Timeline of Jaén, Spain

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

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Before 20th century

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Muhammad I of Granada surrendering Jaén and becoming a vassal of Ferdinand III in 1246
  • 1246 - Jaén becomes part of the Kingdom of Castile per Treaty of Jaén.
  • 1248 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén established.[1]
  • 1712 - Earthquake.[2]
  • 1724 - Jaén Cathedral consecrated.
  • 1727 - Iglesia de la Merced (Jaén) (church) consecrated.
  • 1786 - Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de la Ciudad y Reino de Jaén (learned society) established.[3]
  • 1813 - Diputación Provincial de Jaén (government body) founded.
  • 1833 - City becomes part of the newly formed Province of Jaén.
  • 1842 - Population: 17,387.[4]
  • 1895

20th century

  • 1901 - Casa consistorial de Jaén (city hall) built (approximate date).
  • 1907 - Teatro Cervantes (Jaén) (theatre) opens.
  • 1922 - Real Jaén (football club) formed.
  • 1927 - Teatro Darymelia (theatre) built.
  • 1937 - 1 April: Bombing of Jaén by German forces.
  • 1940 - Population: 54,631.[4]
  • 1941 - Diario Jaén newspaper begins publication.
  • 1944 - Estadio de la Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • 1949 - Estación de autobuses de Jaén (bus depot) built.
  • 1958 - Premio Jaén piano competition begins.
  • 1960 - Plaza de Toros de Jaén (bullring) built.
  • 1969 - Museo Provincial de Jaén (museum) established.
  • 1988 - Edificio del Banco de España (Jaén) built.
  • 1989 - Iglesia de Belén y San Roque (church) built.
  • 1990 - Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares de Jaén (museum) opens.
  • 1991
    • Centro comercial La Loma opens.
    • Population: 107,413[4]
  • 1993 - University of Jaén established.[5]

21st century

  • 2001 - Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • 2002 - Línea de alta velocidad Madrid-Alcázar de San Juan-Jaén (railway) construction begins.
  • 2005 - Jaén Subterránea theatre festival begins.
  • 2008 - Teatro Infanta Leonor (Jaén) (theatre) opens.
  • 2011
  • 2015 - Francisco Javier Márquez Sánchez becomes mayor.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Britannica 1910.
  3. ↑ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Jaén". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

  • Richard Ford (1890), "Jaen", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 345
  • "Jaen", Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 124, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • "Jaen", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 365 – via HathiTrust
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