Timeline of Mérida, Mexico

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

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Prehistory

• 66 million years ago - The ground beneath Mérida forms part of the impact crater of the meteorite linked to the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, centred offshore to the North of the city.

Prior to 20th century

• 1542 – Mérida founded by Francisco de Montejo the Younger on site of former city T'ho.
• 1547 – Franciscan convent active.
• 1549 – Montejo's residence.
• 1561 – Mérida Cathedral construction begins.
• 1598 – Mérida Cathedral construction completed.
• 1618 – School of Mérida opens.
• 1624 – Real y Pontificia Universidad de Mérida established.
• 1648 – Yellow fever epidemic.
• 1823 – Yucatán becomes part of Mexico.
• 1847 – Caste War of Yucatán begins.
• 1869 – Revista de Mérida newspaper begins publication.
• 1888 - Paseo de Montejo opened.
• 1892 – Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) built.
• 1900 – Population: 43,630.

20th century

Calle 60 in front of the Cathedral, 1924

• 1908 - Museum of the City of Merida initiated.
• 1910 – Parque Zoológico del Centenario founded.
• 1922 – Universidad Nacional del Sureste established.
• 1925 – Diario de Yucatán newspaper begins publication.
• 1929 – Airport begins operating.
• 1949 – Cine Teatro Mérida opens.
• 1950 – Population: 144,793.
• 1957 – Monumento a la Patria erected on the Paseo Montejo.
• 1962 – Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida established.
• 1978 – Pacheco murals in the Palacio de Gobierno completed.
• 1983 – Jardin Botanico Regional del CICY (garden) established in Chuburná de Hidalgo.
• 1988 – The city is hit by Hurricane Gilbert.
• 1993 – Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
• 1999 – Bill Clinton visits the city in a binational meeting.
• 2000 – The city is designated as the 1st American Capital of Culture.

21st century

• 2001 -
  • Yucatan Symphony Orchestra founded.
  • Ana Rosa Payán becomes as the 29th mayor for a second period.
• 2002 – The city is hit by Hurricane Isidore.
• 2003 – C.F. Mérida football club formed.
• 2004 – Manuel Fuentes Alcocer becomes the 30th mayor.
• 2005 – The city held the International Mathematical Olympiad.
• 2006 – Mérida host the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics.
• 2007 -
  • George W. Bush is received in Mérida, here he signs the Mérida Initiative.
  • César Bojórquez Zapata becomes the 31st mayor.
• 2009 – The city held the 40th International Physics Olympiad.
• 2010
  • Angélica Araujo Lara becomes the 32nd mayor.
  • Population: 777,615; Metropolitan Area 973,046.
• 2011
  • The International Committee of the Banner of Peace titled Merida as "City of Peace".
  • The city held the II Alianza del Pacífico summit.
• 2012 – Alvaro Lara Pacheco becomes acting mayor, few months later Renán Barrera Concha wins the local election and he becomes the 34th mayor.
• 2014 – Mérida hosted the VI Summit of Association of Caribbean States, more than 25 Heads of State members came to the city.
• 2015
  • Mauricio Vila Dosal becomes the 35th mayor.
  • Raul Castro, President of Cuba is received by President Enrique Peña Nieto in his first visit as President, to Mexico. Here he announced his retirement on 2018.
• 2018
  • María Dolores Fritz Sierra becomes the 36th mayor, as acting mayor in office.
  • The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida
  • Renán Barrera Concha becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform.
• 2019
  • The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.

See also

• Mérida history
• List of municipal presidents of Mérida
• Yucatán history and History of Yucatán

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• John L. Stephens (1858), "(Merida)", Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Moore, Henry (1894), "Commercial Directory: Merida", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
• Campbell, Reau (1909), "Mérida", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
• "Mérida (Mexico)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 165.
• W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Mérida", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Mérida", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• "Mérida", Baedeker's Mexico, Baedekers Guides, 1994, p. 275+, OL 11077410M (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
• José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Mérida". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.
• Michael D. Phillips (1995). "Mérida". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 362+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
• Fisher, John (1999), "Yucatan: Merida", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 523+, OL 24935876M{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Mérida", Yucatán (2nd ed.), Lonely Planet, 2003, OL 24928189M

in Spanish

• Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Mérida". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 4. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282357.

External links

• "Publicaciones editadas en Yucatán". Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de Mexico (National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (includes Merida)
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Mérida, various dates