Timeline of San José, Costa Rica

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San José, Costa Rica.

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Prior to 20th century
  • 1738 - San José founded.[1]
  • 1760 - Town hall in use (approximate date).[2]
  • 1776 - Church built.[2]
  • 1808 - Population: 8,316.[2]
  • 1812 - "Town council elected."[2]
  • 1813 - San Jose attains city status.[3]
  • 1814 - Casa de Enseñanza de Santo Tomás (school) opens.[3]
  • 1823 - San José becomes capital of Costa Rica.[1]
  • 1824 - Population: 15,472.[2]
  • 1835 - War of the League (Costa Rica).[2]
  • 1836 - Population: 17,965.[2]
  • 1841 - 2 September: Earthquake.[2](es)
  • 1845
    • Puntarenas-San Jose road built.[2]
    • Hospital San Juan de Dios (San José) established.
  • 1848 - Carmen District created.
  • 1850 - Roman Catholic diocese of San José de Costa Rica established.[4]
  • 1855 - Presidential Palace, Costa Rica built.
  • 1864 - Population: 8,863.[2]
  • 1869 - Telegraph begins operating.[5]
  • 1878 - Metropolitan Cathedral of San José and Estacion del Pacifico (rail station)[2] built.
  • 1880 - Public market built (approximate date).[2]
  • 1883 - Population: 13,484.[2]
  • 1884 - Street lighting installed.[6]
  • 1886 - Telephone begins operating.[2]
  • 1887 - Parque Morazán (park) established.
  • 1889
    • Streetcar begins operating.[2]
    • Laguna Swamp drained.[2]
  • 1890 - Estacion del Atlantico (rail station) begins operating.[2]
  • 1892 - Population: 19,326.[2]
  • 1895 - Monumento Nacional de Costa Rica unveiled.[7]
  • 1897 - National Theatre of Costa Rica opens.[2]

20th century

21st century

See also

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. Marley 2005.
  3. Theodore S. Creedman (1991). Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2215-3.
  4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Costa Rica". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  5. Patricia Fumero Vargas (2005). El advenimiento de la modernidad en Costa Rica: 1850-1914 (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9977-67-951-8.
  6. Patricia Fumero Vargas (2005). Cultura y sociedad en Costa Rica: 1914-1950 (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9977-67-952-5.
  7. Zamora 1997.
  8. "Costa Rica". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906.
  9. "Costa Rica". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
  10. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  12. "Convenios Internacionales" (in Spanish). Municipalidad de San José. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  13. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
  14. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
  15. "Costa Rica Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved January 30, 2016.

Bibliography

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