Timeline of Valencia
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Valencia, Spain.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 137 BCE - Foundation of Valentia Edetanorum es by the Romans.[1]
- 1010 CE - City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
- 1064 CE - Al-Mamun of Toledo in power.[2]
- 1094 - Castilian Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in power.[3]
- 1109 - Almoravid Masdali in power.[3]
- 1238 - City becomes capital of the Aragonese Kingdom of Valencia.[4]
- 1262 - Valencia Cathedral construction begins.[5]
- 1349 - Torres de Serranos (gate) built.[5]
- 1444 - Torres de Cuarto es (gate) built.[5]
- 1473 - Printing press in use.[6]
- 1474 - "Poetical contest" held.[7]
- 1483 - Llotja de la Seda construction begins.[1]
- 1568 - Juan de Ribera becomes Archbishop of Valencia.[3]
- 1707 - Bourbons in power.[4]
- 1812 - 9 January: City taken by French forces [:es:Primera_batalla_de_Valencia|es]].[4]
- 1840 - Domingo Mascarós es becomes mayor.
- 1858 - Plaza de Toros de Valencia opens.
- 1887 - Population: 170,763.[4]
- 1897 - Population: 204,768.[4]
20th century
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- 1913 - Museu de Belles Arts de València established.
- 1915 - Teatro Olympia es opens.[8]
- 1917 - Estació del Nord (railway station) opens.
- 1930 - Population: 320,195.[9]
- 1933
- December: "Anarchist uprising es."[10]
- Valencia Airport built.
- 1937 - The city becomes the capital of the Republican controlled Spain.
- 1940 - Population: 450,756.[9]
- 1946 - Cine Majestic (cinema) opens.[8]
- 1957 - October: 1957 Valencia flood.
- 1958 - Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia becomes mayor.
- 1970 - Population: 653,690.[9]
- 1988 - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (railway) begins operating.
- 1989 - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern opens.
- 1991 - Rita Barberá Nolla becomes mayor.[11]
- 1995
- Metrovalencia in operation.
- Eduardo Zaplana becomes president of the regional Generalitat Valenciana government.[11]
21st century
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- 2006 - 3 July: Valencia Metro derailment.
- 2010 - es bikeshare begins operating.[12]
- 2013 - Population: 792,303.
- 2015- Joan Ribó becomes mayor
See also
References
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This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 19th century
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valencia. |
- Map of Valencia, 1943
- Europeana. Items related to Valencia, various dates.
- Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Valencia, various dates