The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Madrid, Spain.
Prior to 17th century
edit- Prehistory: Quaternary period or Lower Paleolithic- First archaeological signs of human occupation
- Roman period: mansion or staging-post (Miacum) established
- 5th century AD – archaeological remains reported in 2007 indicate Visigoth occupation
- 9th century – Muhammad I of Córdoba ordered the construction of an Alcazar
- 1085 – Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes the city in the Reconquista.[1]
- 1339 – Treaty of Madrid secures collaboration between Aragon and Castile
- 1499 –
- Cardinal Cisneros founded the Complutense University.
- Fernando de Rojas publishes La Celestina in Madrid
- 1500 - Printing press in operation.[2]
- 1505 – San Jerónimo el Real built.
- 1526 – Treaty of Madrid signed.
- 1537 – Casa de Cisneros built.
- 1547 - Birth of Miguel de Cervantes, later a Spanish writer.[1]
- 1559 – Convent of Las Descalzas Reales founded.
- 1561
- Court of Philip II moves to Madrid.[3]
- Population: 20,000.[citation needed]
- 1562 - Anton van den Wyngaerde draws a Panorama of Madrid .
- 1584 – Bridge of Segovia built.
17th century
edit- 1601 – Court of Philip III moves from Madrid to Valladolid.
- 1605 - Cervantes' novel Don Quixote published.
- 1606 – Court of Philip III returns to Madrid.
- 1613 – Palace of the Councils built.
- 1616 – Real Monasterio de la Encarnación inaugurated.
- 1619 – Plaza Mayor laid out; Casa de la Panadería built.
- 1633 – Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes built.
- 1636 – Royal Alcazar built.
- 1637 – Buen Retiro Palace built.[1]
- 1643 – Palacio de Santa Cruz built.[citation needed]
- 1644 - Funeral of Isabel de Borbón.[4]
- 1661 – Gazeta de Madrid begins publication.[5]
- 1664 – San Isidro Church built.
- 1672 – Premiere of Guevara–Hidalgo's zarzuela Celos Hacen Estrellas.[6]
18th century
edit- 1706 – City occupied by Portuguese.
- 1713 – Royal Spanish Academy founded.[7][1]
- 1714 – Real Biblioteca del Palacio formed.[7]
- 1734 – Royal Alcazar burns down.
- 1737 – Real Colegio de Profesores Boticarios established.
- 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia founded.[7]
- 1743 – Teatro de la Cruz renovated.
- 1751 – Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas headquartered in Madrid.[8]
- 1752 – Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando founded.[7][1]
- 1755 – Real Jardín Botánico founded.[9]
- 1756 – Puerta de Recoletos built.
- 1766 – Esquilache Riots.
- 1767 – Buen Retiro Park opens.
- 1774 – Casa de Fieras del Retiro (zoo) opens.
- 1778 – Puerta de Alcalá inaugurated.
- 1782 – Cibeles Fountain built on Plaza de Cibeles.
- 1784 – San Francisco el Grande Basilica built.
- 1790 – Plaza Mayor reconstructed.
- 1798 – Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida built. Population: 170,000
19th century
edit- 1808 – Dos de Mayo Uprising.
- 1812 – Wellington takes city from the French.
- 1817 – Moncloa Porcelain Factory in operation.[10]
- 1819 – Museo del Prado established.
- 1830
- Royal Conservatory of Music founded.
- León Gil de Palacio creates a scale model of the city.
- 1831 – Bolsa de Madrid founded.[11]
- 1832 - Lhardy patisserie in business.[12]
- 1835 – Ateneo de Madrid founded.
- 1836
- Biblioteca Nacional established.[7]
- Literary University relocates to Madrid.
- 1840 – Monumento a los Caidos por España inaugurated.
- 1843 – Museo Naval de Madrid inaugurated.[13]
- 1850 – Teatro Real opera house opens.
- 1851 – Estación de Mediodía inaugurated.
- 1856
- Teatro de la Zarzuela opens.
- Escuela Superior de Diplomática (school) founded.
- 1864 – Hotel Paris opens.
- 1866 – Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid founded.
- 1867 – National Archaeological Museum of Spain established.
- 1868 – City walls dismantled.[14]
- 1869 - Jardín Zoológico established.[15]
- 1874 – Bull ring constructed on Plaza de Toros.[5]
- 1875 – Museo Nacional de Antropología inaugurated.
- 1877 – Population: 397,816.[1]
- 1884 – Cementerio de la Almudena established.
- 1885
- Roman Catholic diocese of Madrid established.[16]
- Theatre of María Guerrero built.
- 1887
- Café Comercial in business.
- Palacio de Cristal built.
- Population: 472,228.[1]
- 1888 – Café Gijón opens.[12]
- 1891 - Bank of Spain Building completed.[1]
- 1892 – Historical American Exposition held.[17]
- 1893 – Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre formed.
- 1900 – Population: 539,835.[18]
20th century
edit- 1902 – Real Madrid C.F. (football club) founded.[19]
- 1903 – Madrid Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 1905 – Parque del Oeste inaugurated.
- 1909 – Cibeles Palace built.
- 1910
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales established.
- Residencia de Estudiantes founded.
- 1911
- Cuatro Vientos Airport opens.
- Metropolis Building inaugurated.
- 1912 – Hotel Palace opens.
- 1916 – Market of San Miguel constructed.
- 1919 – Metro begins operating.
- 1920 - Population: 750,896.[20]
- 1922 – Monument to Alfonso XII inaugurated.
- 1923 – Teatro Monumental (theatre) built.
- 1924
- Line 2 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- Hotel Florida opens.
- National Museum of Romanticism inaugurated.
- 1925 – Teatro Pavón (theatre) opens.
- 1928 - Catholic Opus Dei founded.
- 1929
- Gran Vía constructed.
- Cine Avenida opens.[21]
- 1930
- Teatro Munoz Seca (theatre) opens.
- Cine Barceló built.[21]
- 1931
- City designated capital of Spanish Republic.
- Airport begins operating.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain) headquartered in Madrid.[citation needed]
- 1932 – Museo Sorolla and Cine Proyecciones (cinema)[21] inaugurated.
- 1934 – Museum of the Spanish Village formed.
- 1935 – House-Museum of Lope de Vega and Cine Madrid-Paris (cinema)[21] open.
- 1936
- November: Siege of Madrid begins.[22]
- Line 3 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 1939
- March: Siege of Madrid ends; Nationalists in power.[3]
- Capital of Spanish State relocated to Madrid from Burgos.
- 1940
- Spanish National Orchestra founded.
- Population: 1,088,647.[20]
- 1941 – Museum of the Americas founded.
- 1944
- Carabanchel Prison built.
- Museum Cerralbo opens.
- Line 4 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 1946 – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu opens.
- 1949 - Cine Pompeya (cinema) opens.[21]
- 1950 – Lope de Vega Theater opens.
- 1951 – Museum of Lázaro Galdiano opens.
- 1954 - Cine Benlliure (cinema) opens.[21]
- 1956 - Real Madrid wins first European Cup.[19]
- 1960 - Population: 2,259,931.[20]
- 1965 – RTVE Symphony Orchestra formed.
- 1966 – Estadio Vicente Calderón opens.
- 1967 – City flag design adopted.
- 1968
- Autonomous University of Madrid established.
- Line 5 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 1969 – Comillas Pontifical University relocates to Madrid.
- 1970 - Population: 3,146,071.[20]
- 1971 – Technical University of Madrid formed.
- 1972
- Zoo Aquarium built.
- Temple of Debod installed.
- 1973 – Operación Ogro.
- 1974 - Line 7 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 1975 – La Movida Madrileña.
- 1976 – Torres de Colón built.
- 1977 – Massacre of Atocha.
- 1978
- Sabatini Gardens open.
- Centro Dramático Nacional created.
- 1979
- Line 6 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- Windsor Tower built.
- 1980 - Line 9 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 1981 – Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica founded.
- 1982 – City hosts 1982 FIFA World Cup.[19]
- 1983
- Almudena Cathedral consecrated.
- November: Avianca Flight 011 accident.
- December: Alcalá 20 nightclub fire.
- 1984 – Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra formed.
- 1987 – Community of Madrid Orchestra founded.
- 1988 – National Auditorium of Music inaugurated.
- 1989 – El Mundo begins publication.
- 1990 - Editorial Verbum in business.
- 1991
- City hosts Israeli–Palestinian peace conference.
- Population: 2,984,576.[20]
- 1992
- Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum open.
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and Juan Carlos I Park established.
- 1994 – Festimad music festival begins.
- 1996 – Gate of Europe and Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid built.[23]
- 1997 – Teatro Real reopens.
- 1998 - Line 8 (Madrid Metro) and Line 11 (Madrid Metro) begin operating.
21st century
edit- 2001 - City named World Book Capital by UNESCO.
- 2002 – Madrid Arena opens.
- 2003
- Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón becomes the new mayor, succeeding José María Álvarez del Manzano.
- Manzanares Park inaugurated.
- Line 12 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
- 2004
- March: Train bombings.[24]
- Museo del Traje established.[25]
- 2005
- Windsor Tower suffers a major fire and becomes demolished afterwards.
- June: Demonstration against ETA.[26]
- Madrid–Toledo high-speed rail line begins operating.
- Forest of Remembrance dedicated.
- Madrid Ballet established.
- 2006
- Art Madrid contemporary art fair begins.
- Teatro Valle-Inclán opens.
- December: Airport bombing.[24]
- 2007 – Metro Ligero begins operating.
- 2008
- Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.
- Spanair Flight 5022 crash.
- Caixa Forum opens.
- Torre PwC, Torre Caja Madrid, Torre de Cristal, and Torre Espacio built.
- Saturday Night Fiber music festival held.
- 2009 – Population: 3,264,497.[27]
- 2011
- 15-M Movement protests.
- Parque Madrid Río inaugurated.[28][29]
- Ana Botella becomes the new City Mayor after Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón resigns.[30]
- 2012
- May: Economic protest.[31]
- November: Anti-austerity protests.[32]
- 2013 – September: 4th bid for the Summer Olympic Games fails.
- 2015
- March: Parque Felipe VI inaugurated.[33]
- May: City Council election held; Manuela Carmena elected mayor.
- 2019
- June: José Luis Martínez-Almeida elected mayor.[34]
- 2021
Evolution of the Madrid map
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
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- ^ a b Webster's Geographical Dictionary, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OL 5812502M
- ^ Exequies and Funeral of Isabel de Borbon, Queen of Spain, at the Real Convento de San Geronimo, Madrid. British Library. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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- ^ Stephen Rose (2005). "Chronology". In Tim Carter and John Butt (ed.). Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-79273-8.
- ^ a b c d e David H. Stam, ed. (2001). International Dictionary of Library Histories. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1579582443.
- ^ Mark Kurlansky (1999), The Basque History of the World, Walker & Company, ISBN 9780802713490
- ^ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ Gordon Campbell, ed. (2006). Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518948-3.
- ^ "Kingdom of Spain". International Encyclopedia of the Stock Market. Fitzroy Dearborn. 1999. ISBN 978-1-884964-35-0.
- ^ a b James Trager (1995), The Food Chronology, New York: Henry Holt, OL 1275146M
- ^ "Naval Museum: Historia". Armada Española. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Calvert 1909.
- ^ Vernon N. Kisling, ed. (2000). "Zoos and Aquariums of the World (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ United States. Commission to the Madrid exposition, 1892 (1895), Report of the United States commission to the Columbian historical exposition at Madrid, 1892-93, Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Office, OL 23368503M
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- ^ a b c Tom Dunmore (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
- ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Madrid". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
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- ^ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
- ^ "Madrid". ArchNet. Archived from the original on 2007-12-24.
- ^ a b BBC News. "Timeline". Spain Profile. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ Museo del Traje. Centro de Investigación del Patrimonio Etnológico. "Historia" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ Angel Smith (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
- ^ M. Kimmelman (December 26, 2011). "In Madrid's Heart, Park Blooms Where a Freeway Once Blighted". New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
- ^ "Madrid Rio: Highway Tunnel Project". Walking Bostonian. 29 December 2011 – via Blogspot.
- ^ "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2013. ISBN 978-1-62513-103-4.
- ^ "Anti-austerity strikes sweep southern Europe". Reuters. November 14, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ "Un parque con horario nórdico en Valdebebas", El Mundo (in Spanish), Madrid, 2015-03-27
- ^ Rodríguez-Pina, Gloria; Mateo, Juan José (2019-06-15). "El PP recupera Madrid y promete acabar con la herencia de Carmena". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
Bibliography
editin English
edit- Published in the 18th-19th century
- Thomas Nugent (1749), "Madrid", The Grand Tour, vol. 4, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762580
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Madrid", New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven, Connecticut: S. Converse
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Madrid". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- "Madrid", Cabinet Cyclopædia, vol. VII: Cities and Principal Towns of the World, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
- Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Madrid", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
- Richard Ford (1855), "Madrid", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: John Murray, OCLC 2145740
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (1870), "Madrid", Search for Winter Sunbeams in the Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain, New York: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 1022285
- John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Madrid", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- Published in the 20th century
- "Madrid", Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
- Albert Frederick Calvert (1909), Madrid, London: J. Lane, OCLC 1598573, OL 7014970M
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- Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Madrid", Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards
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- Michael Ugarte (1996), Madrid 1900, USA: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 0271015594
- Published in the 21st century
- J. Maldonado (2005). "Madrid". In Anton Kreukels; et al. (eds.). Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning: Comparative Case Studies of European City-Regions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-49606-8.
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in other languages
edit- "Madrid". Castilla la Nueva. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Vol. 1. 1853. hdl:2027/ucm.5325879622.
- Eusebio Blasco (1873), Madrid por dentro y por fuera: Guia de forasteros incautos [Madrid inside and out: stranger's guide] (in Spanish), Julian Peña, OCLC 34689580, OL 23446308M
- Madame d'Aulnoy (1874), Mme B. Carey (ed.), La cour et la ville de Madrid vers la fin du XVIIe siècle [The court and the city of Madrid in the late seventeenth century] (in French), Paris: E. Plon et cie, OL 24403114M
- Timoteo Domingo Palacio, ed. (1888), Documentos del Archivo General de la villa de Madrid [Documents from the Archives of the City of Madrid] (in Spanish), Madrid: Impr. y Lit. Municipal v.4
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