Timeline of Alicante
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Alicante, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
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- 718 - Moors in power.[1]
- 1247 - Taken by Alfonso X.[2]
- 1296/1304 - Alicante becomes part of the Kingdom of Valencia per Treaty of Torrellas.[1][2]
- 1331 - Attempted siege of Alicante by Moorish forces.[1]
- 1490 - Given the status of a town by Ferdinand II.[2]
- 1662 - San Nicolás de Bari church built.[3]
- 1709 - Siege of Alicante by French forces.[1]
- 1780 - Alicante City Hall built (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.[4]
- 1797 - Population: 20,000.[2]
- 1822 - Diputación Provincial de Alicante (governing body) established.
- 1834 - Alicante Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País established.[5]
- 1842 - Population: 19,021.[6]
- 1847 - Teatro Principal (Alicante) (theatre) built.[7]
- 1855 - Public library established.[8]
- 1858 - Madrid-Alicante railway begins operating.[7]
- 1860 - Walls of Alicante dismantling begins.
- 1873 - Siege of Alicante (1873) by Federalists of Cartagena.[1]
- 1885 - Murcia-Alicante railway built.
- 1886 - Parque de Canalejas (park) created.[9]
- 1888 - Plaza de toros de Alicante (bullring) built.
- 1900
- Palacio de Justicia de Alicante (courthouse) built.
- Population: 50,142.[10]
20th century
- 1902 - Alicante anthem composed by Juan Latorre Baeza.
- 1906 - Diario de Alicante newspaper begins publication.
- 1913 - El Luchador (Alicante) newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1919 - Club Natación Alicante (football club) formed.
- 1921 - Mercado Central de Alicante built on Avenida de Alfonso el Sabio.
- 1922 - Hércules CF (football club) active.
- 1924 - Cine Monumental (cinema) built.
- 1925
- Cementerio de Alicante (cemetery) established.
- Florida Alta barrio developed.
- 1930
- Fountain installed in the Plaza de los Luceros.
- Population: 73,071.[6]
- 1931
- 12 April: Municipal election held.(es)
- Palacio Provincial de Alicante built.
- 1932 - Archaeological Museum of Alicante opens.
- 1938 - 25 May: Bombing of Alicante during the Spanish Civil War.[12]
- 1939
- Campo de concentración de Los Almendros (detention camp) created.
- 30 March: Italian forces take city from the Republicans.[12]
- 1941 - Diario Información newspaper begins publication.[13]
- 1947 - Banco de España building (Alicante) constructed.
- 1950 - Population: 104,222.[6]
- 1956 - Hospital General Universitario de Alicante built.
- 1959 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante active.[14]
- 1962 - Estudiotel Alicante high-rise built.
- 1963 - El Barco high-rise built in Albufereta barrio.
- 1967 - El Altet Airport opens.
- 1968 - Alicante railway station rebuilt.
- 1971 - Gran Sol hi-rise built on the Rambla de Méndez Núñez.
- 1974
- Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante (archives) established.[15]
- Estadio José Rico Pérez (stadium) opens.
- 1977 - Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
- 1979
- University of Alicante established.
- Estadio Alicante CF (stadium) opens.
- 1981 - Population: 251,387.[6]
- 1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Alicante.
- 1983 - Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante (library) active.[8]
- 1985 - Festival de Música Contemporánea de Alicante begins.
- 1993 - Muestra de Teatro Español de Autores Contemporáneos (theatre festival) begins.
- 1999 - Alicante Tram begins operating.
21st century
- 2001
- European Union Intellectual Property Office headquartered in Alicante.
- Gravina Museum of Fine Arts established.
- 2004 - Festival de Cine de Alicante begins.
- 2005 - Film studio Ciudad de la Luz begins operating.
- 2009 - Alicante Innovation and Territory regional development plan published.
- 2011
- Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante (concert hall) built.
- Population: 329,325.[6]
- 2014 - Population: 332,067 city; 757,085 metro.
- 2015 - Gabriel Echávarri becomes mayor.
See also
Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:(es)
References
- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ^ Madoz 1845.
- ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Alicante/Alacant". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ a b Moreno Sáez 1990.
- ^ a b "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ Guia: Jardines Históricos de la Provincia de Alicante (in Spanish), Diputación de Alicante, 2015
- ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "(Localidad: Alicante)". Biblioteca Virtual de Prensa Histórica (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ a b Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
- ^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Alicant", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Alicante", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Richard Ford (1890), "Alicante", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 459
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|chapterurl=(help) - Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Alicante", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Alicante", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 661, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Alicante", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust
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in Spanish
- Vicente Bendicho (1640), Crónica de la muy ilustre noble y leal ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish)
- Pascual Madoz, ed. (1845). "Alicante". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Madrid.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Historia general de la ciudad y castillo de Alicante (in Spanish). 1854.
- Jose Alfonso Roca de Togores (1883). Guia de Alicante: manual del alicantino y del forastero (in Spanish) – via Biblioteca Valenciana Digital.
- Ensayo biografico bibliografico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia (in Spanish). 1890.
- Guía práctica de Alicante y su provincia (in Spanish). 1908.
- Francisco Moreno Sáez, ed. (1990), Historia de la Ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Alicante (4 parts)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alicante.
- "Archivo Municipal de Alicante" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Alicante. (city archives)
- Pedro Mas (ed.). "Alicante 1850" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2013.
- Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Europeana)
- Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
