Timeline of Murcia explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 8th C. – Moors took possession of Medinat Mursiya.
• 1172 – Almohades in power.
• 1243 – Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia.
• 1265 – Conquest of Murcia (1265–66).
• 1269 – Rising against King Alfonso the wise led to Murcia joining the Kingdom of Castile.
• 1272 – University of Murcia first established by King Alfonso the wise
• 1291 – Made an episcopal see.
• 1467 – Murcia Cathedral built.
• 1487 – Printing press in use.^[1]
• 1651 – Flood.
• 1736 – rebuilt.
• 1786 – (garden) established.
• 1810 – City besieged by French forces.
• 1812 – City besieged by French forces again.
• 1829 – March: 1829 Torrevieja earthquake.
• 1842 – Population: 82,517.
• 1862 – (theatre) opens.
• 1863 – Murcia del Carmen railway station opened.
• 1864 – Archaeological Museum of Murcia founded.^[2]
• 1879
  • October: .
  • newspaper begins publication.^(es)
• 1887 – Population: 98,538.
• 1892 – (theatre) opens.
• 1900 – Population: 111,539.^[3]

20th century

• 1903 – La Verdad newspaper begins publication.^[4]
• 1907 – Flood.
• 1910
  • (museum) built.
  • Archaeological Museum of Murcia relocated.
  • Population: 125,057.
• 1915 – University of Murcia established.
• 1917 – founded.
• 1919 – Real Murcia founded.
• 1930 – Population: 158,724.
• 1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia (provincial archives) established.^[5]
• 1940 – Population: 193,731.
• 1960 – Population: 249,738.
• 1988 – newspaper begins publication.
• 1991 – Population: 338,250.
• 1995 – (convention centre) opens.
• 1996
  • (library) established.
  • Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia founded.

21st century

• 2011
  • Murcia tram starts operation.
  • Population: 437,667.^[6]
• 2015 – José Ballesta becomes mayor.
• 2019 – Murcia–San Javier Airport opens.

See also

• Murcia history
• History of Murcia

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia:^(es)

• Timeline of Cartagena, Spain
• List of municipalities in Murcia province

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • • Murcia (town) . 19 . 33 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Valencia and Murcia, a Glance at African Spain . A.F. Calvert . London . John Lane . 1911 .

in Spanish

• Book: Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta .

  es:Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta

  . Murcia y Albacete. 1889. Daniel Cortezo y ca. . es . Barcelona . España: sus monumentos y artes, su naturaleza e historia .
• Book: Francisco Alemán Saínz. Diccionario incompleto de la Región de Murcia. 1984. Editora Regional de Murcia. 978-84-7564-007-5 . es . .
• Book: Francisco Javier Díez de Revenga . Mariano de Paco . Historia de la literatura murciana. 1989. Editora Regional de Murcia. 978-84-87408-04-5 . es . .
• Book: Carmen María Cremades Griñán. Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia. 1996 . Universidad de Murcia . es . 978-84-7684-704-6 . .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: F. J. Norton . Printing in Spain 1501-1520. 1966 . Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-13118-6.
2. Book: Margarita Díaz-Andreu García . Gloria Mora . Jordi Cortadella . Diccionario histórico de la arqueología en España: (siglos XV-XX). 2009. Marcial Pons Historia . Madrid . 978-84-96467-45-3 . es.
3. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1910 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Spain . 2027/njp.32101072368408?urlappend=%3Bseq=1342 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368408?urlappend=%3Bseq=1342 . .
4. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Spain . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
5. Web site: Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia . Censo-Guía de Archivos . . es . 14 October 2016 .
6. Web site: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Murcia . 14 October 2016 . .