Timeline of Oviedo

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 762 – Oviedo founded.(es)
 * 790s – Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo.
 * 811 – Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established.
 * 848 – San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco.
 * 850 – Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco.
 * 924 – Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.
 * 1145 – (law) created.
 * 1258 – New construction begins.
 * 1388 – Oviedo Cathedral construction begins.
 * 1521 – Fire.
 * 1528 – Oviedo Cathedral tower built.
 * 1574 – University of Oviedo established; classes begin in 1608.
 * 1587
 * San Isidoro Church built.
 * developed.
 * 1670 – (theatre) opens.
 * 1671 – (town hall) built on the Plaza Mayor.
 * 1809 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" during the Peninsular War.
 * 1810 – Oviedo "plundered by the French" again.
 * 1842 – Population: 19,610.
 * 1854 – Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (art school) active. (es)
 * 1874 – Oviedo railway station opens.
 * 1892 – Teatro Campoamor (theatre) opens.
 * 1900
 * University's Extension Universitaria established "to educate the local working classes."
 * Population: 48,103.

20th century

 * 1907 – (musical group) founded.
 * 1923 – Astur CF (football club) formed.
 * 1926 – Real Oviedo (football club) formed.
 * 1932 – Estadio de Buenavista (stadium) opens.
 * 1936 – Siege of Oviedo.
 * 1937 – La Nueva España newspaper begins publication.
 * 1940 – Population: 82,548.
 * 1942 – (library) established.
 * 1944
 * (theatre) opens.
 * built on the Plaza de la Escandalera.
 * 1950 – Population: 106,002.
 * 1956 – (archives) established.
 * 1975 – Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo (arena) opens.
 * 1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Oviedo.
 * 1991 – Population: 204,276.
 * 2000 – New Estadio Carlos Tartiere (stadium) opens.

21st century

 * 2003 – (bus depot) opens.
 * 2011 – Population: 225,005.
 * 2015 – becomes mayor.
 * 2019 – becomes mayor.
 * 2020 – Writer Luis Sepúlveda dies in Oviedo, of COVID-19. He was the first COVID-19 case detected in Asturias.

in Spanish

 * (includes information about Oviedo)
 * F. Cañellas Secades: El libro de Oviedo: Guía de la ciudad y su concejo (Oviedo, 1887)