Timeline of Cali
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cali, Colombia.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1536 - Cali founded by Spaniard Sebastián de Belalcázar.[1]
- 1747 - Capilla de San Antonio (Cali) (church) built.
- 1802 - Metropolitan Cathedral of Cali built.
- 1810
- July 3: Cali declares independence from Spanish colonial rule.
- Population: 6,385.[2]
- 1811 - Cali joins the Confederated cities of the Cauca Valley.[citation needed]
- 1890 - Market Plaza built (approximate date).[citation needed]
20th century
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- 1910 - Catholic Diocese of Cali,[3]regional administrative Valle del Cauca Department, and Cali Chamber of Commerce[1] established.
- 1912 - Deportivo Cali (sport club) formed.
- 1913 - Cayzedo statue erected in the Plaza de Cayzedo.[citation needed]
- 1914 - Buenaventura-Cali railway begins operating.[4]
- 1927 - Cali City Theatre opens.
- 1931 - Teatro Jorge Isaacs (theatre) opens.
- 1933 - Palacio Nacional (Cali) built.
- 1937 - Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero (stadium) opens.
- 1938 - Population: 88,366.[4]
- 1942 - Iglesia la Ermita (Cali) (church) rebuilt.
- 1945 - University of Valle established.
- 1946 - October: Economic unrest.[5]
- 1950 - El País newspaper begins publication.
- 1953
- La Estación (Cali) (railway station) opens.
- Biblioteca Departamental Jorge Garcés Borrero (library) established.
- 1956
- Dynamite explosion.
- Museo La Tertulia (museum) founded.
- 1957
- Cali Fair begins.
- Cañaveralejo bullring opens.
- 1968 - Farallones de Cali National Park established near city.
- 1969 - Cali Zoo founded.
- 1970
- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente established.
- Pontifical Xavierian University begins operating in Cali.
- 1971
- Palmaseca Airport, Coliseo El Pueblo (arena) and Velódromo Alcides Nieto Patiño open.
- 1971 Pan American Games held in Cali.
- 1974 - Central de Transportes de Cali built.[6]
- 1977 - Criminal Cali Cartel active.
- 1979 - Universidad Icesi founded.
- 1980
- Unicentro Cali shopping center opens.
- Procali NGO association established.[7]
- 1984 - Cali Tower built.[6]
- 1990
- Cali Cultural Center built.
- Loma de la Cruz Artisan Park established.
- 1992
- Rodrigo Guerrero becomes mayor.
- Population: 1,759,139.[7]
- 1995
- December 20: Airplane crash in nearby Buga.
- Feria del Libro Pacífico (book fair) begins.
- 1996 - El Gato del Río sculpture erected at Avenida del Río.
- 1999 - Church kidnapping.[8][9]
21st century
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- 2001 - Jardin Botanico de Cali (garden) established.[10]
- 2002 - April 12: Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis begins.
- 2004 - Criminal Los Rastrojos active.
- 2005 - Population: 2,119,908.[1]
- 2007 - Centro de Eventos Valle del Pacifico built.
- 2008 - Caliwood film museum opens.
- 2009 - Masivo Integrado de Occidente (transit system) begins operating.
- 2010 - Estadio Deportivo Cali (stadium) opens.
See also
- Other cities in Colombia
References
- ^ a b Harvey F. Kline (2012). Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7955-3.
- ^ "Así era Cali en 1810", El Pais (in Spanish), July 20, 2010
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Colombia". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ^ a b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 310, OL 6112221M
- ^ James D. Henderson (2001). Modernization in Colombia: The Laureano Gómez Years, 1889-1965. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3124-8.
- ^ a b Luis Fernando González Escobar (2010). Ciudad y arquitectura urbana en Colombia 1980-2010 (in Spanish). Editorial Universidad de Antioquia. ISBN 978-958-714-382-9.
- ^ a b World Bank 2002.
- ^ "Colombia Rebels Kidnap 100 At Mass but Later Let Most Go", New York Times, May 31, 1999
- ^ "Colombia". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
{{cite book}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - ^ "Garden Search: Colombia". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and French Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- Isaac F. Holton (1857), "Cali", New Granada: Twenty Months in the Andes, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 2422862
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - "Cali", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
{{citation}}: External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rakesh Mohan (1994), Understanding the Developing Metropolis: Lessons from the City Study of Bogotá and Cali, Colombia (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press / World Bank, ISBN 9780195208825
- Cali, Colombia: Toward a City Development Strategy. Washington DC: World Bank. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8213-5174-1.
- Politics and Security in Three Colombian Cities, London: Crisis States Research Centre, 2009 – via International Relations and Security Network (about Bogota, Cali, Medellin)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cali.
- Map of Cali, 1981
- Map of Cali, 1995
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