Venice

by Peter Ackroyd

  1725: Casanova is born.

  1774: The greatest Venetian gambling house is closed by public order.

  1797: Venice falls to Napoleon, who hands the city over to the Austrians. The doge is deposed and the Venetian republic ceases to exist.

  NINETEENTH CENTURY

  1805: Napoleon defeats the Austrians and reclaims the city.

  1814: The Austrians reclaim Venice.

  1848: The Venetians oust the Austrians from the city and re-establish the republic of Venice.

  1849: The Austrians reoccupy the city and the republic falls.

  1854: The Accademia Bridge is constructed.

  1866: The Austrians withdraw from Venice and the city becomes part of the newly established kingdom of Italy.

  End: The Lido becomes a popular beach resort.

  1895: The first international exhibition is organised. It soon becomes known as the “Biennale.”

  TWENTIETH CENTURY

  1902: The campanile of Saint Mark’s Square falls.

  1917: Venice, as part of the Italian alliance with Britain and Russia in the

  First World War, is once again menaced by Austrian forces.

  1943: German forces take over the city.

  1966: The year of the great flood.

  1996: Venice’s most famous opera house, La Fenice, burns down.

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