Timeline of Mérida, Mexico

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

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  • 1542 - Mérida founded by Francisco de Montejo the Younger on site of former city T'ho.[1]
  • 1547 - Franciscan convent active.[2]
  • 1549 - Montejo's residence.[3]
  • 1561 - Mérida Cathedral construction begins.[4]
  • 1598 - Mérida Cathedral construction completed.[4]
  • 1618 - School of Mérida opens.[3]
  • 1624 - Real y Pontificia Universidad de Mérida established.
  • 1648 - Yellow fever epidemic.[3]
  • 1823 - Yucatán becomes part of Mexico.[4]
  • 1847 - Caste War of Yucatán begins.
  • 1869 - Revista de Mérida newspaper begins publication.
  • 1892 - Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) built.[3]
  • 1900 - Population: 43,630.[2]

20th century

21st century
  • 2002 - The city is hit by Hurricane Isidore.
  • 2001 -
    • Yucatan Symphony Orchestra founded.
    • Ana Rosa Payán becomes as the 29th mayor for a second period.
  • 2003 - C.F. Mérida football club formed.
  • 2004 - Manuel Fuentes Alcocer becomes the 30th mayor.
  • 2005 - The city held the International Mathematical Olympiad.[8]
  • 2006 - Mérida host the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics.[9]
  • 2007 -
  • 2009 - The city held the 40th International Physics Olympiad.[10]
  • 2010
  • 2011
    • The International Committee of the Banner of Peace titled Merida as "City of Peace".
    • The city held the II Alianza del Pacífico summit.
  • 2012 - Alvaro Lara Pacheco becomes acting mayor, few months later Renán Barrera Concha wins the local election and he becomes the 34th mayor.
  • 2014 - Mérida hosted the VI Summit of Association of Caribbean States, more than 25 Heads of State members came to the city.
  • 2015
  • 2018
    • María Dolores Fritz Sierra becomes the 36th mayor, as acting mayor in office.
    • The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida
    • Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform.
  • 2019

See also

References
  1. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1187, OL 6112221M
  2. Britannica 1910.
  3. Baedeker 1994.
  4. Phillips 1995.
  5. "Movie Theaters in Merida, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  6. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  7. "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  8. IMO Organizers
  9. IOI 2006 website
  10. 40th IPhO 40th Mexico 2009 website Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  12. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish
  • Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Mérida". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). 4. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282357.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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