Saturday, August 7, 2021

Basic timeline of Monaco


This post is a basic timeline of Monaco. There are 20 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (30,000 years ago)
  • Ligurian culture (Pre-Roman era)
  • Phoenicians arrive (Pre-Roman era)
  • Gallic Wars (58 - 50 BC)
  • Rome annexes Monaco (50 BC)
  • Ostrogothic kingdom (469 - 553 AD)
  • Rome recaptures Monaco (6th century AD)
  • Lombards conquers Monaco (7th century AD)
  • Frankish rule of Monaco (Pre-Holy Roman Empire)
  • Republic of Genoa (11th century - 1797)
  • Holy Roman Empire annexes Monaco (1191)
  • House of Grimaldi (1160 - now)
  • Francesco Grimaldi seizes the Rock of Monaco (1297)
  • Sardinia kingdom occupies Monaco (1814-1860)
  • Monegasque Revolution (1910)
  • Monaco succession crisis (1918)
  • France agrees to protect Monaco (1918)
  • Italy invades Monaco (1942)
  • Germany occupies Monaco (1943-1944)
  • Revised treaty with France (2002)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Monaco at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Monaco.)