Timeline of Alicante

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 718 - Moors in power.[1]
  • 1247 - Taken by Alfonso X.[2]
  • 1296/1304 - Alicante becomes part of the Kingdom of Valencia per Treaty of Torrellas.[1][3]
  • 1331 - Attempted siege of Alicante by Moorish forces.[1]
  • 1490 - Given the status of a town by Ferdinand II.[4]
  • 1662 - San Nicolás de Bari church built.[5]
  • 1709 - Siege of Alicante by French forces.[1]
  • 1780 - Alicante City Hall built (approximate date).
  • 1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.[6]
  • 1797 - Population: 20,000.[7]
  • 1822 - Diputación Provincial de Alicante (governing body) established.
  • 1834 - Alicante Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País established.[8]
  • 1842 - Population: 19,021.[9]
  • 1847 - Teatro Principal (Alicante) (theatre) built.[10]
  • 1855 - Public library established.[11]
  • 1858 - Madrid-Alicante railway begins operating.[10]
  • 1860 - Walls of Alicante dismantling begins.
  • 1873 - Siege of Alicante (1873) by Federalists of Cartagena.[1]
  • 1885 - Murcia-Alicante railway built.
  • 1886 - Parque de Canalejas (park) created.[12]
  • 1888 - Plaza de toros de Alicante (bullring) built.
  • 1900
    • Palacio de Justicia de Alicante (courthouse) built.
    • Population: 50,142.[13]

20th century

  • 1902 - Alicante anthem composed by Juan Latorre Baeza.
  • 1906 - Diario de Alicante newspaper begins publication.
  • 1913 - El Luchador (Alicante) newspaper begins publication.[14]
  • 1919 - Club Natación Alicante (football club) formed.
  • 1921 - Mercado Central de Alicante built on Avenida de Alfonso el Sabio.
  • 1922 - Hércules CF (football club) active.
  • 1924 - Cine Monumental (cinema) built.
  • 1925
    • Cementerio de Alicante (cemetery) established.
    • Florida Alta barrio developed.
  • 1930
    • Fountain installed in the Plaza de los Luceros.
    • Population: 73,071.[9]
  • 1931
    • 12 April: Municipal election held.(es)
    • Palacio Provincial de Alicante built.
  • 1932 - Archaeological Museum of Alicante opens.
  • 1938 - 25 May: Bombing of Alicante during the Spanish Civil War.[15]
  • 1939
    • Campo de concentración de Los Almendros (detention camp) created.
    • 30 March: Italian forces take city from the Republicans.[15]
  • 1941 - Diario Información newspaper begins publication.[16]
  • 1947 - Banco de España building (Alicante) constructed.
  • 1950 - Population: 104,222.[9]
  • 1956 - Hospital General Universitario de Alicante built.
  • 1959 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante active.[17]
  • 1962 - Estudiotel Alicante high-rise built.
  • 1963 - El Barco high-rise built in Albufereta barrio.
  • 1967 - El Altet Airport opens.
  • 1968 - Alicante railway station rebuilt.
  • 1971 - Gran Sol hi-rise built on the Rambla de Méndez Núñez.
  • 1974
  • 1977 - Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
  • 1979
  • 1981 - Population: 251,387.[9]
  • 1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Alicante.
  • 1983 - Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante (library) active.[11]
  • 1985 - Festival de Música Contemporánea de Alicante begins.
  • 1993 - Muestra de Teatro Español de Autores Contemporáneos (theatre festival) begins.
  • 1999 - Alicante Tram begins operating.

21st century

See also

Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:(es)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. ↑ "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. ↑ "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  5. ↑ Madoz 1845.
  6. ↑ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup, Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  7. ↑ "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  8. ↑ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Alicante/Alacant". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  10. 1 2 Moreno Sáez 1990.
  11. 1 2 "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  12. ↑ Guia: Jardines Históricos de la Provincia de Alicante (in Spanish), Diputación de Alicante, 2015
  13. ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
  14. ↑ "(Localidad: Alicante)". Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  15. 1 2 Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
  16. ↑ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  17. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

  • Josiah Conder (1830), "Alicant", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
  • John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Alicante", in Hugh G. Reid, A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
  • Richard Ford (1890), "Alicante", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 459
  • Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Alicante", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
  • "Alicante", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 661, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • "Alicante", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

  • Vicente Bendicho (1640), Crónica de la muy ilustre noble y leal ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish)
  • Pascual Madoz, ed. (1845). "Alicante". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Madrid.
  • Historia general de la ciudad y castillo de Alicante (in Spanish). 1854.
  • Jose Alfonso Roca de Togores (1883). Guia de Alicante: manual del alicantino y del forastero (in Spanish) – via Biblioteca Valenciana Digital.
  • Ensayo biografico bibliografico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia (in Spanish). 1890.
  • Guía práctica de Alicante y su provincia (in Spanish). 1908.
  • Francisco Moreno Sáez, ed. (1990), Historia de la Ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Alicante (4 parts)
  • "Archivo Municipal de Alicante" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Alicante. (city archives)
  • Pedro Mas (ed.). "Alicante 1850" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2013.
  • Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Europeana)
  • Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
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