Timeline of Alicante

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

Prior to 20th century[]

718 - Moors in power.^[1]
1247 - Taken by Alfonso X.^[2]
1296/1304 - Alicante becomes part of the Kingdom of Valencia per Treaty of Torrellas.^[1]^[2]
1331 - Attempted siege of Alicante by Moorish forces.^[1]
1490 - Given the status of a town by Ferdinand II.^[2]
1662 - San Nicolás de Bari church built.^[3]
1709 - Siege of Alicante by French forces.^[1]
1780 - [ca] built (approximate date).^{[citation needed]}
1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.^[4]
1797 - Population: 20,000.^[2]
1822 - [es] (governing body) established.
1834 - Alicante Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País established.^[5]
1842 - Population: 19,021.^[6]
1847 - [es] (theatre) built.^[7]
1855 - Public library established.^[8]
1858 - [es] begins operating.^[7]
1860 - [es] dismantling begins.
1873 - [es] by Federalists of Cartagena.^[1]
1885 - Murcia-Alicante railway built.
1886 - [es] (park) created.^[9]
1888 - [es] (bullring) built.
1900
- [es] (courthouse) built.
- Population: 50,142.^[10]

20th century[]

1902 - [es] composed by [es].
1906 - [es] newspaper begins publication.
1913 - [es] newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1919 - [es] (football club) formed.
1921 - [es] built on [es].
1922 - Hércules CF (football club) active.
1924 - Cine Monumental (cinema) built.
1925
- [es] (cemetery) established.
- [es] barrio developed.
1930
- Fountain installed in the [es].
- Population: 73,071.^[6]
1931
- 12 April: Municipal election held.^(es)
- [es] built.
1932 - Archaeological Museum of Alicante opens.
1938 - 25 May: Bombing of Alicante during the Spanish Civil War.^[12]
1939
- [es] (detention camp) created.
- 30 March: Italian forces take city from the Republicans.^[12]
1941 - [es] newspaper begins publication.^[13]
1947 - [es] constructed.
1950 - Population: 104,222.^[6]
1956 - [es] built.
1959 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante active.^[14]
1962 - Estudiotel Alicante high-rise built.
1963 - El Barco high-rise built in [es] barrio.
1967 - El Altet Airport opens.
1968 - Alicante railway station rebuilt.
1971 - Gran Sol hi-rise built on the [es].
1974
- [es] (archives) established.^[15]
- Estadio José Rico Pérez (stadium) opens.
1977 - Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
1979
- University of Alicante established.
- [es] (stadium) opens.
1981 - Population: 251,387.^[6]
1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Alicante.
1983 - Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante (library) active.^[8]
1985 - [es] begins.
1993 - [es] (theatre festival) begins.
1999 - Alicante Tram begins operating.

21st century[]

2001
- European Union Intellectual Property Office headquartered in Alicante.
- Gravina Museum of Fine Arts established.
2004 - [es] begins.
2005 - Film studio Ciudad de la Luz begins operating.
2009 - Alicante Innovation and Territory regional development plan published.
2011
- [es] (concert hall) built.
- Population: 329,325.^[6]
2014 - Population: 332,067 city; 757,085 [es].
2015 - [es] becomes mayor.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
^ Madoz 1845.
^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Alicante/Alacant". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Moreno Sáez 1990.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ Guia: Jardines Históricos de la Provincia de Alicante (in Spanish), Diputación de Alicante, 2015
^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
^ "(Localidad: Alicante)". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Josiah Conder (1830), "Alicant", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Alicante", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Richard Ford (1890), "Alicante", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 459
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Alicante", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Alicante", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 661, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
"Alicante", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish[]

Vicente Bendicho (1640), Crónica de la muy ilustre noble y leal ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish)
Pascual Madoz, ed. (1845). "Alicante". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Madrid.
Historia general de la ciudad y castillo de Alicante (in Spanish). 1854.
Jose Alfonso Roca de Togores (1883). Guia de Alicante: manual del alicantino y del forastero (in Spanish) – via [es].
Ensayo biografico bibliografico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia (in Spanish). 1890.
Guía práctica de Alicante y su provincia (in Spanish). 1908.
Francisco Moreno Sáez, ed. (1990), Historia de la Ciudad de Alicante (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Alicante (4 parts)

External links[]

"Archivo Municipal de Alicante" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Alicante. (city archives)
Pedro Mas (ed.). "Alicante 1850" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 November 2013.
Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Alicante, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.

[La_Ciudad_de_Alicante-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "La Ciudad de Alicante". Ayuntamiento de Alicante (in Spanish). 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2018-02-28.

[FOOTNOTEMadoz1845-3] Madoz 1845.

[4] Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680

[Ramirez1865-5] Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.

[INE-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Alicante/Alacant". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[FOOTNOTEMoreno_Sáez1990-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Moreno Sáez 1990.

[BPE-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Quiénes somos" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública Azorín de Alicante. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[9] Guia: Jardines Históricos de la Provincia de Alicante (in Spanish), Diputación de Alicante, 2015

[10] "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.

[BVPH-11] "(Localidad: Alicante)". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[Romero2013-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.

[europa2003-13] "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

[katolsk-14] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

[15] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Alicante" (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

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