Timeline of Toledo, Spain

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

Prior to 20th century

• 193 CE – Settlement becomes part of the Roman Empire. ^[1]
• 250-300 – Roman Catholic diocese of Toledo established. ^[2] Population: 15,000
• 397-400 – Religious Council of Toledo held. ^[3]
• 554 – Toledo becomes capital of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo  [ es ] (approximate date). ^[4]
• 589 – Religious Council of Toledo held. ^[3] Population: 10,000
• 712 – Muslims in power; city renamed "Tolaitola." ^[5]
• 999 – Bib Mardum Mosque built. ^[6]
• 1085 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes Toledo. ^[3]
• 1088 – Toledo archbishop becomes Primate of Spain. ^[4]
• 1102 – Puerta del Cambrón (gate) built. ^[3]
• 1180 – Santa María la Blanca synagogue built. ^[6]
• 1209 – Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada becomes archbishop.
• 1227 – Toledo Cathedral construction begins. ^[3]
• 1366 – Synagogue of El Transito built. ^[6]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date). ^[7]
• 1390 – Puente de San Martín (bridge) rebuilt. ^[3]
• 1484 – Printing press in use. ^[8]
• 1493 – Toledo Cathedral construction completed.
• 1520 – Real Universidad de Toledo  [ es ] established.
• 1561 – Court of Philip II of Spain relocated from Toledo to Madrid. ^[9] Population: 60,000
• 1576 – Artist El Greco moves to Toledo. ^[10]
• 1703 – Casa consistorial de Toledo  [ es ] (town hall) built. ^[11]
• 1808 – Battalion of University Volunteers from the Royal University of Toledo formed.
• 1842 – Population: 13,580. ^[12]
• 1857 – Population: 17,275. ^[12]
• 1878 – Teatro Rojas (theatre) opens. ^[13]
• 1887 – Alcázar of Toledo burns down. ^[4]
• 1900 – Population: 23,317. ^[12]

20th century

• 1919 – Toledo railway station built.
• 1928 – CD Toledo (football club) formed.
• 1930 – Population: 27,443. ^[12]
• 1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo  [ es ] (provincial archives) established. ^[14]
• 1936 – Siege of the Alcázar. ^[15]
• 1940 – Historic city area designated a Conjunto histórico (national heritage site).
• 1950 – Population: 40,243. ^[12]
• 1973 – Estadio Salto del Caballo (stadium) opens.
• 1979 – Juan Ignacio de Mesa  [ es ] becomes mayor. ^[16]
• 1981 – Population: 57,769. ^[12]
• 1986 – Historic city area designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ^[6]
• 1987 – El Día de Toledo newspaper begins publication. ^[17]
• 1998 – Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha (library) opens. ^[18]

21st century

• 2001 – Population: 68,382. ^[12]
• 2009 – Gente Toledo newspaper begins publication.
• 2011 – Population:83,872. ^[12]
• 2015
  • 24 May: Province of Toledo municipal election, 2015  [ es ] and Castile-La Mancha parliamentary election, 2015 held.
  • Milagros Tolón  [ es ] becomes mayor. ^[16]

See also

• Toledo, Spain history
• History of Toledo, Spain
• List of bishops and archbishops of Toledo
• List of mayors since 1979
• List of municipalities in Castilla-La Mancha  [ it ]

References

1. Tarver 2016.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Haydn 1910.
5. Hourihane 2012.
6. International Council on Monuments and Sites (1986). "World Heritage List No. 379".
7. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-226-15510-4.
8. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-13118-6.
9. Levi 1995.
10. "Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
11. "Documento BOE-A-1996-28416", Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish), Ministry of the Presidency, Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado  [ es ], 1996
12. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Toledo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
13. Conde de Cedillo 1890.
14. "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte . Retrieved 13 October 2016.
15. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-5784-1.
16. Archivo Municipal de Toledo. "Galería de alcaldes de Toledo" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Toledo  [ es ]. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
17. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN   978-1-85743-152-0.
18. Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha. "Quienes somos" (in Spanish). Toledo: Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla-La Mancha. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Josiah Conder (1830), "Toledo", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• "Spain: Toledo", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC   2665202
• Hannah Lynch (1898), Toledo, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC   150311124
• "Toledo". Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.). Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1908. OCLC   1581249.
• Chisholm, Hugh (1910), "Toledo", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC   14782424 ***Please note that a wikilink to the article on [Toledo, Spain] in [EB1911] is not available***
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Toledo", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• Francis Whiting Halsey, ed. (1914). "Toledo". Spain and Portugal. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors. Vol. 9. Funk & Wagnalls Company – via HathiTrust.
• Clarissa Levi (1995). "Toledo". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 716–719. ISBN   1884964028.
• David Gilmour (2012). "Toledo". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN   978-1-4481-3833-3.
• Colum Hourihane, ed. (2012). "Toledo". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-539536-5.
• H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). "Key Places: Toledo". Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9781610694223.

in Spanish

• Cristóbal Lozano [in Spanish] (1667). Reyes Nuevos de Toledo (in Spanish) – via Google Books.
• "Toledo". Castilla la Nueva. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Jose Repullés. 1853. hdl:2027/ucm.5325879622.
• Antonio Martín Gamero [in Spanish] (1862). Historia de la ciudad de Toledo (in Spanish). Toledo: Severiano Lopez Fando.
• Jerónimo López de Ayala conde de Cedillo [in Spanish] (1890). Toledo: guía artístico-práctica (in Spanish and French). Toledo: Libreria y Encuadernación de Menor Hermanos.

External links

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