Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States.

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18th-19th centuries
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  • 1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos.[1]
  • 1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area.[2]
  • 1770 - Population: 1,800.[3]
  • 1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.[3]
  • 1836
  • 1841
    • Fire.[4]
    • "Entry port privilege" relocated to Mayaguez from Cabo Rojo (approximate date).[1]
  • 1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built.[2]
  • 1848 - El Imparcial and El Propagador newspapers begins publication.[5][6]
  • 1849 - Jail built.[2]
  • 1850 - El Semanario Mayaguezano begins publication.[5]
  • 1852 - Fire.[2]
  • 1860
    • Market building constructed.[2]
    • San Antonio Hospital active (approximate date).[2]
  • 1863 - Avisador del Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
  • 1870 - Cemetery established.[2]
  • 1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library)[7] and Circulo de Amigos[8] founded.
  • 1877 - Mayagüez attains city status.[1]
  • 1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province).[9]
  • 1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date).[3]
  • 1894
    • Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded.
    • City coat of arms granted.[3]
  • 1896 - Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the Plaza Colón.
  • 1899 - Hormigueros becomes part of Mayagüez.

20th century

21st century

See also

References
  1. Federal Writers' Project 1940.
  2. Hartzell 1903.
  3. "Municipalities: Mayagüez". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  4. Britannica 1910.
  5. "Media and Communication". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19.
  6. "(Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)". Chronicling America: U.S. Newspaper Directory. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
  7. "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. 1993. pp. 692+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
  8. Adolfo de Hostos; Oficina del Historiador Oficial, eds. (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos (in Spanish). San Juan: Imprenta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
  9. José Gimeno Agius (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". Revista de España (in Spanish). Madrid. 102: 546+.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. "Garden Search: Puerto Rico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  11. https://archive.org/details/portorico19111900wetmb/page/n1
  12. "United States of America: Outlying Territories: Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
  13. U.S. Bureau of the Census (1943), Leon E. Truesdell (ed.), "Puerto Rico: Housing, General Characteristics", Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: Government Printing Office
  14. "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
  15. "United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
  16. Heine 1993.
  17. "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971
  18. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Puerto Rico". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  19. "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
  20. "Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

  • Manuel Ubeda y Delgado (1878). "Mayaguez". Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. (reprint 1998)
  • "Mayaguez". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893.
  • Subcomité de la Historia de Mayagüez (1960). Historia de Mayagüez, 1760-1960 (in Spanish). OCLC 38531160.
  • Pedro Luis Perea Roselló (1962), Los periódicos y los periodistas de Mayagüez (in Spanish), Ponce: Ediciones Aldecoa, OCLC 912547459
  • Silvia Aguiló Ramos (1986). Mayagüez: notas para su historia (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). San Juan: Comité Historia de los Pueblos. OCLC 16636824.
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