Timeline of Quito

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Quito, Ecuador.

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Prior to 20th century[]

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  • 1487 - Incas in power.[1]
  • 1527 - "Inka ruler Huayna Capac dies in Quito along with an estimated 200,000 of his subjects" (approximate date).[2]
  • 1533 - Quito "burnt by Ruminahui."[3]
  • 1534 - "Spanish soldiers, led by Sebastián de Belalcázar, defeat the Inka in Quito. They name the town Villa de San Francisco de Quito."[2][3]
  • 1535
    • Art school founded.[2]
    • Construction of Monastery of St. Francis begins (approximate date).[2]
  • 1541 - Quito attains Spanish colonial city status.[4]
  • 1545 - Catholic Diocese of Quito established.[3]
  • 1548 - Quito becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.[1]
  • 1551 - Colegio de San Juan Evangelista established (approximate date).[2]
  • 1563 - Spanish colonial Audiencia of Quito established.[5][6]
  • 1592-1593 - Economic unrest.[6]
  • 1613 - Church of the Society of Jesus building opens.[7]
  • 1718 - Quito becomes part of Viceroyalty of New Granada.[3]
  • 1735 - Earthquake.[3]
  • 1765
  • 1797 - Earthquake.[4]
  • 1810 - Carondelet Palace built.
  • 1822 - May 24: Battle of Pichincha.[6]
  • 1829 - Quito becomes capital of Ecuador.[3]
  • 1859 - Earthquake.[4]
  • 1865 - Guayaquil-Quito railway built (approximate date).[1]
  • 1875 - August 6: Assassination of president Garcia Moreno.
  • 1880 -  [es] opens.[9]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Ecuador". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Northern Andes, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Catholic Encyclopedia 1911.
  4. ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
  5. ^ Marley 2005.
  6. ^ a b c James Stuart Olson, ed. (1991). "Ecuador". Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
  7. ^ a b Cushner 1982.
  8. ^ Allan J. Kuethe; Kenneth J. Andrien (2014). The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century: War and the Bourbon Reforms, 1713–1796. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-04357-2.
  9. ^ Eladio Cortés and Mirta Barrea-Marlys, ed. (2003). Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-29041-1.
  10. ^ a b c d "Ecuador: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  11. ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Quito, Ecuador". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  12. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  13. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  14. ^ a b United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "Send in the Clouds", New York Times, November 18, 2011
  16. ^ "Ecuador forest fires envelope Quito in smoke", BBC News, 16 September 2015
  17. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • W. B. Stevenson (1825). "Quito". Historical and Descriptive Narrative of 20 Years' Residence in South America. London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
  • José Toribio Medina (1904). La imprenta en Quito (1760-1818) (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Imprenta Elzeviriana – via HathiTrust. (Annotated list of titles published in Quito, arranged chronologically)
  • "Quito" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1910.
  • A.A. MacErlean (1911). "Quito". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
  • Nicholas P. Cushner (1982). Farm and Factory: The Jesuits and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism in Colonial Quito. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-570-6.
  • Metropolitan Planning and Management in the Developing World: Abidjan and Quito. Nairobi: United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). 1991. ISBN 9211311802.
  • Kris E. Lane (2002). Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-2357-6.
  • "Quito". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
  • David Marley (2005). "Quito". Historic Cities of the Americas: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-027-7.

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