Some key dates in the history of San Marino:
AD 301 – According to tradition, San Marino is founded by Marinus, a Christian stonemason seeking refuge from religious persecution on Mount Titano.
1243 – The first captains-regent – acting as joint heads of state – are appointed.
1463 – The Pope awards the towns of Fiorentino, Montegiardino and Serravalle to San Marino. The town of Faetano joins the republic in 1464, defining its present-day borders.
1599 – San Marino’s constitution, which provides for a parliamentary government, is laid out in the Statutes of 1600.
1631 – Papacy recognises San Marino’s independence.
1739 – Cardinal Alberoni’s forces occupy San Marino. But after a civil disobedience campaign and appeals to the Vatican, the Pope restores San Marino’s independence.
1797 – Napoleon invades Italy, but respects the rights of San Marino.
1815 – Congress of Vienna, which follows the Napoleonic Wars, recognises San Marino’s independence.
1862 – San Marino signs customs union and treaty of friendship and cooperation with newly-unified Italy.
1940-45 – San Marino remains neutral during World War Two and hosts some 100,000 refugees from neighbouring parts of Italy.
1944 September – San Marino is briefly occupied by German forces, who were defeated by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino
1945-57 – San Marino, unlike Italy, has democratically elected communist governments – a coalition between the Sammarinese Communist Party and the Sammarinese Socialist Party.
1957 – The Rovereta Affair, a constitutional crisis between San Marino’s then main parties – the Christian Democrats and the Communists – triggered by Socialist Party’s withdrawal from the coalition following the 1956 crushing of the Hungarian revolution.
The year sees competing governments, armed militias, US and Italian intervention and an Italian blockade of San Marino. The Communist government eventually steps down and Christian Democrats take power.
1988 – San Marino joins the Council of Europe.
1992 – San Marino joins the United Nations.
2002 – San Marino signs treaty with OECD to provide greater transparency in banking and taxation, as a result of which it is removed from the OECD’s blacklist list of tax havens and placed on the “grey list” (consisting of countries that have pledged to comply with rules on sharing tax information but have yet to do so).
2009 – San Marino says it is taking steps to ensure the country complies with OECD rules on financial transparency so as to be removed from tax haven “grey list”.
2022 – San Marino legalises abortion. It had been one of the last European countries to have a complete ban on abortions.
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