Timeline of Murcia

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

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Prior to 20th century

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  • 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]

20th century

  • 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.

21st century

  • 2011 - Population: 437,667.[4]
  • 2015 - José Ballesta becomes mayor.

See also

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia:(es)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Britannica 1910.
  2. ↑ Baedeker 1913.
  3. ↑ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Murcia". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Alemán Saínz 1984.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Díez de Revenga 1989.
  8. ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
  9. 1 2 "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  10. ↑ "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.

Bibliography

in English
  • 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
in Spanish
  • 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.
  • 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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