Timeline of Barcelona

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

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Prior 19th century[]

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  • 218 BCE - Barcino established by Carthaginians.[1]
  • 133 BCE - Romans in power.[1]
  • 343 CE - Bishopric established.[2]
  • 414 - Visigoth Ataulphus headquartered in Barcelona.[3]
  • 713 - Arabs in power.
  • 801 - Siege of Barcelona, Franks in power;[2] County of Barcelona established.
  • 897 - Guifré el Pilós, Count of Barcelona, dies with his sons inheriting his possessions instead of an appointment of the Frank's king, making the end of Franks rule (de facto)
  • 1164 - Dynastic union of Barcelona with Aragon (grand partner).[4]
  • 1243 - Arsenals built (approximate date).[2]
  • 1258 - Consolat de Mar (maritime legal code) issued.[2][5]
  • 1298 - Barcelona Cathedral construction begins.[1]
  • 1359 - June: Battle of Barcelona (1359).
  • 1378 - Casa Consistorial built.[2]
  • 1383 - Llotja del Mar (exchange) built.[2]
  • 1391 - Santa Maria del Pi church built.[3]
  • 1392 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
  • 1400 - Medical college established.[2]
  • 1401
    • Taula de canvi (public bank) established.[7]
    • General hospital active.[2]
  • 1430 - University founded.[2]
  • 1473 - Printing press in use.[8]
  • 1474 - Moll de la Santa Creu (wharf) construction begins.[2]
  • 1493 - Columbus' published description of his trans-Atlantic trip becomes a "bestseller" in Barcelona.[9]
  • 1529 - Charles V and Clement VII sign treaty in Barcelona.[10]
  • 1609 - Bank of Barcelona established.[7]
  • 1651 - July: Siege of Barcelona begins.
  • 1697 - August: Siege of Barcelona (1697).
  • 1705 - September–October: Siege of Barcelona (1705).
  • 1706 - April: Siege of Barcelona (1706).[4]
  • 1708 - Premiere of Caldara's opera  [ca].[11](ca)
  • 1713 - July: Siege of Barcelona (1713–14) begins.
  • 1715 - Citadel built to suppress Catalan revolts ().[2]
  • 1792 - Custom house built.[2]

19th century[]

  • 1809 - French in power.[2]
  • 1833 - City becomes capital of newly created Province of Barcelona.[2]
  • 1834 -  [es] established.[12]
  • 1842 - Bombardment of Barcelona (1842).[4]
  • 1847
    • Gran Teatre del Liceu opens.
    •  [ca] expanded.[1]
  • 1848
    • Mataró-Barcelona railway begins operating.[3]
    • Institut Industrial de Catalunya founded.[3]
    •  [ca] moves into City Hall.
  • 1854 - City walls dismantled (approximate date).[13]
  • 1857 - Population: 183,787.[14]
  • 1859 - Floral Games begin.[10]
  • 1869 - 25 September: "Republican insurrection."[10]
  • 1877 - Parc de la Ciutadella established from the old citadel.
  • 1881
    • La Vanguardia newspaper begins publication.
    • Premiere of  [ca]'s Catalan-language opera A la voreta del mar.[11]
  • 1882 - Gaudi's Sagrada Família cathedral construction begins.[15]
  • 1887 - Population: 272,481.[4]
  • 1888 - 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition held;[1] Arc de Triomf and Castle of the Three Dragons built.
  • 1891 - Orfeó Català chorus formed.
  • 1897
    • Eixample district laid out.[citation needed]
    • Els Quatre Gats cafe in business.[15]
  • 1899 - Futbol Club Barcelona formed.
  • 1900
    • Picasso's first solo art exhibit held.[16]
    • Population: 533,000.[2]

20th century[]

  • 1901 - Regionalist League headquartered in city.
  • 1903 - Palau Robert (residence) built on Passeig de Gràcia.
  • 1905 - Jaussely's city plan introduced.[1]
  • 1906
    • Republican Nationalist Centre and Catalan Solidarity (1906) headquartered in city.[17]
    • Catalan language congress held.[17]
  • 1908
  • 1909 - July: Tragic Week (Spain).[1][18]
  • 1910
  • 1913
    • Sants market built.[21]
    • Escola Catala d'Art Dramatic (school) established.[17]
  • 1914
  • 1918 - Majestic Hotel Inglaterra in business.
  • 1919 - Danone yogurt manufactory in business.[23]
  • 1919 -La Canadenca strike, a successful 44 day general strike for the 8-hour-day
  • 1920 - Population: 710,335.[14]
  • 1921 - 8 March: Politician Dato assassinated.
  • 1922
    • Publicat newspaper begins publication.
    • Pathe Cinema opens.[24]
    •  [es] opens in the  [es].
  • 1923 - 13 September: Coup; Primo de Rivera in power.
  • 1924 - Barcelona Metro begins operating.
  • 1925 - Salvador Dalí's first solo art exhibit held.[17]
  • 1929
    • 1929 Barcelona International Exposition held; Palau Nacional built.
    • Cafe de l'Opera in business.
  • 1930 - Population: 1,005,565.[14]
  • 1932
    • Fira de Barcelona established.[citation needed]
    • Le Corbusier's city plan introduced.[1]
  • 1933 – Boadas bar in business.[25][26]
  • 1934 - Cine Verdi opens.[24]
  • 1936
    • July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona.
    • Cine New-York (cinema) opens.[24]
  • 1937 - May Days.[18]
  • 1938 - March: Bombing of Barcelona by nationalist forces.
  • 1939 - Franco in power.[27]
  • 1943 - Barcelona City History Museum inaugurated.
  • 1948 - Dau al Set cultural group active.[20]
  • 1957
    • Estadi del FC Barcelona (stadium) opens.
    • Josep Maria de Porcioles i Colomer becomes mayor.
  • 1963 - Museu Picasso opens.[20]
  • 1968 - Instituto Politécnico Superior[28] and La Claca puppet theatre[29] established.
  • 1970 - Population: 1,745,142.[14]
  • 1971 - Parc del Laberint d'Horta opens.
  • 1973 - Enric Massó i Vázquez becomes mayor.
  • 1974
    • Barcelona Metropolitan Corporation created.[30]
    • Fundación Joan Miró built.[20]
  • 1976 - Festival Grec de Barcelona begins.
  • 1978 - Barcelona International Centre of Photography inaugurated.
  • 1982 - Pasqual Maragall becomes mayor.
  • 1986 - Barcelona Metròpolis magazine begins publication.
  • 1987 - Parc de la Creueta del Coll established.[citation needed]
  • 1989 - European Institute of the Mediterranean established.[31]
  • 1990 - Population: 1,707,286.
  • 1992 - 1992 Summer Olympics held.[27]
  • 1995 - Open University of Catalonia established.[31]
  • 1997 - Joan Clos becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - L'Auditori opens and the Final of the UEFA Champions League at Camp Nou

21st century[]

  • 2004
    • September: World Urban Forum held.
    • 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures held.
    • Barcelona Institute of International Studies established.[31]
  • 2006 - Jordi Hereu becomes mayor.
  • 2007 - Bicing bikeshare program launched.[32]
  • 2008
  • 2009 - W Barcelona Hotel built.
  • 2010
    • 10 July: 2010 Catalan autonomy protest.
    • Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, California.[33]
  • 2011
    • Caixabank founded.
    • Xavier Trias elected mayor.[34]
    • Population: 1,620,943.
  • 2012 - 11 September: 2012 Catalan independence demonstration.[27]
  • 2015 - 24 May: Barcelona City Council election, 2015 held; Ada Colau elected mayor.[35]
  • 2016 Barcelona Metro line 9 connecting to the airport finished
  • 2017 - 17 August: Barcelona attacks.[36]
  • 2017: The Parliament of Catalonia declares the independence from Spain

See also[]

  • History of Barcelona
  • List of mayors of Barcelona

Other cities in the autonomous community of Catalonia:(es)

References[]

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

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Published in the 19th century
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  • Josiah Conder (1830), "Barcelona", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
  • David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Barcelona". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
  • Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward; William Leist Readwin Cates (1872). "Barcelona". Encyclopedia of Chronology. Longmans, Green and Company.
  • John Ramsay McCulloch (1880), "Barcelona", in Hugh G. Reid (ed.), A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published in the 20th century
  • "Barcelona", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
  • "Barcelona", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Barcelona", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Barcelona", The Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards
  • "Barcelona". Satchel Guide to Spain and Portugal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1930.
  • George Orwell (1938). Homage to Catalonia.
  • Robert Hughes (1992). Barcelona.
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Published in the 21st century
  • "Barcelona". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
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  • Joan Ramon Resina (2008). Barcelona's Vocation of Modernity: Rise and Decline of an Urban Image. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-5832-1.
  • Albert Serratosa (2010). "The eixample (ensanche) of Barcelona (1859 and after)". In Christian Hermansen Cordua (ed.). Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-7948-6.
  • Aránzazu Ascunce Arenas (2012). "Chronology". Barcelona and Madrid: Social Networks of the Avant-Garde. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-61148-424-3.
  • David Gilmour (2012). "Barcelona". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.
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