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]

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.

Britannica 1910.
Baedeker 1913.
F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
"Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Murcia". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
Alemán Saínz 1984.
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.
Díez de Revenga 1989.
"Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
"Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
"Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Josiah Conder (1830), "Murcia", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Murcia", Handbook for Travellers in Spain (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Murcia", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Murcia", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
A.F. Calvert (1911). Valencia and Murcia, a Glance at African Spain. London: John Lane.
"Murcia", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust

Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta (1889). Murcia y Albacete. España: sus monumentos y artes, su naturaleza e historia (in Spanish). Barcelona: Daniel Cortezo y ca.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Francisco Alemán Saínz (1984). Diccionario incompleto de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7564-007-5.
Francisco Javier Díez de Revenga; Mariano de Paco (1989). Historia de la literatura murciana (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-87408-04-5.
Carmen María Cremades Griñán (1996). Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7684-704-6.

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