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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.
• 1st–3rd century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Ravenna established.
• 402 CE – Capital of the Western Roman Empire relocated to Ravenna from Milan (until 476).
• 425 CE – San Giovanni Evangelista church construction begins.
• 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.
• 491 – Theodoric begins siege Odoacer in Ravenna
• 493 – Theodoric the Great in power.
• 505 – Arian Sant'Apollinare Nuovo church construction begins.
• 520 – Mausoleum of Theodoric built near town.:
• 526 – Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (Ravenna) [it] (church) built.
• 540 – Forces of Byzantine Belisarius take Ravenna.
• 547 – Basilica of San Vitale consecrated.
• 549 – Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe consecrated near Ravenna.
• 584 – Exarchate of Ravenna established (approximate date).
• 729 – Battle of Ravenna (729)
• 751 – Lombards in power.
• 777 – Ravenna under rule of the Holy See.
• 967 – Imperial Diet held by Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1441 – Venetians in power.
• 1512 – Battle of Ravenna (1512) fought near town during the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1737 – Canale Candiano (canal) to Adriatic Sea created.
• 1752 – Società Letteraria Ravennate (learned society) founded.
• 1797 – Ravenna becomes part of the Dipartimento del Rubicone [it] of the French client Cispadane Republic.
• 1804 – Biblioteca Classense (library) established.
• 1820/21 – Home of Lord Byron for eighteen months.
• 1826 – Accademia filarmonica (music academy) founded.
• 1849 – Anita Garibaldi succumbed to fatigue during the retreat from Rome.
• 1852 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri opens.
• 1859 – Papal rule ends.
• 1860 – Ravenna becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.
• 1863 – Ravenna railway station opens.
• 1881 – Population: 34,270.
• 1897 – Population: 67,760.

20th century

• 1911 – Population: 71,581.
• 1913 – Unione Sportiva Ravennate (football club) formed.
• 1921 – Ferrovia Faenza-Ravenna [it] (railway) begins operating.
• 1927 – Biblioteca di storia contemporanea Alfredo Oriani [it] (library) established.
• 1966 – Stadio Bruno Benelli (stadium) opens.
• 1983 – Teatro delle Albe [it] (theatre group) formed.
• 1990 – Ravenna Festival of music begins.
• 1997 – Vidmer Mercatali becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2006 – Fabrizio Matteucci [it] becomes mayor.
• 2011 – Some of the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup played in Ravenna.
• 2013 – Population: 154,288.
• 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 [it]
• 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:

• 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

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4. ^ Britannica 1910.
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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.
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This article incorporates information from the Italian Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

• Andreas Agnellus, Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis. 9th century

in English

• William Henry Overall, ed. (1870). "Ravenna". Dictionary of Chronology. London: William Tegg. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
• William Smith, ed. (1872) . "Ravenna". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• "Ravenna". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312934.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Umberto Cassuto (1905), "Ravenna", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 10, New York, hdl:2027/msu.31293024395141{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Hodgkin, Thomas; Ashby, Thomas (1910). "Ravenna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). pp. 923–927.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Ravenna", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• 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.
• Judith Herrin (2022). Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691204222.

in Italian

• Primo Uccellini (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. hdl:2027/njp.32101074983378.
• Corrado Ricci (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

• "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)

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