Timeline of Toledo, Spain explained

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

Prior to 20th century

• 193 CE – Settlement becomes part of the Roman Empire.
• 250-300 – Roman Catholic diocese of Toledo established.^[1] Population: 15,000
• 397-400 – Religious Council of Toledo held.
• 554 – Toledo becomes capital of the (approximate date).
• 589 – Religious Council of Toledo held. Population: 10,000
• 712 – Muslims in power; city renamed "Tolaitola."
• 999 – Bib Mardum Mosque built.
• 1085 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes Toledo.
• 1088 – Toledo archbishop becomes Primate of Spain.
• 1102 – Puerta del Cambrón (gate) built.
• 1180 – Santa María la Blanca synagogue built.
• 1209 – Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada becomes archbishop.
• 1227 – Toledo Cathedral construction begins.
• 1366 – Synagogue of El Transito built.
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[2]
• 1390 – Puente de San Martín (bridge) rebuilt.
• 1484 – Printing press in use.^[3]
• 1493 – Toledo Cathedral construction completed.
• 1520 – established.
• 1561 – Court of Philip II of Spain relocated from Toledo to Madrid. Population: 60,000
• 1576 – Artist El Greco moves to Toledo.^[4]
• 1703 – (town hall) built.
• 1808 – Battalion of University Volunteers from the Royal University of Toledo formed.
• 1842 – Population: 13,580.
• 1857 – Population: 17,275.^[5]
• 1878 – Teatro Rojas (theatre) opens.
• 1887 – Alcázar of Toledo burns down.
• 1900 – Population: 23,317.

20th century

• 1919 – Toledo railway station built.
• 1928 – CD Toledo (football club) formed.
• 1930 – Population: 27,443.
• 1931 – (provincial archives) established.^[6]
• 1936 – Siege of the Alcázar.^[7]
• 1940 – Historic city area designated a Conjunto histórico (national heritage site).
• 1950 – Population: 40,243.
• 1973 – Estadio Salto del Caballo (stadium) opens.
• 1979 – becomes mayor.
• 1981 – Population: 57,769.
• 1986 – Historic city area designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[8]
• 1987 – El Día de Toledo newspaper begins publication.^[9]
• 1998 – Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha (library) opens.^[10]

21st century

• 2001 – Population: 68,382.
• 2009 – Gente Toledo newspaper begins publication.
• 2011 – Population:83,872.
• 2015
  • 24 May: and Castile-La Mancha parliamentary election, 2015 held.
  • becomes mayor.^[11]

See also

• Toledo, Spain history
• History of Toledo, Spain
• List of bishops and archbishops of Toledo
• List of mayors since 1979

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• • • • Book: . Leipsic . Spain and Portugal . https://archive.org/stream/spainportugalhan00karlrich#page/126/mode/1up . Toledo . 1908 . 1581249 . 3rd .
• ***Please note that a wikilink to the article on [Toledo, Spain] in [EB1911] is not available***
  • Book: . Seeing Europe with Famous Authors . 1914. Funk & Wagnalls Company . Spain and Portugal . 9 . HathiTrust . Toledo .
• Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3 . 1995 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 1884964028 . Toledo . https://books.google.com/books?id=fYH7AQAAQBAJ . 716–719 . Clarissa Levi . .
• Book: David Gilmour . Cities of Spain . 2012. Random House. 978-1-4481-3833-3 . Toledo . https://books.google.com/books?id=ht1XQQELuqwC&pg=PP10 .
• Book: Colum Hourihane . Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . 2012 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-539536-5 . Toledo . .
• Book: . Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia . ABC-CLIO . 2016 . 9781610694223 . Key Places: Toledo . .

in Spanish

• Book: Cristóbal Lozano .

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  . Reyes Nuevos de Toledo . 1667 . Google Books . es .
• Book: . es . Castilla la Nueva . 1853 . 1 . Toledo . Jose Repullés . 2027/ucm.5325879622?urlappend=%3Bseq=325 . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/ucm.5325879622?urlappend=%3Bseq=325 .
• Book: Antonio Martín Gamero .

  es:Antonio Martín Gamero

  . Historia de la ciudad de Toledo . 1862. Severiano Lopez Fando . Toledo . es.
• Book: Toledo: guía artístico-práctica . Jerónimo López de Ayala conde de Cedillo .

  es:Jerónimo López de Ayala

  . Toledo . Libreria y Encuadernación de Menor Hermanos . 1890 . es, fr . .

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain . . Norway . 13 October 2016 .
2. Book: Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum .

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   . History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders . 1996. University of Chicago Press. 978-0-226-15510-4 .
3. Book: F. J. Norton . Printing in Spain 1501-1520. 1966 . Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-13118-6.
4. Web site: Iberian Peninsula, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . . New York . 13 October 2016 .
5. Web site: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Toledo . 13 October 2016 . .
6. Web site: Archivo Histórico Provincial de Toledo . Censo-Guía de Archivos . . es . 13 October 2016 .
7. 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.
8. Web site: World Heritage List No. 379 . 1986 . .
9. Book: Western Europe . 5th . 2003. . Spain . 978-1-85743-152-0 . Regional Surveys of the World .
10. Web site: Quienes somos . Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha . Consejería de Educación, Cultura y Deportes de Castilla-La Mancha . Toledo . es . 13 October 2016 .
11. Web site: Galería de alcaldes de Toledo . Archivo Municipal de Toledo . . 13 October 2016 . es .