Timeline of Santiago de Chile
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Santiago, Santiago Province, Chile.
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- 1541
- 12 February: Santiago de Nueva Extremadura founded by Spaniard Pedro de Valdivia.[1]
- 11 September: Settlement sacked by forces of Michimalonco.[2]
- 1552 – Coat of arms granted.[3]
- 1553 – Franciscan convent founded.[4]
- 1595 – San Augustin church built.[1]
- 1609
- Flooding of Mapocho River.[1]
- Royal Appeals Court established.
- 1647 – 1647 Santiago earthquake.[1]
- 1747 – Universidad de San Felipe founded.[1]
- 1748 – Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral rebuilt (approximate date).[1]
- 1760 – Basilica de la Merced built.
- 1769 – Casa Colorada built.
- 1779 – Bridge built over Mapocho River.[1]
- 1783 – Flooding of Mapocho River.[1]
19th century
- 1800 – Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago built.
- 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.[1]
- 1821 – Cementerio General de Santiago established in Recoleta.
- 1830 – Chilean National Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1841 – Quinta Normal Park founded.
- 1842 – University of Chile founded.[1]
- 1845 – Caupolican Artisans Society founded.[5]
- 1849 – Astronomical observatory built.[6]
- 1851 – Valparaiso-Santiago telegraph begins operating.
- 1852 – Valdivia chapel built.[1]
- 1856 - August: Premiere of Manuel Ascencio Segura's play Ña Catita.[7]
- 1857 – Municipal Theatre of Santiago inaugurated.
- 1863 – 8 December: Church of the Company Fire.
- 1865 – Aqueduct built.[1]
- 1868 – Jesuit church burns down.[1]
- 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.[8]
- 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.[9]
- 1888 – Pontifical Catholic University of Chile founded.
- 1893 – Santiago Stock Exchange founded.
- 1895 – Population: 256,413.[1]
- 1897 – Estación Central (railway station) rebuilt.
20th century
- 1900 – El Mercurio newspaper begins publication.
- 1905 – Parque Forestal inaugurated.
- 1908 – December: Pan-American Scientific Congress held.[10]
- 1911 – Chilean National History Museum founded.
- 1925 – Chilean National Zoo opens.
- 1926 – Teatro Carrera opens.[11]
- 1927 – Santiago Metropolitan Park laid out.
- 1935
- Teatro Oriente (theatre) built.[11]
- Plaza de la Constitución (Santiago de Chile) laid out (approximate date).
- 1936 - Cine Metro (cinema) opens.[11]
- 1945 – Chilean National Ballet founded.
- 1950 – 3ra de la Hora newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1960 - Arboretum Frutillar founded.[13]
- 1962 – 1962 FIFA World Cup held; Battle of Santiago occurs.
- 1967 – Pudahuel Airport commissioned.
- 1972
- 1973 – 11 September: Chilean coup d'état.
- 1974 – Torre Entel built.
- 1975 – Santiago Metro begins operating.
- 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.
- 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.[14]
- 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.[15]
- 2008
- Mall Plaza Alameda in business.
- Pablo Zalaquett Said becomes mayor.[14]
- 2010
- 27 February: 2010 Chile earthquake.
- 28 September: Time capsule buried in the Plaza de Armas.[16]
- 8 December: Fire in prison in San Miguel.[15]
- Taller Bloc (art space) founded.[17]
- 2012 – Carolina Tohá becomes mayor.[14]
- 2014 - Homeless World Cup football contest held.
See also
- Santiago history (article section)
- History of Santiago de Chile
- Political divisions of Santiago
- List of mayors of Santiago de Chile
- Timeline of Chilean history
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ David F. Marley (2008), Wars of the Americas: a chronology of armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the present (2nd ed.), Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc.
- ↑ "Escudo de Armas" (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Santiago. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ Benjamín Gento Sanz; et al. (1954). "The First Franciscans in Chile; Founding of the Monasteries of Santiago and Concepcion, 1553". The Americas 10.
- ↑ Wood 2002.
- ↑ Currier 1911.
- ↑ Martin Banham, ed. (1995). Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
- ↑ Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (1883), Chile, Philadelphia: Times Printing House
- ↑ Deutscher Wissenschaftlicher Verein zu Santiago de Chile (1913), Deutsche Arbeit in Chile (in German), Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Universitaria
- ↑ W.H. Holmes (1909). "First Pan-American Scientific Congress, Held in Santiago, Chile, December 25, 1908-January 6, 1909". Science 29. doi:10.1126/science.29.742.441. JSTOR 1636407.
- 1 2 3 "Movie Theaters in Santiago de Chile". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Santiago (Chile) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Garden Search: Chile". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved June 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Santiago y sus alcaldes" [Santiago and its mayors] (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Santiago. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- 1 2 "Chile Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Cápsula del Tiempo" (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Santiago. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ↑ "Chile". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Published in the 18th-19th centuries
- Amédée-François Frézier (1735), "Santiago", A Voyage to the South-Sea, and Along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714, London: Christian Bowyer
- Richard Brookes (1820), "St. Jago, Chili", General Gazetteer (17th ed.), London: F.C. and J. Rivington
- David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Santiago". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Joseph Parker.
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Santiago de Chile", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
- Published in the 20th century
- "Municipal Organization in the Latin-American Capitals: Santiago de Chile". Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics (Washington DC: International Union of American Republics) 28. March 1909.
- "Santiago de Chile", Encyclopaedia Britannica 24 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 191, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Charles Warren Currier (1911), "Santiago", Lands of the Southern Cross: a visit to South America, Washington, DC: Spanish-American Publication Society
- W. H. Koebel (1913), "Santiago", Modern Chile, London: G. Bell & Sons
- United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (1914), "Santiago", Trade directory of South America for the promotion of American export trade, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, OCLC 5821807
- Annie Smith Peck (1916), "Santiago", The South American Tour, New York: G.H. Doran, OCLC 4541554
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Santiago", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Govt. Print. Office
- S. Samuel Trifilo (1969). "Early Nineteenth-Century British Travelers in Chile: Impressions of Santiago and Valparaíso". Journal of Inter-American Studies 11. JSTOR 165420.
- Joseph B. Fichandler and Thomas F. O'Brien, Jr. (1976). "Santiago Chile, 1541-1581: A Case Study of Urban Stagnation". The Americas 33. JSTOR 980784.
- Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin, ed. (1995). "Santiago". Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 637+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
- Published in the 21st century
- Eduardo Dockemdorff; et al. (2000). "Santiago de Chile: metropolitanization, globalization and inequity". Environment and Urbanization 12.
- James A. Wood (2002). "The Burden of Citizenship: Artisans, Elections, and the Fuero Militar in Santiago de Chile, 1822-1851". The Americas 58.
- David Marley (2005), "Santiago", Historic Cities of the Americas, Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, p. 728+, ISBN 1576070271
- Richard J. Walter (2005), Politics and Urban Growth in Santiago, Chile, 1891-1941, California: Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804749824
- Fernando Perez Oyarzun (2012), Taming The River & Building The City: Infrastructure And Public Space In Santiago de Chile 1750—1810 – via International Planning History Society
- Manuel Tironi; et al. (2013). "Chile: Santiago". In Ian Shirley, Carol Neill. Asian and Pacific Cities: Development Patterns. Routledge. ISBN 9780415632041.
in Spanish
- Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga (1867). "Santiago". Diccionario jeográfico de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Nueva York: D. Appleton & Company.
- Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (1869), Historia crítica y social de la Ciudad de Santiago, desde su fundacion hasta nuestros dias (1541-1868) (in Spanish), Impr. del Mercurio v.1, v.2
- Luis Thayer Ojeda (1904), Santiago de Chile, origen del nombre du sus calles [Santiago de Chile, origin of the names of its streets] (in Spanish), Santiago: Guillermo E. Miranda
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