Timeline of Lleida
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
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- 49 BCE - Battle of Ilerda fought during Caesar's Civil War.
- 400-500 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida established.[1]
- 546 - Religious council held.[2][3]
- 1039 - Muslim Taifa of Lérida begins.
- 1149 - Christian Ramon Berenguer IV in power.[2]
- 1278 - Cathedral of St. Mary of La Seu Vella consecrated.[2]
- 1300 - Estudi General de Lleida (university) established.[2]
- 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[4]
- 1445 - Arxiu Municipal de Lleida (city archives) active (approximate date).[5][6]
- 1479 - Printing press in use.[7]
- 1669 - Convento del Roser construction begins.
- 1707 - Siege of Lleida (1707) by French forces.[2]
- 1719 - Ayuntamiento de Lérida (government entity) established.
- 1781 - New Cathedral of Lleida built.[2]
- 1810 - Lleida besieged by French forces.[2]
- 1834 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Lerida established.[8]
- 1842 - Population: 12,236.[9]
- 1860 - Railway begins operating.
- 1864 - Parque de Los Campos Elíseos de Lérida (park) opens.
20th century
- 1910 - Population: 24,531.[9]
- 1912 - Exposició d'Artistes Lleidatans (art exhibit) held.
- 1915 - Cinema Vinyes built.(en)
- 1917 - Museu d'Art Jaume Morera (museum) opens.
- 1924 - Balaguer-Lleida railway begins operating.
- 1938 - La Mañana newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1942 - Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs established.
- 1950 - Population: 52,849.[9]
- 1951 - Teatre Principal (theatre) active.[11]
- 1952 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida (archives) established.[12]
- 1981 - Population: 109,573.[9]
- 1982 - Diari Segre newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1985 - Autobuses de Lérida begin operating.
- 1989 - CaixaForum Lleida established.
- 1992 - University of Lleida established.[13]
- 1994 - Auditori Enric Granados (concert hall) built.
- 1995 - Lleida Latin-American Film Festival begins.
- 1998 - Teatre Municipal de l'Escorxador opens.
21st century
- 2004 - Àngel Ros becomes mayor.
- 2005 - Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida (regional transit entity) established.
- 2010 - La Llotja de Lleida (convention centre) opens.
- 2011 - Population: 137,283.[9]
See also
Other cities in the autonomous community of Catalonia:(es)
References
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ Karl Josef von Hefele (1895). William Robinson Clark (ed.). History of the Councils of the Church. Vol. 4. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
- ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. p. 392. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
- ^ "Archivo Municipal de Lleida". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Arxiu Municipal de Lleida. "Història de l'Arxiu: L'Arxiu de la ciutat" (in Catalan). La Paeria - Ajuntament de Lleida. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ F.J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- ^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Lleida". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Lleida, Spain". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Lérida". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Abraham Rees (1819), "Lerida", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- Richard Ford (1890), "Lerida", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 506
- "Lerida", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 16 (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, p. 483, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- "Lerida", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 250 – via HathiTrust
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