Timeline of Seville
Prior to 18th century
- 600 CE - Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
- 491 - Cathedral of Seville is built
- 630 - Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
- 713 - Musa bin Nusayr in power.[1]
- 829 - Mosque built.[1]
- 844 - City raided by Vikings
- 1023 - Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
- 1181 - Alcázar (fort) construction begins.[2]
- 1198 - Minaret built.
- 1247 - Siege of Seville begins.
- 1248 - Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
- 1252 - Seville Shipyard built.
- 1477 - Printing press in use.[3]
- 1503 - Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.[4]
- 1519
- Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
- Seville Cathedral built.[2]
- 1521 - Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
- 1543 - Consulado de Cargadores a Indias established.[5]
- 1563 - Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.[6]
- 1598 - Merchants exchange built.
- 1627 - Flood.[7]
- 1630 - Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.[8]
- 1647 - Great Plague of Seville begins.[7]
- 1670 - Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (guild) established.
- 1682 - University of Navigators building construction begins.
- 1683 - Flood.[7]
18th-19th centuries
- 1717 - Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.[7]
- 1729
- Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.[9]
- Peace treaty signed in Seville.[6]
- 1758 - Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
- 1785 - General Archive of the Indies established.[7]
- 1810 - February: French occupation begins.[6]
- 1812 - French occupation ends.[9]
- 1842 - Population: 100,498.
- 1843 - City besieged by forces of Espartero.[6]
- 1847 - First Seville Fair held at the Prado de San Sebastián.
- 1852 - Triana Bridge built.
- 1869 - City wall dismantled.[1]
- 1881 - Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (bullring) built.
- 1890 - Sevilla Football Club formed.
- 1893 - María Luisa Park established.
- 1896
- La Pasarela (Sevilla) built at the Prado de San Sebastián.
- 28 October: Cyclone.[6]
- 1897 - Population: 146,205.[10]
- 1900 - Population: 148,315.[2]
20th century
- 1901 - Estación de Plaza de Armas (railway station) opens.
- 1902 - Burial site of Christopher Columbus relocated to Seville from Cuba.[6]
- 1905
- Sevilla FC officially registered with the local government.
- Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) built.
- 1907 - Real Betis football club formed.
- 1915 - Aeródromo de Tablada (airport) built.
- 1920 - Population: 205,529.[10]
- 1926 - Puente de Alfonso XIII (bridge) built.
- 1928 - Plaza de España built.
- 1929
- Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 held.
- Estadio Municipal Heliópolis, later known as Estadio Benito Villamarín, opens.
- Lope de Vega Theatre opens.
- 1931 - Puente de San Telmo (bridge) built.
- 1933 - Seville Airport (Aeropuerto de San Pablo) opens.
- 1936 - July 1936 military uprising in Seville.[11]
- 1950 - Population: 376,627.[10]
- 1959 - Seville Public Library established.
- 1979 - Luis Uruñuela becomes mayor.
- 1981
- Regional Government of Andalusia headquartered in Seville.
- Population: 653,833.[10]
- 1983
- 21 December: Last and decisive qualifier match for UEFA Euro 1984 held: Spain 12–1 Malta.
- Manuel del Valle Arévalo becomes mayor.
- 1987 - UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville established.
- 1990
- Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra formed.
- Puente de las Delicias (bridge) built.
- 1991
- Teatro de la Maestranza (opera house) opens.
- Auditorio Rocío Jurado opens
- Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa (railway station) opens.
- San Bernardo railway station opens.
- Seville Airport new terminal opens.
- Puente Reina Sofía (bridge) built.
- Alejandro Rojas-Marcos becomes mayor.
- Guitar Legends festival held.
- Puente del Centenario (bridge) built.
- 1992
- Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line begins operating.
- Alamillo Bridge and Puente de la Barqueta (bridge) built.
- Teatro Central (Sevilla) opens.
- Seville Expo '92 held.
- Institución Colombina established.
- Torre de la Plata restored.
- 1993 - Alamillo Park opens.
- 1994 - I Encuentro entre el Son Cubano y el Flamenco (festival) held.
- 1995 - Soledad Becerril becomes mayor.
- 1998
- First Territorios Sevilla festival held.
- Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo opens.
- Nervión Plaza mall and cinema open.
- 1999
- Plaza de Armas reopens as a mall and cinema.
- Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín becomes mayor.
- Estadio de La Cartuja built.
- 7th World Championships in Athletics held.
21st century
- 2003 - 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Celtic and Porto held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
- 2004
- Starbucks opens its first establishment in the city.
- First Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla held.
- 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
- 2007
- Avenida de la Constitución (Sevilla) pedestrianized.
- Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
- MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
- 2009 - Seville Metro begins operating.
- 2010 - Jardín Americano reopens.
- 2011
- Metropol Parasol erected.
- Juan Ignacio Zoido becomes mayor.[12]
- 2011 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
- Population: 703,021.
- 2012
- Pabellón de la Navegación (Sevilla) reopens as a museum.
- Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) reopens as a public space.
- 2014 - Alamillo Park expanded.
- 2015
- Torre Sevilla skyscraper erected.
- Juan Espadas becomes mayor.
- 2016 - Hard Rock Cafe opens its first restaurant in the city.
- 2018 - Torre Sevilla shopping mall opens.
See also
- History of Seville
- List of mayors of Seville
- Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
- Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga
- List of municipalities in Andalusia
References
- Bosworth 2007.
- Britannica 1910.
- F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock, ed. (2007). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1.
- Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- Haydn 1910.
- H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610694223.
- "Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- Ring 1996.
- "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Sevilla". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
- "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Published in 19th century
- David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Seville". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
- Richard Ford (1855), "Seville", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
- Sevilla y Cádiz. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Madrid: Jose Repullés. 1856.
- William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Híspalis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Seville", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- Published in 20th century
- "Seville". Guide to the Western Mediterranean. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906.
- "Seville", Jewish Encyclopedia, 11, New York, 1907
- "Seville", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
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- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Seville", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
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- Published in 21st century
- Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Seville". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
- C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Seville". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 472+.
- Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Seville". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.
- David Gilmour (2012). "Seville". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.
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