State

Republic of Venice

former state (697–1797) controlling, at various times, parts of northeastern Italy, the Balkans, and Mediterranean islands

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697–1797 CE
Founded
697 CE
Ended
1797
Capital
Venice, Eraclea, Malamocco
Government
republic, oligarchy
Languages
Venetian, Latin
Preceded by
Signoria of VeronaLordship of Padua
Succeeded by
French occupation of the Republic of VeniceProvisional Municipality of Venice

Overview

The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a maritime republic with its capital in Venice, on the northeastern coast of Italy. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto, over the course of its 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the major European commercial and naval powers. Initially extended in the Dogado area (a territory currently comparable to the Metropolitan City of Venice), during its history it annexed a large part of Northeast Italy, Istria, Dalmatia, the coasts of present-day Montenegro and Albania as well as numerous islands in the Adriatic and eastern Ionian seas. At the height of its expansion, between the 13th and 16th centuries, it also governed Crete, Cyprus, the Peloponnese, a number of Greek islands, as well as several cities and ports in the eastern Mediterranean.

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All rulers (120)

  1. Marcello Tegalliano717–726 CE
  2. Orso Ipato726–737 CE
  3. Teodato Ipato742–755 CE
  4. Galla Gaulo755–756 CE
  5. Domenico Monegario756–764 CE
  6. Maurizio Galbaio764–797 CE
  7. Giovanni Galbaio797–803 CE
  8. Obelerio degli Antenori804–810 CE
  9. Agnello Participazio810–827 CE
  10. Giustiniano Participazio827–829 CE
  11. Giovanni I Participazio829–836 CE
  12. Pietro Tradonico836–864 CE
  13. Orso I Participazio864–881 CE
  14. Giovanni II Participazio881–887 CE
  15. Pietro Tribuno887–911 CE
  16. Pietro I Candiano887–888 CE
  17. Orso II Participazio912–932 CE
  18. Pietro II Candiano932–939 CE
  19. Pietro Participazio939–942 CE
  20. Pietro III Candiano942–959 CE
  21. Pietro IV Candiano959–976 CE
  22. Pietro I Orseolo976–978 CE
  23. Vitale Candiano978–979 CE
  24. Tribuno Memmo979–991 CE
  25. Pietro II Orseolo991–1009 CE
  26. Otto Orseolo1009–1026
  27. Pietro Barbolano1026–1032
  28. Domenico Flabanico1032–1041
  29. Domenico I Contarini1043–1071
  30. Domenico Selvo1071–1084
  31. Vitale Faliero1084–1095
  32. Vitale I Michiel1096–1102
  33. Ordelafo Faliero1102–1117
  34. Domenico Michiel1117–1129
  35. Pietro Polani1130–1147
  36. Domenico Morosini1148–1156
  37. Vitale II Michiel1155–1172
  38. Sebastiano Ziani1172–1178
  39. Orio Mastropiero1178–1192
  40. Enrico Dandolo1192–1205
  41. Pietro Ziani1205–1229
  42. Jacopo Tiepolo1229–1249
  43. Marino Morosini1249–1253
  44. Reniero Zeno1253–1268
  45. Lorenzo Tiepolo1268–1275
  46. Jacopo Contarini1275–1280
  47. Giovanni Dandolo1280–1289
  48. Pietro Gradenigo1289–1311
  49. Marino Zorzi1311–1312
  50. Giovanni Soranzo1312–1329
  51. Francesco Dandolo1329–1339
  52. Bartolomeo Gradenigo1339–1343
  53. Andrea Dandolo1343–1354
  54. Marino Faliero1354–1355
  55. Giovanni Gradenigo1355–1356
  56. Giovanni Dolfin1356–1361
  57. Lorenzo Celsi1361–1365
  58. Marco Cornaro1365–1368
  59. Andrea Contarini1368–1382
  60. Antonio Venier1382–1400
  61. Michele Morosini1382
  62. Michele Steno1400–1414
  63. Tommaso Mocenigo1414–1423
  64. Francesco Foscari1423–1457
  65. Pasquale Malipiero1457–1462
  66. Cristoforo Moro1462–1471
  67. Nicolò Tron1471–1473
  68. Nicolò Marcello1473–1474
  69. Pietro Mocenigo1474–1476
  70. Andrea Vendramin1476–1478
  71. Giovanni Mocenigo1478–1485
  72. Marco Barbarigo1485–1486
  73. Agostino Barbarigo1486–1501
  74. Leonardo Loredan1501–1521
  75. Antonio Grimani1521–1523
  76. Andrea Gritti1523–1538
  77. Pietro Lando1538–1545
  78. Francesco Donato1545–1553
  79. Marcantonio Trivisan1553–1554
  80. Francesco Venier1554–1556
  81. Lorenzo Priuli1556–1559
  82. Pietro Loredan1567–1570
  83. Alvise I Mocenigo1570–1577
  84. Sebastiano Venier1577–1578
  85. Nicolò da Ponte1578–1585
  86. Pasquale Cicogna1585–1595
  87. Marino Grimani1595–1605
  88. Morosina Morosini-Grimani1595–1605
  89. Leonardo Donato1606–1612
  90. Marcantonio Memmo1612–1615
  91. Giovanni Bembo1615–1618
  92. Nicolò Donato1618
  93. Antonio Priuli1618–1623
  94. Francesco Contarini1623–1624
  95. Giovanni I Cornaro1625–1629
  96. Nicolò Contarini1630–1631
  97. Francesco Erizzo1631–1646
  98. Francesco Molin1646–1655
  99. Carlo Contarini1655–1656
  100. Bertuccio Valiero1656–1658
  101. Francesco Cornaro1656
  102. Giovanni Pesaro1658–1659
  103. Domenico II Contarini1659–1675
  104. Nicolò Sagredo1675–1676
  105. Alvise Contarini1676–1684
  106. Giovanni Sagredo1676
  107. Marcantonio Giustinian1684–1688
  108. Francesco Morosini1688–1694
  109. Silvestro Valiero1694–1700
  110. Alvise II Mocenigo1700–1709
  111. Giovanni II Cornaro1709–1722
  112. Sebastiano Mocenigo1722–1732
  113. Carlo Ruzzini1732–1735
  114. Alvise Pisani1735–1741
  115. Pietro Grimani1741–1752
  116. Francesco Loredan1752–1762
  117. Marco Foscarini1762–1763
  118. Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo1763–1778
  119. Paolo Renier1779–1789
  120. Ludovico Manin1789–1797

Records (219)

  1. 809–810 CE — Frankish invasion of VeniceInvasion
  2. 840 CE — Battle of TarantoNaval battle
  3. 842 CE — Battle of SansegoNaval battle
  4. 887 CE — Battle of MakarskaNaval battle
  5. 899 CE — Siege of VeniceSiege
  6. 1000 — Siege of LastovoSiege
  7. 1100 — Siege of HaifaSiege
  8. 1110 — Siege of SidonSiege
  9. 1118 — Byzantine–Venetian WarWar
  10. 1122–1126 — Venetian–Byzantine WarWar
  11. 1122–1123 — Siege of CorfuSiege
  12. 1174 — Siege of AnconaSiege
  13. 1177 — Battle of SalvoreNaval battle
  14. 1190 — Battle of PašmanNaval battle
  15. 1202 — Siege of ZaraSiege
  16. 1204 — Partitio terrarum imperii RomaniaeTreaty
  17. 1219 — Nicaean–Venetian Treaty of 1219Treaty
  18. 1256–1381 — Venetian–Genoese WarsWar
  19. 1256–1270 — War of Saint SabasWar
  20. 1258 — Battle of AcreNaval battle
  21. 1294 — Battle of LaiazzoNaval battle
  22. 1296–1302 — Byzantine–Venetian War of 1296–1302War
  23. 1298 — Battle of CurzolaNaval battle
  24. 1306–1310 — Veneto-Byzantine WarWar
  25. 1336–1339 — Scaliger WarWar
  26. 1343–1351 — Smyrniote crusadesWar
  27. 1345–1346 — Siege of ZadarSiege
  28. 1350–1355 — War of the StraitsWar
  29. 1352 — Battle of the BosporusNaval battle
  30. 1353–1420 — Sardinian–Aragonese WarWar
  31. 1353 — Battle of Porto ConteNaval battle
  32. 1353 — Battle of AlgheroNaval battle
  33. 1354 — Siege of AlgheroSiege
  34. 1358 — Treaty of ZadarTreaty
  35. 1359 — Battle of MegaraNaval battle
  36. 1366–1367 — Hungarian–Ottoman WarWar
  37. 1368–1369 — War of TriesteWar
  38. 1378–1381 — War of ChioggiaWar
  39. 1379 — Battle of PolaNaval battle
  40. 1379 — Battle of ChioggiaBattle · Venice ▸ Genoa
  41. 1388–1394 — Argos and Nafplio WarWar
  42. 1397 — Battle of GovernoloBattle
  43. 1403 — Battle of ModonNaval battle
  44. 1404–1405 — War of PaduaWar
  45. 1416 — Battle of GallipoliNaval battle
  46. 1420 — Battle of MontichiariBattle
  47. 1422–1430 — Siege of ThessalonicaSiege
  48. 1423–1454 — Wars in LombardyWar
  49. 1423–1430 — Ottoman–Venetian War of 1423–1430War
  50. 1427 — Battle of MaclodioBattle
  51. 1427 — Battle of CremonaBattle
  52. 1431 — Battle of SoncinoBattle · Milan ▸ Venice, Florence
  53. 1432 — Battle of DelebioBattle
  54. 1439 — Battle of MadernoBattle · Milan ▸ Venice
  55. 1443–1468 — Skanderbeg's rebellionRebellion
  56. 1447–1448 — Albanian–Venetian WarWar
  57. 1452 — First Siege of PontevicoSiege
  58. 1453 — Second Siege of PontevicoSiege
  59. 1453 — Third Siege of PontevicoSiege
  60. 1458 — Battle of CorinthSiege
  61. 1460 — Siege of Gardiki-ArcadiaSiege
  62. 1460 — Siege of KastritzaSiege
  63. 1460–1461 — Siege of SalmenikoSiege
  64. 1463–1479 — First Ottoman–Venetian WarWar
  65. 1463 — Battle of KljucBattle
  66. 1463 — Siege of TriesteSiege
  67. 1463 — Siege of CorinthSiege
  68. 1464 — Siege of MytileneSiege
  69. 1464 — Battle of MystrasBattle
  70. 1466 — Battle of PatrasBattle
  71. 1466 — Battle of PatrasBattle
  72. 1467 — Battle of MolinellaBattle
  73. 1470 — Siege of NegroponteSiege
  74. 1472 — Attack on AntalyaBattle
  75. 1474 — Siege of ShkodraSiege
  76. 1474 — Battle of ScutariBattle · Venice ▸ Ottoman Empire
  77. 1477 — Battle of IsonzoBattle
  78. 1477 — Battle of LucinicoBattle
  79. 1478–1479 — Siege of ShkodraSiege
  80. 1478–1480 — Pazzi WarWar
  81. 1482–1484 — War of FerraraWar
  82. 1487 — Battle of CallianoBattle
  83. 1487 — Tyrolean-Venetian WarWar
  84. 1495 — Siege of NovaraSiege
  85. 1496 — Siege of AtellaSiege
  86. 1499–1503 — Second Ottoman–Venetian WarWar
  87. 1499 — Battle of ZonchioNaval battle
  88. 1499 — Siege of LepantoSiege
  89. 1500 — Battle of ModonNaval battle
  90. 1500–1501 — Siege of the Castle of Saint GeorgeSiege
  91. 1500 — Siege of ModonSiege
  92. 1501 — Siege of MytileneSiege
  93. 1501 — Fall of NavarinoBattle
  94. 1501 — Fall of DurrësBattle
  95. 1501 — Siege of LesbosSiege
  96. 1501 — Siege of DurazzoSiege
  97. 1508–1516 — War of the League of CambraiWar
  98. 1508 — Battle of CadoreBattle
  99. 1508 — Invasion of CadoreInvasion
  100. 1509 — Battle of AgnadelloBattle
  101. 1509 — Siege of PaduaSiege
  102. 1509 — Battle of CasaloldoBattle
  103. 1509 — Battle of the citadel of VicenzaBattle
  104. 1509 — Battle of TreviglioBattle
  105. 1509 — Battle of Isola della ScalaBattle
  106. 1510 — Battle of PolesellaBattle
  107. 1510–1511 — Siege of MirandolaSiege
  108. 1510–1514 — Hvar rebellionRebellion
  109. 1510 — Siege of MonseliceSiege
  110. 1510–1517 — Venetian campaigns in Val VestinoCampaign
  111. 1511 — Siege of TréviseSiege
  112. 1511 — Siege of TrevisoSiege
  113. 1512 — Battle of PaviaBattle
  114. 1513 — Battle of La MottaBattle
  115. 1513–1514 — Siege of CremaSiege
  116. 1513 — Battle of VicenzaBattle · Spain ▸ Venice
  117. 1515 — Battle of MarignanoBattle
  118. 1516 — Siege of AsolaSiege
  119. 1521–1526 — Italian War of 1521–1526War
  120. 1522 — Battle of BicoccaBattle
  121. 1522 — Siege of PaviaSiege
  122. 1523 — Siege of MilanSiege
  123. 1524 — Battle of RebeccoBattle · Spain ▸ France
  124. 1526–1530 — War of the League of CognacWar
  125. 1526 — Battle of GovernoloBattle
  126. 1528 — Siege of NaplesSiege
  127. 1529 — Siege of MonopoliSiege
  128. 1537–1540 — Third Ottoman–Venetian WarWar
  129. 1537 — Siege of CorfuSiege
  130. 1570–1573 — Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573War
  131. 1570–1571 — Siege of FamagustaSiege
  132. 1570 — Siege of NicosiaSiege
  133. 1571 — Battle of LepantoNaval battle
  134. 1571 — 1571 Ottoman attack on BračBattle
  135. 1572 — Mediterranean campaign of 1572Campaign
  136. 1572 — Skirmish at Cerigo ChannelNaval battle
  137. 1573 — Treaty of Istanbul (1573)Treaty
  138. 1615–1617 — Uskok WarWar
  139. 1617 — Battle of RagusaNaval battle
  140. 1618–1639 — Bündner WirrenWar
  141. 1618 — Action of 24 June 1618Naval battle
  142. 1638 — Battle of ValonaNaval battle
  143. 1645–1669 — Cretan War of 1645-1669War
  144. 1645 — Siege of ChaniaSiege
  145. 1645 — Siege of ThodorouSiege
  146. 1645 — Battle of KhaniaBattle · Ottoman Empire ▸ Venice
  147. 1646 — Action of 26 May 1646Naval battle
  148. 1646 — Siege of RethymnoSiege
  149. 1646 — Battle of ChaniaNaval battle
  150. 1647 — Battle of MakronisosNaval battle
  151. 1648–1669 — Siege of CandiaBattle
  152. 1648 — Battle of TrancheronBattle · France ▸ Spain
  153. 1649 — Battle of FocchiesNaval battle
  154. 1651 — Action of 10 July 1651Naval battle
  155. 1654 — Battle of the DardanellesNaval battle
  156. 1654 — Battle of PerastBattle
  157. 1655 — Battle of the DardanellesNaval battle
  158. 1655 — Siege of MonemvasiaSiege
  159. 1656 — Battle of the DardanellesNaval battle
  160. 1657 — Battle of the DardanellesNaval battle
  161. 1657 — Action of 3 May 1657Naval battle
  162. 1657 — Siege of LemnosSiege
  163. 1657 — Action of 18 May 1657Naval battle
  164. 1657 — Battle of MarinaBattle
  165. 1657 — Siege of TenedosSiege
  166. 1659 — Capture of KalamataBattle
  167. 1660 — Siege of ChaniaSiege
  168. 1661 — Action of 27 August 1661Naval battle
  169. 1662 — Action of 29 September 1662Naval battle
  170. 1666 — Battle of GradacBattle
  171. 1668 — Battle of San PelagioNaval battle
  172. 1668 — Battle of LesbosNaval battle
  173. 1683–1699 — Great Turkish WarWar
  174. 1684–1699 — Morean WarWar
  175. 1684 — Siege of Santa MauraSiege
  176. 1685 — Siege of Coron (1685)Siege
  177. 1685 — Battle of KalamataBattle
  178. 1685–1692 — Süleyman's invasions of MontenegroInvasion
  179. 1686 — Siege of NaupliaSiege
  180. 1686 — Battle of IcariaNaval battle
  181. 1686 — Battle of Cape BabaNaval battle
  182. 1687 — Siege of the AcropolisSiege
  183. 1687 — Siege of CastelnuovoSiege
  184. 1688 — Siege of NegroponteSiege
  185. 1688 — Siege of KninSiege
  186. 1690 — Battle of MytileneNaval battle
  187. 1691 — Siege of VlorëSiege
  188. 1692 — Siege of ChaniaSiege
  189. 1695 — Battle of the Oinousses IslandsNaval battle
  190. 1695 — Battle of ZeytinburnuNaval battle
  191. 1695 — Battle of SpalmadoriBattle · Ottoman Empire ▸ Venice
  192. 1696 — Battle of Andros (1696)Naval battle
  193. 1697 — Action of 6 July 1697Naval battle
  194. 1697 — Battle of Andros (1697)Naval battle
  195. 1698 — Battle of SamothraceNaval battle
  196. 1698 — Battle of Tenedos (1698)Naval battle
  197. 1701 — Battle of ChiariBattle · Austria ▸ France
  198. 1706 — Battle of CalcinatoBattle · France ▸ Habsburg Empire, Savoy
  199. 1714–1718 — Seventh Ottoman–Venetian WarWar
  200. 1715 — Siege of NaupliaSiege
  201. 1715 — Ottoman reconquest of the MoreaCampaign
  202. 1716 — Siege of CorfuSiege
  203. 1716 — Action of 8 July 1716Naval battle
  204. 1717 — Battle of MatapanNaval battle
  205. 1717 — Battle of ImbrosNaval battle
  206. 1718 — treaty of PassarowitzTreaty
  207. 1718 — Battle of ElafonisosNaval battle
  208. 1718 — Siege of UlcinjSiege
  209. 1785 — Scutari invasion of MontenegroInvasion
  210. 1786 — Kara Mahmud's campaign against VeniceCampaign
  211. 1790–1797 — Fall of the Republic of VeniceInvasion
  212. 1796 — Battle of ArcolaBattle · France ▸ Habsburg Empire
  213. 1796 — Battle of BassanoBattle · France ▸ Austria
  214. 1796 — Battle of BorghettoBattle · France ▸ Habsburg Empire
  215. 1796 — Battle of CaldieroBattle · Habsburg Empire ▸ France
  216. 1796 — Battle of CastiglioneBattle · France ▸ Austria
  217. 1796 — Battle of Lonato (1st)Battle · France ▸ Austria
  218. 1796 — Battle of Lonato (2nd)Battle · France ▸ Austria
  219. 1796 — Battle of PrimolanoBattle · France ▸ Habsburg Empire

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