Timeline of A Coruña
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of A Coruña, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
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- 2nd century CE - Tower of Hercules built (approximate date).[1]
- 12th century - Igrexa de Santiago (A Coruña) (church) built.[1]
- 1208 - Construction of Walls of A Coruña begins.[2]
- 1302 - Colexiata de Santa María do Campo (church) built.[1]
- 15th century - City renamed "La Coruña."[1]
- 1588 - Spanish Armada sails from A Coruña with the purpose of invading England.
- 1595 - Castelo de Santo Antón (fort) built.[1]
- 1598 - Coruna sacked by English forces.[3]
- 1693 - Igrexa de San Xurxo (A Coruña) (church) built (approximate date).[1]
- 1765 - Academia de Agricultura del reino de Galicia (learned society) established.[4]
- 1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.[5]
- 1809 - 16 January: Battle of Corunna.[3]
- 1820 - Coruna "joined the revolutionary movement."[3]
- 1823 - City taken by French forces.[6]
- 1835 - Deputación da Coruña (provincial governing body) established.
- 1836 - Coruna "captured by the Carlists."[3]
- 1841 - Teatro Nuevo (theatre) built on the Rúa Real (A Coruña).
- 1842 - Population: 19,415.[7]
- 1862 - Palacio Provincial rebuilt.[8](gl)
- 1882 - La Voz de Galicia newspaper begins publication.
- 1886 - Chamber of Commerce established.[9]
- 1900 - Population: 43,971.[10]
20th century
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- 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.
- 1935 - A Coruña railway station built.
- 1940 - Population: 104,220.[7]
- 1944 - Estadio Riazor (stadium) opens.
- 1960 - Population: 177,502.[7]
- 1963 - A Coruña Airport begins operating.
- 1968 - Museo Arqueolóxico e Histórico Castelo de Santo Antón (museum) established.
- 1970 - Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor (arena) opens.
- 1981 - Population: 232,356.[7]
- 1989 - University of A Coruña established.[11]
- 1991 - Coliseum da Coruña and Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe (film archive) open.
- 1992 - Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia (orchestra) formed.
- 1998 - Festival Mozart begins.
- 1999 - Aquarium Finisterrae opens.
- 2000 - La Opinión A Coruña newspaper begins publication.
21st century
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- 2002 - Estación de Elviña-Universidad (railway station) opens in San Vicente de Elviña.
- 2007 - Elevador del Monte de San Pedro begins operating.
- 2011 - Population: 245,053.[7]
- 2015 - Xulio Ferreiro becomes mayor.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f María Dolores Díaz Vaquero. "La Coruña". Oxford Art Online.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help); Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) Retrieved 26 October 2016 - ^ "La pequeña historia de las murallas de la ciudad", El Ideal Gallego (in Spanish), 24 May 2015
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ 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}}: Check|editor=value (help); External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: editors list (link) - ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pedro Navascués (1984), "La arquitectura gallega del siglo XIX", Obradoiro (in Spanish), Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Galicia, ISSN 0211-6065
{{citation}}: Check|author=value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "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.
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This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Galician Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Corunna", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Enrique de Vedia y Goossens (1845). Historia y descripción de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña: Imp. Domingo Puga.
{{cite book}}: Check|author=value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Pascual Madoz, ed. (1850). "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)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 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", Encyclopaedia 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) - J. R. Barreiro Fernández (1986). Historia de la ciudad de La Coruña (in Spanish). La Coruña.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Corunna". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.
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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)
