Timeline of Almería

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

Prior to 20th century[]

955 CE - Town of Al-Mariyya established.^[1]
1012 - Taifa of Almería established.
1147 - Al-Mariyya taken by forces of Alfonso VII of León.^[2]
1157 - Almohads in power.^[1]
1238 - City becomes part of the kingdom of Granada.^[1]
1309 - City besieged by forces of James II of Aragon.^[1]^(es)
1489 - Castilians in power.^[1]
1492
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Almería established.^[3]
- Santo Domingo convent founded.^[4]
1524 - Almería Cathedral construction begins.^[2]
1591 - August: Battle of the Gulf of Almería (1591) fought offshore.
1674 - [es] (church) built.^{[citation needed]}
1829 - Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.^[5]
1834 - Almeria Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País established.^[6]
1840 - [es] founded.^[7]
1842 - Population: 17,800.^[8]
1845 - Biblioteca del Instituto Provincial de Segunda Enseñanza de Almería (library) established.^[9]
1860 - Crónica Meridional newspaper begins publication.^[10]^[11]
1873 - 30 July: [es].
1881 - [es] (theatre) built.^[12]
1885 - [es] (sugar mill) begins operating.
1887 - [es] (art school) founded.^[13]
1888 - (bullring) opens.
1892 - [es] (market) built.
1893 - [es] (train station) built.
1900 - Population: 47,326.^[14]

20th century[]

1908 - La Independencia newspaper begins publication.^[10]
1909 - [es] built on the [es].
1916 - Diario de Almería newspaper begins publication.^[11]
1921 - [es] built.
1932 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Almería (archives) established.^[15]
1933 - Museum of Almería founded.
1937 - 31 May: Bombardment of Almería by German forces.
1939 - La Voz de Almería newspaper begins publication.
1947
- Biblioteca Francisco Villaespesa (library) active.^[9]
- [es] (church) built in the [es] barrio.
1968 - Almería Airport begins operating.
1970 - Population: 114,510.^[8]
1971 - AD Almería (football club) formed.
1976 - Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas (stadium) opens.
1980 - [es] founded.^[16]
1989 - UD Almería (football club) formed.
1992 - Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía established.
1993 - University of Almería established.
1997 - [es] (musical group) formed.

21st century[]

2001
- [es] (orchestra) formed.
- Population: 166,328.^[8]
2003
- Ibn Tufayl Foundation for Arabic Studies established.
- [es] becomes mayor.
2004 - Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos (stadium) opens.
2005 - 2005 Mediterranean Games held in Almeria.
2007 - [es] (transit entity) created.
2011 - Population: 189,680.^[8]
2014 - Population: 193,351 city; 257,207 [es].
2015 - Ramón Fernández-Pacheco becomes mayor.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bosch Vilá 1989.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Britannica 1910.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ "(Municipio: Almería)". Bases de datos del patrimonio cultural: Patrimonio inmueble de Andalucía (in Spanish). Seville: Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Martínez Romero 2001.
^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
^ Gómez Díaz 2001.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Almería". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Historia de la Biblioteca". Biblioteca Provincial de Almeria (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucía. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Localidad: Almería)". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ramón Reig, ed. (2011). La comunicación en Andalucía: historia, estructura y nuevas tecnologías (in Spanish). Seville: Centro de Estudios Andaluces. ISBN 978-84-939078-0-8.
^ "El Teatro Apolo: De sus orígenes a la restauración". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). 18 October 2009.
^ "La Escuela: Historia" (in Spanish). scuela de Arte de Almería. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Almería". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "El IEA celebra su 33 aniversario", Diario de Almería (in Spanish), 24 July 2013

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Richard Ford (1890), "Almeria", Handbook for Travellers in Spain (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 374
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Almeria", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Almeria", Encyclopædia Britannica, 1 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 714, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
"Almeria", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust
Jacinto Bosch Vilá (1989). "Al-Mariyya". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. pp. 575–577.

in Spanish[]

Leopoldo Torres Balbás (1957), "Almería islamica", [es] (in Spanish), 22 – via Technical University of Madrid, Archivo Digital UPM
José Ángel Tapia Garrido (1970). Almeria, piedra a piedra (in Spanish).
Historia general de Almeria y su provincia (in Spanish), 1976
José Ángel Tapia Garrido (1986), Almería musulmana [Muslim Almería] (in Spanish)
Donato Gómez Díaz; José Miguel Martínez López (2001). El deporte en Almería, 1880-1939: Una historia sobre el ocio y la formación de la identidad provincial [Sports in Almería, 1880-1939: A history of recreation and provincial identity formation] (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. ISBN 978-84-8240-341-0.
Josefa Martínez Romero (2001). Instituciones culturales en el siglo XIX almeriense (in Spanish). Universidad de Almería. ISBN 978-84-8240-333-5.
Ignacio Ortega Campos (2005), Crónica social del cine en Almería (1896-1936) (in Spanish), ISBN 9788495979452

External links[]

Items related to Almería, various dates (via Europeana)

[FOOTNOTEBosch_Vilá1989-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bosch Vilá 1989.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Britannica 1910.

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[IAPH-4] "(Municipio: Almería)". Bases de datos del patrimonio cultural: Patrimonio inmueble de Andalucía (in Spanish). Seville: Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[FOOTNOTEMartínez_Romero2001-5] Martínez Romero 2001.

[Ramirez1865-6] Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.

[FOOTNOTEGómez_Díaz2001-7] Gómez Díaz 2001.

[INE-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Almería". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[biblioteca-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Historia de la Biblioteca". Biblioteca Provincial de Almeria (in Spanish). Junta de Andalucía. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[BVPH-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b "(Localidad: Almería)". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[Reig2011-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ramón Reig, ed. (2011). La comunicación en Andalucía: historia, estructura y nuevas tecnologías (in Spanish). Seville: Centro de Estudios Andaluces. ISBN 978-84-939078-0-8.

[12] "El Teatro Apolo: De sus orígenes a la restauración". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). 18 October 2009.

[13] "La Escuela: Historia" (in Spanish). scuela de Arte de Almería. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

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

[15] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Almería". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[16] "El IEA celebra su 33 aniversario", Diario de Almería (in Spanish), 24 July 2013

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