Timeline of Palma de Mallorca

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

Prior to 20th century[]

  • 123 BCE - Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island.[1]
  • 450 CE - Vandals in power (approximate date).[2]
  • 8th century CE - Arabs in power.[3]
  • 800s - Second  [es] built around Palma.[2]
  • 902 - Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".[2]
  • 12th century - Third wall built around city.[2]
  • 1114 - City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.[2]
  • 1116 - Almoravide Moors in power.[2]
  • 1229 - Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.[2](ca)
  • 1230
    • Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.[2]
    • Palma Cathedral construction begins.[2]
  • 1281 -  [es] construction begins.
  • 1295 - James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.[2]
  • 1302 - "Weekly market" begins.[2]
  • 1311 - Bellver Castle built.[3]
  • 1331 - Synagogue built.[4]
  • 1343 - Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
  • 1349 - Peter IV of Aragon in power.[2]
  • 1390 - Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
  • 1391 -  [ca] against Jews.[2]
  • 1403 - Flood.[2]
  • 1456 -  [es] (market-exchange) built.[2]
  • 1488 - Spanish Inquisition begins.[2]
  • 1503 - University founded.[1]
  • 1521-1523 - Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").[2]
  • 1541 - King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
  • 1601 - Palma Cathedral construction completed.[1]
  • 1616 - Palacio Episcopal built.[8]
  • 1700 - Seminary established.[1]
  • 1836 - Institute founded.[1]
  • 1839 - Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
  • 1840 - Casino Palmesano established.[7]
  • 1842 - Population: 40,892.[10]
  • 1851
    • Círculo Mallorquín established.[7]
    •  [ca] (archives) active.[11]
  • 1852 - Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
  • 1857 -  [es] (theatre) opens.[12]
  • 1860 - Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
  • 1872
    •  [ca] (bank) established.
    • City walls dismantled.[1]
  • 1875 - Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
  • 1880 -  [ca] founded.[14]
  • 1881 -  [ca] (bank) established.
  • 1893 - Última Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1900 - Population: 63,937.[16]

20th century[]

  • 1902 - Teatro Lirico (theatre) opens.[17]
  • 1903 - Gran Hotel built.
  • 1904 - King Alfonso XIII of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
  • 1910 - Fomento de turismo de Mallorca (government tourism office) created.[2]
  • 1916 - RCD Mallorca football club formed.
  • 1925 - Palace of Marivent built.
  • 1936 - City bombed in the Battle of Majorca during Spanish Civil War.
  • 1939 -  [es] newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1940 - Population: 114,405.[10]
  • 1945 - Es Fortí stadium opens.
  • 1953 -  [es] newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1960 - Palma de Mallorca Airport terminal built.
  • 1965 -  [ca] (theatre) built.
  • 1967 -  [ca] opens.
  • 1970 - Population: 234,098.[10]
  • 1979 -  [es] becomes mayor.
  • 1981 - El Mundo newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1991
  • 1999

21st century[]

See also[]

  • Palma, Majorca history
  •  [es]
  •  [ca] island

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Klobuchar 1995.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 14 October 2016
  4. ^ Kayserling 1905.
  5. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  6. ^  [de] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
  8. ^ Baedeker 1913.
  9. ^ "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  12. ^  [ca] (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  14. ^ "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  16. ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
  17. ^ "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
  18. ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Catalan Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • Guia de Palma (in Spanish). Gelabert. 1872.
  • Richard Ford (1890), "Majorca: Palma", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
  • Meyer Kayserling (1905), "Palma", Jewish Encyclopedia, 9, New York
  • "Palma de Mallorca", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  • "Palma", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913 – via HathiTrust
  • Lisa Klobuchar (1995). "Palma". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 523–527. ISBN 1884964028.

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