Timeline of San José, Costa Rica explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of San José, Costa Rica.

Prior to 20th century

• 1738 - San José founded.
• 1760 - Town hall in use (approximate date).
• 1776 - Church built.
• 1802 - Metropolitan Cathedral of San José built.
• 1808 - Population: 8,316.
• 1812 - "Town council elected."
• 1813 - San Jose attains city status.^[1]
• 1814 - (school) opens.
• 1823 - San José becomes capital of Costa Rica.
• 1824 - Population: 15,472.
• 1835 - .
• 1836 - Population: 17,965.
• 1841 - 2 September: Earthquake.^(es)
• 1845
  • Puntarenas-San Jose road built.
  • established.
• 1848 - Carmen District created.
• 1850 - Roman Catholic diocese of San José de Costa Rica established.^[2]
• 1855 - built.
• 1864 - Population: 8,863.
• 1869 - Telegraph begins operating.^[3]
• 1878 - Metropolitan Cathedral of San José and Estacion del Pacifico (rail station) built.
• 1880 - Public market built (approximate date).
• 1883 - Population: 13,484.
• 1884 - Street lighting installed.^[4]
• 1886 - Telephone begins operating.
• 1887 - (park) established.
• 1889
  • Streetcar begins operating.
  • Laguna Swamp drained.
• 1890 - Estacion del Atlantico (rail station) begins operating.
• 1892 - Population: 19,326.
• 1895 - unveiled.
• 1897 - National Theatre of Costa Rica opens.

20th century

• 1904 - Population: 24,500.^[5]
• 1907 - (church) built (approximate date).
• 1908 - Population: 26, 500 (approximate).
• 1910 - relocated to San Jose (approximate date).
• 1911 - Sociedad Gimnástica Española de San José (sport club) formed.
• 1916 - opens.
• 1918 - Population: 38,016 city; 51,658 metro.^[6]
• 1920 - established.
• 1921 - opens.
• 1924
  • 4 March: Earthquake.^(es)
  • National Stadium opens.
• 1927 - Population: 50,580.
• 1930 - Gran Hotel (Costa Rica) built.
• 1948 - March–April: Costa Rican Civil War.
• 1950 - Population: 86,909 city; 139,915 urban agglomeration.^[7]
• 1958 - (national congress building) constructed.
• 1963 - March: Irazú Volcano erupts near city.
• 1973 - Population: 215,441 city; 395,401 urban agglomeration.^[8]
• 1977 - La Sabana Metropolitan Park established.
• 1980 - United Nations' University for Peace established near San Jose.
• 1985 - Pre-Columbian Gold Museum opens.
• 1987 - Sister city relationship established with Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.^[9]
• 1990 - City twinned with Almaty, Kazakhstan; Miami, USA; and San Jose, California, USA.
• 1993 - April: Supreme Court of Justice hostage crisis.
• 1994
  • Museum of Contemporary Art and Design established.
  • Population: 315,909 city; 1,186,417 urban agglomeration (estimate).^[10]
• 1998 - Johnny Araya Monge becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2000 - City twinned with Mexico City, Mexico.
• 2008 - City twinned with Puebla, Mexico.
• 2011
  • National Stadium rebuilt.
  • Population: 288,054.^[11]
• 2012 - 5 September: 2012 Costa Rica earthquake occurs.^[12]
• 2013 - becomes mayor.

See also

• San José history

Bibliography

in English

• San José de Costa Rica . 24 . 150 . 1910 . . 1.

in Spanish

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Theodore S. Creedman . Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica. 1991 . 2nd . . 978-0-8108-2215-3.
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Costa Rica . . Norway . January 30, 2016 .
3. Book: Patricia Fumero Vargas . El advenimiento de la modernidad en Costa Rica: 1850-1914. 2005. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. 978-9977-67-951-8 . es .
4. Book: Patricia Fumero Vargas . Cultura y sociedad en Costa Rica: 1914-1950. 2005. Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica. 978-9977-67-952-5 . es .
5. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1906 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Costa Rica . 2027/nyp.33433081590576?urlappend=%3Bseq=886 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590576?urlappend=%3Bseq=886 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
6. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Costa Rica . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=831 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=831 . HathiTrust .
7. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
8. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
9. Web site: Convenios Internacionales . es . January 30, 2016 . Municipalidad de San José .
10. Book: 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
11. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2013 . .
12. News: Costa Rica Profile: Timeline . 29 August 2012 . BBC News . January 30, 2016 .