Timeline of Murcia

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

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Prior to 20th century

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Prehistory Prehistoric Iberia
Early history Pre-Roman peoples Carthaginian Spain (575–206 BCE)
Roman Hispania Roman Conquest (206–27 BCE) Hispania (218 BCE–472 CE) Romanization Diocese of Hispania
Early Middle Ages Kingdom of the Suebi (409–585) Kingdom of the Visigoths (418–721) Byzantine Spania (552–624)
Middle Ages Muslim conquest (711–716) Al-Andalus (711–1492) Reconquista (711–1492) Christian kingdoms (718–1479)
Early modern period Catholic Monarchs (1479–1516) Granada War (1482–1492) Colonisation of the Americas (1492–1898) Habsburgs (1516–1700) Golden Age (1556–1659) Iberian Union (1580–1640) Bourbons (1700–1808) War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714) Nueva Planta Decrees (1707–1716)
Peninsular War Abdications of Bayonne (1808) Napoleonic Spain (1808–1813) Cortes of Cádiz (1810–1814) Constitution of Cádiz (1812) Treaty of Valençay (1813)
Absolutist restoration Sexenio Absolutista (1814–1820) Trienio Liberal (1820–1823) Ominous Decade (1823–1833)
Reign of Isabella II Regency of María Cristina (1833–1840) First Carlist War (1833–1840) Regency of Espartero (1840–1843) Década moderada (1844–1854) Second Carlist War (1846–1849) Bienio progresista (1854–1856) Glorious Revolution (1868)
Sexenio Democrático Provisional Government (1868–1871) Reign of Amadeo I (1870–1873) Third Carlist War (1872–1876) First Republic (1873–1874)
Restoration Spain Reign of Alfonso XII (1874–1885) Regency of María Cristina (1885–1902) Reign of Alfonso XIII (1886–1931) Spanish–American War (1898) Spain during World War I (1914–1918) Rif War (–1927) Dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (1923–1930) Dictablanda of Dámaso Berenguer (1930–1931)
Second Republic Provisional Government (1931) First Biennium (1931–1933) Second Biennium (1933–1936) Revolution and Asturian miners' strike (1934) 1936 general election (1936) 1936 coup d'état (1936) Civil War (1936–1939) Nationalist victory (1939)
Francoist Spain Spanish Maquis (1939–1965) Spain during World War II (1939–1945) Blue Division (1941–1944) Basque conflict (1959–2011)
Contemporary history Transition to democracy (1975–1978) Current constitution (1978) 1981 coup d'état attempt Madrid train bombings (2004) 2008–2014 financial crisis 2017 Barcelona attacks Coronavirus pandemic (2020–present)
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8th C. – Moors took possession of Medinat Mursiya.^[1]
1172 – Almohades in power.^[1]
1243 – Forces of Ferdinand III of Castile take Murcia.^[2]
1265 – Conquest of Murcia (1265–66).
1269 – Rising against King Alfonso the wise led to Murcia joining the Kingdom of Castile.^[1]
1272 – University of Murcia first established by King Alfonso the wise
1291 – Made an episcopal see.^[1]
1467 – Murcia Cathedral built.^[1]
1487 – Printing press in use.^[3]
1651 – Flood.^[1]
1736 – Paseo del Malecón [es] rebuilt.
1786 – Jardín de Floridablanca [es] (garden) established.
1810 – City besieged by French forces.^[1]
1812 – City besieged by French forces again.^[1]
1829 – March: 1829 Torrevieja earthquake.^[1]
1842 – Population: 82,517.^[4]
1862 – Teatro Romea (Murcia) [es] (theatre) opens.^[5]
1863 – Murcia del Carmen railway station opened.
1864 – Archaeological Museum of Murcia founded.^[6]
1879
- October: 1879 Segura flood [es].^[1]
- El Diario de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.^(es)
1887 – Population: 98,538.^[4]
1892 – Teatro Circo Murcia [es] (theatre) opens.^[7]
1900 – Population: 111,539.^[8]^[1]

20th century

1903 – La Verdad newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1907 – Flood.^[1]
1910
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia [es] (museum) built.
- Archaeological Museum of Murcia relocated.
- Population: 125,057.^[4]
1915 – University of Murcia established.
1917 – Murcia Conservatory of Music [es] founded.
1919 – Real Murcia founded.
1930 – Population: 158,724.^[4]
1931 – Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia (provincial archives) established.^[10]
1940 – Population: 193,731.^[4]
1960 – Population: 249,738.^[4]
1988 – La Opinión de Murcia [es] newspaper begins publication.^[9]
1991 – Population: 338,250.^[4]
1995 – Auditorio y Centro de Congresos Víctor Villegas [es] (convention centre) opens.
1996
- Biblioteca Regional de Murcia [es] (library) established.
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia founded.

21st century

2011
- Murcia tram starts operation.
- Population: 437,667.^[4]
2015 – José Ballesta becomes mayor.
2019 – Murcia–San Javier Airport opens.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Britannica 1910.
^ Baedeker 1913.
^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Murcia". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Alemán Saínz 1984.
^ Margarita Díaz-Andreu García; Gloria Mora; Jordi Cortadella, eds. (2009). Diccionario histórico de la arqueología en España: (siglos XV-XX) (in Spanish). Madrid: Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-96467-45-3.
^ Díez de Revenga 1989.
^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
^ ^a ^b "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
^ "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Murcia". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Josiah Conder (1830), "Murcia", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
Richard Ford (1890), "Murcia", Handbook for Travellers in Spain (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Murcia", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
"Murcia (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 33.
A.F. Calvert (1911). Valencia and Murcia, a Glance at African Spain. London: John Lane.
"Murcia", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos y Villalta [in Spanish] (1889). Murcia y Albacete. España: sus monumentos y artes, su naturaleza e historia (in Spanish). Barcelona: Daniel Cortezo y ca.
Francisco Alemán Saínz (1984). Diccionario incompleto de la Región de Murcia (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7564-007-5.
Francisco Javier Díez de Revenga; Mariano de Paco (1989). Historia de la literatura murciana (in Spanish). Editora Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-87408-04-5.
Carmen María Cremades Griñán (1996). Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7684-704-6.