Genoa International Boat Show
  • 2025
  • Euroflora, Waterfront di Levante
  • Silvia Salis elected mayor.
  • On 10 June 2025, Festa della Marina Militare italiana held. Conclusion of the Amerigo Vespucci World Tour 2023–2025.

See also

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northwest Italy:(it)

References

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Bibliography

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=in English=

;Published in the 19th century

  • {{Citation |publisher = A. and W. Galignani |location = Paris |author = Mariana Starke |title = Travels in Europe |edition=9th |year=1839 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/travelsineuropef00star#page/95/mode/2up |chapter=Genoa |author-link = Mariana Starke }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = John Russell Smith |location = London |author = Henry Jones Bunnett |title = A description, historical and topographical of Genoa |date = 1844 |ol = 24511982M }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Bradbury & Evans |location = London |author = Charles Dickens |author-link = Charles Dickens |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/picturesfromital00dickrich#page/38/mode/2up |chapter=Genoa and its Neighbourhood |title = Pictures from Italy |date = 1846 }}
  • {{cite book |title= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |editor= William Smith |editor-link= William Smith (lexicographer) |location=London |publisher= John Murray |orig-year=1854 |year= 1872

|chapter= Genua

| ref = {{harvid|Smith|1872}}

|hdl= 2027/hvd.ah5cuq |title-link= Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = Longmans, Green, and Co. |location = London |author = John Ramsay McCulloch |others=Hugh G. Reid, ed. |title = A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation |date = 1877

|chapter= Genoa

|hdl = 2027/njp.32101079877088 |author-link = John Ramsay McCulloch }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = Paul |location = London |author = J. Theodore Bent |author-link=James Theodore Bent |title = Genoa: how the Republic rose and fell |date = 1881 |ol = 7047054M }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = C. Scribner's Sons |title = The Mediterranean Trip |author = Noah Brooks |date = 1895 |oclc = 1315401 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/mediterraneantr00broogoog#page/n67/mode/2up |chapter= Genoa }}

;Published in the 20th-21st century

  • {{Citation |publisher = Methuen |location = London |title = The city of Genoa |author = Robert Walter Carden |date = 1908 |oclc = 2471515 |ol = 23288656M }}
  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Genoa |volume= 11 |last= Ashby |first= Thomas |author-link=Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) | pages = 597–600 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Citation |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location = Leipzig |edition=14th |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/northernitalyi00karl#page/94/mode/2up |chapter=Genoa |title = Northern Italy |date = 1913 }} + [https://archive.org/stream/italyhandbooktr01karl#page/86/mode/2up 1870 ed.]
  • {{cite book |editor=Trudy Ring |title=Southern Europe |series=International Dictionary of Historic Places |volume=3 |year= 1996 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |oclc=31045650 |chapter=Genoa }}
  • {{cite book

|editor= Richard Lawton and W. Robert Lee

|title= Population and Society in Western European Port Cities, c.1650-1939

|year=2002

|publisher=Liverpool University Press

|isbn=978-0-85323-435-7

|chapter= Population dynamics and economic development of Genoa, 1750-1939

|author= Giuseppi Felloni

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZBGZ5ikmhwC

}}

=in Italian=

{{further ill|Bibliography of Genoa|it|Bibliografia su Genova}}

  • {{cite book

|title= Ligúria, Toscana settentrionale, Emília

|series=Guida d'Italia |publisher=Touring Club Italiano |location=Milan |language=it

|year=1916

|chapter= Genova |page= 89+

|hdl=2027/wu.89003452653 }}

  • {{cite journal |title=Genova nella guerra, 1940-1945 |journal= Storia e Memoria |volume= 1 |language=it|year= 1993 }}

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=in Ukrainian=

  • Гавриленко О. А., Сівальньов О. М., Цибулькін В. В. Генуезька спадщина на теренах України; етнодержавознавчий вимір. — Харків: Точка, 2017.— 260 с. — {{ISBN|978-617-669-209-6}}

External links

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  • Europeana. [https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=genoa&rows=96 Items related to Genoa], various dates.

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