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Sketches from the Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

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B.C.

Foundation of Korkyra c. 734

Foundation of Epidamnos c. 627

War between Corinth and Korkyra about Epidamnos 435

Colonization of Pharos and Issa 385

Korkyra held by Agathoklês 300

Korkyra held by Pyrrhos 287

First Roman war with Illyria, time of Queen Teuta and Demetrios of Pharos 229

Korkyra, Epidamnos, and Apollonia become allies of Rome 229

Second Illyrian War 219

Foundation of Aquileia 181

First Roman Conquest of Illyria 168

First mention of Tragyrion (Traü) 158

First Dalmatian War 156

Salona the head of Dalmatia 117

Roman Conquest of Istria 107

Foundation of Forum Julii c. 45

Colony of Tergeste fortified by Augustus 32

Foundation of Pietas Julia c. 30

A.D.

Final conquest of Dalmatia 6

Martyrdom of Saint Caius 296?

Diocletian retires to Salona 305

Crispus put to death at Pola 326

First church of Aquileia built by Fortunatian c. 347

Gallus put to death at Pola 354

Aquileia destroyed by Attila 452

Dalmatia under Marcellian 454-468

Dalmatia under Odoacer c. 480

Dalmatia under Theodoric 488

The Emperor Glycerius Bishop of Salona 474

Nepos killed near Salona 480

Salona recovered to the Empire 535

Building of the church of Parenzo 535-543

Belisarius sails from Salona 544

Narses sails from Salona 552

Schism in the church of Aquileia 557

Beginning of the Patriarchate of Grado 606

Lombard conquest of Italy begins 568

Slavonic settlements under Heraclius c. 620

Salona destroyed by the Avars 639

Inland Dalmatia under Charles the Great; the coast cities left to the Eastern Empire 806

The church of Pola built by Bishop Handegis 857

Cattaro taken by the Saracens 867

Saracen siege of Ragusa 867

First Venetian conquest of Dalmatia 997

Poppo Patriarch of Aquileia; rebuilding of the church 1019-1042

First authentic mention of Gorizia 1051

Croatian kingdom of Dalmatia 1062

Foundation of Saint Nicolas at Traü 1064

Corfu conquered by Robert Wiscard 1081

Corfu recovered by the Empire 1085

Exploits of the English exiles at Durazzo 1086

Magyar kingdom of Dalmatia 1102

The tower of Saint Mary's at Zara built by Coloman of Hungary 1105

Beginning of the Counts of Gorizia 1120

Corfu held by Roger of Sicily 1147-1150

Dalmatia restored to the Eastern Empire 1171

Corfu conquered by William the Good 1186

Corfu, Durazzo, etc., held by Margarito as a kingdom dependent on Sicily 1186

Richard the First at Ragusa 1192

Taking of Zara by the Crusaders 1202

Venetian Counts at Ragusa 1204

Corfu and Durazzo first occupied by Venice 1206

Building of Traü cathedral 1215-1321

Corfu and Durazzo recovered by Michael of Epeiros 1216

Durazzo recovered by the Empire 1259

Corfu and Durazzo ceded to Manfred 1268

Consecration of Saint Anastasia at Zara 1285

Durazzo under Servia 1322

Durazzo restored to the Kings of Naples 1322

Pola submits to Venice 1331

Neapolitan duchy of Durazzo 1333-1360

Treviso first occupied by Venice 1338

Building of the Archbishop's castle at Salona 1347

Treviso besieged by Lewis of Hungary 1356

Dalmatia ceded to Lewis of Hungary 1358

Durazzo the capital of an Albanian kingdom 1358-1392

Complete independence of Ragusa 1359

Markquard, Patriarch of Aquileia; recasting of the church 1365-1381

Gradual advance of Venice in Dalmatia 1378-1444

Treviso ceded to Leopold of Austria 1381

Trieste commends itself to Austria 1381

Final acquisition of Corfu by Venice 1386

Venetian occupation of Argos 1388

Treviso restored to Venice 1388

Second Venetian acquisition of Durazzo 1392

Building of the palace at Ragusa 1388-1435

Butrinto and Parga commend themselves to Venice 1407

Consecration of Saint Chrysogonos at Zara 1407

Sebenico annexed by Venice 1412

Building of the cathedral at Sebenico 1415-1555

Cattaro becomes Venetian 1419

Traü annexed by Venice 1420

Curzola finally submits to Venice 1420

Dominions of the Patriarch of Aquileia annexed by Venice 1420

Udine annexed by Venice 1420

Lesina occupied by Venice 1424

The city of Aquileia left to the Patriarchs 1451

Argos ceded by Venice 1463

Fluctuations between Venice and the Turk in Dalmatia 1465-1718

Date of the cloister at Badia 1477

Otranto taken by the Turks 1480

Otranto recovered by Alfonso 1481

Veglia annexed by Venice 1481

Monopoli stormed by the Venetians 1495

Trani, Otranto, and other cities pledged to Venice by Ferdinand of Naples 1496

Durazzo and Butrinto lost by Venice 1500

Gorizia annexed to Austria by Maximilian 1500

Treviso besieged by Maximilian 1508

Trani, etc., recovered by Ferdinand of Aragon 1509

Building of the Dogana at Ragusa 1520

Trani, etc., recovered by Venice 1528

Trani, etc., restored to Charles the Fifth 1530

Aquileia annexed to Austria 1544

Mark Anthony de Dominis Archbishop of Spalato 1622

Building of the gate at Curzola 1643

The great earthquake at Ragusa 1667

Prevesa won and Butrinto recovered by Venice 1685-1699

The Emperor Leopold repairs the castle of Gorizia 1660

Athens taken by Morosini 1687

Abolition of the patriarchate of Aquileia; Udine and Gorizia become metropolitan sees 1751

Peace of Campo Formio; fall of Venice: Venetia, Istria, and Dalmatia, except Ragusa, occupied by Austria 1797-8

The Ionian Islands and the Venetian outposts ceded to France 1797

Septinsular Republic under Ottoman overlordship 1798

Prevesa stormed by Ali of Jôannina 1798

Venetia, Istria, Trieste, and Dalmatia ceded to the French kingdom of Italy; Dalmatia partly occupied 1805

The Republic of Ragusa suppressed by Buonaparte 1808

Various points occupied by England 1810-1814

Cattaro delivered from France by England and Montenegro; Cattaro, capital of Montenegro 1813

Dalmatia recovered by Austria, Ragusa also occupied by Austria for the first time 1814

Venetia, Istria, and Trieste recovered by Austria 1814

English occupation of Curzola 1813-1815

The Ionian Islands under British protection 1815

Surrender of Parga to the Turk 1819

Liberation of Venice and recovery by Austria 1848-9

The Ionian Islands added to free Greece 1864

Final liberation of Venetia 1866

Austrian attempt to infringe the liberties of the Bocchesi; defeat of the Austrians 1869

Beginning of the war in Herzegovina 1875

Servian and Montenegrin war; recovery of Antivari, Dulcigno, and Spizza by Montenegro 1876-7

Congress of Berlin; Dulcigno restored to the Turk; Spizza taken by Austria; Antivari left to Montenegro; the Turk "invited" to cede Epeiros to free Greece 1878

The liberation of Epeiros decreed the second time 1880

Dulcigno recovered for Montenegro 1880

Liberation of Thessaly, but not of Epeiros 1881

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