Timeline of Palma, Majorca
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palma, Majorca, Spain.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 123 BCE - Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island.[1]
- 450 CE - Vandals in power (approximate date).[2]
- 8th century CE - Arabs in power.[3]
- 800s - Second wall built around Palma.[2]
- 902 - Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".[2]
- 12th century - Third wall built around city.[2]
- 1114 - City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.[2]
- 1116 - Almoravide Moors in power.[2]
- 1229 - Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.[2](ca)
- 1230
- Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.[2]
- Palma Cathedral construction begins.[2]
- 1281 - Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) construction begins.
- 1295 - James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.[2]
- 1302 - "Weekly market" begins.[2]
- 1311 - Bellver Castle built.[3]
- 1331 - Synagogue built.[4]
- 1343 - Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
- 1349 - Peter IV of Aragon in power.[2]
- 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
- 1391 - Majorcan revolt of 1391 against Jews.[2]
- 1403 - Flood.[2]
- 1456 - Lonja de Palma de Mallorca (market-exchange) built.[2]
- 1488 - Spanish Inquisition begins.[2]
- 1503 - University founded.[1]
- 1521-1523 - Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").[2]
- 1541 - King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1601 - Palma Cathedral construction completed.[1]
- 1616 - Palacio Episcopal built.[8]
- 1700 - Seminary established.[1]
- 1836 - Institute founded.[1]
- 1839 - Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1840 - Casino Palmesano established.[7]
- 1842 - Population: 40,892.[10]
- 1851
- 1852 - Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
- 1857 - Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1860 - Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1872
- Banc de Crèdit Balear (bank) established.
- City walls dismantled.[1]
- 1875 - Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
- 1880 - Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana founded.[14]
- 1881 - Banc Mallorquí (bank) established.
- 1893 - Ultima Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1900 - Population: 63,937.[16]
20th century
- 1902 - Teatro Lirico (theatre) opens.[17]
- 1903 - Gran Hotel built.
- 1904 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1910 - Fomento de turismo de Mallorca (government tourism office) created.[2]
- 1916 - RCD Mallorca football club formed.
- 1925 - Palacio de Marivent built.
- 1936 - City bombed in the Battle of Majorca during Spanish Civil War.
- 1939 - Diari de Balears newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1940 - Population: 114,405.[10]
- 1945 - Es Fortí stadium opens.
- 1953 - Diario de Mallorca newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1960 - Palma de Mallorca Airport terminal built.
- 1965 - Teatre Municipal (Palma) (theatre) built.
- 1967 - Auditòrium de Palma opens.
- 1970 - Population: 234,098.[10]
- 1979 - Ramón Aguiló becomes mayor.
- 1981 - El Mundo newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1991
- Juan Fageda becomes mayor.
- Population: 308,616.[10]
- 1999
- July: 1999 Summer Universiade athletic event held in Palma.
- Son Moix stadium opens.
21st century
- 2004 - Biblioteca de Can Sales (public library) opens.[18]
- 2015 - José Hila becomes mayor.
See also
- Palma, Majorca history
- List of mayors of Palma, Majorca
- History of Majorca island
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Britannica 1910.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Klobuchar 1995.
- 1 2 Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Kayserling 1905.
- ↑ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup, Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ↑ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
- ↑ Baedeker 1913.
- ↑ "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ Joan Mas i Vives (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ↑ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
- ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Catalan Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Guia de Palma (in Spanish). Gelabert. 1872.
- Richard Ford (1890), "Majorca: Palma", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
- Meyer Kayserling (1905), "Palma", Jewish Encyclopedia, 9, New York
- "Palma de Mallorca", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- "Palma", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust
- Lisa Klobuchar (1995). "Palma". In Trudy Ring. Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 523–527. ISBN 1884964028.
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