Timeline of Monterrey, Mexico
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1584 - Ojos de Santa Lucia outpost established by Spaniards.[1]
- 1596 - Settlement named "Ciudad Metropolitana de Nuestra Senora de Monterrey" by Diego de Montemayor.[2]
- 1603 - Cathedral construction begins.[1]
- 1730 - Church of San Francisco rebuilt.[3]
- 1775 - Population: 258.[1]
- 1777 - Monterrey becomes seat of Catholic Linares bishopric.[2]
- 1790 - Bishop's Palace built.[3]
- 1824 - Monterrey becomes capital of Nuevo León state.[2]
- 1833 - Cathedral consecrated.[3]
- 1846 - Town occupied by United States forces.[1]
- 1847 - American Pioneer newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1864 - Town occupied by French forces.[1]
- 1866 - French occupation ends.[2]
- 1881 - Railway constructed.[2]
- 1890 - Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc (brewery) founded.[2]
- 1892 - Monterrey News English-language newspaper in publication.[5]
- 1896 - El Espectador newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1899 - Banco Mercantil de Monterrey established.[6]
20th century
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- 1900 - Population: 62,266.[7]
- 1908 - Palacio de Gobierno built.[2]
- 1909 - August 28: Flood.[7]
- 1919 - El Porvenir newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1936 - February: Antigovernment demonstration.[8]
- 1940 - Population: 190,074.[5]
- 1943 - Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education established.
- 1945
- Club de Fútbol Monterrey formed.
- Cine Elizondo opens.[9]
- 1946 - Iglesia de La Purisima church built.[2]
- 1950 - Population: 333,422.[5]
- 1960 - Population: 601,086; metro 708,400.[5]
- 1969 - Universidad de Monterrey and Universidad Regiomontana established.
- 1977 - Monterrey College of Music and Dance established.
- 1983 - Galerías Monterrey shopping mall in business.
- 1984 - Gran Plaza opens.[1]
- 1988
- September: Hurricane Gilbert.[1]
- Plaza Fiesta San Agustín shopping mall in business.
- 1990 - Labor Party (Mexico) founded in Monterrey.
- 1991 - Monterrey Metro begins operating.[2]
21st century
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- 2000 - Fernando Larrazábal Bretón elected mayor.[10]
- 2005 - Paseo San Pedro shpping mall in business.
- 2006 - KidZania (leisure centre) in business.
- 2010 - Population: 1,135,512; metro 4,089,962.[11]
- 2012 - May: Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurs near city.[12]
See also
References
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Further reading
Published in the 19th century
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Published in the 20th century
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- "Social and Economic Context of Migration to Monterrey, Mexico," in Francine F. Rabinovitz and Felicity M. Trueblood, eds., Latin American Urban Annual, Vol. 1 (Beverly Hills, California: Sage Publications, 1971).
- Alex Saragoza, The Monterrey Elite and the Mexican State, 1880-1940 (Austin, 1988)
- Vivienne Bennett. 1995. The Politics of Water: Urban Protest, Gender, and Power in Monterrey, Mexico. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
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