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| 569 |
| | | Fugitives from the Lombard invasion of northern Italy take refuge on islands in the Venetian lagoon - and become the founders of Venice | |
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| 726 |
| | | The Venetians for the first time elect their own doge, acting independently of the Byzantine governor in Ravenna | |
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| c. 820 |
| | | The Venetians move their administration from the island of Torcello to the Rialto | |
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| 828 |
| | | The Venetians, acquiring from Alexandria some bones believed to be those of St Mark, build St Mark's to house the valuable relic | |
|  | St.Mark's, Venice. Mosaic
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| 1082 |
| | | Venice acquires valuable trading privileges from Constantinople, her merchants being excused all dues and customs in the Byzantine empire | |
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| c. 1200 |
| | | In the cathedral on Torcello, and in St Mark's, Venetian mosaics are a culmination in the west of the Byzantine tradition | |
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| 1202 |
| | | The fleet of the fourth crusade departs from Venice - only to be diverted from its purposes by Venetian guile | |
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| 1204 |
| | | Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade | |
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| c. 1205 |
| | | Many of the treasures adorning the church of San Marco in Venice are loot taken from Constantinople during the fourth crusade | |
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| 1271 |
| | | Marco Polo, aged seventeen, sets off from Venice on his journey to the east | |
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