Timeline of Mexico City

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

Prior to 19th century[]

  • 1325 – Tenochtitlán founded by Aztecs.[1]
  • 1521 – City captured and sacked by Spanish forces led by Cortés.[1]
  • 1524 – México Tenochtitlán municipality established.
  • 1527 – Spanish Royal Audiencia of Mexico established.
  • 1537 – Mint built.[1]
  • 1539 - Printer Juan Pablos active.[2]
  • 1543 – Convento Grande de San Francisco painting school established (approximate date).[3]
  • 1551 – Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico founded.[1]
  • 1588 – San Ildefonso College founded by Jesuits.
  • 1592
  • 1629 – Flood.[1]
  • 1645 – Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.[1]
  • 1690 – Church of San Bernardo consecrated.
  • 1692 – Uprising against Spanish rule.[1]
  • 1720 – Church of La Profesa dedicated.[5]
  • 1736 – Palace of the Inquisition built.
  • 1752 – Teatro Principal built.[5]
  • 1766 – House of the Marquis of Uluapa built.
  • 1776 – National Pawn Shop opens.[5]
  • 1777 – Sacro y Real Monte Pío de Animas founded.
  • 1778
  • 1785 – Palace of Iturbide (residence) built.
  • 1790 – Population: 112,926.[6]

19th century[]

  • 1813 – School of Mines built.[6]
  • 1824 – Federal District created.
  • 1826 - El Iris literary magazine in publication.
  • 1831 - El Cocinero Mexicano (cookbook) published.[7]
  • 1833 – National Institute of Geography and Statistics established.[8]
  • 1847
  • 1848 – February 2: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed, ending the Mexican–American War.
  • 1863
    • "French troops occupied Mexico City."[9]
    • La Merced Market buildings constructed.
  • 1865 – Drogueria de la Profesa (drugstore) in business.[10]
  • 1866 – National Conservatory of Music founded.
  • 1868 - La Concordia restaurant in business.[7]
  • 1875 – Arbeu Theatre opens.[5]
  • 1887
  • 1888 – Posada printer in business.[12]
  • 1891 – El Palacio de Hierro (shop) in business.[13]
  • 1900
    • Prison built.[1]
    • Population: 344,721.[1]

20th century[]

  • 1903 – Mexico City Banking Co. established.[11]
  • 1905 – General Hospital of Mexico opens.[14]
  • 1907 – Post office built.[1]
  • 1910 – monument erected on Paseo de la Reforma.
  • 1917 – Excélsior newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1918 – Teatro Esperanza Iris opens.
  • 1919 – Academia Mexicana de la Historia established.
  • 1921 – Secretariat of Public Education headquartered in city.
  • 1928
  • 1930 – La Aficion newspaper begins publication.[16]
  • 1932 – Teatro Orientación founded.
  • 1934 – Palacio de Bellas Artes inaugurated.
  • 1937
  • 1940
    • 21 August: Leon Trotsky assassinated.
    • Palacio Chino (cinema) opens.[18]
  • 1941 – Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation building constructed.
  • 1943
    • Colegio Nacional founded.
    • Tepeyac Teatro opens.[18]
  • 1945 – Bimbo Bread in business.[19]
  • 1947 – Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos begins operation.
  • 1948 – New Federal District building constructed.
  • 1950 - Population: 2,233,709.[20]
  • 1952 – National Auditorium opens.
  • 1954 – Ciudad Universitaria campus built in Coyoacán.
  • 1957 – July 28: Earthquake.
  • 1960 – Cine Latino (cinema) opens.[18]
  • 1962
  • 1964 – Museum of the City of Mexico and National Museum of Anthropology inaugurated.
  • 1966 - Estadio Azteca (stadium) opens.[21]
  • 1968
    • October 2: Tlatelolco massacre.[9]
    • October: 1968 Summer Olympics held.
  • 1969
    • First line of Mexico City Metro (subway system) opens.
    • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[22]
  • 1971
    • June 10: Corpus Christi massacre.
    • Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros opens.
  • 1978
  • 1980
    • Cuestion newspaper begins publication.[16]
    • El Parnaso bookshop in business.
  • 1982
    • Central de Abasto (market) built.
    • National Museum of Art opens.[24]
  • 1985 – September 19: 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
  • 1986
  • 1990 – Population: 8,235,744; metro 15,047,685.[6]
  • 1992 – Supreme Court built.[17]
  • 1993 – Cafebrería el Péndulo bookshop/cafe opens.
  • 1995 – World Trade Center Mexico City opens.
  • 1997 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas elected Head of Government of the Federal District.
  • 2000 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador becomes Head of Government of the Federal District.

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell, ed. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
  3. ^ "Mexico, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Maxson 1920.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Marley 2005.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Jeffrey M. Pilcher (2012). Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-991158-5.
  8. ^ "Mexico". Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions: America. Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5t72q98c.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Timelines: History of Mexico from 1810 to 2008", World Book, USA
  10. ^ "Growth of Business in Mexico", Overland Monthly, San Francisco, California, 56, July 1910
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Mexican Year Book. McCorquodale & Company. 1912.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mexico and Central America, 1800–1900 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  13. ^ Marroquí 1900.
  14. ^ Garza Merodio 2006.
  15. ^ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  16. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mexico and Central America, 1900 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  18. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Movie Theaters in Mexico City". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  19. ^ Weis 2009.
  20. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  21. ^ Tom Dunmore (2011). Historical Dictionary of Soccer. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7188-5.
  22. ^ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  23. ^ Colin Lawson, ed. (2003). "Orchestras Founded in the 20th Century (chronological list)". Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra. Cambridge University Press. p. 277+. ISBN 978-0-521-00132-8.
  24. ^ Alex M. Saragoza; et al., eds. (2012). "Chronology of Contemporary Mexico". Mexico Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic. USA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34948-5.
  25. ^ Müller 2010.
  26. ^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Published before 20th century[]

Published in 20th century[]

1900s-1950s
1960s-1990s
  • Frieden, Bernard. The search for housing policy in Mexico City. Town Planning Review. 36 (1965)
  • "Mexico, the City That Founded a Nation", National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 143, 1973
  • "Mexico City: An Alarming Giant", National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 166, 1984
  • Lourdes Beneria and Martha Roldan. 1987. The Crossroads of Class and Gender: Industrial Homework, Subcontracting, and Household Dynamics in Mexico City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • La Capital: The Biography of Mexico City, Jonathan Kandell. New York: Random House, 1988 ISBN 0-394-540697
  • Peter M. Ward (1990). Mexico City: The Production and Reproduction of an Urban Environment. Belhaven Press. ISBN 978-1-85293-041-7.
  • José Luis Lezama (1994). "Mexico: Mexico City". In Gerald Michael Greenfield (ed.). Latin American Urbanization: Historical Profiles of Major Cities. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313259372.
  • "Mexico City: Pushing the Limits", National Geographic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 190, 1996 – via Gale
  • Diana Davis. Social Construction of Mexico City. Journal of Urban History. 24 (1998), 364-415
  • John Fisher (1999), Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 267+, OL 24935876M
  • Keith Pezzoli (2000). Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-66114-0.

Published in 21st century[]

  • "Mexico City". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
  • David Marley (2005), "Mexico City", Historic Cities of the Americas, 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 247–266, ISBN 1576070271
  • Gustavo G. Garza Merodio (2006). "Technological innovation and the expansion of Mexico City, 1870-1920". Journal of Latin American Geography. 5 (2): 109–126. doi:10.1353/lag.2006.0025. JSTOR 25765142.
  • Emily Wakild (2007). "Naturalizing Modernity: Urban Parks, Public Gardens and Drainage Projects in Porfirian Mexico City". Mexican Studies. 23 (1): 101–123. doi:10.1525/msem.2007.23.1.101. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2007.23.1.101.
  • Rubén Gallo, ed. (2009). The Mexico City Reader. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-19713-1.
  • Robert Weis (2009). "Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Bread, and Class Negotiation in Postrevolutionary Mexico City". Mexican Studies. 25: 71–100. doi:10.1525/msem.2009.25.1.71. S2CID 143510225.
  • Diane Davis (2010). Urban Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century. Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-4399-0485-5.
  • Markus-Michael Müller (2010). "Community Policing in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico City". European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (88): 21–37. JSTOR 25676405.
  • Moises Gonzales (2012). "From Myth to Megacity: Transformation of the Urban Landscape of Mexico City". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 24 (1): 41. JSTOR 41945785.

In Spanish[]

  • José María Marroquí (1900). La Ciudad de México (in Spanish). 1. Tip. y Lit. "La Europea" de J. Aguilar Vera y Ca.
  • Artemio de Valle-Arizpe (1939). Historia de la ciudad de México según los relatos de sus cronistas [History of Mexico City according to the accounts of its chroniclers] (in Spanish). México, D.F.: P. Robredo. OCLC 6945299.
  • Peter M. Ward (2004). México Megaciudad: Desarrollo y Política, 1970-2002 (in Spanish). Colegio Mexiquense. ISBN 978-970-701-447-3.

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