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- 829
The body of St. Mark was transported from Alexandria, Egypt to Venice
(Doge Giustiniano Partecipazio)
- 832
Consecration of the first church of St. Mark (Doge Giovanni Partecipazio)
- 976-978
The church burned owing to the revolt against Doge Candiano IV and was
rebuilt under Doge Orseolo I the Saint
- 1063
Start of the rebuilding of the current church (Doge Domenico Contarini):
- 1071-1084
Start of the mosaic decoration (Doge Domenico Selvo)
- 1094
Consecration of the church (Doge Vitale Falier)
- 1204
Fourth Crusade and transport of marbles and works of art into the basilica
that had been brought to Venice following the conquest of Constantinople
(four horses, icon of the Madonna Nicopeia, enamels of the Golden Altar-piece,
relics, crosses, chalices, patens, today in the treasure: Doge Enrico
Dandolo)
- 1265
Mosaic of St. Alipius with documentation of the exterior of the basilica
- 1343-1354
Construction of the Baptistery and Chapel of St. Isidore (Doge Andrea
Dandolo)
- 1394
Construction of the iconostasis and sculptures decorating it by Jacobello
and Pier Paolo dale Masegne
- Late 14th and early 15th centuries
Gothic decoration of the façade with spires, nichel, and sculptures
of angels and saints
- 1419
Fire on the front part of the basilica's roof
- First half of the 15th century
Tuscan artists (Maestro Nicolò and Pietro Lamberti and perhaps Jacopo
della Quercia) worked on the sculptures of the façade and Florentine
artists worked on the basilica's mosaics (Paolo Uccello is documented
in 1425).
- Mid-15th century
Mosaic ornament of the Mascoli Chapel
- 1486
Construction of the Sacristy next to the apse (followed by the rebuilding
of the small church of St. Theodore carried out by Giorgio Spavento,
the basilica's foreman)
- 1496
Documentary evidence of the basilica in the painting by Gentile Bellini,
Procession in St. Mark's Square
- 1504-1521
Construction of the Zen Chapel in the right wing of the atrium, which
closed up the solemn entrance doorway coming from the lagoon
- 1529
Work done by Sansovino to strengthen the walls and domes of the church
- 1617
Accommodation of the Nicopeia altar and the altar of the Holy Sacrament
(to the left and right of the high altar)
- 1797
Fall of the Republic
- 1807
The basilica became the see of the Patriarch of Venice, until then at
San Pietro a Castello
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