Timeline of Matanzas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

1694 - Ayuntamiento (town council) established.[1]
1813 - Francisco Camero sets up first publishing business in Matanzas.[2][3]
1815 - Mantanzas becomes capital of its department.[1]
1818 - Custom house built.[4]
1835 - Public library established.[5]
1844
- Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés executed.[1]
- Hurricane occurs.[1]
1846 - Hurricane occurs.[1]
1853 - William R. King takes the oath for Vice President of the United States in Matanzas.
1863 - Sauto Theater opens.[2]
1870 - Hermitage of Monteserrate established on hill near city.[1]
1873 - Matanzas Baseball Club formed.[6]
1880 - November: International exhibition held in Matanzas.[7]
1884 - El Correo de Matanzas newspaper begins publication.[8]
1892 - Population: 27,000.[9]
1894 - El Club de Ciclistas de Matanzas active (bicycle club) (approximate date).[6]
1899 - Population: 36,374 city; 45,282 district; 292,444 province.[10]
1900 - El Heraldo Espanol newspaper begins publication.[8]

20th century

1907 - Population: 36,009 city; 64,385 municipality; 239,812 province.[11]
1912 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas established.[12]
1916 - Teatro Velasco opens.[13]
1919 - Population: 62,638.[14]
1952 - Los Muñequitos de Matanzas rumba group formed.[15]
1966 - Population: 81,000.[16]
1968 - Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas (archives) established.[17]
1976 - Centro Universitario de Matanzas and Instituto Superior Pedagogico de Matanzas established.[18]
1978 - Jardín botánico de Matanzas (garden) established.
1984 - Population: 104,583 (estimate).[19]
1999 - Population: 124,754 city; 658,100 province.[20]

21st century

2014 - Population: 136,486.[21]

References

Britannica 1910.
Bonavía 2003.
Francisco Calcagno (1878). Diccionario biográfico cubano (in Spanish). New York: N. Ponce de Leon.
Santana García 2011.
Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, 14 (1), ISSN 1024-9435
Louis A. Pérez Jr. (2008) [1999]. On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0141-0.
Figarola y Caneda 1881.
"Cuba: Matanzas", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1902
"Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895.
War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
"Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
"Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.
Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. 11 (2): 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.
"Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
"Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

Bibliography

in English

C. D. Tyng (1868), "Matanzas", The Stranger in the Tropics: Being a Hand-book for Havana and Guide Book for Travellers in Cuba, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, New York: American News Co.
"Matanzas", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
New York Public Library (1912). "Cuba: History and Description: Matanzas (City)". List of Works Relating to the West Indies. USA. pp. 174–175.
Miguel A. Bretos (2011). Matanzas: The Cuba Nobody Knows. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3810-0.

in Spanish

D. José Garcia de Arboleya (1859). "Idea de las ciudades principales: San Carlos de Matanzas". Manual de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Havana: Imprenta del Tiempo – via Google Books.
Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Matanzas". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). 3. Madrid: Mellado – via HathiTrust.
Domingo Figarola y Caneda (1881). Guía oficial de la Exposición de Matanzas (in Spanish). Matanzas: Impr. La Nacional – via HathiTrust.
"Matanzas". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893 – via HathiTrust.
"Matanzas", Directorio mercantil de la Isla de Cuba (in Spanish), Habana: Imprenta 'Avisador Comercial', 1901 – via HathiTrust
"Matanzas". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal [Yearbook of Commerce, Industry, Judiciary and Administration of Spain, its Colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, Spanish American States and Portugal] (in Spanish). Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
Adolfo Dollero (1919). La provincia de Matanzas y su evolución. Cultura cubana (in Spanish). Havana: Imp. Seoane y Fernández. hdl:2027/uc1.$c21524.
Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0. (chronology)
Alicia Santana García (2003). "Matanzas, del ideario a la realidad urbana". Revista Universidad de la Habana (in Spanish) (257). ISSN 0253-9276.
Gabino la Rosa Corzo (2003). "Matanzas". In Louis A. Pérez; Rebecca Jarvis Scott (eds.). The Archives of Cuba: Los Archivos de Cuba (in Spanish). University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0822941953. (fulltext)
Odlanyer Hernández De Lara (2011). "Arqueologia urbana y patrimonio arqueologico en la ciudad de Matanzas, Cuba". Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.
Alicia Santana García (2011). "Julio Sagebien, arquitecto de Matanzas, ingeniero de Cuba". Arquitectura y Urbanismo (in Spanish). 32 (1) – via Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana José Antonio Echeverría.

External links

"Matanzas (Matanzas)". EcuRed (in Spanish). Cuba: Joven Club de Computación.
"(Matanzas)" – via Digital Library of the Caribbean.
Items related to Matanzas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
"(Matanzas)". Cuban Heritage Collection. USA: University of Miami Libraries.

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEBonavía2003-2] Bonavía 2003.

[3] Francisco Calcagno (1878). Diccionario biográfico cubano (in Spanish). New York: N. Ponce de Leon.

[FOOTNOTESantana_García2011-4] Santana García 2011.

[5] Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, 14 (1), ISSN 1024-9435

[perez2008-6] Louis A. Pérez Jr. (2008) [1999]. On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0141-0.

[FOOTNOTEFigarola_y_Caneda1881-7] Figarola y Caneda 1881.

[Ayer1902-8] "Cuba: Matanzas", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1902

[9] "Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895.

[10] War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.

[11] Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.

[katolsk-12] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[cinema-13] "Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[14] "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.

[Bodenheimer2015-15] Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.

[16] Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. 11 (2): 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.

[17] "Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016.

[Universities1992-18] International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.

[19] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.

[Europa2002-20] South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.

[21] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

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