Timeline of Madrid

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Prior to 17th century[]

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  • Prehistory: Quaternary period or Lower Paleolithic- First archaeological signs of human occupation
  • Roman period: mansion or staging-post (Miacum) established
  • 5th century AD – archaeological remains reported in 2007 indicate Visigoth occupation
  • 9th century – Muhammad I of Córdoba ordered the construction of an Alcazar
  • 1085 – Alfonso VI of León and Castile takes the city in the Reconquista.
  • 1339 – Treaty of Madrid secures collaboration between Aragon and Castile
  • 1499 –
    • Cardinal Cisneros founded the Complutense University.
    • Fernando de Rojas publishes La Celestina in Madrid
  • 1500 - Printing press in operation.[1]
  • 1505 – San Jerónimo el Real built.
  • 1526 – Treaty of Madrid signed.
  • 1537 – Casa de Cisneros built.
  • 1559 – Convent of Las Descalzas Reales founded.
  • 1561
    • Court of Philip II moves to Madrid.[2]
    • Population: 20,000.[citation needed]
  • 1562 - Anton van den Wyngaerde draws a  [es].
  • 1584 – Bridge of Segovia built.

17th century[]

Small bridge in and view of the Paseo del Prado in mid-18th century by Italian painter Antonio Joli
  • 1601 – Court of Philip III moves from Madrid to Valladolid.
  • 1605 - Cervantes' novel Don Quixote published.
  • 1606 – Court of Philip III returns to Madrid.
  • 1613 – Palace of the Councils built.
  • 1616 – Real Monasterio de la Encarnación inaugurated.
  • 1619 – Plaza Mayor laid out; Casa de la Panadería built.
  • 1633 – Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes built.
  • 1636 – Royal Alcazar built.
  • 1637 – Buen Retiro Palace built.
  • 1643 – Palacio de Santa Cruz built.[citation needed]
  • 1644 - Funeral of Isabel de Borbón.[3]
  • 1661 – Gazeta de Madrid begins publication.[4]
  • 1664 – San Isidro Church built.
  • 1672 – Premiere of Guevara–Hidalgo's zarzuela Celos Hacen Estrellas.[5]

18th century[]

View of Calle de Alcalá in mid-18th century by Italian painter Antonio Joli
The San Francisco el Grande Basilica was finished in 1784
  • 1706 – City occupied by Portuguese.
  • 1713 – Real Academia Española founded.[6]
  • 1714 – Real Biblioteca del Palacio formed.[6]
  • 1734 – Royal Alcazar burns down.
  • 1737 – Real Colegio de Profesores Boticarios established.
  • 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia founded.[6]
  • 1743 – Teatro de la Cruz renovated.
  • 1751 – Compañía Guipuzcoana de Caracas headquartered in Madrid.[7]
  • 1752 – Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando founded.[6]
  • 1755 – Real Jardín Botánico founded.[8]
  • 1756 –  [es] built.
  • 1766 – Esquilache Riots.
  • 1767 – Buen Retiro Park opens.
  • 1774 –  [es] (zoo) opens.
  • 1778 – Puerta de Alcalá inaugurated.
  • 1782 –  [es] built on Plaza de Cibeles.
  • 1784 – San Francisco el Grande Basilica built.
  • 1790 – Plaza Mayor reconstructed.
  • 1798 – Royal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida built. Population: 170,000

19th century[]

Map of Madrid, 1857
  • 1808 – Dos de Mayo Uprising.
  • 1812 – Wellington takes city from the French.
  • 1817 – Moncloa Porcelain Factory in operation.[9]
  • 1819 – Museo del Prado established.
  • 1830
  • 1831 – Bolsa de Madrid founded.[10]
  • 1832 - Lhardy patisserie in business.[11]
  • 1835 – Ateneo de Madrid founded.
  • 1836
  • 1840 – Monumento a los Caidos por España inaugurated.
  • 1843 – Museo Naval de Madrid inaugurated.[12]
  • 1850 – Teatro Real opera house opens.
  • 1851 – Estación de Mediodía inaugurated.
  • 1856
    • Teatro de la Zarzuela opens.
    •  [es] (school) founded.
  • 1864 – Hotel Paris opens.
  • 1866 – Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid founded.
  • 1867 – National Archaeological Museum of Spain established.
  • 1868 – City walls dismantled.[13]
  • 1869 - Jardín Zoológico established.[14]
  • 1874 – Bull ring constructed on Plaza de Toros.[4]
  • 1875 – Museo Nacional de Antropología inaugurated.
  • 1877 – Population: 397,816.[15]
  • 1884 – Cementerio de la Almudena established.
  • 1885
  • 1887
  • 1888 – Café Gijón opens.[11]
  • 1892 – Historical American Exposition held.[17]
  • 1893 – Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre formed.
  • 1900 – Population: 539,835.[18]

20th century[]

The Monument to Alfonso XII was finished in 1922
  • 1902 – Real Madrid C.F. (football club) founded.[19]
  • 1903 – Madrid Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • 1905 – Parque del Oeste inaugurated.
  • 1909 – Cibeles Palace built.
  • 1910
    • Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales established.
    • Residencia de Estudiantes founded.
  • 1911
    • Cuatro Vientos Airport opens.
    • Metropolis Building inaugurated.
  • 1912 – Hotel Palace opens.
  • 1916 – Market of San Miguel constructed.
  • 1919 – Metro begins operating.
  • 1920 - Population: 750,896.[20]
  • 1922 – Monument to Alfonso XII inaugurated.
  • 1923 – Teatro Monumental (theatre) built.
  • 1924
  • 1925 – Teatro Pavón (theatre) opens.
  • 1928 - Catholic Opus Dei founded.
  • 1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
    • City designated capital of Spanish Republic.
    • Airport begins operating.
    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Spain) headquartered in Madrid.[citation needed]
  • 1932 – Museo Sorolla and Cine Proyecciones (cinema)[21] inaugurated.
  • 1934 – Museum of the Spanish Village formed.
  • 1935 – House-Museum of Lope de Vega and Cine Madrid-Paris (cinema)[21] open.
  • 1936
  • 1939
    • March: Siege of Madrid ends; Nationalists in power.[2]
    • Capital of Spanish State relocated to Madrid from Burgos.
  • 1940
    • Spanish National Orchestra founded.
    • Population: 1,088,647.[20]
  • 1941 – Museum of the Americas founded.
  • 1944
  • 1946 – Estadio Santiago Bernabéu opens.
  • 1949 - Cine Pompeya (cinema) opens.[21]
  • 1950 – Lope de Vega Theater opens.
  • 1951 – Museum of Lázaro Galdiano opens.
  • 1954 - Cine Benlliure (cinema) opens.[21]
  • 1956 - Real Madrid wins first European Cup.[19]
  • 1960 - Population: 2,259,931.[20]
  • 1965 – RTVE Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • 1966 – Estadio Vicente Calderón opens.
  • 1967 – City flag design adopted.
  • 1968
  • 1969 – Comillas Pontifical University relocates to Madrid.
  • 1970 - Population: 3,146,071.[20]
  • 1971 – Technical University of Madrid formed.
  • 1972
    • Zoo Aquarium built.
    • Temple of Debod installed.
  • 1973 – Operación Ogro.
  • 1974 - Line 7 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
  • 1975 – La Movida Madrileña.
  • 1976 – Torres de Colón built.
  • 1977 – Massacre of Atocha.
  • 1978
  • 1979
    • Line 6 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
    • Windsor Tower built.
  • 1980 - Line 9 (Madrid Metro) begins operating.
  • 1981 – Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica founded.
  • 1982 – City hosts 1982 FIFA World Cup.[19]
  • 1983
  • 1984 – Queen Sofía Chamber Orchestra formed.
  • 1987 – Community of Madrid Orchestra founded.
  • 1988 – National Auditorium of Music inaugurated.
  • 1989 – El Mundo begins publication.
  • 1990 -  [es] in business.
  • 1991
    • City hosts Israeli–Palestinian peace conference.
    • Population: 2,984,576.[20]
  • 1992
  • 1994 – Festimad music festival begins.
  • 1996 – Gate of Europe and Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid built.[23]
  • 1997 – Teatro Real reopens.
  • 1998 - Line 8 (Madrid Metro) and Line 11 (Madrid Metro) begin operating.

21st century[]

Plaque in memory of the victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombings

See also[]

  • List of mayors of Madrid
  • History of Madrid
  • Madrid capital

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Bibliography[]

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Published in the 18th-19th century
  • Thomas Nugent (1749), "Madrid", The Grand Tour, 4, London: S. Birt, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030762580
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  • "Madrid", Cabinet Cyclopædia, VII: Cities and Principal Towns of the World, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
  • Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "Madrid", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
  • Richard Ford (1855), "Madrid", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: John Murray, OCLC 2145740
  • Samuel Sullivan Cox (1870), "Madrid", Search for Winter Sunbeams in the Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain, New York: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 1022285
  • John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Madrid", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
Published in the 20th century
  • "Madrid", Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
  • Albert Frederick Calvert (1909), Madrid, London: J. Lane, OCLC 1598573, OL 7014970M
  • "Madrid-Alcala". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1910.
  • "Madrid", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Madrid", Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards
  • Francis Whiting Halsey, ed. (1914). "Madrid". Spain and Portugal. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors. 9. Funk & Wagnalls Company. hdl:2027/nyp.33433006214559 – via Hathi Trust.
  • Beatrice Erskine (1922), Madrid: Past and Present, London: John Lane, OL 7028442M
  • Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Madrid". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
  • Michael Ugarte (1996), Madrid 1900, USA: Pennsylvania State University Press, ISBN 0271015594
Published in the 21st century
  • J. Maldonado (2005). "Madrid". In Anton Kreukels; et al. (eds.). Metropolitan Governance and Spatial Planning: Comparative Case Studies of European City-Regions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-49606-8.
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in other languages[]

  • "Madrid". Castilla la Nueva.  [es] (in Spanish). 1. 1853. hdl:2027/ucm.5325879622.
  • Eusebio Blasco (1873), Madrid por dentro y por fuera: Guia de forasteros incautos [Madrid inside and out: stranger's guide] (in Spanish), Julian Peña, OCLC 34689580, OL 23446308M
  • Madame d'Aulnoy (1874), Mme B. Carey (ed.), La cour et la ville de Madrid vers la fin du XVIIe siècle [The court and the city of Madrid in the late seventeenth century] (in French), Paris: E. Plon et cie, OL 24403114M
  • Timoteo Domingo Palacio, ed. (1888), Documentos del Archivo General de la villa de Madrid [Documents from the Archives of the City of Madrid] (in Spanish), Madrid: Impr. y Lit. Municipal v.4
  • "Madrid". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German) (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1908.

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Coordinates: 40°24′N 3°41′W / 40.400°N 3.683°W / 40.400; -3.683

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