Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

18th-19th centuries

 * 1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos.
 * 1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area.
 * 1770 - Population: 1,800.
 * 1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.
 * 1836
 * Mayaguez becomes a villa (chartered town).
 * Public warehouse and dock constructed.
 * 1841
 * Fire.
 * "Entry port privilege" relocated to Mayaguez from Cabo Rojo (approximate date).
 * 1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built.
 * 1848 - El Imparcial and El Propagador newspapers begins publication.
 * 1849 - Jail built.
 * 1850 - El Semanario Mayaguezano begins publication.
 * 1852 - Fire.
 * 1860
 * Market building constructed.
 * San Antonio Hospital active (approximate date).
 * 1863 - Avisador del Comercio newspaper begins publication.
 * 1870 - Cemetery established.
 * 1873 - Mayagüez attains city status.
 * 1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library) and Circulo de Amigos founded.
 * 1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province).
 * 1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date).
 * 1894
 * Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded.
 * City coat of arms granted.
 * 1896 - Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the Plaza Colón.
 * 1898 - Theodore Schwan, a brigadier general of the U.S. enters Mayagüez with the American Cavalry after winning the Battle of Silva Heights.
 * 1899
 * Hormigueros becomes part of Mayagüez.
 * Population: 15,187.

20th century

 * 1901
 * U.S. Tropical Agriculture Research Station founded.
 * Voz de la Patria newspaper begins publication.
 * 1909 - Teatro Yagüez built.
 * 1910 - Population: 16,591.
 * 1911
 * College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens. The US Department of Agriculture sends a field agent to the area of Mayagüez and Hormigueros to document everything he sees.
 * Diario del Oeste newspaper begins publication.
 * 1912 - Masonic Logia Adelphia built.
 * 1913
 * Mayagüez Tramway Company formed.
 * Centro Español built.
 * 1918 - October 11: 1918 San Fermín earthquake.
 * 1919 - June 19: Teatro Yagüez burns down.
 * 1920 - Population: 19,069.
 * 1926 - Tram service ends.
 * 1930 - Population: 37,060.
 * 1937
 * WPRA radio begins broadcasting.
 * Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico in business.
 * 1938 - Indios de Mayagüez baseball team formed.
 * 1940 - Population: 50,376.
 * 1946 - WKJB radio begins broadcasting.
 * 1955 - WORA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
 * 1966 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez active.
 * 1969 - Benjamin Cole becomes mayor.
 * 1970 - Population: 68,872.
 * 1976 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez established.
 * 1983 - First newspaper originating in Mayagüez begins publication.
 * 1993 - José Guillermo Rodríguez becomes mayor.
 * 2000 - Population: 78,647.

21st century

 * 2010
 * Isidoro García Stadium and Mayagüez Athletics Stadium open.
 * Parque del Litoral (park) built.
 * 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games sport event held in Mayagüez.
 * Population: 89,080.

in English

 * (Also description of town)
 * (About Bejamín Cole era)
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in Spanish

 * (reprint 1998)