Timeline of Gijón

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gijón, Spain.

Prior to 20th century

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Prehistory Prehistoric Iberia
Early history Pre-Roman peoples Carthaginian Spain (575–206 BC)
Roman Hispania Roman Conquest (206–27 BC) Hispania (218 BC-472 AC) Romanization Diocese of Hispania
Early Middle Ages Kingdom of the Suebi (409–585) Kingdom of the Visigoths (418–721) Byzantine possessions in the south-eastern coast (552-624)
Middle Ages Muslim conquest (711–716) Al-Andalus (711–1492) Reconquista (711–1492) Christian kingdoms (718–1479)
Early modern period Catholic Monarchs (1479–1516) Granada War (1482–1492) Colonisation of the Americas (1492–1898) Habsburgs (1516–1700) Golden Age (1556–1659) Bourbons (1700–1808) War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) Nueva Planta Decrees (1707–1716)
Peninsular War Abdications of Bayonne (1808) Napoleonic Spain (1808–1813) Cortes of Cádiz (1810–1814) Constitution of Cádiz (1812) Treaty of Valençay (1813)
Absolutist restoration Trienio Liberal (1820–1823) Ominous Decade (1823–1833)
Reign of Isabella II Regency of María Cristina (1833–1840) First Carlist War (1833–1840) Regency of Espartero (1840–1843) Década moderada (1844–1854) Second Carlist War (1846–1849) Bienio progresista (1854–1856) Glorious Revolution (1868)
Sexenio Democrático Provisional Government (1868–1871) Reign of Amadeo I (1870–1873) Third Carlist War (1872–1876) First Republic (1873–1874)
Restoration Spain Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) Regency of María Cristina (1885–1902) Spanish–American War (1898) Spain during World War I (1914–1918) Rif War (–1927) Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923–1930) Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer (1930–1931)
Second Republic Provisional Government (1931) First Biennium (1931–1933) Second Biennium (1933–1936) Revolution and Asturian miners' strike (1934) 1936 general election (1936) 1936 coup d'état (1936) Civil War (1936–1939) Nationalist victory (1939)
Francoist Spain Spanish Maquis (1939–1965) Spain during World War II (1939–1945) Blue Division (1941–1944) Basque conflict (1959–2011)
Contemporary history Transition to democracy (1975–1978) Current constitution (1978) 1981 coup d'état attempt Madrid train bombings (2004) 2008–2014 financial crisis 2017 Barcelona attacks Coronavirus pandemic (2020–present)
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844 – Gijón successfully resisted a Norman raid.[1]
1395 – Gijón was burned down.[1]
1560 – Gijón city archives active (approximate date).[2][3]
1721 – Palacio de Revillagigedo built.
1797 – Real Instituto Jovellanos founded.[1]
1842 – Population: 16,558.[4]
1865 – Casa consistorial de Gijón built.[5]
1878 – El Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
1888 – El Bibio bullring opens.
1884 – Establishment of railway communications.[1]
1892 – El Musel port opens.[7]
1900 – Population: 47,544.[8]

20th century

1905 – Sporting de Gijón is founded.
1930 – Population: 78,239.[4]
1940 – Population: 101,341.[4]
1955 – The construction of the Universidad Laboral finished.[9]
1981 – Population: 255,969.[4]
1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Gijón, including the controversial match between West Germany and Austria.
1987 – Vicente Álvarez Areces becomes mayor.
1992 – Palacio de Deportes opens.
1999 – Paz Fernández Felgueroso becomes mayor.

21st century

2003 – Jardín Botánico Atlántico (botanical garden) founded.[10]
2011
- Carmen Moriyón becomes mayor.
- Population: 276,969.[4]
2019 – Ana González becomes mayor.[11]
2023 – Carmen Moriyón becomes mayor again.[12]

Evolution of the Gijón map

19th century

1870

20th century

1910
1912
1932
1981 (West)
1981 (East)
1999 (West)
1999 (East)

21st century

2010 (Center)
2010 (West)
2010 (East)
2010 (South)
2011 (West)
2011 (East)

See also

List of mayors of Gijon

Other cities in the autonomous community of Asturias:^(es)

References

Britannica 1910.
Archivo Municipal de Gijón. "Carta de servicios" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Gijón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Archivo Municipal de Gijón". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Gijón". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"La casa consistorial cumple 150 años", El Comercio (in Spanish), 15 August 2015
"Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
"La ciudá: Historia" (in Asturian). Ayuntamientu de Xixón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
"55 años como vigía de Gijón" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
"Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
Villar, Iván (2019-06-15). "Ana González, alcaldesa de Gijón: «Vamos a reinventar el Gijón que queremos para mejorar el presente y ganar el futuro»". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
Paneque, Eduardo (2023-06-17). "Moriyón regresa a la Alcaldía con un gobierno tripartito de Foro, PP y Vox". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-17.

This article incorporates information from the Asturian Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

"Gijón" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 6.
"Gijon", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Gijon". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1884964028.

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