Timeline of Salamanca

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

Prior to 20th century

222 BCE – Forces of Carthaginian Hannibal take Salamanca from the Vettones.[1]

89 CE – Roman bridge of Salamanca rebuilt (approximate date).[2]
500-589 CE – Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca established.[3]
712 – Muslims in power.[2]
1055 – Muslims driven out.[1]
1102 – Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile in power.[2]
12th century – Walls of Salamanca expanded.[2]
1208 – Fuero of Salmanaca (civil law) created (approximate date).[1][2]
1218 – University of Salamanca founded by Alfonso IX of León.[1]
1401 – University's Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, Salamanca established.[2]
1415 – University's Escuelas Mayores built.[2]
1481 – Printing press in use.[4]
1485 – Casa de doña María la Brava built on the Plaza de los Bandos (Salamanca) (approximate date).
1509 – New Cathedral of Salamanca construction begins.[1]
1538
- Palacio de la Salina built on the Plaza de Colón (Salamanca).
- University's Palacio de Monterrey construction begins.[2]
1590 – Population: 24,000.[5]
1600 – University's Hospital del Estudio built.[2]
1610 – Moriscos expelled.[1]
1651 – Population: 12,000.[5]
1667 – Iglesia de San Pablo (Salamanca) (church) built.
1734 – New Cathedral construction completed.[1]
1739 – Iglesia de San Sebastián (Salamanca) (church) rebuilt.
1755 – 1 November: 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
1756 – Plaza Mayor, Salamanca (square) constructed; designed by Andrés García de Quiñones.[1]
1812
- 22 July: Battle of Salamanca fought near city; French defeated.
- Mirat factory in business.
1842 – Population: 13,786.[5]
1887 – Population: 22,199.[5]
1900 – Population: 25,690.[1]

20th century

1905 – Café Novelty in business.
1913 – Puente de Enrique Estevan (bridge) built.
1923 – UD Salamanca (football club) formed.
1930 – Population: 46,867.[5]
1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca (archives) established.[6]
1946 – Salamanca Airport begins operating civilian flights.
1970
- Helmántico Stadium opens.
- Population: 125,220.[5]
1973 – Puente de Sánchez Fabrés (bridge) built.
1983 – City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
1988 – Old City of Salamanca declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1991 – Population: 186,322.[5]

21st century

2011
- Alfonso Fernández Mañueco becomes mayor.
- Population: 151,658.[5]
2013 – Unionistas de Salamanca CF and Salamanca AC (football clubs) formed.

References

Britannica 1910.
"Salamanca". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 20 October 2016
"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
"Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
"Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Josiah Conder (1830), "Salamanca", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Salamanca", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 257
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Salamanca", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
Robinson, Charles Walker; Jayne, Kingsley Garland (1910). "Salamanca (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). pp. 56–58.
"Salamanca", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 157, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Salamanca". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 596–598. ISBN 1884964028.
David Gilmour (2012). "Salamanca". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

in Spanish

G. G. de Ávila (1606). Historia de las antigüedades de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.
Bernardo Dorado [in Spanish] (1861) [1763]. Ramón Girón (ed.). Historia de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Imp. del Adelante, á cargo de Juan Sotillo.
Salamanca, Ávila y Segovia. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Madrid. 1865.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
- 1884 ed.
Modesto Falcón (1868). Guia de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Telesforo Oliva.
Fernando Araújo (1884). La reina del Tórmes: guía histórico-descriptiva de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Jacinto Hidalgo.
Manuel Villar y Macías [in Spanish] (1887). Historia de Salamanca (in Spanish). Imprenta de Francisco Nuñez Izquierdo.
E. G. Zarza (1976). Salamanca: Evolución, estructura, forma de pobliamiento, y otros aspectos demográficos, 1900– 1970 (in Spanish). Salamanca.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
F. Miranda (1985). Desarrollo urbanístico de posguerra en Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Salamanca: Geografía, historia, arte, cultura (in Spanish). Salamanca. 1986.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Britannica 1910.

[OxfordArt-2] "Salamanca". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 20 October 2016

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[Norton2010-4] F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.

[INE-5] "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[6] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 20 October 2016.