Timeline of Seville

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

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Prior to 18th century[]

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  • 491 – Cathedral of Seville is built
  • 600 – Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
  • 630 – Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
  • 713 – Musa bin Nusayr in power.[1]
  • 829 – Mosque built.[1]
  • 844 – City raided by Vikings
  • 1023 – Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
  • 1181 – Alcázar (fort) construction begins.[2]
  • 1198 – Minaret built.
  • 1247 – Siege of Seville begins.
  • 1248 – Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
  • 1252 – Seville Shipyard built.
  • 1477 – Printing press in use.[3]
  • 1503 – Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.[4]
  • 1519
  • 1521 – Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
  • 1543 –  [es] established.[5]
  • 1563 – Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.[6]
  • 1598 – Merchants exchange built.
  • 1627 – Flood.[7]
  • 1630 – Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.[8]
  • 1647 – Great Plague of Seville begins.[7]
  • 1670 – Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (a chivalric order) established.
  • 1682 – University of Navigators building construction begins.
  • 1683 – Flood.[7]

18th–19th centuries[]

  • 1717 – Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.[7]
  • 1729
    • Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.[9]
    • Peace treaty signed in Seville.[6]
  • 1758 – Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
  • 1785 – General Archive of the Indies established.[7]
  • 1810 – February: French occupation begins.[6]
  • 1812 – French occupation ends.[9]
  • 1842 – Population: 100,498.
  • 1843 – City besieged by forces of Espartero.[6]
  • 1847 – First Seville Fair held at the  [es].
  • 1852 – Triana Bridge built.
  • 1869 – City wall dismantled.[1]
  • 1881 – Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (bullring) built.
  • 1890 – Sevilla Football Club formed.
  • 1893 – María Luisa Park established.
  • 1896
    •  [es] built at the Prado de San Sebastián.
    • 28 October: Cyclone.[6]
  • 1897 – Population: 146,205.[10]
  • 1900 – Population: 148,315.[2]

20th century[]

21st century[]

  • 2003 – 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Celtic and Porto held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • 2004
    • Starbucks opens its first establishment in the city.
    • First  [es] held.
    • 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • 2007
    •  [es] pedestrianized.
    • Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
    • MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
  • 2009 – Seville Metro begins operating.
  • 2010 –  [es] reopens.
  • 2011
  • 2012
    •  [es] reopens as a museum.
    •  [es] reopens as a public space.
  • 2014 – Alamillo Park expanded.
  • 2015
    • Torre Sevilla skyscraper erected.
    • Juan Espadas becomes mayor.
  • 2016 – Hard Rock Cafe opens its first restaurant in the city.
  • 2018 – Torre Sevilla shopping mall opens.

See also[]

  • History of Seville
  •  [es]
  • Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
  • Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga
  • List of municipalities in Andalusia

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bosworth 2007.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Britannica 1910.
  3. ^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
  4. ^ Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock, ed. (2007). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1.
  5. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Haydn 1910.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610694223.
  8. ^ "Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Ring 1996.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Sevilla". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  11. ^ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
  12. ^ "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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

Bibliography[]

Published in 19th century
  • David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Seville". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
  • Richard Ford (1855), "Seville", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
  • Sevilla y Cádiz.  [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Jose Repullés. 1856.
  • William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Híspalis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
  • John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Seville", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
Published in 20th century
  • "Seville". Guide to the Western Mediterranean. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906.
  • "Seville", Jewish Encyclopedia, 11, New York, 1907
  • "Seville", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
  • "Seville", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Seville", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Seville", The Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards
  • Ramon Ruiz Amado (1913). "Seville". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: New York, The Encyclopedia Press.
  • Somerset Maugham (1920). "Seville". Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. New York: A.A. Knopf.
  • "Seville, More Spanish Than Spain", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 55, 1929
  • R. Valencia (1992). "Islamic Seville - its political, social and cultural history". In Salma Khadra Jayyusi (ed.). The Legacy of Muslim Spain. EJ Brill. ISBN 90-04-09599-3.
  • Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Seville". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 639. OCLC 31045650.
Published in 21st century
  • Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Seville". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Seville". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 472+.
  • Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Seville". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.
  • David Gilmour (2012). "Seville". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

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