Timeline of Mérida, Mexico

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

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Prior to 20th century[]

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  • 1542 – Mérida founded by Francisco de Montejo the Younger on site of former city T'ho.[1]
  • 1547 – Franciscan convent active.[2]
  • 1549 – Montejo's residence.[3]
  • 1561 – Mérida Cathedral construction begins.[4]
  • 1598 – Mérida Cathedral construction completed.[4]
  • 1618 – School of Mérida opens.[3]
  • 1624 –  [es] established.
  • 1648 – Yellow fever epidemic.[3]
  • 1823 – Yucatán becomes part of Mexico.[4]
  • 1847 – Caste War of Yucatán begins.
  • 1869 –  [es] newspaper begins publication.
  • 1892 – Government Palace (Palacio de Gobierno) built.[3]
  • 1900 – Population: 43,630.[2]

20th century[]

  • 1910 –  [es] founded.
  • 1922 – Universidad Nacional del Sureste established.[1]
  • 1925 – Diario de Yucatán newspaper begins publication.
  • 1929 – Airport begins operating.
  • 1949 – Cine Teatro Mérida opens.[5]
  • 1950 – Population: 144,793.[6]
  • 1957 – Monumento a la Patria erected on the Paseo Montejo.[3]
  • 1962 – Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida established.
  • 1978 – Pacheco murals in the Palacio de Gobierno completed.[4]
  • 1983 – Jardin Botanico Regional del CICY (garden) established in  [es].[7]
  • 1988 – The city is hit by Hurricane Gilbert.
  • 1993 – Catholic Pope John Paul II visits city.
  • 1999 – Bill Clinton visits the city in a binational meeting.
  • 2000 – The city is designated as the 1st American Capital of Culture.

21st century[]

  • 2002 – The city is hit by Hurricane Isidore.
  • 2001 -
    • Yucatan Symphony Orchestra founded.
    • Ana Rosa Payán becomes as the 29th mayor for a second period.
  • 2003 – C.F. Mérida football club formed.
  • 2004 – Manuel Fuentes Alcocer becomes the 30th mayor.
  • 2005 – The city held the International Mathematical Olympiad.[8]
  • 2006 – Mérida host the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics.[9]
  • 2007 -
    • George W. Bush is received in Mérida, here he signs the Mérida Initiative.
    • César Bojórquez Zapata becomes the 31st mayor.
  • 2009 – The city held the 40th International Physics Olympiad.[10]
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012 – Alvaro Lara Pacheco becomes acting mayor, few months later Renán Barrera Concha wins the local election and he becomes the 34th mayor.
  • 2014 – Mérida hosted the VI Summit of Association of Caribbean States, more than 25 Heads of State members came to the city.
  • 2015
    • Mauricio Vila Dosal becomes the 35th mayor.
    • Raul Castro, President of Cuba is received by President Enrique Peña Nieto in his first visit as President, to Mexico. Here he announced his retirement on 2018.
  • 2018
    • becomes the 36th mayor, as acting mayor in office.
    • The 3rd presidential debate of the 2018 general elections is hosted at the Mayan Museum of Merida
    • becomes the 37th mayor. First constitutionally re-elected after the 2015 constitutional reform.
  • 2019
    • The city hosted the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, receiving more than 30 of them.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1187, OL 6112221M
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Baedeker 1994.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Phillips 1995.
  5. ^ "Movie Theaters in Merida, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  6. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  7. ^ "Garden Search: Mexico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  8. ^ IMO Organizers
  9. ^ IOI 2006 website
  10. ^ 40th IPhO 40th Mexico 2009 website Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  12. ^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

  • John L. Stephens (1858), "(Merida)", Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Moore, Henry (1894), "Commercial Directory: Merida", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
  • Campbell, Reau (1909), "Mérida", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
  • "Merida", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Mérida", Anglo-South American Handbook, 1, New York: Macmillan, hdl:2027/mdp.39015027978728
  • Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Mérida", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
  • "Mérida", Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 275+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
  • José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Mérida". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.
  • Michael D. Phillips (1995). "Mérida". In Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin (eds.). Americas. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. p. 362+. ISBN 978-1-134-25930-4.
  • Fisher, John (1999), "Yucatan: Merida", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 523+, OL 24935876M
  • "Mérida", Yucatán (2nd ed.), Lonely Planet, 2003, OL 24928189M

in Spanish[]

  •  [es] (1896). "Mérida". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). 4. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282357.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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Coordinates: 20°58′N 89°37′W / 20.97°N 89.62°W / 20.97; -89.62

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