Timeline of Ravenna

Last updated December 12, 2024

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

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]
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.^[1]
491 – Theodoric begins siege Odoacer in Ravenna
493 – Theodoric the Great in power.^[1]
505 – Arian Sant'Apollinare Nuovo church construction begins.
520 – Mausoleum of Theodoric built near town.:^[1]
526 – Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (Ravenna) [ it ] (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).
729 – Battle of Ravenna (729)
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 [ it ] of the French client Cispadane Republic.^[6]
1804 – Biblioteca Classense (library) established.^[7]
1820/21 – Home of Lord Byron for eighteen months.^[4]
1826 – Accademia filarmonica (music academy) founded.^[6]
1849 – Anita Garibaldi succumbed to fatigue during the retreat from Rome.^[4]
1852 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri opens.^[8]
1859 – Papal rule ends.^[6]
1860 – Ravenna becomes part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.^[6]
1863 – Ravenna railway station opens.
1881 – Population: 34,270.^[4]
1897 – Population: 67,760.^[9]

20th century

1911 – Population: 71,581.^[10]
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.^[7]
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.^[11]
2014 – November: Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014 held.
2016 – June: Italian local elections, 2016 held; Michele De Pascale becomes mayor.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Domenico 2002.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 P. J. Nordhagen. "Ravenna". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 21 December 2016
1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
↑ "Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 Treccani 1935.
1 2 "(Comune: Ravenna)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
↑ Uccellini 1855.
↑ Hunter, Brian (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.
↑ "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.
↑ "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. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t9m32q949.
William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "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 [in Italian] (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 [in Italian] (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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[FOOTNOTEDomenico2002-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Domenico 2002.

[katolsk-2] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[OxfordArt-3] 1 2 3 4 P. J. Nordhagen. "Ravenna". Oxford Art Online .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 21 December 2016

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.

[MMA-eust06-5] "Italian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[FOOTNOTETreccani1935-6] 1 2 3 4 5 Treccani 1935.

[iccu-7] 1 2 "(Comune: Ravenna)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane [Registry of Italian Libraries] (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico . Retrieved 21 December 2016.

[FOOTNOTEUccellini1855-8] Uccellini 1855.

[9] Hunter, Brian (1899). "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590550 – via HathiTrust.

[10] "Italy". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374.

[11] "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica . Retrieved 21 December 2016.

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