Year 787 (DCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 787 for this year has been used since the early medieval period,when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Year 764 (DCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar,the 764th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 764th year of the 1st millennium,the 64th year of the 8th century,and the 5th year of the 760s decade. The denomination 764 for this year has been used since the early medieval period,when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
The Doge of Venice was the highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice. The word "Doge" originates from the Latin word "Dux," which translates to "leader" or "Duke."
Pietro II Orseolo (961−1009) was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009,and a member of the House of Orseolo. He began the period of eastern expansion of Venice that lasted for the better part of 500 years. He secured his influence in the Dalmatian Romanized settlements from the Croats and Narentines,freed Venetia from a 50-year-old taxation to the latter,and started Venetia's expansions by conquering the islands of Lastovo (Lagosta) and Korčula (Curzola) and acquiring Dubrovnik (Ragusa).
The House of Orseolo was a powerful Venetian noble family descended from Orso Ipato and his son Teodato Ipato,the first Doges of Venice. Four members of the Orseolo family became Doges,Commander of the Venetian fleet,and King of Hungary. They reconstructed St Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace after the revolution.
Giovanni Galbaio was the eighth Doge of Venice (787–804) according to tradition,but only the sixth historically verifiable one.
Franco Rocchetta is an Italian politician,entrepreneur,philologist and history populariser,who is usually described as the "father" of present-day Venetian nationalism and independentism.
Venetian nationalism is a nationalist,but primarily regionalist,political movement active mostly in Veneto,Italy,as well as in other parts of the former Republic of Venice.
Marcello Tegalliano was,according to tradition,the second Doge of Venice (717–726). He is described as having hailed from Eraclea,and during his nine-year reign was apparently in great disagreement with the nearby Longobards. He died in 726 and was succeeded by Orso Ipato.
Obelerio degli Antenori was the ninth traditional Doge of Venice from 804 to 811.
Agnello Participazio was the tenth traditional and eighth (historical) doge of the Duchy of Venetia from 811 to 827. He was born to a rich merchant family from Heraclea and was one of the earliest settlers in the Rivoalto group of islands. His family had provided a number of tribuni militum of Rivoalto. He owned property near the Church of Santi Apostoli. A building in the nearby Campiello del Cason was the residence of the tribunes. Agnello was married to the dogaressa Elena.
Pax Nicephori,Latin for the "Peace of Nicephorus",is a term used to refer to both a peace treaty of 803,tentatively concluded between emperors Charlemagne,of the Frankish empire,and Nikephoros I,of the Byzantine empire,and the outcome of negotiations that took place between the same parties,but were concluded by successor emperors,between 811 and 814. The whole set of negotiations of the years 802–815 has also been referred to by this name. By its terms,after several years of diplomatic exchanges,the Byzantine emperor's representatives recognized the authority in the West of Charlemagne,and East and West negotiated their boundaries in the Adriatic Sea.
Giustiniano Participazio was the eleventh (traditional) or ninth (historical) Doge of Venice from 825 to his death. His four years on the ducal throne were very eventful. He was made hypatus by the Byzantine emperor Leo V the Armenian.
Giovanni I Participazio was the tenth (historical) or twelfth (traditional) Doge of Venice from the death of his brother in 829 to his arrest and deposition in 836.
Giovanni II Participazio was the thirteenth (historical) or fifteenth (traditional) Doge of Venice after the death of his father,Orso I,in 881 until his resignation in 887. Prior to that,he co-ruled with his father.
The Republic of Venice was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy,which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
Domenico Selvo was the 31st Doge of Venice,serving from 1071 to 1084. During his reign as Doge,his domestic policies,the alliances that he forged,and the battles that the Venetian military won and lost laid the foundations for much of the subsequent foreign and domestic policy of the Republic of Venice. He avoided confrontations with the Byzantine Empire,the Holy Roman Empire,and the Roman Catholic Church at a time in European history when conflict threatened to upset the balance of power. At the same time,he forged new agreements with the major nations that would set up a long period of prosperity for the Republic of Venice. Through his military alliance with the Byzantine Empire,Emperor Alexios I Komnenos awarded Venice economic favors with the declaration of a golden bull that would allow for the development of the republic's international trade over the next few centuries.
Otto Orseolo was the Doge of Venice from 1008 to 1026. He was the third son of Doge Pietro II of the House of Orseolo,and Maria Candiano,whom he succeeded at the age of sixteen,becoming the youngest doge in Venetian history.
Domenico Morosini was the thirty-seventh doge of the Republic of Venice,reigning from 1148 until his death in 1156.
This article presents a detailed timeline of the history of the Republic of Venice from its legendary foundation to its collapse under the efforts of Napoleon.
