Timeline of Cartagena, Spain

Last updated May 03, 2025

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

Ancient and Medieval

243 BCE - Kart-hadasht founded by Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair (approximate date).^[1]
209 BCE - Battle of Cartagena (209 BC).^[2] and renamed Carthago Nova by the victorious general Scipio Africanus
100-200 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena established.^[3]
425 CE - City sacked by the Vandals.^[4]
1243 - Sacked again by Ferdinand III of Castile.^[2]
1276 - James I of Aragon in power.^[2]
1289 - Catholic see relocated from Cartagena to Murcia.^[2]

Early Modern

1585 - Sacked again by an English fleet under Sir Francis Drake.^[2]
1643 - 3 September Battle of Cartagena (1643).
1691 - Cofradía del Socorro (Cartagena) [ es ] founded.
1706 - 21 September: Battle of El Albujón in El Albujón [ es ] during the War of the Spanish Succession.
1758 - 28 February: Battle of Cartagena (1758).
1762 - Hospital de Marina de Cartagena [ es ] built.
1779 - Iglesia de Santa María de Gracia (Cartagena) [ es ] (church) built.
1782 - Arsenal de Cartagena built.
1786
- Semanario Literario y Curioso de Cartagena [ es ] begins publication.
- Parque de Artillería de Cartagena [ es ] built.^[5]

Nineteenth Century

1810 - Academia de Caballeros Guardias Marinas built.^[5]
1823 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Cartagena established.^[6]
1842 - Population: 33,593.^[7]
1844 - Scene of warfare again.^[2]
1854 - Plaza de toros de Cartagena [ es ] (bullring) opens.
1860 - Population: 54,315.^[7]
1861
- Eco de Cartagena newspaper begins publication.^[8]^(es)
- Casino Círculo Cartagenero [ es ] active.^{[ citation needed ]}
1863 - Railway begins operating.^[9]
1870 - Population: 26,000. (approximate figure) ^[2]
1873 - July: Canton of Cartagena declared.^[10]
1874 - (12th Jan) Cartagena was occupied by government troops.^[2]
1887 - El Mediterráneo newspaper begins publication.^[8]
1898 - Cartagena suffered from the maritime disasters of the Spanish-American War.^[2]
1900
- Fábrica de Fluido Eléctrico Hispania [ es ] built.^[11]
- Population: 99,871.^[2]^[12]

20th century

1905 - Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena [ es ] founded.
1907
- 16 May: International Pact of Cartagena takes place in city.
- Palacio consistorial de Cartagena [ es ] (city hall) and Estación de Cartagena [ es ] (railway station) built.
1908 - Post Office built on the Plaza de Valarino Togores.^[13]
1910 - Casa Zapata [ es ] built on Alameda de San Antón [ es ].^{[ citation needed ]}
1912 - Club de Regatas [ es ] built.
1916 - Gran Hotel de Cartagena [ es ] built on Calle de la Jara (Cartagena) [ es ].
1919 - Cartagena Club de Fútbol formed.
1925 - Estadio de El Almarjal [ es ] (stadium) opens.
1935 - Noticiero de Cartagena [ es ] newspaper begins publication.
1939 - March: Cartagena Uprising of nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.^[14]
1940 - UD Cartagenera (football club) formed.
1943 - Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena (museum) established.
1970
- Nuevo Teatro Circo [ es ] (theatre) opens.
- Population: 146,904.^[7]
1972 - Festival de Cine de Cartagena [ es ] begins.
1980 - Festival de Jazz de Cartagena [ es ] begins.
1981 - Population: 172,751.^[7]
1982 - Cartagena becomes part of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia per the Murcian Statute of Autonomy [ es ].
1986 - Museo Naval de Cartagena (museum) opens.
1987 - Tele Cartagena [ es ] (television) begins broadcasting.
1988 - Estadio Cartagonova (stadium) opens.
1995
- Estación de autobuses de Cartagena [ es ] (bus depot) built.
- FC Cartagena (football team) formed.
1997 - Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena (museum) opens.
1998 - Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena established.

21st century

2005 - Escombreras power plant [ es ] built in the Port of Cartagena.
2007 - Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática (museum) built.
2008 - Museo del Teatro Romano de Cartagena [ es ] (museum) opens.
2011
- Auditorio y palacio de congresos El Batel [ es ] (convention centre) opens.
- Population: 215,757.^[7]
2015 - 24 May: Murcian municipal election, 2015 [ es ] and Murcian parliamentary election, 2015 held; José López Martínez [ es ] elected mayor.

References

↑ "Cartagena Spain". britannica.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.
↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
↑ "Antigüedad". Digital Murcia (in Spanish).
1 2 Cremades Griñán 1996.
↑ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409. hdl:2027/ucm.5309027638 – via HathiTrust.
1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Cartagena". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) . Retrieved 23 October 2016.
1 2 Juan González Castaño, ed. (1996). La prensa local en la región de Murcia (1706-1939) (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 84-7684-755-6.
↑ "La real inauguración del ferrocarril Cartagena-Murcia", La Verdad (in Spanish), Murcia, 24 October 2012
↑ Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
↑ Pérez Rojas 1986.
↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
↑ Palazón 1997.
↑ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Josiah Conder (1830), "Carthagena", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Carthago Nova". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cartagena", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
Richard Ford (1890), Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 456
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Cartagena", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Cartagena (Spain)" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 412–413.
"Cartagena", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 318, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

Gregorio Vicent y Portillo (1889). Biblioteca historica de Cartagena (in Spanish). Madrid.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Isidoro Martínez Rizo (1894). Fechos y fechas de Cartagena (in Spanish) – via Ministerio de Cultura y las Comunidades Autónomas, Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico.
Federico Casal Martínez (1930). Historia de las Calles de Cartagena (in Spanish).
Historia de Cartagena (in Spanish). Murcia: Ediciones Mediterráneo. 1986. ISBN 8485856449. (2 vols.)
Francisco Javier Pérez Rojas (1986). Cartagena, 1874-1936 (transformación urbana y arquitectura) (in Spanish). Editorial Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7564-038-9.
Carmen María Cremades Griñán (1996). "Cartagena". Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. pp. 97–106. ISBN 978-84-7684-704-6.
Juan Manuel Abascal Palazón; Sebastián F. Ramallo Asensio (1997). La ciudad de Carthago Nova: la documentación epigráfica (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 9788483710036.
"Cartagena Histórica", Cartagena Histórica Cuaderno Monográfico (in Spanish), ISSN 1696-991X 2002-

External links

"Archivo Municipal de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Cartagena. (city archives)
Items related to Cartagena, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Cartagena, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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[modern_brit-1] "Cartagena Spain". britannica.com. Retrieved March 3, 2025.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[4] "Antigüedad". Digital Murcia (in Spanish).

[FOOTNOTECremades_Griñán1996-5] 1 2 Cremades Griñán 1996.

[Ramirez1865-6] Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409. hdl:2027/ucm.5309027638 – via HathiTrust.

[INE-7] 1 2 3 4 5 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Cartagena". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) . Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[Castano1996-8] 1 2 Juan González Castaño, ed. (1996). La prensa local en la región de Murcia (1706-1939) (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 84-7684-755-6.

[9] "La real inauguración del ferrocarril Cartagena-Murcia", La Verdad (in Spanish), Murcia, 24 October 2012

[smith2009-10] Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.

[FOOTNOTEPérez_Rojas1986-11] Pérez Rojas 1986.

[12] "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.

[FOOTNOTEPalazón1997-13] Palazón 1997.

[Romero2013-14] Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.

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