Timeline of Salamanca

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

Prior to 20th century[]

222 BCE - Forces of Carthaginian Hannibal take Salamanca from the Vettones.^[1]
89 CE - Roman bridge of Salamanca rebuilt (approximate date).^[2]
500-589 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca established.^[3]
712 - Muslims in power.^[2]
1102 - Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile in power.^[2]
12th century - [es] expanded.^[2]
1208 - Fuero of Salmanaca (civil law) created (approximate date).^[1]^[2]
1253 - University of Salamanca active.^[2]
1401 - University's [es] established.^[2]
1415 - University's [es] built.^[2]
1481 - Printing press in use.^[4]
1485 - [es] built on the [es] (approximate date).
1509 - New Cathedral of Salamanca construction begins.^[1]
1538
- [es] built on the [es].
- University's [es] construction begins.^[2]
1600 - University's [es] built.^[2]
1610 - Moriscos expelled.^[1]
1667 - [es] (church) built.
1734 - New Cathedral construction completed.^[1]
1739 - [es] (church) rebuilt.^{[citation needed]}
1755 - 1 November: 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
1756 - Plaza Mayor, Salamanca (square) constructed.
1812
- 22 July: Battle of Salamanca fought near city; French defeated.
- Mirat factory in business.
1842 - Population: 13,786.^[5]
1887 - Population: 22,199.^[5]

20th century[]

1905 - Café Novelty in business.
1913 - [es] (bridge) built.
1923 - UD Salamanca (football club) formed.
1930 - Population: 46,867.^[5]
1931 - [es] (archives) established.^[6]
1946 - Salamanca Airport begins operating civilian flights.^{[citation needed]}
1970
- Helmántico Stadium opens.
- Population: 125,220.^[5]
1973 - [es] (bridge) built.
1983 - City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
1988 - [es] declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
1991 - Population: 186,322.^[5]

21st century[]

2011
- Alfonso Fernández Mañueco becomes mayor.
- Population: 151,658.^[5]
2013 - Unionistas de Salamanca CF and Salamanca AC (football clubs) formed.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Salamanca". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 20 October 2016
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

Josiah Conder (1830), "Salamanca", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Salamanca", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 257
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Salamanca", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Salamanca", Encyclopædia Britannica, 24 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, pp. 56–58, OCLC 14782424
"Salamanca", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 157 – via HathiTrust
Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Salamanca". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 596–598. ISBN 1884964028.
David Gilmour (2012). "Salamanca". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

in Spanish[]

G. G. de Ávila (1606). Historia de las antigüedades de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.
[es] (1861) [1763]. Ramón Girón (ed.). Historia de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Salamanca, Ávila y Segovia. [es] (in Spanish). Madrid. 1865.
- 1884 ed.
Modesto Falcón (1868). Guia de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Telesforo Oliva.
Fernando Araújo (1884). La reina del Tórmes: guía histórico-descriptiva de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Jacinto Hidalgo.
[es] (1887). Historia de Salamanca (in Spanish).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
E. G. Zarza (1976). Salamanca: Evolución, estructura, forma de pobliamiento, y otros aspectos demográficos, 1900– 1970 (in Spanish). Salamanca.
F. Miranda (1985). Desarrollo urbanístico de posguerra en Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.
Salamanca: Geografía, historia, arte, cultura (in Spanish). Salamanca. 1986.

External links[]

Items related to Salamanca, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Salamanca, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.

[OxfordArt-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Salamanca". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 20 October 2016

[katolsk-3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[Norton2010-4] F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.

[INE-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[6] "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

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See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

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