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Timeline of Events

1309

3.27.1309

Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.

1328

5.12.1328

Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.

1508

12.10.1508

The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

1539

6.10.1539

Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.

1609

8.25.1609

Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

1797

5.12.1797

First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

1800

3.21.1800

With the church leadership driven out of Rome during an armed conflict, Pius VII is crowned Pope in Venice with a temporary papal tiara made of papier-mâché.

1849

8.22.1849

The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice.

8.28.1849

After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.

1851

3.11.1851

The first performance of ''Rigoletto'' by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.

1853

3.6.1853

Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''La Traviata'' receives its premiere performance in Venice.

1902

7.14.1902

The Campanile in St. Mark's Square, Venice collapses, also demolishing the loggetta.

1934

6.13.1934

Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet in Venice, Italy; Mussolini later describes the German dictator as "a silly little monkey".

1996

1.29.1996

La Fenice, Venice's opera house, is destroyed by fire.