Timeline of San Sebastián

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

Prior to 20th century

  • 1682 - Consulate of the Sea established.[1]
  • 1813
  • 1817 - Konstituzio plaza constructed.
  • 1832 - Udaletxe Zaharra (Donostia) (town hall) built.
  • 1842 - Population: 10,036.[3]
  • 1843 - Teatro Principal (San Sebastián) (theatre) opens.
  • 1863 - City walls dismantled.[2]
  • 1872 - Diario de San Sebastián newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • 1874 - San Sebastián public library established.[5]
  • 1879 - Academia Municipal de Música founded.
  • 1880
    • Escuela de Artes y Oficios de San Sebastián (school) opens.[6]
    • Euskal-Erria magazine begins publication.[7]
    • Parque Alderdi Eder (garden) established.
  • 1886
    • Compañía del Tranvía de San Sebastián established.
    • Spanish royal court begins summering at San Sebastian.[2]
  • 1887 - Gran Casino de San Sebastián built.
  • 1893 - Miramar Palace built.[8]
  • 1897
  • 1900 - Population: 37,812.[9]

20th century

21st century

  • 2001 - Musikene music school founded.
  • 2003 - City divided into 17 barrios.(es)
  • 2008 - Population: 183,308 city; 405,099 metro.
  • 2011
  • 2015 - Eneko Goia elected mayor.(es)
  • 2018 - 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.[16]

See also

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Basque Country:(es)

References

  1. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Donostia - San Sebastián". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. Udal Liburutegi Nagusia / Biblioteca Municipal Central. "Prentsa-katalogoa: Argitalpen-aurkibidea" [Newspaper catalog: publications index]. Liburutegi digitala (Digital library) (in Spanish and Basque). Donostia Kultura. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. Biblioteca Municipal Central. "Biblioteca Municipal: Historia" (in Spanish and Basque). Donostia Kultura. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  6. "Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia" (in Basque, Spanish, and French). Usurbil: Euskomedia Fundazioa. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. Euskal-Erria (in Basque), San Sebastian 1880-1919
  8. Baedeker 1913.
  9. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 via HathiTrust.
  10. Artola 2001.
  11. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
  12. "Guía de Parques y Jardines de Donostia - San Sebastián" (in Spanish and Basque). Ayuntamiento de Donostia / San Sebastián. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  13. Angel Smith (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
  14. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  15. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  16. "Spain's Basques form human chain calling for independence vote", BBC News, 10 June 2018

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