Timeline of Palma de Mallorca
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palma, Spain.
Prior to 20th century[edit]
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- 123 BCE – Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island organised by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus.[1]
- 450 CE – Vandals in power (approximate date).[2]
- 8th century CE – Arabs in power.[3]
- 800s – Second wall built around Palma.[2]
- 902 – Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".[2]
- 12th century – Third wall built around city.[2]
- 1114 – City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.[2]
- 1116 – Almoravide Moors in power.[2]
- 1229 – Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.[2](ca)
- 1230
- Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.[2]
- Palma Cathedral construction begins.[2]
- 1281 – Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) construction begins.
- 1295 – James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.[2]
- 1302 – "Weekly market" begins.[2]
- 1311 – Bellver Castle built.[3]
- 1331 – Synagogue built.[4]
- 1343 – Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
- 1349 – Peter IV of Aragon in power.[2]
- 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
- 1391 – Majorcan revolt of 1391 against Jews.[2]
- 1403 – Flood.[2]
- 1456 – Lonja de Palma de Mallorca (market-exchange) built.[2]
- 1488 – Spanish Inquisition begins.[2]
- 1503 – University founded.[1]
- 1521-1523 – Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").[2]
- 1541 – King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1601 – Palma Cathedral construction completed.[1]
- 1616 – Palacio Episcopal built.[8]
- 1700 – Seminary established.[1]
- 1836 – Nautical school and Institute founded.[1]
- 1839 – Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1840 – Casino Palmesano established.[7]
- 1842 – Population: 40,892.[10]
- 1851
- Círculo Mallorquín established.[7]
- Arxiu Històric de les Balears (archives) active.[11]
- 1852 – Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
- 1857 – Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1860 – Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1872
- Banc de Crèdit Balear (bank) established.
- City walls dismantled.[1]
- 1875 – Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
- 1880 – Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana founded.[14]
- 1881 – Banc Mallorquí (bank) established.
- 1893 – Última Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1900 – Population: 63,937.[16]
20th century[edit]
- 1902 – Teatro Lirico (theatre) opens.[17]
- 1903 – Gran Hotel built.
- 1904 – King Alfonso XIII of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1910 – Fomento de turismo de Mallorca (government tourism office) created.[2]
- 1916 – RCD Mallorca football club formed.
- 1925 – Palace of Marivent built.
- 1936 – City bombed in the Battle of Majorca during Spanish Civil War.
- 1939 – Diari de Balears newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1940 – Population: 114,405.[10]
- 1945 – Es Fortí stadium opens.
- 1953 – Diario de Mallorca newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1960 – Palma de Mallorca Airport terminal built.
- 1965 – Teatre Municipal (Palma) (theatre) built.
- 1967 – Auditòrium de Palma opens.
- 1970 – Population: 234,098.[10]
- 1979 – Ramón Aguiló becomes mayor.
- 1981 – El Mundo newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1991
- Juan Fageda becomes mayor.
- Population: 308,616.[10]
- 1999
- July: 1999 Summer Universiade athletic event held in Palma.
- Son Moix stadium opens.
21st century[edit]
- 2004 – Biblioteca de Can Sales (public library) opens.[18]
- 2015 – José Hila becomes mayor.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Klobuchar 1995.
- ^ a b Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 14 October 2016 - ^ Kayserling 1905.
- ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ a b c d e "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
- ^ Baedeker 1913.
- ^ "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ Joan Mas i Vives [in Catalan] (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.
- ^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
- ^ "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
- ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Catalan Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
- Guia de Palma (in Spanish). Gelabert. 1872.
- Richard Ford (1890), "Majorca: Palma", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, hdl:2027/uva.x001198108
- Meyer Kayserling (1905), "Palma", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 643.
- "Palma", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
- Lisa Klobuchar (1995). "Palma". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 523–527. ISBN 1884964028.
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