Timeline of Córdoba, Spain

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

Prior to 20th century[]

  • 152 BCE – Romans in power.[1]
  • 45 BCE – Battle of Munda occurs near Cordoba.[2]
  • 294 CE – Hosius becomes bishop.[3]
  • 554 CE – Byzantines in power.[1]
  • 571 – Visigoth Liuvigild in power.[1]
  • 719 – Capital of al-Andalus relocated to Cordoba from Seville.[1]
  • 785 – Great Mosque of Córdoba built.[4]
  • 880 – Earthquake.[1]
  • 929 – Umayyad Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Córdoba.[4]
  • 936 – Madinat Al-Zahra construction begins.[5]
  • 1009 – Civil war begins.[5]
  • 1236 – Mosque converted into Cathedral of Córdoba.[5]
  • 1315 – Synagogue founded (approximate date).[5]
  • 1857 – Population: 42,909.[6]

20th century[]

  • 1910 – Population: 66,831.[6]
  • 1930 – Population: 103,106.[6]
  • 1979 – Julio Anguita becomes mayor.
  • 1981 – Population: 284,737.[6]

21st century[]

  • 2008 – Population: 325,453.
  • 2011 –  [es] becomes mayor.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Bosworth 2007.
  2. ^ Ring 1996.
  3. ^ Garcia Osuna 1908.
  4. ^ a b "Iberian Peninsula, 500–1000 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d Grove 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Córdoba". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.

Bibliography[]

Published in the 19th century
  • "Spain: Cordova", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
  • Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Cordova", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
  • Richard Ford (1855), "Cordova", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
  • John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cordova", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
Published in the 20th century
Published in the 21st century
  • Clifford Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Cordova". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 102+.
  • "Cordoba". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
  • Ann Christys (2010). "The meaning of topography in Umayyad Córdoba". In Caroline Goodson; et al. (eds.). Cities, Texts, and Social Networks, 400-1500: Experiences and Perceptions of Medieval Urban Space. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7546-6723-0.
  • David Gilmour (2012). "Cordoba". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

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