Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

18th-19th centuries[]

1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos.^[1]
1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area.^[2]
1770 - Population: 1,800.^[3]
1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.^[3]
1836
- Mayaguez becomes a villa (chartered town).^[3]
- Public warehouse and dock constructed.^[2]
1841
- Fire.^[4]
- "Entry port privilege" relocated to Mayaguez from Cabo Rojo (approximate date).^[1]
1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built.^[2]
1848 - El Imparcial and El Propagador newspapers begins publication.^[5]^[6]
1849 - Jail built.^[2]
1850 - El Semanario Mayaguezano begins publication.^[5]
1852 - Fire.^[2]
1860
- Market building constructed.^[2]
- San Antonio Hospital active (approximate date).^[2]
1863 - Avisador del Comercio newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1870 - Cemetery established.^[2]
1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library)^[7] and Circulo de Amigos^[8] founded.
1877 - Mayagüez attains city status.^[1]
1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province).^[9]
1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date).^[3]
1894
- Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded.^{[citation needed]}
- City coat of arms granted.^[3]
1896 - Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the Plaza Colón.
1898 - Theodore Schwan, a brigadier general of the U.S. enters Mayagüez with the American Cavalry after winning the Battle of Silva Heights.
1899 - Hormigueros becomes part of Mayagüez.

20th century[]

An event at the main town square in Mayagüez pueblo in 1907

1901
- U.S. Tropical Agriculture Research Station founded.^[10][1]
- Voz de la Patria newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1909 - Teatro Yagüez built.
1910 - Diario del Oeste newspaper begins publication.^[6]
1911 - College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens.^[3] The US Department of Agriculture sends a field agent to the area of Mayagüez and Hormigueros to document everything he sees.^[11]
1912 - Masonic Logia Adelphia built.
1913
- Mayagüez Tramway Company formed.^[3]
- Centro Español built.^[8]
1918 - October 11: 1918 San Fermín earthquake.^[1]
1919 - June 19: Teatro Yagüez burns down.
1920 - Population: 19,069.^[12]
1926 - Tram service ends.^[3]
1930 - Population: 37,060.^[13]
1937
- WPRA radio begins broadcasting.^[14]
- Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico in business.
1938 - Indios de Mayagüez baseball team formed.
1940 - Population: 50,376.^[13]
1946 - WKJB radio begins broadcasting.^[14]
1955 - WORA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.^[15]
1966 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez active.
1969 - Benjamin Cole becomes mayor.^[16]
1970 - Population: 68,872.^[17]
1976 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez established.^[18]
1983 - First newspaper originating in Mayagüez begins publication.^[16]
1993 - José Guillermo Rodríguez becomes mayor.
2000 - Population: 78,647.^[19]

21st century[]

2010
- Isidoro García Stadium and Mayagüez Athletics Stadium open.
- Parque del Litoral (park) built.
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games sport event held in Mayagüez.
- Population: 89,080.^[20]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project 1940.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hartzell 1903.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Municipalities: Mayagüez". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
^ Britannica 1910.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Media and Communication". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "(Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)". Chronicling America: U.S. Newspaper Directory. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
^ "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. 1993. pp. 692+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Adolfo de Hostos; Oficina del Historiador Oficial, eds. (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos (in Spanish). San Juan: Imprenta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
^ [es] (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid. 102: 546+.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Garden Search: Puerto Rico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ https://archive.org/details/portorico19111900wetmb/page/n1
^ "United States of America: Outlying Territories: Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b U.S. Bureau of the Census (1943), Leon E. Truesdell (ed.), "Puerto Rico: Housing, General Characteristics", Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: Government Printing Office
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
^ "United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Heine 1993.
^ "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Puerto Rico". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
^ "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
^ "Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

M. de Magalhães (1898). "Mayaguez". Colonial Business Directory of the Island of Puerto Rico. New York. OCLC 39940968. (Also description of town)
Robert Thomas Hill (1899), "Cities of Porto Rico: (Mayaguez)", Cuba and Porto Rico (2nd ed.), New York: Century Company
Frederick A. Ober (1899), "Cities and Towns of the Coast: Mayaguez", Puerto Rico and its Resources, New York: D. Appleton and Co.
"Porto Rico: Mayaguez". Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda. New York: Spanish-American Directories Company. 1901. pp. 423+.
Charles Hartzell, ed. (1903), "Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages: Mayaguez", Register of Porto Rico, San Juan: Louis E. Tuzo and Co., pp. 191–192
"Mayaguez". Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico. New York: F.E. Platt. 1910. pp. 103–118.
"Mayaguez", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mayaguez", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Mayaguez", Puerto Rico: a Guide to the Island of Boriquén, American Guide Series, New York: University Society, pp. 252+, OCLC 245805 – via HathiTrust
[es] (1993). The Last Cacique: Leadership and Politics in a Puerto Rican City. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7691-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (About Bejamín Cole era)

in Spanish[]

Manuel Ubeda y Delgado (1878). "Mayaguez". Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. (reprint 1998)
"Mayaguez". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893.
Subcomité de la Historia de Mayagüez (1960). Historia de Mayagüez, 1760-1960 (in Spanish). OCLC 38531160.
Pedro Luis Perea Roselló (1962), Los periódicos y los periodistas de Mayagüez (in Spanish), Ponce: Ediciones Aldecoa, OCLC 912547459
Silvia Aguiló Ramos (1986). Mayagüez: notas para su historia (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). San Juan: Comité Historia de los Pueblos. OCLC 16636824.

External links[]

Nancy Abreu Báez; et al. (eds.). "Indice de Temas: (Mayagüez (P.R.))" [Topic Index]. Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). OCLC 772645549. (Includes bibliographic information on Mayagüez history)
Items related to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
Items related to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
Digitized materials related to Mayagüez in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles

[FOOTNOTEFederal_Writers'_Project1940-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Writers' Project 1940.

[FOOTNOTEHartzell1903-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Hartzell 1903.

[FPH-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Municipalities: Mayagüez". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-4] Britannica 1910.

[FPH-media-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Media and Communication". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19.

[LOC-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "(Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)". Chronicling America: U.S. Newspaper Directory. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 19, 2017.

[7] "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. 1993. pp. 692+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.

[Tesauro1949-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Adolfo de Hostos; Oficina del Historiador Oficial, eds. (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos (in Spanish). San Juan: Imprenta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico.

[9] [es] (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". [es] (in Spanish). Madrid. 102: 546+.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[botanic-10] "Garden Search: Puerto Rico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[11] ttps://archive.org/details/portorico19111900wetmb/page/n1

[12] "United States of America: Outlying Territories: Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921.

[census1940-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b U.S. Bureau of the Census (1943), Leon E. Truesdell (ed.), "Puerto Rico: Housing, General Characteristics", Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: Government Printing Office

[Radio1964-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive

[15] "United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive

[FOOTNOTEHeine1993-16] Jump up to: ^a ^b Heine 1993.

[17] "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971

[18] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Puerto Rico". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

[europa2004-19] "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.

[20] "Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2017.

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Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Contents

18th-19th centuries[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

in English[]

in Spanish[]

External links[]

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