Timeline of Villahermosa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Villahermosa in Centro Municipality, Tabasco state, Mexico.

Prior to 20th century[]

1596 - Settlement founded.^[1]
1598 - Settlement named "Villahermosa".^[2]
1677 - Regional seat of government relocated from Villahermosa to Tacotalpa.
1797 - Regional seat of government relocated to Villahermosa from Tacotalpa.
1824
- Villahermosa becomes capital of State of Tabasco.
- Congress of Tabasco headquartered in town.^[3]
- Printing press in operation.^[1]
1826
- Town renamed "San Juan Bautista".^[2]
- Argos Tabasqueño newspaper begins publication.^[4]
1846 - 24–26 October: First Battle of Tabasco against U.S. forces.
1847
- 15–16 June: Second Battle of Tabasco.
- Regional seat of government relocated from Villahermosa to Tacotalpa.
1880 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Tabasco established.^[5]
1881 - El Tabasqueño newspaper in publication.^[6]
1890 - Casa de los azulejos (residence) built.
1894 - [es] built on the [es].
1895 - Population: 9,604.^[7]
1900 - Population: 10,548.^[8]

20th century[]

1915 - City named "Villahermosa" again.^[2]
1921 - Diario de Tabasco newspaper begins publication.^[1]
1924 - Liga Central de Resistencia (political group) headquartered in city.^[9]
1932 - 12 October: Flood.^[1]
1958 - [es] (museum) opens.
1974 - Villahermosa Institute of Technology established.
1977 - Oil discovered near city (approximate date).^[10]^[11]
1979 - Pérez International Airport inaugurated.^{[citation needed]}
1982
- 1 January: [es] held.
- Casa de Artes (cultural institution) founded.^[12]
1987
- Peñitas Dam commissioned near city on the Grijalva River.^[13]
- [es] newspaper begins publication.^[14]
1988
- 9 October: [es] held.
- [es] (museum) opens.
1990
- [es] (church) built.
- Population: 261,131 city; 386,776 Centro Municipality.
1994 - 20 November: [es] held.
1995 - Population: 301,328 city; 465,449 Centro Municipality.
1999 - September: Flood.^[13]
2000
- 15 October: [es] held.^[15]
- Mormon temple built.
- Population: 430,846 city; 520,308 Centro Municipality.

21st century[]

2005 - Population: 558,524 city; 664,629 Centro Municipality.
2006 - 15 October: 2006 Tabasco state election held.
2007 - October: 2007 Tabasco flood.^[16]^[17]
2009 - Jesús Alí de la Torre elected mayor of Centro Municipality.^[18]
2010 - Population: 353,577 city;^[19] 755,425 metro.^[20]
2012 - 1 July: 2012 Tabasco gubernatorial election held.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Centro: Cronología de Hechos Históricos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2030, OL 6112221M
^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Congreso del Estado de Tabasco. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "El libro en Tabasco". Hey Tabasco (in Spanish). 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "Villahermosa (Tabasco, Mexico) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Tabasco". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). 2. R. de S. N. Araluce – via Hathi Trust.
^ "Tabasco", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
^ Stan Ridgeway (2001). "Monoculture, Monopoly, and the Mexican Revolution: Tomás Garrido Canabal and the Standard Fruit Company in Tabasco (1920–1935)". Mexican Studies. 17.
^ New York Times 1983.
^ George Grayson (1981). The Politics of Mexican Oil. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7423-9.
^ Instituto Estatal de Cultura. "Escuela de Iniciación Artística Casa de Artes José Gorostiza" (in Spanish). State of Tabasco. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b New York Times 1999.
^ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
^ "Ruling Party Declared Winner of Disputed Governor´s race in Mexico". New York Times. 23 October 2000.
^ BBC News. "Mexico Profile: Timeline". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ Elisabeth Malkin (5 November 2007). "In Mexico, Residents Contend With a Flooded City". New York Times.
^ "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "Municipio de Centro: Villahermosa". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Villahermosa", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
Alan Riding (7 February 1983). "Oil Impact on Mexican Town". New York Times.
John Fisher (1999), "Chiapas and Tabasco: Villahermosa", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 496+, OL 24935876M
Julia Preston (25 October 1999). "Villahermosa Journal; A Rising Tide Lifts All Political Resentments". New York Times.

External links[]

"Publicaciones editadas en Tabasco". Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de Mexico (National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico) (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. (includes Villahermosa)

Coordinates: 17°59′21″N 92°55′41″W / 17.989167°N 92.928056°W / 17.989167; -92.928056

[enciclo-cronologia-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Centro: Cronología de Hechos Históricos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 12 December 2011.

[seltzer1952-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 2030, OL 6112221M

[3] "Historia" (in Spanish). Congreso del Estado de Tabasco. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[4] "El libro en Tabasco". Hey Tabasco (in Spanish). 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[katolsk-5] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[worldcat-6] "Villahermosa (Tabasco, Mexico) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[7] J. Figueroa Doménech (1899). "Estado de Tabasco". Guía General Descriptiva de la República Mexicana (in Spanish). 2. R. de S. N. Araluce – via Hathi Trust.

[brit1910-8] "Tabasco", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424

[9] Stan Ridgeway (2001). "Monoculture, Monopoly, and the Mexican Revolution: Tomás Garrido Canabal and the Standard Fruit Company in Tabasco (1920–1935)". Mexican Studies. 17.

[FOOTNOTENew_York_Times1983-10] New York Times 1983.

[Grayson1981-11] George Grayson (1981). The Politics of Mexican Oil. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7423-9.

[12] Instituto Estatal de Cultura. "Escuela de Iniciación Artística Casa de Artes José Gorostiza" (in Spanish). State of Tabasco. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[FOOTNOTENew_York_Times1999-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b New York Times 1999.

[europa2004-14] "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.

[15] "Ruling Party Declared Winner of Disputed Governor´s race in Mexico". New York Times. 23 October 2000.

[bbc-timeline-16] BBC News. "Mexico Profile: Timeline". Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[17] Elisabeth Malkin (5 November 2007). "In Mexico, Residents Contend With a Flooded City". New York Times.

[18] "Mexican Mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[SEDESOL-19] "Municipio de Centro: Villahermosa". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[20] "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division. 2012.

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show v t State of Tabasco
Villahermosa (capital)
Municipalities and (municipal seats)	Balancán () Cárdenas (Cárdenas) Centla (Frontera) Centro (Villahermosa) Comalcalco (Comalcalco) Cunduacán (Cunduacán) Emiliano Zapata () Huimanguillo (Huimanguillo) Jalapa (Jalapa) Jalpa de Méndez (Jalpa de Méndez) Jonuta (Jonuta) Macuspana (Macuspana) Nacajuca (Nacajuca) (Paraíso) Tacotalpa (Tacotalpa) Teapa (Teapa) Tenosique (Tenosique de Pino Suárez)

show v t Years in Mexico (1810–present)
19th century	Pre-1810 1810 1821 1829 1830 1831 1835 1836 1839 1842 1843 1846 1847 1848 1853 1857 1860 1862 1863 1864 1867 1884 1888 1891	Mexico portal
20th century	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1924 1926 1927 1928 1929 1933 1934 1936 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1956 1958 1959 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Timeline of Villahermosa

Contents

Prior to 20th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

External links[]