Timeline of Aguascalientes City
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1575 - Aguascalientes founded.[1]
- 1604 - San Marcos Fair begins.[2]
- 1857 - Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state.[2]
- 1867 - School of Agriculture established.[3]
- 1870 - El Despertador newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1883 - León-Aguascalientes railway established.[5]
- 1885 - Teatro Morelos opens.[5]
- 1899 - Catholic Diocese of Aguas Calientes established.[6]
20th century
- 1903 - State Teaching School built.
- 1911 - Population: 44,800.[7]
- 1964 - Museo de la Insurgencia opens.[8]
- 1972 - Posada Museum opens.
- 1973 - Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.[3]
- 1975 - Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed.
- 1982 - Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established.[1]
- 1988 - Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established.[8]
- 1989 - Jardín Botánico Rey Netzahualcoyotl (garden) active.[9]
- 1991 - Teatro Aguascalientes opens.
- 2000 - Population: 594,092.[10]
21st century
- 2003
- Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens.
- Club Necaxa football team active.
- 2010 - Population: 722,250; metro 932,369.[11][12]
- 2011
- Lorena Martínez becomes mayor.[13]
- Línea Verde project begins.[14]
- Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city.
- 2013 - New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.[15]
See also
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 21, OL 6112221M
- ^ a b Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 134 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- ^ a b "Nuestra Universidad: Historia" (in Spanish). Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Miguel Angel Castro and Guadalupe Curiel, ed. (2003). Publicaciones periódicas mexicanas del siglo XIX, 1856-1876 (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 978-970-32-0330-7.
- ^ a b Gomez Serrano 2005.
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia 1907.
- ^ Mexican Year Book. McCorquodale & Company. 1912.
- ^ a b "Museos". Vivaaguascalientes.com (in Spanish). Gobierno de Aguascalientes. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
- ^ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Número de Habitantes, Aguascalientes" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Ana Arana (January 20, 2014). "In Mexico, a city's scar becomes its most prized park, La Línea Verde". USA: Citiscope.
- ^ "Mexican city gears up as new Motor city". NBC News. November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
Bibliography
in English
- Published in the 19th century
- Charles W. Zaremba (1883). "State of Aguascalientes". Merchants' and Tourists' Guide to Mexico. Chicago: Althrop Publishing House.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Aguascalientes", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Aguas Calientes", Vamos á México, Chicago: Southern Pacific Company, 1896
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Cristobal Hidalgo (1900), "Important Cities: Aguas Calientes", Guide to Mexico, San Francisco, California: Whitaker & Ray Co.
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- Published in the 20th century
- "Aguas Calientes". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1907.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Reau Campbell (1909), "Aguas Calientes", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Aguascalientes", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Aguascalientes", Anglo-South American Handbook, vol. 1, New York: Macmillan
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Aguascalientes", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "North Central Highlands: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- John Fisher (1999), "The Bajio: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 231+, OL 24935876M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Northeast Mexico: Aguascalientes", Mexico, Let's Go, 1999, p. 267+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- Published in the 21st century
- A. Acosta and J.C. Parga (2012). "Cultural Resources and Sustainability: Improving City Planning and Urban Preservation in a Mexican City". In M. Pacetti; et al. (eds.). Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. Sustainable City. Vol. 7. Southampton, UK: WIT Press. pp. 893–904. ISBN 978-1-84564-578-6.
in Spanish
- Antonio García Cubas [in Spanish] (1896). "Aguascalientes". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Aguascalientes: Aguascalientes". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). Vol. 2. R. de S. N. Araluce.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Jesus Gomez Serrano (2005). "Una ciudad pujante: Aguascalientes durante el porfiriato". In Anne Staples (ed.). Bienes y vivencias, el siglo XIX [Goods and experiences, the nineteenth century]. Historia de la vida cotidiana en México (History of everyday life in Mexico) (in Spanish). El Colegio de México. pp. 253–286. ISBN 978-968-16-7762-6.
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