Timeline of Bilbao

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bilbao in the Biscay province of Spain.

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Prior to 19th century[]

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19th century[]

  • 1804 –  [eu] conflict.[4]
  • 1808 – French occupation begins.[2]
  • 1813 – French occupation ends.[2]
  • 1833 – Biscay Province established.
  • 1836 – December: Battle of Luchana.
  • 1845 – Arenal Bridge constructed.
  • 1846 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (steel mill) in business near town.[4]
  • 1855 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen in business.[4]
  • 1857 – Bank established.[2]
  • 1859 – British Protestant Cemetery established.[5]
  • 1863 – Tudela-Bilbao railway begins operating.[2]
  • 1870 – Population: 17,649.[2]
  • 1874 – February–May: Town besieged by Carlist forces.[6]
  • 1877 – San Antón Bridge built.
  • 1882 – Bilbao-Atxuri Station built.
  • 1886
    • Orfeón Bilbaíno (choir) founded.
    • University of Deusto opened.
  • 1887 – Population: 50,772.[7]
  • 1890
    • Stock Exchange founded.
    • Teatro Arriaga built.
    • May: Ironworkers strike.[6]
  • 1892 – Bilbao City Hall built.
  • 1893 – Vizcaya Bridge built.
  • 1894 – Chavarri Palace built.
  • 1895 – Gaceta del Norte newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • 1896 – Dry dock built.[2]
  • 1897 - Population: 74,076.[2]
  • 1898 – Athletic Club (football club) formed.
  • 1900
    • Biscay Foral Delegation Palace built.
    • Population: 83,306.[2]

20th century[]

  • 1905 – A second dry dock built.[2]
  • 1906 – August: General strike.[6]
  • 1907 – Doña Casilda Iturrizar park created.
  • 1913
  • 1914 – Bilbao Fine Arts Museum established.
  • 1922 – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa founded.
  • 1924 – Museum of Modern Art established.
  • 1937 – 19 June: "Nationalists capture Bilbao."[9]
  • 1940 – Population: 195,186.[7]
  • 1950 – Bilbao Airport in operation.
  • 1960 – Population: 297,942.[7]
  • 1968 – University of Bilbao established.
  • 1970 – Population: 410,490.[7]
  • 1978 – Great Week of Bilbao begins.
  • 1979 – City becomes part of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain.
  • 1980 – University of the Basque Country established.
  • 1983 – In region near Bilbao, construction of Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant ceases.
  • 1991 – Population: 372,054.[7]
  • 1995 – Metro Bilbao begins operating.
  • 1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao[10] and Zubizuri footbridge open.
  • 1999
    • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria established.
    • Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall opens.
    • Iñaki Azkuna becomes mayor.[11]

21st century[]

  • 2004 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre opens in Barakaldo.
  • 2006 – Bilbao Live Festival begins.
  • 2010 – Alhóndiga Bilbao opens.
  • 2011 – Iberdrola Tower built.
  • 2013 – Population: 351,629.
  • 2014 – 11 January: Pro-ETA demonstration.[12]
  • 2018 – 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.[13]

See also[]

  • History of Bilbao
  •  [eu]
  • History of Bilbao [eu]

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Basque Country:(es)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Townsend 1867.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  4. ^ a b c Mark Kurlansky (1999). Basque History of the World. Walker & Company. ISBN 9780802713490.
  5. ^ Ford 1890.
  6. ^ a b c Haydn 1910.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Bilbao". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Bilbao (Spain) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  9. ^ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
  10. ^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
  11. ^ "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Huge march in Spain after ban on Eta prisoner rally", BBC News, 11 January 2014
  13. ^ "Spain's Basques form human chain calling for independence vote", BBC News, 10 June 2018

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