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Events relating to venice
Fugitives from the Lombard invasion of northern Italy take refuge on islands in the Venetian lagoon - and become the founders of Venice
The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna
The Venetians move their administration from the island of Torcello to the Rialto
The Venetians, acquiring from Alexandria some bones believed to be those of St Mark, build St Mark's to house the valuable relic
Venice acquires valuable trading privileges from Constantinople, her merchants being excused all dues and customs in the Byzantine empire
In the cathedral on Torcello, and in St Mark's, Venetian mosaics are a culmination in the west of the Byzantine tradition
The fleet of the fourth crusade departs from Venice - only to be diverted from its purposes by Venetian guile
Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade
Many of the treasures adorning the church of San Marco in Venice are loot taken from Constantinople during the fourth crusade
Marco Polo, aged seventeen, sets off from Venice on his journey to the east
Marco Polo is back in Venice after an absence of 25 years in the east
The Doge's Palace, begun in its present form in this year, is only one of the spectacular beauties of Venetian Gothic
The Venetian blockade of Chioggia costs Genoa her fleet and ends Genoese rivalry with Venice in the eastern Mediterranean
The first Italian printing press is set up in Venice, which soon rivals Germany for the quality of its printing
Giovanni Bellini becomes the key figure in the development of the Renaissance style in Venice
Venice's annexation of Cyprus completes a useful chain of islands stretching to the eastern Mediterranean
The type faces known as roman and italic are created in Venice by the printers Nicolas Jenson and Aldus Manutius
Giorgione and Titian introduce the richness of colour which characterizes the high Renaissance style in Venice
The painter Giorgione dies after a short but extremely influential life in Venice
The original ghetto is established as a district to which the Jews of Venice are confined
Spanish and Venetian galleys defeat the Turks in the battle of Lepanto
Venice cedes the island of Cyprus to the Turks, in spite of the Christian victory at Lepanto two years earlier
Venice opens the first modern bank (the Banco della Piazza di Rialto) for safe deposits and credit transfers
The first public opera house, the Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice
Canaletto begins to specialize in views of the Venetian canals, finding his main customers among the British
