Timeline of Zaragoza
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Zaragoza, Spain.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 25 BCE - Town becomes a Roman colony, named "Caesaraugusta."[1]
- 452 CE - Suebi in power.[1]
- 476 CE - Visigoths in power.[1]
- 712 - Moors in power.[1]
- 778 - Forces of Charlemagne attempt to take Saragossa; inspires French poem The Song of Roland.[2]
- 11th century - Aljafería palace built.
- 1018 - Taifa of Zaragoza established.
- 1118 - Alfonso I of Aragon in power.[3]
- 1318 - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza established.
- 1343 - Santa Fe Abbey founded (approximate date).
- 1376 - La Seo Cathedral built.
- 1447 - Puente de Piedra (bridge) built.[1]
- 1469 - Royal court relocated from Saragossa to Castile.[1]
- 1474 - University founded.[1]
- 1475 - Printing press in use.[4]
- 1512 - Torre Nueva (clocktower) built.[1]
- 1514 - Church of Santa Engracia de Zaragoza built.
- 1754 - Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar built.
- 1808 - June–August: Siege of Saragossa by French forces.[3]
- 1809 - Siege of Saragossa by French forces.[3]
- 1857 - Population: 63,399.[5]
- 1892 - Leaning Tower of Zaragoza demolished.
- 1897 - Population: 98,188.[5]
20th century
- 1901 - Catholic bishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero assassinated.
- 1902 - Electric tram begins operating.
- 1910 - Banco Zaragozano founded.[6]
- 1916 - Iberia SC (football club) formed.
- 1917 - February: Labor strike.[7]
- 1920 - Population: 141,350.[5]
- 1923 - Estadio Torrero (stadium) opens.
- 1925 - Zaragoza CD (football club) formed.
- 1927 - General Military Academy reestablished.
- 1932 - Real Zaragoza football team formed.
- 1936 - Diario de Aragón newspaper begins publication.
- 1940 - Population: 238,601.[5]
- 1947 - Balay in business.
- 1954 - Zaragoza Air Station built near city.
- 1957 - La Romareda stadium opens.
- 1960 - Population: 326,316.[5]
- 1970 - Population: 479,845.[5]
- 1979 - 12 July: Hotel Corona de Aragón fire.
- 1981 - CB Zaragoza basketball team formed.
- 1987 - 11 December: 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing.
- 1990
- December: 1990 Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident.
- El Periódico de Aragón newspaper begins publication.
- 1991 - Population: 622,371.[5]
21st century
- 2003
- Zaragoza-Delicias railway station opens; Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.[8]
- Juan Alberto Belloch becomes mayor.[9]
- 2008 - Expo 2008 held; Water Tower built.
- 2011
- Zaragoza tram Line 1 begins operating.
- Arredol news site begins publication.
See also
- Other cities in Spain
- Timeline of Barcelona
- Timeline of Bilbao
- Timeline of Córdoba
- Timeline of Granada
- Timeline of Madrid
- Timeline of Málaga
- Timeline of Pamplona
- Timeline of Santander
- Timeline of Seville
- Timeline of Valencia
- Timeline of Valladolid
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Saragossa", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Smithsonian Timelines of History. DK Publishing. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7566-8945-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charles Knight, ed. (1867). "Zaragoza". Geography. English Cyclopaedia 4. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
- ↑ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Zaragoza". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved November 2014.
- ↑ "Spain: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
- ↑ Francisco J. Romero Salvado (2012). Spain 1914-1918: Between War and Revolution. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61449-3.
- ↑ José M. de Ureña, ed. (2012). Territorial Implications of High Speed Rail: A Spanish Perspective. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-5651-3.
- ↑ "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved November 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Sargossa". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- "Spain: Saragossa", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
- "Saragossa". Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.). Leipsic: Karl Baedeker. 1908. OCLC 1581249.
- Albert F. Calvert (1908). "Zaragoza". Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avil, & Zaragoza; an Historical & Descriptive Account. London: John Lane.
- Colum Hourihane (2012). "Saragossa". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. p. 497+. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
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