Timeline of Murcia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Murcia, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1172 - Almohades in power.[1]
  • 1243 - Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia.[2]
  • 1467 - Murcia Cathedral built.[1]
  • 1487 - Printing press in use.[3]
  • 1651 - Flood.[1]
  • 1736 - Paseo del Malecón rebuilt.
  • 1786 - Jardín de Floridablanca (garden) established.
  • 1810 - City besieged by French forces.[1]
  • 1812 - City besieged by French forces again.[1]
  • 1829 - March: 1829 Torrevieja earthquake.[1]
  • 1842 - Population: 82,517.[4]
  • 1862 - Teatro Romea (Murcia) (theatre) opens.[5]
  • 1864 - Museo Arqueológico de Murcia (museum) founded.[6]
  • 1879
    • October: 1879 Segura flood.[1]
    • El Diario de Murcia newspaper begins publication.(es)
  • 1887 - Population: 98,538.[4]
  • 1892 - Teatro Circo Murcia (theatre) opens.[7]
  • 1900 - Population: 111,539.[8]

20th century

  • 1903 - La Verdad newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1907 - Flood.[1]
  • 1910
    • Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia (museum) built.
    • Population: 125,057.[4]
  • 1915 - University of Murcia established.
  • 1917 - Murcia Conservatory of Music founded.
  • 1930 - Population: 158,724.[4]
  • 1931 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia (provincial archives) established.[10]
  • 1940 - Population: 193,731.[4]
  • 1960 - Population: 249,738.[4]
  • 1988 - La Opinión de Murcia newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1991 - Population: 338,250.[4]
  • 1995 - Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas (convention centre) opens.
  • 1996 - Biblioteca Regional de Murcia (library) established.

21st century

  • 2011 - Population: 437,667.[4]
  • 2015 - José Ballesta becomes mayor.

See also

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia:(es)

References

  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Baedeker 1913.
  3. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
  4. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Murcia". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. Alemán Saínz 1984.
  6. Margarita Díaz-Andreu García; Gloria Mora; Jordi Cortadella, eds. (2009). Diccionario histórico de la arqueología en España: (siglos XV-XX) (in Spanish). Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-96467-45-3.
  7. Díez de Revenga 1989.
  8. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 via HathiTrust.
  9. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  10. "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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