Timeline of Málaga

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

Ancient history

 * 770 BCE –  founded by Phoenicians from Tyre.
 * 205 BCE – Roman Republic in power in.
 * 81-84 CE – Lex Malacitana or Lex Flavia Malacitana is given. Malaca was governed under this law, which granted free-born persons the privileges of Roman citizenship.

Early Middle Ages

 * 571 CE – Visigoth Leovigild in power.
 * 711 CE – Umayyad invasion.
 * 756 CE – Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power.
 * 907 CE – Mālaqah besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.

High Middle Ages

 * 1035 – Palace of the Alcazaba built.
 * 1079 – "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."

Late Middle Ages

 * 1232 – Mālaqah becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.
 * 1350 – Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.

Modern Period

 * 1486 – 4 August: Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga established.
 * 1487 – Siege of Málaga (1487); Málaga is incorporated in the Crown of Castile and repopulated.
 * 1490 – Santiago el Mayor church built.
 * 1494 – Earthquake.
 * 1505 – Hospital of Santo Tomas founded.
 * 1522 – Málaga Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1540 – Buenavista Palace built.
 * 1656 – 21 July: Raid on Málaga by English forces.
 * 1680 –.
 * 1719 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.
 * 1741 – Yellow fever epidemic.
 * 1757 – (church) built.
 * 1782 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed.
 * 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
 * 1790 – active.

19th century



 * 1804 – Epidemic.
 * 1810 – City "sacked by the French.(General Sebastiani"
 * 1830 – Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established.
 * 1831 – 11 December: Execution of rebel José María de Torrijos y Uriarte.
 * 1834 – Heredia's iron finery forge begins operating.
 * 1851 – Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens.
 * 1857 – Population: 94,293.
 * 1854 – Bank of Málaga founded.
 * 1862 – Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating.
 * 1864 – February: Arrest of a Polish ship with weapons and ammunition, organized by Polish émigré activists to support the ongoing Polish January Uprising in partitioned Poland (see also Poland–Spain relations).
 * 1870 – (theatre) opens.
 * 1876 – Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built.
 * 1877 – Population: 115,882.
 * 1879 – (market) built.
 * 1881 – Pablo Picasso born in Malaga.
 * 1885 – Socialista Malagueña founded.
 * 1891
 * Calle Marqués de Larios (street) inaugurated.
 * English Church built on Avenida de Pries.
 * 1897 – Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established.
 * 1899 – (monument) erected.
 * 1900 – Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.

20th century

 * 1904
 * Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed.
 * built in area.
 * 1907 – September: Flood.
 * 1908 – Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating.
 * 1919 – Málaga Airport opens.
 * 1913 – Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded.
 * 1918 – built.
 * 1925 – Alameda Principal opens to traffic.
 * 1937
 * February: Nationalists capture Malaga.
 * Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication.
 * 1940
 * La Tarde newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 238,085.
 * 1941 – La Rosaleda Stadium opens.
 * 1945 – Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens.
 * 1947 – Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded.
 * 1949 – housing construction begins.
 * 1966 – Cine Astoria (cinema) opens.
 * 1970 – Population: 374,452.
 * 1972 – University of Málaga established.
 * 1973 – Museo de Málaga established.
 * 1976
 * (museum) opens.
 * Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station opens.
 * 1979 – Pedro Aparicio Sánchez becomes mayor.
 * 1981 – Population: 503,251.
 * 1982 – 13 September: Spantax airplane crash.
 * 1988
 * Fundación Picasso established.
 * (church) built.
 * 1991 – Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active.
 * 1992
 * Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens.
 * Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed.
 * 1995 – Celia Villalobos becomes mayor.
 * 1998 – Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins.
 * 1999
 * La Opinión de Málaga begins publication.
 * Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens.
 * 2000
 * July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated.
 * Francisco de la Torre (politician) becomes mayor.

21st century



 * 2003
 * Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established.
 * Museo Picasso Málaga opens.
 * 2004 –  magazine begins publication.
 * 2006 – 2006 European Cup (athletics) held.
 * 2009 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened.
 * 2010
 * 29 September:.
 * Population: 568,507.
 * 2011 – Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.

in English

 * Published in the 18th-19th centuries


 * Published in the 20th century
 * M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.
 * M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.
 * M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.
 * M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.
 * M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.


 * Published in the 21st century

in Spanish

 * (Historia section)