Timeline of Cartagena, Spain

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 243 BCE - founded by Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair (approximate date).
 * 209 BCE - Battle of Cartagena (209 BC).
 * 100-200 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena established.
 * 425 CE - City sacked by the Goths.
 * 1243 - Sacked again by Ferdinand III of Castile.
 * 1276 - James I of Aragon in power.
 * 1289 - Catholic see relocated from Cartagena to Murcia.
 * 1585 - Sacked again by an English fleet under Sir Francis Drake.
 * 1643 - 3 September Battle of Cartagena (1643).
 * 1691 - founded.
 * 1706 - 21 September: Battle of El Albujón in during the War of the Spanish Succession.
 * 1758 - 28 February: Battle of Cartagena (1758).
 * 1762 - built.
 * 1779 - (church) built.
 * 1782 - built.
 * 1786
 *  begins publication.
 * built.
 * 1810 - Academia de Caballeros Guardias Marinas built.
 * 1823 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Cartagena established.
 * 1842 - Population: 33,593.
 * 1844 - Scene of warfare again.
 * 1854 - (bullring) opens.
 * 1860 - Population: 54,315.
 * 1861
 * Eco de Cartagena newspaper begins publication. (es)
 * active.
 * 1863 - Railway begins operating.
 * 1870 - Population: 26,000. (approximate figure)
 * 1873 - July: Canton of Cartagena declared.
 * 1874 - (12th Jan) Cartagena was occupied by government troops.
 * 1887 - El Mediterráneo newspaper begins publication.
 * 1898 - Cartagena suffered from the maritime disasters of the Spanish-American War.
 * 1900
 * built.
 * Population: 99,871.

20th century

 * 1905 - founded.
 * 1907
 * 16 May: International Pact of Cartagena takes place in city.
 * (city hall) and (railway station) built.
 * 1908 - Post Office built on the Plaza de Valarino Togores.
 * 1910 - built on.
 * 1912 - built.
 * 1916 - built on.
 * 1919 - Cartagena Club de Fútbol formed.
 * 1925 - (stadium) opens.
 * 1935 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1939 - March: Cartagena Uprising of nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
 * 1940 - UD Cartagenera (football club) formed.
 * 1943 - (museum) established.
 * 1970
 * (theatre) opens.
 * Population: 146,904.
 * 1972 - begins.
 * 1980 - begins.
 * 1981 - Population: 172,751.
 * 1982 - Cartagena becomes part of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia per the.
 * 1986 - (museum) opens.
 * 1987 - (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1988 - Estadio Cartagonova (stadium) opens.
 * 1995
 * (bus depot) built.
 * FC Cartagena (football team) formed.
 * 1997 - (museum) opens.
 * 1998 - Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena established.

21st century

 * 2005 - built in the Port of Cartagena.
 * 2007 - (museum) built.
 * 2008 - (museum) opens.
 * 2011
 * (convention centre) opens.
 * Population: 215,757.
 * 2015 - 24 May: and Murcian parliamentary election, 2015 held;  elected mayor.

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