Timeline of A Coruña
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Prior to 19th century
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- 4000-2000 BC - Burial constructions in Monte das Arcas[1]
- 3rd century BC - Castro de Elviña begins occupation.
- 62 BC - Julius Caesar came to the city (then named Brigantium) in pursuit of the metal trade, establishing commerce with what are now France, England and Portugal.
- 2nd century CE - Tower of Hercules built (approximate date).[2]
- 9th century - Björn Ironside visited Tower of Hercules looking for gold
- 911 - Bermudo II started the construction of military positions in the coast, with a defensive role. A fortress with a permanent garrison was built at Faro, in the ruins of the Tower of Hercules.
- 12th century - Igrexa de Santiago (A Coruña) (church) built.[2]
- 13th century - Royal Mint of A Coruña established.
- 1208
- Afonso IX founded again Crunia. With the privilege of disembarking and selling salt without paying taxes
- Construction of Walls of A Coruña begins.[3]
- 1302 - Colexiata de Santa María do Campo (church) built.[2]
- 15th century - City renamed "A Coruña"[2].
- 16th century - Palacio de Capitanía de A Coruña is built[4]
- 1501 - Catherine of Aragon departs from Port of A Coruña to marry Arthur, Prince of Wales and become Queen of England.
- 1563 - A Coruña becomes capital of Galicia, when Philip II granted the city the headquarters of the captaincy and the audience[5]
- 1588 - Spanish Armada sails from A Coruña with the purpose of invading England.
- 1589 - The Siege of Coruña by the English Armada. Maria Pita lead defense of the city.
- 1595 - Castelo de Santo Antón (fort) finished (began in 1587).[2]
- 1598 - Coruna sacked by English forces.[6]
- 1693 - Igrexa de San Xurxo (A Coruña) (church) built (approximate date).[2]
- 1722 - A Coruña Aqueduct is built[7]
- 1748 - Palacio de Capitanía de A Coruña is rebuilt[8]
- 1764 - Royal Maritime Posts of America created, growing in the port and commercial field.
- 1765 - Academia de Agricultura del reino de Galicia (learned society) established.[9]
- 1775 - Royal Audience of Galicia builds the Archive of the Kingdom of Galicia
- 1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.[10]
- 1790 - Consulado creates first public library in the city following principles of enlightenment[11][12].
19th century
- 1804 - Fábrica Nacional de Cigarros (National Cigar Factory) created.
- 1805 - First stable printing press stablished[13]
- 1809 - 16 January: Battle of Corunna.[6]
- 1820 - A Coruña "joined the revolutionary movement."[6]
- 1823 - City taken by French forces.[14]
- 1835 - Deputación da Coruña (provincial governing body) established.
- 1836 - A Coruña "captured by the Carlists."[6]
- 1841 - Teatro Nuevo (theatre) built on the Rúa Real (A Coruña).
- 1842 - Population: 19,415.[15]
- 1854 - Gas lighting network is created[16].
- 1858 - First telegraph line between Rioseco (León) and A Coruña[17][18]
- 1862 - Palacio Provincial rebuilt.[19](gl)
- 1869 - City walls partially dismantled to join neighbourhoods.
- 1880s - Electric lighting network is created[20].
- 1882 - La Voz de Galicia newspaper begins publication.
- 1875 - First train begins circulation. A Coruña-Lugo line[21].
- 1885 - A Coruña-Madrid train begins circulation.
- 1886 - Chamber of Commerce established.[22]
- 1900 - Population: 43,971.[23]
20th century
- 1901 - Marcela and Elisa marry in Igrexa de San Xurxo becoming first same-sex marriage in Spain.
- 1902 - A Coruña Aqueduct stops being used[24]
- 1903 - First tram begins circulation between Puerta Real and railway station[25].
- 1906 - Deportivo de La Coruña (football club) formed.
- 1912
- Santa María de Oza becomes part of city.
- Palacio municipal de La Coruña (city hall) built.
- 1916
- Irmandades da Fala (political group) organized.
- Emilia Pardo Bazán monument erected in the Méndez Núñez Garden.
- 1917 - El Ideal Gallego newspaper begins publication.
- 1925 - Banco Pastor Building built becoming first skyscraper and tallest building in Spain
- 1935 - A Coruña-San Cristovo railway station built.
- 1940 - Population: 104,220.[15]
- 1943 - A Coruña-Santiago rail line inaugurated.
- 1944 - Estadio Riazor (stadium) opens.
- 1948 - First trolleybus begins circulation between Plaza de Pontevedra and Monelos[26].
- 1960 - Population: 177,502.[15]
- 1962 - Last tram circulates, replaced by trolleybus[27]
- 1963 - A Coruña Airport is inaugurated and the first commercial flight lands (May 23)
- 1964 - A Coruña Termino train station burned in a fire[28].
- 1965 - First urban bus line[29].
- 1968 - Museo Arqueolóxico e Histórico Castelo de Santo Antón (museum) established.
- 1970 - Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor (arena) opens.
- 1973 - Hercón Tower built becoming tallest building in Galicia (119 meters).
- 1975 - First Zara store opens its doors.
- 1979 - Last trolleybus operates in the city[30]
- 1981 - Population: 232,356.[15]
- 1989 - University of A Coruña established.[31]
- 1991 - Coliseum da Coruña and Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (film archive) open.
- 1992
- Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (orchestra) formed.
- Aegean Sea tanker oil spill
- A Coruña Sea Promenade inaugurated.
- 1994 - Ronda de Outeiro (Second Ring Road) finished.
- 1995 - Domus (museum) opens.
- 1998 - Festival Mozart begins.
- 1999 - Aquarium Finisterrae opens.
- 2000
- La Opinión A Coruña newspaper begins publication.
- SuperDepor wins La Liga.
21st century
- 2001 - R (cable operator) begins operations and spreads fiber optic network across the city.
- 2002 - Estación de Elviña-Universidad (railway station) opens in San Vicente de Elviña.
- 2007 - Elevador del Monte de San Pedro begins operating.
- 2009 - Bicicoruña public bicycle sharing system crreated[32].
- 2011 - Population: 245,053.[15]
- 2012 - National Museum of Science and Technology (MUNCYT) opens.
- 2015
- Xulio Ferreiro becomes mayor.
- Third Ring Road opens.
- 2019 - Bike lanes reach 35 km[33]
See also
References
- ^ https://www.coruna.gal/castroelvina/es/el-origen-de-a-coruna/la-linea-del-tiempo?argIdioma=es
- ^ a b c d e f María Dolores Díaz Vaquero. "La Coruña". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) Retrieved 26 October 2016 - ^ "La pequeña historia de las murallas de la ciudad", El Ideal Gallego (in Spanish), 24 May 2015
- ^ http://www.coruna.gal/cultura/es/espacios/detalle-para-entidad/palacio-de-capitania-general/entidad/1422324862683
- ^ https://elpais.com/diario/1978/04/21/espana/261957630_850215.html
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/coruna/2011/05/04/punto-abastecimiento-agua-ciudad-1722-1902/492199.html
- ^ http://www.coruna.gal/cultura/es/espacios/detalle-para-entidad/palacio-de-capitania-general/entidad/1422324862683
- ^ 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) - ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ^ https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/coruna/coruna/2015/10/26/biblioteca-ilustracion/0003_201510H26C6992.htm
- ^ https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/coruna/2009/12/08/casa-saberes/341088.html
- ^ https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/carballo/2005/09/14/primera-imprenta-estable-empezo-trabajar-1805/0003_4069455.htm
- ^ Baedeker 1913.
- ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: 15030 Coruña, A". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/Simposio/cMirasMartinez_Latransicion.pdf
- ^ https://www.farodevigo.es/portada-arousa/2012/11/04/vilagarcia-primer-municipio-comarca-instalar-telegrafo/706896.html
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/1182140/La_evoluci%C3%B3n_del_tel%C3%A9grafo_en_Espa%C3%B1a_1800-1936
- ^ Pedro Navascués (1984), "La arquitectura gallega del siglo XIX", Obradoiro (in Spanish), Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia, ISSN 0211-6065
- ^ http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/Simposio/cMirasMartinez_Latransicion.pdf
- ^ Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cámara Oficial de Comercio, Industria, Servicios y Navegación de A Coruña" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ https://www.laopinioncoruna.es/coruna/2011/05/04/punto-abastecimiento-agua-ciudad-1722-1902/492199.html
- ^ https://www.tranviascoruna.com/sobre-nosotros/
- ^ https://www.tranviascoruna.com/sobre-nosotros/
- ^ https://www.paxinasgalegas.es/fiestas/tranvia-de-a-coru%C3%B1a-a-coru%C3%B1a-5407.html
- ^ https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/coruna/coruna/2015/04/15/san-cristobal-80-anos-tarde/0003_201504H15C2994.htm
- ^ http://www.tranviascoruna.com/sobre-nosotros/
- ^ http://www.tranviascoruna.com/sobre-nosotros/
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/coruna/2009/07/16/servicio-bicicoruna-estreno-ayer-cien-usuarios/0003_7850484.htm
- ^ https://www.ciudadesporlabicicleta.org/2019/03/07/a-coruna-los-carriles-bici-duplican-la-red-existente-en-2015/.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Galician Wikipedia.
Bibliography
in English
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Corunna", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Richard Ford (1890), "Corunna", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 208
{{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|chapterurl=(help) - "Corunna", Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 208, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Corunna", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Corunna". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.
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in Spanish
- Enrique de Vedia y Goossens (1845). Historia y descripción de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña: Imp. Domingo Puga.
- Pascual Madoz, ed. (1847). "Coruña". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Vol. 7. Madrid. pp. 42–126.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - J. R. Barreiro Fernández (1986). Historia de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña.
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External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Coruña.
- "Archivo Municipal de A Coruña" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de La Coruña. (city archives)
- Items related to A Coruña, various dates (via Europeana)
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