Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

19th century

• 1772
  • Santa Cruz Church construction begins.
  • José Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.
• 1883 - Population: 15,752 in ayuntamiento (city); 125,277 in departamento (province).^[1]

20th century

• 1900 - First automobile is photographed in Bayamón^[2]
• 1905 - Mahogany tree planted in the plaza.
• 1908 - Plata Bridge built.
• 1910 - Farmacia Serra (pharmacy) building constructed.
• 1928 - Hurricane.
• 1932 - Hurricane.
• 1949 - Puerto Rico National Cemetery established.
• 1964
  • Universidad Católica de Bayamón established.^[3]
  • Santa Rosa Mall in business.
• 1970 - Population: 147,552.
• 1974
  • Vaqueros de Bayamón baseball club formed.
  • Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium opens.
• 1977 - City flag design adopted.^[4]
• 1980 - Bayamón City Hall built.
• 1982 - Plaza Rio Hondo shopping mall in business.
• 1984 - Braulio Castillo Theater opens.
• 1988 - Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez (arena) opens.
• 1990 - Botanical garden established.
• 1997 - Carmen Delia Dipiní Theater opens.
• 1998 - Plaza del Sol shopping mall in business.
• 1999 - Puerto Rico Bayamón football club formed.
• 2000
  • Public Library building constructed.
  • Population: 203,499.^[5]

21st century

• 2001

• • May 11: Miss Universe 2001 beauty pageant held in Bayamón
  • Ramón Luis Rivera Jr. becomes mayor
• 2004 - Tren Urbano (regional transit) begins operating
• 2010 - Population: 208,116^[6]
• 2009 - an explosion and fire at the Cataño oil refinery
• 2011 - Bayamón Soccer Complex opens
• 2015 - Puerto Rico FC (football club) formed

See also

• List of mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bayamón
• Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Ponce, San Juan

Bibliography

in English

• Book: Colonial Business Directory of the Island of Puerto Rico . M. de Magalhães . 39940968 . New York . 1898. Bayamon. https://archive.org/stream/colonialbusiness00maga#page/50/mode/2up.
  • Book: Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda . Spanish-American Directories Company . New York . 1901 . Porto Rico: Bayamon . 368+.
  • Book: Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico . F.E. Platt . New York . 1910 . Bayamon. 143–146.

in Spanish

• Book: Manuel Ubeda y Delgado . Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma . Puerto Rico . es . 1878. Bayamon. 2027/inu.30000067744395?urlappend=%3Bseq=163 . https://hdl.handle.net/2027/inu.30000067744395?urlappend=%3Bseq=163. (reprint 1998)
• 1979-1982 (8 vols.)
• Book: Mario A. Rodríguez León . Bayamón: notas para su historia . San Juan . Comité Historia de los Pueblos . 14643901 . es . 1985 . (2 vols.)

External links

• Web site: Historia de Bayamón . Municipiodebayamon.com . Municipio de Bayamón . es .
• Web site: Indice de Temas: (Bayamón (P.R.)) . Topic Index . Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico . 772645549 . Nancy Abreu Báez . etal . es . (Includes bibliographic information on Bayamón history)
• Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
• Items related to Bayamón, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
• Digitized materials related to Bayamón in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

Notes and References

1. Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico . José Gimeno Agius . 546+ . . 102 . 1885 . Madrid . es .
2. Web site: Mari Mut . José A. . Las fotos de Puerto Rico en Our Islands and Their People . Ediciones Digitales . 30 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702102713/http://edicionesdigitales.info/ourislands/fotosprourislandslres.pdf . 2 July 2014 . live .
3. Web site: Historia . Universidad Central de Bayamón . es . May 19, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606024331/http://www.ucb.edu.pr/web/?page_id=2291 . June 6, 2017 . live .
4. Encyclopedia: Municipalities: Bayamón . Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico . . 234072526 . en, es . San Juan . May 19, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314211122/http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=07121001 . March 14, 2016 . dead .
5. Book: Europa World Year Book . 2004 . 1857432533 . . United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico . 2017-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170104192040/https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C . 2017-01-04 . live .
6. Web site: Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico . QuickFacts . U.S. Census Bureau . May 19, 2017 .