Granada chronology explained

The following is a chronology of the history of the city of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.

Before 16th century

• 64 CE – Diocese of Granada established (approximate date).^[1]
• 8th century – City wall construction begins.
• 713 CE – Muslims in power.^[2]
• 1066 – Massacred the Jewish population of the city 1066 Granada massacre
• 1090 – Almoravids in power.
• 1166 – Almohads in power.
• 1238 – City becomes capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, Al-Andalus; Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.^[3]
• 1248 – Alhambra construction begins.^[4]
• 1309 – Generalife built.^[5]
• 1319 – Alcázar Genil built.
• 1330s – Corral del Carbón built.
• 1349 – Yusufiyya Madrasa established.
• 1367 – Maristan (hospital) built.
• 1370 – Alhambra's Palace of the Myrtles built.
• 1391 – Alhambra's Palace of the Lions built.
• 1410s – Antequeruela settlement developed.
• 1492
  • City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile).
  • Edict of Expulsion of Jews issued.
• 1493 – Hernando de Talavera becomes archbishop.
• 1496 – Printing press in use.^[6]
• 1499 – Muslim rebellions in Granada province.^[7]

16th-19th centuries

• 1501 – City divided into 23 parishes.
• 1504 – founded.
• 1505 – established.
• 1516 – Carthusian monastery built outside city.
• 1521 – Capilla Real built.
• 1525 – Burial of monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in the Capilla Real.
• 1531 – University of Granada founded.
• 1587 – Chancillería (tribunal building) constructed.
• 1593 – Theatre built.^[8]
• 1600 – Population: 55,000
• 1614 – Expulsion of the Moriscos.
• 1624 – April: Philip IV visits city.^[9]
• 1703 – Granada Cathedral built.
• 1764 – Gacetilla Curiosa begins publication.
• 1810 – Occupation of city by French forces begins.^[10]
• 1812 – Occupation of city by French forces ends.
• 1833 – Province of Granada established.
• 1839 – Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada established.^[11]
• 1843 – Alcaiceria (bazaar) burns down.^[12]
• 1879 – Provincial Archaeological Museum of Granada established.
• 1892 – Caja General de Ahorros de Granada (bank) founded.
• 1900 – Population: 75,900.^[13]

20th century

• 1910 – Cafe Futbol in business.^[14]
• 1920 – Population: 103,368.^[15]
• 1929 – Casa de los Tiros Museum established.
• 1931 – Granada Club de Fútbol formed.
• 1936
  • March: Post-election unrest.^[16]
  • 19 August: Death of poet Lorca in Alfacar.
• 1940 – Population: 155,405.
• 1961 – Cine Madrigal (cinema) opens.^[17]
• 1972 – Airport opens.
• 1981 – Population: 262,182.
• 1984 – Alhambra declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1986 – Huerta de San Vicente Museum (of Lorca) active (approximate date).
• 1991
  • becomes mayor.
  • Population: 287,864.
• 1995
  • Parque de las Ciencias (science museum)^[18] and Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (stadium) open.
  • Gabriel Díaz Berbel becomes mayor.
• 1999 – becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2003
  • Mosque built.
  • José Torres Hurtado becomes mayor.
• 2004
  • Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol formed.
  • Kinepolis Granada (cinema) opens near city.
• 2007 – Granada metro construction begins.
• 2008 – Hay Festival of literature held.
• 2014 – established.

See also

• Granada history
• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga, Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• • Book: William Blackwood . 1830 . Edinburgh . Edinburgh Encyclopædia . David Brewster . Granada . https://archive.org/stream/edinburghencyclo10edinuoft#page/443/mode/1up . Edinburgh Encyclopædia .
    • • Book: Manuel Gómez-Moreno . Guía de Granada . Guide to Granada . 1892. Indalecio Ventura . es . Manuel Gómez-Moreno González .
• Book: Granada la bella . 1896 . Granada the Beautiful . Ángel Ganivet . es . Ángel Ganivet . 1905 ed.

Published in the 20th century

• • • • Granada (city) . 12 . 335 - 336 . 1.
• Granada (province) . 12 . 334 - 335 . 1.
  • Book: Gallego Burin . Granada: Guia artistica e historica de la ciudad . es . 1982 .
  • J Dickie. Granada: A case study of Arab urbanism in Muslim Spain. 1992.

Published in the 21st century

• Book: Joan Ramon Resina. Iberian Cities . 2001 . Routledge. 978-1-136-53463-8 . https://books.google.com/books?id=XREksHlGd9wC&pg=PA122 . (Granada) . Juan Carlos Rodriguez . (discusses Ganivet's writing about Granada)
• Teodoro Luque-Martínez and Francisco Muñoz-Leiva. "City benchmarking: a methodological proposal referring specifically to Granada." Cities 22.6 (2005): 411–423.
• Book: Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne . Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World . 2007. Routledge. 978-1-134-09650-3 . Maristan and its role in Nasrid Granada . Athena C. Syrakoy . https://books.google.com/books?id=7m15xZArrQoC&pg=PA177 .
• D Coleman. Creating Christian Granada: Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492–1600. 2013

External links

• Map of Granada, 1943
• Europeana. Items related to Granada, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Granada, various dates

Notes and References

1. Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . Granada . F. Fita . https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop06herbuoft#page/723/mode/1up . New York . 1913 . Catholic Encyclopedia .
2. Book: Colum Hourihane. Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-539536-5 . Granada . https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA215 .
3. Book: E. Michael Gerli. Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia . 2013. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-136-77161-3 . Granada . https://books.google.com/books?id=QlpKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA368 . L. Patrick Harvey .
4. Book: John Tavenor Perry. Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture . 1893. J. Murray.
5. Web site: Archnet . Archnet .
6. Book: F. J. Norton . Printing in Spain 1501-1520. 1966 . Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-13118-6.
7. Muslims in Spain after the Fall of Granada . M. Ali Kattani . Islamic Studies . 36 . 4 . 613–631 . 1997 . 23076032 .
8. Book: James Casey . Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739 . 2007. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-139-46237-2.
9. Book: A. Katie Harris . From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain . 2010. . 978-0-8018-9192-2.
10. Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3 . 1996 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 31045650 . Granada . 296+ . 9781884964022 . https://books.google.com/books?id=74JI2UlcU8AC&pg=PA296 .
11. Web site: Our Museums: Granada . Portal de Museos de Andalucia . . 30 November 2014 . 15 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215142109/http://www.museosdeandalucia.es/culturaydeporte/museos/ . dead .
12. Book: 1927 . Leiden . Brill . Encyclopedia of Islam . Granada . https://books.google.com/books?id=xd5VonTOppMC&pg=PA175 . 175+ . C.F. Seybold . Encyclopedia of Islam . 9004082654 .
13. Granada (city) . 12 . 335 - 336 .
14. Web site: Spain: Granada . . 30 November 2014 .
15. Web site: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Granada . 30 November 2014 . .
16. The Failure of Electoral Modernization: The Elections of May 1936 in Granada . Roberto Villa García . Journal of Contemporary History . 44 . 3 . 401–429 . 2009 . 40543041 . 10.1177/0022009409104116 . 220878908 .
17. Web site: Movie Theaters in Granada . CinemaTreasures.org . Cinema Treasures LLC . Los Angeles . 30 November 2014 .
18. Book: Domingo Ródenas de Moya. Más es más: sociedad y cultura en la España democrática, 1986-2008 . 2009. Iberoamericana Editorial. 978-84-8489-461-2 . es .