Timeline of Santiago de Chile

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile.

Prior to 19th century

 * 1541
 * 12 February: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura founded by Spaniard Pedro de Valdivia.
 * 11 September: Settlement sacked by forces of Michimalonco.
 * 1552 – Coat of arms granted.
 * 1553 – Franciscan convent founded.
 * 1595 – San Augustin church built.
 * 1609
 * Flooding of Mapocho River.
 * es:Real Audiencia de Chile (Royal Appeals Court) reestablished in Santiago.
 * 1647 – 1647 Santiago earthquake.
 * 1747 – Universidad de San Felipe founded.
 * 1753 – Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral building began.
 * 1760 – Basilica de la Merced built.
 * 1769 – Casa Colorada built.
 * 1779 – es:Puente de Cal y Canto (bridge) built over Mapocho River (official inauguration 1782).
 * 1783 – Flooding of Mapocho River.
 * 1795 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
 * 1799 – Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral rebuilding completed.

19th century

 * 1805 – La Moneda (mint) built.
 * 1808 – Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago built.
 * 1813 – Biblioteca Nacional de Chile and Instituto Nacional (school) established.
 * 1817 – City occupied by forces of Jose de San Martin.
 * 1821 – Cementerio General de Santiago established in Recoleta.
 * 1830 – Chilean National Museum of Natural History founded.
 * 1841 – Quinta Normal Park founded.
 * 1842 – University of Santiago, Chile founded.
 * 1845 – Caupolican Artisans Society founded.
 * 1849 – Astronomical observatory built.
 * 1852 – Valparaiso-Santiago telegraph begins operating.
 * 1852 – Valdivia chapel built.
 * 1856 – August: Premiere of 's play .
 * 1857 – Municipal Theatre of Santiago inaugurated.
 * 1863 – 8 December: Church of the Company Fire.
 * 1865 – Aqueduct built.
 * 1868 – Jesuit church burns down.
 * 1870
 * Club Hípico de Santiago opens.
 * Cholera epidemic.
 * 1872 – Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna becomes mayor.
 * 1873 – Parque Cousiño inaugurated.
 * 1875
 * International Exposition held.
 * Population: 148,284.
 * Plaza La Serena built (approximate date).
 * 1876 – National Congress Building inaugurated.
 * 1882 – Central Post Office Building (Santiago) constructed.
 * 1885
 * Estación Central (railway station) opens.
 * Deutsche Wissenschaftliche Verein zu Santiago founded.
 * 1888 – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile founded.
 * 1893 – Santiago Stock Exchange founded.
 * 1895 – Population: 256,413.
 * 1897 – Estación Central (railway station) rebuilt.
 * 1900
 * El Mercurio newspaper begins publication.
 * Population: 269,886.

20th century

 * 1902 - Population: 322,059. (estimated)
 * 1905 – Parque Forestal inaugurated.
 * 1908 – December: Pan-American Scientific Congress held.
 * 1911 – Chilean National History Museum founded.
 * 1925 – Chilean National Zoo opens.
 * 1926 – Teatro Carrera opens.
 * 1927 – Santiago Metropolitan Park laid out.
 * 1935
 * Teatro Oriente (theatre) built.
 * Plaza de la Constitución (Santiago de Chile) laid out (approximate date).
 * 1936 – Cine Metro (cinema) opens.
 * 1945 – Chilean National Ballet founded.
 * 1948 – headquartered in Santiago.
 * 1950 – 3ra de la Hora newspaper begins publication.
 * 1952 – Population: 664,575 city; 1,348,283 urban agglomeration.
 * 1960 – Arboretum Frutillar founded.
 * 1962 – 1962 FIFA World Cup held; Battle of Santiago occurs.
 * 1967 – Pudahuel Airport commissioned.
 * 1972
 * Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral inaugurated.
 * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held.
 * 1973 – 11 September: Chilean coup d'état.
 * 1974 – Torre Entel built.
 * 1975
 * Santiago Metro begins operating.
 * Population: 3,186,000 city; 3,262,990 urban agglomeration.
 * 1976 - July: Lowest temperature of -6.8 recorded in Santiago
 * 1978
 * Santiago Metro Line 2 begins operating.
 * Paseo Ahumada pedestrianized.
 * 1980 – Santiago Metropolitan Region established.
 * 1981 – Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino established.
 * 1984 – La Cuarta newspaper begins publication.
 * 1985 – 3 March: Earthquake.
 * 1990
 * Metrotrén begins operating (San Fernando-Santiago).
 * Jaime Ravinet becomes mayor.
 * National Congress of Chile relocated to Valparaíso from Santiago.
 * 1991 – July 21: 1991 Copa América final football tournament held.
 * 1995 – Population: 4,229,970 (estimate).
 * 1997 – Santiago Metro Line 5 begins operating.
 * 1998 – 2nd Summit of the Americas held.

21st century

 * 2002
 * Jardín Botánico Chagual (garden) established.
 * Population of Santiago (commune): 200,792; population of metro area: 5,428,590.
 * 2004 – Raúl Alcaíno Lihn becomes mayor.
 * 2005
 * Santiago Metro Line 4 begins operating.
 * Plaza de la Ciudadanía inaugurated (approximate date).
 * 2006
 * Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda built.
 * Gran Torre Santiago construction begins.
 * 2007 – March: Protests.
 * 2008
 * Mall Plaza Alameda in business.
 * Pablo Zalaquett Said becomes mayor.
 * 2010
 * 27 February: 2010 Chile earthquake.
 * 28 September: Time capsule buried in the Plaza de Armas.
 * 8 December: Fire in prison in San Miguel.
 * Taller Bloc (art space) founded.
 * 2012 – Carolina Tohá becomes mayor.
 * 2014 – Homeless World Cup football contest held.
 * 2016 – Population: 5,561,252.
 * 2017
 * July: Snowfall.
 * Santiago Metro Line 6 begins operating.

in English

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in Spanish

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