Timeline of San Sebastián

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 1682 – Consulate of the Sea established.
 * 1813Storming of Saint Sebastian left, Denis Dighton.jpg, 1813]]
 * Siege of San Sebastián.
 * 31 August: Fire destroys large part of city.
 * 1817 – constructed.
 * 1832 – (town hall) built.
 * 1842 – Population: 10,036.
 * 1843 – (theatre) opens.
 * 1863 – City walls dismantled.
 * 1872 –  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1874 – established.
 * 1879 – founded.
 * 1880
 * Escuela de Artes y Oficios de San Sebastián (school) opens.
 *  magazine begins publication.
 * (garden) established.
 * 1886
 * established.
 * Spanish royal court begins summering at San Sebastian.
 * 1887 – built.
 * 1893 – Miramar Palace built.
 * 1897
 * Cathedral of the Good Shepherd consecrated.
 * Orfeón Donostiarra (musical group) formed.
 *  newspaper begins publication.
 * (church) built in the barrio.
 * 1900 – Population: 37,812.

20th century

 * 1902 – San Telmo Museoa (museum) established.
 * 1903 –  newspaper begins publication.
 * 1905 – María Cristina Bridge built.
 * 1909 – Real Sociedad football club formed.
 * 1912
 * (theatre) opens.
 * built.
 * Igueldo funicular begins operating.
 * beach resort established.
 * 1913 – Atotxa Stadium opens.
 * 1916 – (racecourse) built.
 * 1920
 * Los Justicieros anarchist group active.
 * Population: 61,774.
 * 1926 – established.
 * 1929 – constructed.
 * 1930 – 17 August: Pact of San Sebastián signed.
 * 1934 – El Diario Vasco newspaper begins publication.
 * 1936 – July: Siege of Cuartel de Loyola at start of the Spanish Civil War.
 * 1938 – Gros fronton (sport venue) opens.[[File:Acto de la Falange celebrado en un salón de La Perla del Océano (2 de 3) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg|thumb|San Sebastián in 1941]]
 * 1940 – Population: 103,979.
 * 1949 – Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastián established.
 * 1953 – San Sebastián International Film Festival begins.
 * 1960 – Population: 135,149.
 * 1965 – Velódromo de Anoeta opens.
 * 1970 – Population: 165,829.
 * 1990 – established.
 * 1993 – Anoeta Stadium opens.
 * 1999 – Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium opens.

21st century

 * 2001 – Musikene music school founded.
 * 2003 – City divided into 17 barrios.(es)
 * 2008 – Population: 183,308 city; 405,099 metro.
 * 2011
 * (church) built in barrio.
 * Basque Culinary Center campus opens.
 * Population: 185,512.
 * 2015 – Eneko Goia elected mayor.(es)
 * 2018 – 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.