Timeline of Córdoba, Andalusia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain.
This is an incomplete list that may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Prior to 20th century
- 152 BCE - Romans in power.[1]
- 45 BCE - Battle of Munda occurs near Cordoba.[2]
- 294 CE - Hosius becomes bishop.[3]
- 554 CE - Byzantines in power.[1]
- 571 - Visigoth Liuvigild in power.[1]
- 719 - Capital of al-Andalus relocated to Cordoba from Seville.[1]
- 785 - Great Mosque of Córdoba built.[4]
- 880 - Earthquake.[1]
- 929 - Umayyad Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Córdoba.[4]
- 936 - Madinat Al-Zahra construction begins.[5]
- 1009 - Civil war begins.[5]
- 1236 - Mosque converted into Cathedral of Córdoba.[5]
- 1315 - Synagogue founded (approximate date).[5]
- 1857 - Population: 42,909.[6]
20th century
- 1910 - Population: 66,831.[6]
- 1930 - Population: 103,106.[6]
- 1979 - Julio Anguita becomes mayor.
- 1981 - Population: 284,737.[6]
21st century
- 2008 - Population: 325,453.
- 2011 - José Antonio Nieto becomes mayor.
See also
- Other cities in Spain
References
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
- "Spain: Cordova", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
- Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Cordova", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
- Richard Ford (1855), "Cordova", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
- John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cordova", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- Published in the 20th century
- Albert Frederick Calvert (1907), Cordova, a city of the Moors, London: J. Lane
- "Cordova", Jewish Encyclopedia 4, New York, 1907
- "Cordova", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
- Somerset Maugham (1920). "Cordova". Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. New York: A.A. Knopf.
- Philip Khuri Hitti (1973). "Cordova". Capital Cities of Arab Islam. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-0663-4.
- Robert Hillenbrand (1992). "'The Ornament of the World': medieval Cordoba as a cultural centre". In Salma Khadra Jayyusi. The Legacy of Muslim Spain. EJ Brill. ISBN 90-04-09599-3.
- Published in the 21st century
- Ann Christys (2010). "The meaning of topography in Umayyad Córdoba". In Caroline Goodson et al. Cities, Texts, and Social Networks, 400-1500: Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6723-0.
- David Gilmour (2012). "Cordoba". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.
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