Lots of things have happened in Venice in the over 1500 years it has existed, much of that time as an important European and Mediterranean state.
The fall of Venice on May 12th, 1797, was the result of a war that the Republic of Venice formally wasn’t even party to.
Venice was an independent state for almost a millennium, but it might note have been. It all hinged on a single battle fought in the Venetian lagoon in 810.
The Birthday of Venice of is traditionally on March 25th, 421 CE, but this is far more legend than historical truth.
The black plague ravaged Venice for centuries, from the mid 1300s to the late 1700s. This is a chronology of some of the most important events.
Marin Falier was a doge of Venice, but he was beheaded on April 17th, 1355, for having orchestrated a coup against the state he led