Timeline of Burgos

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 884 – Castle of Burgos founded by Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, the second Count of Castile. ^[1]
• 1074 – El Cid marries Jimena Díaz. ^[1]
• 1099 – Castilian military leader El Cid buried in Burgos Cathedral. ^[2]
• 1187 – Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas founded. ^[1]
• 1221 – Burgos Cathedral construction begins. ^[1]
• 1224 – Convento de San Pablo (Burgos)  [ es ] founded (approximate date).
• 1254 – Edward I of England marries Eleanor of Castile. ^[1]
• 1301 – Cortes of Burgos (1301)  [ es ].
• 1302 – Cortes of Burgos (1302)  [ es ].
• 1308 – Cortes of Burgos (1308)  [ es ].
• 1315 – Cortes of Burgos (1315)  [ es ]. ^[3]
• 1350 – San Esteban church built. ^[1]
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[4]
• 1408 – San Nicolás de Bari built. ^[1]
• 1475 – Siege of Burgos (1475) at the Castle of Burgos, part of the War of the Castilian Succession. ^[1]
• 1484 – Miraflores Charterhouse rebuilt near Burgos.
• 1485 – Printing press in use. ^{[5] (es)}
• 1494 – Consulado established. ^[6]
• 1505 – San Nicolás de Bari church built. ^[1]
• 1522 – Rebellion against Charles V. crushed. ^[1]
• 1545 – Casa de Miranda  [ es ] built.
• 1560 – The Court removed to Madrid. ^[1]
• 1562 – Arco de Santa María built. ^[1]
• 1567 – Burgos Cathedral construction completed. ^[1]
• 1574 – Roman Catholic diocese of Burgos established. ^[7]
• 1808 – 10 November: Battle of Burgos; French win. ^[1]
• 1812 – Siege of Burgos by Anglo-Portuguese Army during the Peninsular War. ^[1]
• 1833 – City becomes seat of Province of Burgos. ^[1]
• 1836 – Paseo de la Isla  [ es ] promenade created.
• 1842 – Population: 15,924. ^[8]
• 1857 – Population: 26,086. ^[8]
• 1858 – Teatro Principal (Burgos)  [ es ] (theatre) opens.
• 1871 – Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Burgos)  [ es ] (library) opens. ^[9]
• 1878 – Museo Arqueológico y de Bellas Artes  [ es ] (museum) active. ^[10]
• 1887 – Chamber of Commerce established. ^[11]
• 1891 – Diario de Burgos newspaper begins publication. ^[12]
• 1900 – Population: 30,167. ^[1]

20th century

• 1902 – North train station built.^(es)
• 1907 – Palacio de Capitanía General (Burgos)  [ es ] built.
• 1930
  • Artificial silk factory begins operating. ^[13]
  • Population: 40,061. ^[8]
• 1936
  • 24 July: At the start of the Spanish Civil War, nationalists declare a government in the form of the National Defense Council, which meets for the first time in Burgos. ^[14]
  • 29 September: Nationalist junta in Burgos declares Franco Generalísimo.
  • Burgos becomes capital of the Francoist Zona sublevada  [ es ].^(es)
• 1944 – Estación de autobuses de Burgos  [ es ] (bus depot) opens.
• 1955 – Gamonal  [ es ] becomes part of the city of Burgos.
• 1964 – Estadio El Plantío (stadium) opens.
• 1970
  • Burgos trials (Proceso de Burgos) held in Burgos. ^[15]
  • Population: 119,915. ^[8]
• 1971 – Santa María de Garoña Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Burgos.
• 1979 – José María Peña San Martín becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 156,449. ^[8]
• 1983 – City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
• 1985 – Burgos Municipal Archives moves into the Palacio de Castilfalé. ^[16]
• 1994
  • Caso de la construcción  [ es ] corruption scandal sentencing decided.
  • Burgos CF (football club) formed.
  • University of Burgos founded.

21st century

• 2007 – Transporte metropolitano de Burgos  [ es ] begins operating.^{[ citation needed ]}
• 2008
  • Burgos Airport terminal built.
  • Bulevar del Ferrocarril  [ es ] redesign begins.
  • Burgos-Rosa de Lima railway station (train station) built.
• 2009 – 29 July: 2009 Burgos bombing by ETA.
• 2010 – Museum of Human Evolution opens.
• 2011
  • Javier Lacalle becomes mayor.
  • Population: 178,864. ^[8]
• 2012 – Burgos Convention Centre  [ es ] built.
• 2014 – January: 2014 Gamonal protest  [ es ].

See also

• Burgos history
• List of mayors of Burgos  [ es ]
• List of bishops of Burgos
• History of Burgos province  [ es ]
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Castile and León: Salamanca, Valladolid

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. Haydn 1910.
3. E. Michael Gerli, ed. (2003). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN   0-415-93918-6.
4. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN   978-0-226-15510-4.
5. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-13118-6.
6. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN   9780765682680
7. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
8. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Burgos". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) . Retrieved 18 October 2016.
9. Historia de la Biblioteca Pública de Burgos (in Spanish), Junta de Castilla y León, retrieved 30 October 2016
10. 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.
11. 125 añosimpulsando 2012.
12. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN   978-1-85743-152-0.
13. "Historia de la ciudad" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Burgos  [ es ]. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
14. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-5784-1.
15. Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6267-8.
16. "Archivo Municipal de Burgos". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte . Retrieved 19 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Burgos", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• Josiah Conder (1830), "Burgos", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• Richard Ford (1890), "Burgos", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 12
• Herbermann, Charles George (1908). "Burgos". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
• "Burgos (city)"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 819.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Burgos", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• "Burgos", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Burgos". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 101–104. ISBN   1884964028.

in Spanish

• Guia general de Búrgos (in Spanish). Madrid: Aribau y C.a. 1876.
• Augusto Llacayo (1886). Burgos: catedral, Cartuja, Huelgas: curiosidades, cosas notables de Burgos y sus cercanías (in Spanish). Imprenta de Timoteo Arnáiz – via Biblioteca Digital de Castilla y León  [ es ].
• D. Manuel Rubio y Borrás (1900). Nueva guia de Burgos y su provincia (in Spanish). Impr. sucesor de Arnaiz.
• Luis de Pablo Ibañez. Burgos y su provincia: apuntes y notas para el visitante (in Spanish). Hijos de Santiago Rodríguez. circa 1921
• "125 añosimpulsando el futuro de Burgos" [125 years of progress in Burgos (timeline)], Diario de Burgos (in Spanish), 6 March 2012

External links

• Items related to Burgos, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Burgos, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)