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| 1637 |
| | The first public opera house, the Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice | |
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| c. 1720 |
| | Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British | |
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| 1741 |
| | Venice's new theatre, the Teatro Novissimo, has machinery which can change the scenes in the blink of an eye | |
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| c. 1754 |
| | Francesco Guardi, previously a painter of figures, begins to specialize in view of Venice, his native city | |
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| 1797 |
| | In Venice Napoleon deposes the last of the doges and sets up a provisional democracy | |
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| 1797 |
| | By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule | |
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| 1819 |
| | J.M.W. Turner makes the first of several visits to Venice, and discovers a rich seam of inspiration | |
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| 1851 |
| | Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto, based on a play by Victor Hugo, is a huge success at its premiere in Venice | |
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| 1853 |
| | Just six weeks after the success of Il Trovatore, Giuseppe Verdi's opera La Traviata is a disaster at its premiere in Venice | |
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| 1866 |
| | Austrian rule ends in the Venetian territories, which now join the new kingdom of Italy | |
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