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| 1571 |
| | | Spanish and Venetian galleys defeat the Turks in the battle of Lepanto | |
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| 1573 |
| | | Venice cedes the island of Cyprus to the Turks, in spite of the Christian victory at Lepanto two years earlier | |
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| 1587 |
| | | Venice opens the first modern bank (the Banco della Piazza di Rialto) for safe deposits and credit transfers | |
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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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