# Timeline of Verona

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Verona in the Veneto region of Italy.

## Prior to 18th century

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* 2nd century BCE – Ponte Pietra (Verona) (bridge) and Via Postumia (road) built.
* 49 BCE – Verona becomes a Roman municipium.
* 1st century CE – Verona Arena and Via Claudia Augusta (road) built.
* 4th-5th century – Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona active (approximate date).
* 312 – Battle of Verona (312); Constantinian forces win.
* 362 – Zeno of Verona becomes bishop (approximate date).
* 489 – Battle of Verona (489); Ostrogoths win.
* 556 – Forces of Narses of the Byzantine Empire take Verona (approximate date).
* 568 – Lombards in power.
* 572 – Lombard king Alboin assassinated on the Colle San Pietro [it].
* 589 – October: Alleged flood.
* 774 – Verona taken by forces of Charlemagne.
* 1065 – San Fermo Maggiore church construction begins (approximate date).
* 1117 – 1117 Verona earthquake.
* 1185 – Papal election, 1185 held at Verona.
* 1187 – Verona Cathedral consecrated by Pope Urban III.
* 1260 – Mastino I della Scala becomes capitano del popolo of Verona; Scaligeri rule begins.
* 1290 – Sant'Anastasia church construction begins.
* 1354 – Castelvecchio Bridge built.
* 1363 – Palazzo di Cansignorio [it] built on the Piazza dei Signori (approximate date).
* 1370 – Scaligeri Palace [it] remodelled (approximate date).
* 1375 – Castelvecchio (castle) built.
* 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
* 1387 – Scaligeri rule ends.
* 1393 – Castel San Pietro (Verona) [it] rebuilt.
* 1398 – Basilica of San Zeno rebuilt.
* 1405 – Venetian forces take Verona; city pledges devotion to Venice.
* 1470 – Printing press in operation.
* 1471 – Sant'Anastasia church consecrated.
* 1493 – Loggia del Consiglio [it] built on the Piazza dei Signori.
* 1540 – Porta Nuova (Verona) (gate) built on the Corso Porta Nuova [it].
* 1543 – Accademia Filarmonica di Verona (music academy) founded.
* 1555 – Accademia Olimpica [it] founded.
* 1560 – Palazzo Canossa built.
* 1585 – Teatro Olimpico (theatre) opens.
* 1610 – Palazzo della Gran Guardia [it] construction begins.
* 1630 – Plague.

## 18th–19th centuries

* 1732 – Teatro Filarmonico (theatre) opens.
* 1738 – Museo lapidario maffeiano [it] (museum) established.
* 1757 – Flood.
* 1782 – Societa Italiana delle Scienze formed.
* 1792 – Biblioteca civica di Verona [it] (library) founded.
* 1796 – Verona occupied by French forces during the French Revolutionary Wars.
* 1797 – April: Uprising against French occupiers.
* 1801
** City divided into French area (Veronetta [it]) and Austrian area, per Treaty of Lunéville.
** Castel San Pietro dismantled.
* 1805 – French in power.
* 1814 – February: Verona taken by Austrian forces.
* 1815 – Verona becomes part of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia of the Austrian Empire per Congress of Vienna; period of Austrian Verona [it] begins.
* 1822 – 20 October: International diplomatic congress held in Verona at the close of the Napoleonic Wars.
* 1825 – Cassa di Risparmio di Verona, Vicenza, Belluno e Ancona (bank) established.
* 1829 – Cimitero monumentale di Verona [it] (cemetery) designed.
* 1833 – Sistema difensivo di Verona [it] (fortification) construction begins.
* 1847 – Verona Porta Vescovo railway station opens.
* 1848
** 6 May: Battle of Santa Lucia fought near city.
** Palazzo Barbieri built.
* 1851 – Verona Porta Nuova railway station built.
* 1852 – Ponte della Ferrovia (Verona) [it] (bridge) built.
* 1866
** October: Verona becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Vienna (1866).
** 18 November: King of Italy Victory Emmanuel visits city.
** L'Arena newspaper begins publication.
* 1867
** Banca Popolare di Verona (bank) founded
** Giulio Camuzzoni [it] becomes mayor.
* 1881 – Tranvia Verona-Caldiero-San Bonifacio [it] (railway) begins operating.
* 1882 – September: Verona flood of 1882 [it].
* 1887 – Canale Camuzzoni [it] built.
* 1888 – Fedrigoni paper mill in business.
* 1897 – Population: 72,860.
* 1898 – Verona fair [it] begins.

## 20th century

* 1903 – Hellas Verona F.C. (football club) formed.
* 1911 – Population: 81,909.
* 1913 – Arena di Verona Festival begins.
* 1919 – 2 August: 1919 Verona Caproni Ca.48 crash.
* 1921 – Virtus Verona football club formed.
* 1931 – Ponte della Vittoria (Verona) [it] (bridge) built.
* 1941 – Archivio di Stato di Verona (state archives) established.
* 1943 – November: National congress of the Republican Fascist Party held in Verona.
* 1944 – January: Trial and execution of anti-Mussolini leaders takes place in Verona.
* 1945 – Bombing of Verona in World War II.
* 1948 – Estate teatrale veronese [it] (theatre festival) begins.
* 1963 – Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (stadium) opens.
* 1975 – Radio Verona [it] begins broadcasting.
* 1978 – Sede del Banco Popolare [it] built.
* 1982 – University of Verona founded.
* 1990 – Some of the 1990 FIFA World Cup football contest played in Verona.
* 1998 – National conference of Alleanza Nazionale political party held in Verona.

## 21st century

* 2007 – Local election [it] held; Flavio Tosi becomes mayor.
* 2013 – Population: 253,409.