Timeline of Jaén, Spain

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

Before 20th century[]

Muhammad I of Granada surrendering Jaén and becoming a vassal of Ferdinand III in 1246
  • 1246 - Jaén becomes part of the Kingdom of Castile per the Treaty of Jaén.
  • 1248 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén established.[1]
  • 1712 - Earthquake.[2]
  • 1724 - Jaén Cathedral consecrated.
  • 1727 - Iglesia de la Merced consecrated.
  • 1786 - Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de la Ciudad y Reino de Jaén established.[3]
  • 1813 - Diputación Provincial de Jaén founded.[citation needed]
  • 1833 - City becomes part of the newly formed Province of Jaén.
  • 1842 - Population: 17,387.[4]
  • 1895

20th century[]

  • 1901 -  [es] (city hall) built (approximate date).[citation needed]
  • 1907 -  [es] (theatre) opens.
  • 1922 - Real Jaén (football club) formed.
  • 1927 -  [es] (theatre) built.
  • 1937 - 1 April: Bombing of Jaén by German forces.
  • 1940 - Population: 54,631.[4]
  • 1941 -  [es] newspaper begins publication.
  • 1944 - Estadio de la Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • 1949 -  [es] (bus depot) built.
  • 1958 - Premio Jaén piano competition begins.
  • 1960 - Plaza de Toros de Jaén (bullring) built.
  • 1969 -  [es] (museum) established.
  • 1988 -  [es] built.
  • 1989 -  [es] (church) built.
  • 1990 -  [es] (museum) opens.
  • 1991
    •  [es] opens.
    • Population: 107,413[4]
  • 1993 - University of Jaén established.[5]

21st century[]

  • 2001 - Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria (stadium) opens.
  • 2002 -  [es] (railway) construction begins.[citation needed]
  • 2005 -  [es] theatre festival begins.
  • 2008 -  [es] (theatre) opens.
  • 2011
  • 2015 -  [es] becomes mayor.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  2. ^ Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Jaén". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  5. ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • Richard Ford (1890), "Jaen", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 345
  • "Jaen", Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 124, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • "Jaen", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 365 – via HathiTrust

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