Timeline of Quito

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Quito, Ecuador.

Prior to 20th century

 * 1487 - Incas in power.
 * 1527 - "Inka ruler Huayna Capac dies in Quito along with an estimated 200,000 of his subjects" (approximate date).
 * 1533 - Quito "burnt by Ruminahui."
 * 1534 - "Spanish soldiers, led by Sebastián de Belalcázar, defeat the Inka in Quito. They name the town Villa de San Francisco de Quito."
 * 1535
 * Art school founded.
 * Construction of Monastery of St. Francis begins (approximate date).
 * 1541 - Quito attains Spanish colonial city status.
 * 1545 - Catholic Diocese of Quito established.
 * 1548 - Quito becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
 * 1551 - Colegio de San Juan Evangelista established (approximate date).
 * 1563 - Spanish colonial Audiencia of Quito established.
 * 1592-1593 - Economic unrest.
 * 1613 - Church of the Society of Jesus building opens.
 * 1718 - Quito becomes part of Viceroyalty of New Granada.
 * 1735 - Earthquake.
 * 1765
 * Quito Revolt.
 * Church of the Society of Jesus building completed.
 * 1797 - Earthquake.
 * 1810 - Carondelet Palace built.
 * 1822 - May 24: Battle of Pichincha.
 * 1829 - Quito becomes capital of Ecuador.
 * 1859 - Earthquake.
 * 1865 - Guayaquil-Quito railway built (approximate date).
 * 1875 - August 6: Assassination of president Garcia Moreno.
 * 1880 - opens.

20th century

 * 1906
 * El Comercio newspaper begins publication.
 * Chamber of Commerce established.
 * Population: 50,840.
 * 1914 - opens.
 * 1930 - LDU Quito football club formed.
 * 1932 - Estadio El Ejido (stadium) opens.
 * 1933 - Teatro Bolivar opens.
 * 1937 - Teatro Capitol built.
 * 1938 -  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1950 - Population: 209,932.
 * 1951 - Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (stadium) opens.
 * 1955 - Deportivo Quito football club formed.
 * 1960 - Mariscal Sucre Airport begins operating.
 * 1972 - Population: 564,900 (approximate).
 * 1978 - Historic Center of Quito designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 * 1982
 * Hoy and La Hora newspapers begin publication.
 * Population: 866,472.
 * 1990
 * May: Indigenous rights demonstration.
 * Population: 1,100,847.
 * 1992
 * September: Economic unrest.
 * established.
 * Jamil Mahuad becomes mayor.
 * Coliseo General Rumiñahui (arena) built.
 * 1994 - Estadio Chillogallo (stadium) opens.
 * 1995 - January: Economic protest.
 * 1996 - March: Labor strike.
 * 1997
 * February: Anti-Bucaram demonstration.
 * September: Indigenous rights rally.
 * Casa Blanca stadium opens.
 * 1999 - February 17: Assassination of politician Jaime Hurtado.
 * 2000
 * January: Indigenous rights demonstration.
 * Paco Moncayo becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2001 - January: Indigenous rights demonstration.
 * 2006 - Quito TV begins broadcasting.
 * 2008 - opens.
 * 2009 - Andrés Vallejo becomes mayor, succeeded by Augusto Barrera.
 * 2011 - Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve established near city.
 * 2013 - New Mariscal Sucre International Airport opens.
 * 2014 - Mauricio Rodas becomes mayor.
 * 2015 - September: Forest fire.
 * 2016
 * October: United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held in Quito.
 * Population: 1,778,434.
 * 2019 - May: Ground broken for LDS Quito Ecuador Temple.