Timeline of Bilbao explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bilbao in the Biscay province of Spain.

Prior to 19th century

• 1300 – Bilbao founded by Diego López V de Haro.
• 1397 – Santiago Cathedral built (approximate date).
• 1510 – Church of San Antón built.
• 1511
  • Consulado established.
  • Basilica of Begoña construction begins.
• 1795 – July: Town occupied by French forces.

19th century

• 1804 – conflict.
• 1808 – French occupation begins.
• 1813 – French occupation ends.
• 1833 – Biscay Province established.
• 1836 – December: Battle of Luchana.
• 1845 – Arenal Bridge constructed.
• 1846 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (steel mill) in business near town.^[1]
• 1855 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen in business.^[1]
• 1857 – Bank established.
• 1859 – British Protestant Cemetery established.
• 1863 – Tudela-Bilbao railway begins operating.
• 1870 – Population: 17,649.
• 1874 – February–May: Town besieged by Carlist forces.
• 1877 – San Antón Bridge built.
• 1882 – Bilbao-Atxuri Station built.
• 1886
  • Orfeón Bilbaíno (choir) founded.
  • University of Deusto opened.
• 1887 – Population: 50,772.^[2]
• 1890
  • Stock Exchange founded.
  • Teatro Arriaga built.
  • May: Ironworkers strike.
• 1892 – Bilbao City Hall built.
• 1893 – Vizcaya Bridge built.
• 1894 – Chavarri Palace built.
• 1895 – Gaceta del Norte newspaper begins publication.^[3]
• 1896 – Dry dock built.
• 1897 - Population: 74,076.
• 1898 – Athletic Club (football club) formed.
• 1900
  • Biscay Foral Delegation Palace built.
  • Population: 83,306.

20th century

• 1905 – A second dry dock built.
• 1906 – August: General strike.
• 1907 – Doña Casilda Iturrizar park created.
• 1913
  • San Mamés Stadium opens.
  • Euzkadi newspaper begins publication.
• 1914 – Bilbao Fine Arts Museum established.
• 1922 – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa founded.
• 1924 – Museum of Modern Art established.
• 1937 – 19 June: "Nationalists capture Bilbao."^[4]
• 1940 – Population: 195,186.
• 1950 – Bilbao Airport in operation.
• 1960 – Population: 297,942.
• 1968 – University of Bilbao established.
• 1970 – Population: 410,490.
• 1978 – Great Week of Bilbao begins.
• 1979 – City becomes part of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain.
• 1980 – University of the Basque Country established.
• 1983 – In region near Bilbao, construction of Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant ceases.
• 1991 – Population: 372,054.
• 1995 – Metro Bilbao begins operating.
• 1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Zubizuri footbridge open.
• 1999
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria established.
  • Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall opens.
  • Iñaki Azkuna becomes mayor.^[5]

21st century

• 2004 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre opens in Barakaldo.
• 2006 – Bilbao Live Festival begins.
• 2010 – Alhóndiga Bilbao opens.
• 2011 – Iberdrola Tower built.
• 2013 – Population: 351,629.
• 2014 – 11 January: Pro-ETA demonstration.
• 2018 – 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.

See also

• History of Bilbao

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Basque Country:^(es)

• Timeline of San Sebastián

References

This article incorporates information from the Basque Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Book: William Blackwood . 1830 . Edinburgh . Edinburgh Encyclopædia . Edinburgh Encyclopædia . David Brewster . Bilbao . https://archive.org/stream/edinburghencyclo03edinuoft#page/499/mode/1up.
  • • • • Bilbao . 3 . 930 - 931 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Satchel Guide to Spain and Portugal. Satchel Guide. 1930. Boston . Houghton Mifflin . Bilbao . 2027/mdp.39015024367917?urlappend=%3Bseq=350. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024367917?urlappend=%3Bseq=350.
• Book: Patrick O'Flanagan. Patrick O'Flanagan. Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900 . 2008. Ashgate . 978-0-7546-6109-2 . Bilbao . https://books.google.com/books?id=fzJc8ii7OMsC .

External links

• Web site: Archivo Municipal de Bilbao . es, eu . (archives)
• Map of Bilbao, 1943
• Europeana. Items related to Bilbao, various dates.

Notes and References

1. Book: Walker & Company . 9780802713490 . Basque History of the World . Mark Kurlansky . Mark Kurlansky . 1999 .
2. Web site: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Bilbao . 30 November 2014 . .
3. Web site: Bilbao (Spain) Newspapers . USA . WorldCat . . 23 December 2013.
4. Book: Francisco J. Romero Salvadó. Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. 2013. . 978-0-8108-5784-1 . Chronology . https://books.google.com/books?id=wsE7Nm9-yDEC&pg=PR21.
5. Web site: Spanish mayors . London . City Mayors.com . . 23 December 2013.