Timeline of Acapulco
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
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- 1550
- 1565 – October: Spanish galleon San Pedro of Andrés de Urdaneta arrives from the Philippines in the first ever eastward voyage across the Pacific.[2]
- 1570s – Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación built (approximate date).[2]
- 1576 – Epidemic outbreak.[2]
- 1597 – Spanish colonial bureau of accounts established.[3]
- 1614 – January: Japanese ship Mutsu Maru arrives; passengers include Hasekura Tsunenaga.[2]
- 1615
- Acapulco-Manila galleon trade begins.[4]
- October: Dutch Joris van Spilbergen expedition passes through.[5]
- 1616 – Fort of San Diego built.[5]
- 1617 – Fortín Álvarez built.
- 1624 – October: Fuerte de San Diego taken briefly by Dutch.[2]
- 1627 – Customs building constructed.[2]
- 1776 – 21 April: Earthquake.[2]
- 1783 – Fort of San Diego rebuilt.
- 1799 – Town becomes a city: "Ciudad de los Reyes de Acapulco."[2]
- 1803 – March: German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visits Acapulco.[2]
- 1810–1811 – City besieged by forces of José María Morelos during the Mexican War of Independence.[2]
- 1813 – April: Siege of Acapulco (1813); Morelos in power.[6]
- 1814 – City burnt per order of Morelos.[7]
- 1852 – 1852 Acapulco earthquake totally destroys the city.
20th century[edit]
- 1907 – April: Earthquake.
- 1909 – 30 July: Brecha de Guerrero earthquake.[8]
- 1919 – Workers Party of Acapulco founded.[9]
- 1930 – Population: 6,529.[10]
- 1934 – Salón Rojo cinema opens on Plaza Álvarez.[11]
- 1949 – Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (street) opens.
- 1950s – Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Acapulco built.[citation needed]
- 1954 – Cine Tropical opens (approximate date).[12]
- 1955 – Mexican Air Force 7th Military Air Base established.[citation needed]
- 1958 – Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.[13]
- 1959 – Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.[14]
- 1960 – Population: 49,149.[10]
- 1967 – Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.[citation needed]
- 1969
- Mercado Central de Acapulco built.
- Novedades Acapulco newspaper in publication.[15]
- Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines.[16]
- 1970 – Population: 174,378.[10]
- 1971 – Capilla Ecuménica La Paz (chapel) opens.
- 1973
- Acapulco Convention Center opens.
- Internacional de Acapulco Fútbol Club formed.
- 1975
- Unidad Deportiva Acapulco (athletic facility) and Condominio Torres Gemelas built.
- Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco established.
- 1978
- Miss Universe 1978 Pageant is held at the Teotihuacan Forum of the Acapulco Convention Center
- 1980 – Population: 301,902.[10]
- 1981
- Parque Papagayo (park) opens.
- Crowne Plaza Acapulco built.
- 1985 – Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast (set in Acapulco).
- 1986 – Museo Histórico de Acapulco (museum) established.[17]
- 1987 – Rio Group meets in city.
- 1988 – Torre Coral built.
- 1991 – Festival Acapulco begins.
- 1992 – Universidad Loyola del Pacífico established.
- 1993 – Carretera Federal 95D (Mexico City-Acapulco highway) begins operating.
- 1995 – Population: 592,528.[10]
- 1997
- June: Acapulco Black Film Festival begins.
- October: Hurricane Pauline.[2]
- 1999 – Casa de la Máscara (museum) opens.
- 2000 – Population: 620,656.[18]
21st century[edit]
- 2005 – June: Guerrero police chief killed.[19]
- 2008
- 5 October: Guerrero state election, 2008 held.
- Mundo Imperial tourist resort and its Forum de Mundo Imperial (stadium) open.
- La Isla Acapulco Shopping Village in business.[20]
- 2010 – Population: 673,479 in city; 863,431 in Acapulco metropolitan area.[21]
- 2011 – 30 January: Guerrero state election, 2011 held.
- 5 May 2011: 2011 Guerrero earthquake
- 2012
- 24 March: Verónica Escobar Romo becomes mayor.
- 1 July: Acapulco municipal election, 2012 held; Luis Walton wins.
- Acabús (public transit) construction and Acapulco Imperial Mega Fair begin.
- 2013 – September: Hurricane Manuel.
- 2015 – Luis Uruñuela Fey becomes mayor.
- 2018 – 7 May: Anti-crime clown protest.[22]
- 2021 – 17 September: 2021 Guerrero earthquake
- 2023 – October: Hurricane Otis.
See also[edit]
- Acapulco history
- History of Guerrero
- History of Guerrero state (in Spanish)
- List of municipal presidents of Acapulco
References[edit]
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 7, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Marley 2005.
- ^ Schurz 1918.
- ^ Artemio R. Guillermo (2012). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7246-2.
- ^ a b Sluiter 1949.
- ^ "Mature Colonies: Chronology (1559–1850)". A History of Latin America to 1825. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 276+. ISBN 978-1-4443-5753-0.
- ^ "Acapulco de Juárez: Historia". Municipios (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ Britannica 1910.
- ^ Armando Bartra (1996). Guerrero bronco: campesinos, ciudadanos y guerrilleros en la Costa Grande [Guerrero bronco: farmers, citizens and guerrillas in the Costa Grande] (in Spanish). Mexico DF: Ediciones Era. ISBN 978-968-411-487-6.
- ^ a b c d e "Acapulco de Juárez". Localidades Geoestadísticas – archivo histórico (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "La plaza Álvarez". El Sur (in Spanish). Guerrero. August 2004.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Acapulco, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Inicio Enciclopedia: La Enciclopedia Guerrerense" (in Spanish). Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Quienes somos". Novedades Acapulco (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Revivirá Añorve hermandad cultural y comercial con 10 ciudades del mundo", La Jornada Guerrero (in Spanish), 2 April 2009, archived from the original on 7 March 2016
- ^ Red de museos del INAH: Guerrero (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, retrieved August 30, 2015
- ^ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ^ "Resort Area Becomes Dangerous Territory for Its Police", New York Times, 18 October 2005
- ^ "Reinventing Acapulco", Wall Street Journal, December 2009
- ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ^ "Clowns protest over Acapulco murder rate", BBC News, 8 May 2018
- This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
in English[edit]
- Published in 18th–19th centuries
- Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Acapulco", Mexico and Guatimala, The Modern Traveller, vol. 25, London: J.Duncan
- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Acapulco". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
- John Ramsay McCulloch (1875), "Acapulco", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, hdl:2027/njp.32101079877088
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Acapulco", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- Published in the 20th century
- Reau Campbell (1909), "Acapulco", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 110–111.
- William Lytle Schurz (1918). "Acapulco and the Manila Galleon". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 22. hdl:2027/njp.32101077272498.
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Acapulco", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Engel Sluiter (1949). "Fortification of Acapulco, 1615–1616". Hispanic American Historical Review. 29 (1): 69–80. doi:10.1215/00182168-29.1.69. JSTOR 2508294.
- Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 123+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- John Fisher (1999), "Acapulco", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 376+, OL 24935876M
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- Published in the 21st century
- Stephen R. Niblo and Diane M. Niblo (2008). "Acapulco in Dreams and Reality". Mexican Studies. 24 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31.
- David Marley (2005), "Acapulco", Historic Cities of the Americas, vol. 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 209–218, ISBN 1576070271
in Spanish[edit]
- Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Acapulco". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924020385047.
- "Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2012–2015", Gobierno Municipal de Acapulco (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Acapulco
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