Timeline of Salamanca explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 222 BCE – Forces of Carthaginian Hannibal take Salamanca from the Vettones.
• 89 CE – Roman bridge of Salamanca rebuilt (approximate date).^[1]
• 500-589 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca established.^[2]
• 712 – Muslims in power.
• 1055 – Muslims driven out.
• 1102 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile in power.
• 12th century – expanded.
• 1208 – Fuero of Salmanaca (civil law) created (approximate date).
• 1218 – University of Salamanca founded by Alfonso IX of León.
• 1401 – University's Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, Salamanca established.
• 1415 – University's built.
• 1481 – Printing press in use.^[3]
• 1485 – built on the (approximate date).
• 1509 – New Cathedral of Salamanca construction begins.
• 1538
  • built on the .
  • University's construction begins.
• 1590 – Population: 24,000.
• 1600 – University's built.
• 1610 – Moriscos expelled.
• 1651 – Population: 12,000.
• 1667 – (church) built.
• 1734 – New Cathedral construction completed.
• 1739 – (church) rebuilt.
• 1755 – 1 November: 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
• 1756 – Plaza Mayor, Salamanca (square) constructed; designed by Andrés García de Quiñones.
• 1812
  • 22 July: Battle of Salamanca fought near city; French defeated.
  • Mirat factory in business.
• 1842 – Population: 13,786.
• 1887 – Population: 22,199.
• 1900 – Population: 25,690.

20th century

• 1905 – Café Novelty in business.
• 1913 – (bridge) built.
• 1923 – UD Salamanca (football club) formed.
• 1930 – Population: 46,867.
• 1931 – (archives) established.^[4]
• 1946 – Salamanca Airport begins operating civilian flights.
• 1970
  • Helmántico Stadium opens.
  • Population: 125,220.^[5]
• 1973 – (bridge) built.
• 1983 – City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
• 1988 – declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1991 – Population: 186,322.

21st century

• 2011
  • Alfonso Fernández Mañueco becomes mayor.
  • Population: 151,658.
• 2013 – Unionistas de Salamanca CF and Salamanca AC (football clubs) formed.

See also

• Salamanca history
• List of mayors of Salamanca (in Spanish)
• List of municipalities in Salamanca province
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Castile and León: Burgos, Valladolid

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • • Salamanca (city) . 1 . Robinson . Charles Walker . Charles Walker Robinson . Jayne . Kingsley Garland . 56 - 58 . 1910 . . 1.
  • Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3 . 1995 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 1884964028 . Salamanca . 596–598. .
• Book: David Gilmour . Cities of Spain . 2012. Random House. 978-1-4481-3833-3 . Salamanca .

in Spanish

• Book: es . G. G. de Ávila . Historia de las antigüedades de la ciudad de Salamanca . Salamanca . 1606 .
• Book: Historia de la ciudad de Salamanca . Bernardo Dorado .

  es:Bernardo Dorado

  . Ramón Girón . 1861 . Imp. del Adelante, á cargo de Juan Sotillo . 1763 . es .
• Book: . es . Madrid . Salamanca, Ávila y Segovia . 1865 .
  • 1884 ed.
• Book: Guia de Salamanca . Modesto Falcón . Telesforo Oliva . Salamanca . 1868 . es .
• Book: La reina del Tórmes: guía histórico-descriptiva de la ciudad de Salamanca . Fernando Araújo . Salamanca . Jacinto Hidalgo . 1884 . es .
• Book: Historia de Salamanca . Manuel Villar y Macías .

  es:Manuel Villar y Macías

  . 1887 . Imprenta de Francisco Nuñez Izquierdo . es .
• Book: es . E. G. Zarza . Salamanca: Evolución, estructura, forma de pobliamiento, y otros aspectos demográficos, 1900– 1970 . Salamanca . 1976 .
• Book: es . F. Miranda . Desarrollo urbanístico de posguerra en Salamanca . Salamanca . 1985 .
• Book: es . Salamanca: Geografía, historia, arte, cultura . Salamanca . 1986 .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: . Salamanca . Retrieved 20 October 2016
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain . . Norway . 19 October 2016 .
3. Book: F. J. Norton . Printing in Spain 1501-1520. 1966 . Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-13118-6.
4. Web site: Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca . Censo-Guía de Archivos . . es . 20 October 2016 .
5. Web site: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca . 19 October 2016 . .