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

• 8th C. – Moors took possession of Medinat Mursiya. ^[1]
• 1172 – Almohades in power. ^[1]
• 1243 – Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia. ^[2]
• 1265 – Conquest of Murcia (1265–66).
• 1269 – Rising against King Alfonso the wise led to Murcia joining the Kingdom of Castile. ^[1]
• 1272 – University of Murcia first established by King Alfonso the wise
• 1291 – Made an episcopal see. ^[1]
• 1467 – Murcia Cathedral built. ^[1]
• 1487 – Printing press in use. ^[3]
• 1651 – Flood. ^[1]
• 1736 – Paseo del Malecón  [ es ] rebuilt.
• 1786 – Jardín de Floridablanca  [ es ] (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)  [ es ] (theatre) opens. ^[5]
• 1863 – Murcia del Carmen railway station opened.
• 1864 – Archaeological Museum of Murcia founded. ^[6]
• 1879
  • October: 1879 Segura flood  [ es ]. ^[1]
  • El Diario de Murcia  [ es ] newspaper begins publication.^(es)
• 1887 – Population: 98,538. ^[4]
• 1892 – Teatro Circo Murcia  [ es ] (theatre) opens. ^[7]
• 1900 – Population: 111,539. ^{[8] [1]}

20th century

• 1903 – La Verdad newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1907 – Flood. ^[1]
• 1910
  • Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia  [ es ] (museum) built.
  • Archaeological Museum of Murcia relocated.
  • Population: 125,057. ^[4]
• 1915 – University of Murcia established.
• 1917 – Murcia Conservatory of Music  [ es ] founded.
• 1919 – Real Murcia 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  [ es ] newspaper begins publication. ^[9]
• 1991 – Population: 338,250. ^[4]
• 1995 – Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas  [ es ] (convention centre) opens.
• 1996
  • Biblioteca Regional de Murcia  [ es ] (library) established.
  • Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia founded.

21st century

• 2011
  • Murcia tram starts operation.
  • Population: 437,667. ^[4]
• 2015 – José Ballesta becomes mayor.
• 2019 – Murcia–San Javier Airport opens.

See also

• Murcia history
• History of Murcia

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

• Timeline of Cartagena, Spain
• List of municipalities in Murcia province

References

1. 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. "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. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
9. "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 (town)"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 33.
• A.F. Calvert (1911). Valencia and Murcia, a Glance at African Spain. The Spanish series. London: John Lane.
• "Murcia", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

• Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta [in Spanish] (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.

External links

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