Timeline of Lima

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lima, Peru.

Prior to 19th century

 * 1535
 * Ciudad de los Reyes founded by Francisco Pizarro.
 * Cathedral of Lima construction begins.
 * Plaza Mayor location designated.
 * 1541
 * 26 June: Francisco Pizarro assassinated.
 * Catholic Diocese of Lima established.
 * 1542 – Spanish Real Audiencia established.
 * 1548 – Jerónimo de Loayza becomes Catholic Archbishop of Lima.
 * 1549 – Municipal Palace of Lima built.
 * 1551 – University of San Marcos founded.
 * 1555 - Artisan guilds established (approximate date).
 * 1565 – (mint) established.
 * 1581 – Antonio Ricardo sets up printing press.
 * 1586 – 1586 Lima–Callao earthquake.
 * 1613 - Consulado (merchant guild) begins operating.
 * 1625 – Cathedral Basilica of Lima consecrated.
 * 1655 - 13 November:.
 * 1671
 * (church) built.
 * Rose of Lima canonized as a religious saint.
 * 1674 - Basilica and Convent of San Francisco completed.
 * 1687
 * 1687 Peru earthquake.
 * Lima City Walls built.
 * 1700 – Population: 37,234.
 * 1746 – 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake.
 * 1768 – Plaza de toros de Acho (bullring) constructed.
 * 1791 – Population: 52,627.
 * 1799 – Callao-Lima highway constructed.

19th century

 * 1808 – Public cemetery established.
 * 1812 – Population: 63,900.
 * 1820 – Treasure of Lima reputedly removed from city.
 * 1821 - Lima taken by forces of José de San Martín; Peruvian independence from Spanish Empire declared.
 * 1822 - National Library of Peru founded.
 * 1828 – Earthquake.
 * 1838 – July: Political unrest.
 * 1839 – El Comercio newspaper begins publication.
 * 1854
 * Medical Society founded.
 * Yellow fever epidemic.
 * 1856 – Saint Cecilia Philharmonic Society formed.
 * 1860
 * April: Earthquake.
 * Lima Stock Exchange and Artisan Mutual Aid Society founded.
 * 1861 – Peru National Archive established.
 * 1865 - November: City taken by anti-Spanish forces during the Chincha Islands War.
 * 1867 - Fabrica de Chocolate Cavenago y Cortazar established.
 * 1868 – Club de la Union founded.
 * 1870 – Lima City Walls dismantled.
 * 1872 – Palacio de la Exposición built; Lima International Exhibition held.
 * 1876
 * Escuela Especial de Construcciones Civiles y Minas established.
 * Population: 101,488.
 * 1881 – Occupation of Lima by Chilean forces begins.
 * 1883 – Occupation of Lima by Chilean forces ends.
 * 1886
 * Ateneo de Lima established.
 * Teatro Olimpo (theatre) inaugurated.
 * 1888 – Sociedad Geográfica de Lima founded.
 * 1897 – Estadio Guadalupe opens.
 * 1898 – Instituto Tecnico e Industrial del Peru inaugurated.

1900s-1940s

 * 1903 – Sociedad Empleados de Comercio organized.
 * 1906
 * Museo de Historia Nacional opens.
 * Lima Cricket and Football Club active.
 * 1907 – Lima Philharmonic Society founded.
 * 1908 - Population: 140,884.
 * 1914 – Teatro Colón (theatre) inaugurated.
 * 1918 - Museum of Natural History, Lima established.
 * 1923 – Museum of Italian Art inaugurated.
 * 1924 – Archbishop's Palace of Lima built.
 * 1928 - 21 July: Asociación Nacional de Periodistas del Perú founded in Lima.
 * 1929 – Teatro Municipal established.
 * 1933 - (garden) established.
 * 1935 – Lima Municipal Library established.
 * 1936 – Cine Metro (cinema) opens.
 * 1938
 * Government Palace built.
 * National Symphony Orchestra founded.
 * 1939 – Legislative Palace built on Paseo Colón.
 * 1940 – Avenida Abancay constructed.
 * 1944 – Municipal Palace of Lima rebuilt.

1950s-1990s

 * 1958 – Cine El Pacifico (cinema) in Miraflores built.
 * 1959
 * El Ángel Cemetery (cemetery) established.
 * Pastelería San Antonio in business.
 * 1961 - Population: 1,436,231 urban agglomeration.
 * 1962 – University of Lima founded.
 * 1964 - 24 May: Estadio Nacional disaster.
 * 1966 – 17 October: 1966 Peru earthquake.
 * 1969 - Perú Negro (musical group) formed.
 * 1972 - Population: 2,833,609 city; 3,302,523 urban agglomeration.
 * 1980 - founded.
 * 1981 - City partnered with Austin, Texas, USA.
 * 1984 - Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement active.
 * 1988 – Historic Centre of Lima designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * 1990
 * Lima Metro opens.
 * Population: 6,414,500 (estimate).
 * 1991 – 3 November: Barrios Altos massacre.
 * 1992
 * 16 July: Tarata bombing.
 * La Cantuta massacre.
 * 1996
 * 17 December: Japanese embassy hostage crisis begins.
 * Alberto Andrade Carmona becomes mayor.
 * 1997 – Jockey Plaza shopping centre in Surco in business.
 * 1998 - founded.
 * 1999 – Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne becomes Catholic Archbishop of Lima.

21st century

 * 2001 – Chocavento Tower built.
 * 2002 – 21 March: Bombing near U.S. embassy.
 * 2003 – Luis Castañeda Lossio becomes mayor.
 * 2004
 * 25 July: 2004 Copa América Final football tournament held.
 * Camisea Gas Project begins operating.
 * 2005 - headquartered in Lima.
 * 2007 – Population: 7,605,742; metro 8,472,935.
 * 2010 – El Metropolitano bus transit system begins operating.
 * 2011
 * Lima Metro begins operating.
 * Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología is founded.
 * Susana Villarán becomes mayor.
 * 2013 - Air pollution in Lima reaches annual mean of 48 PM2.5 and 88 PM10, more than recommended.
 * 2015 - Luis Castañeda Lossio becomes mayor again.
 * 2016 - Population: 10,039,455.

in English
Published in the 18th-19th century

Published in the 20th century
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X
 * Dietz, Henry. Poverty and problem-solving under military rule: the urban poor in Lima, Peru. Austin : University of Texas Press, 1980. ISBN 0-292-76460-X

Published in the 21st century
 * Ramón, Gabriel. "The script of urban surgery: Lima, 1850–1940". In Arturo Almandoz (ed.), Planning Latin America's capital cities, 1850–1950. New York: Routledge, 2002, pp. 170–192. ISBN 0-415-27265-3
 * Walker, Charles. "The upper classes and their upper stories: architecture and the aftermath of the Lima earthquake of 1746". Hispanic American Historical Review 83 (1): 53–82 (February 2003).
 * Higgins, James. Lima: a Cultural History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517891-2
 * Walker, Charles. "The upper classes and their upper stories: architecture and the aftermath of the Lima earthquake of 1746". Hispanic American Historical Review 83 (1): 53–82 (February 2003).
 * Higgins, James. Lima: a Cultural History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517891-2
 * Higgins, James. Lima: a Cultural History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517891-2
 * Higgins, James. Lima: a Cultural History. Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-19-517891-2

in Spanish

 * 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)
 * 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)
 * 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)
 * 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)
 * 1904-1907 (4 volumes of titles published in Lima, arranged chronologically)