Timeline of Acapulco

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1550
  • Acapulco town established by Fernando de Santa Ana.[1]
  • Pedro Pacheco becomes mayor.[2]
• 1565 – October: Spanish galleon San Pedro of Andrés de Urdaneta arrives from the Philippines in the first ever eastward voyage across the Pacific.[2]
• 1570s – Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación built (approximate date).[2]
• 1576 – Epidemic outbreak.[2]
• 1597 – Spanish colonial bureau of accounts established.[3]
• 1614 – January: Japanese ship Mutsu Maru arrives; passengers include Hasekura Tsunenaga.[2]
• 1615
  • Acapulco-Manila galleon trade begins.[4]
  • October: Dutch Joris van Spilbergen expedition passes through.[5]
• 1616 – Fort of San Diego built.[5]
• 1617 – Fortín Álvarez built.
• 1624 – October: Fuerte de San Diego taken briefly by Dutch.[2]
• 1627 – Customs building constructed.[2]
• 1776 – 21 April: Earthquake.[2]
• 1783 – Fort of San Diego rebuilt.
• 1799 – Town becomes a city: "Ciudad de los Reyes de Acapulco."[2]
• 1803 – March: German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visits Acapulco.[2]
• 1810–1811 – City besieged by forces of José María Morelos during the Mexican War of Independence.[2]
• 1813 – April: Siege of Acapulco (1813); Morelos in power.[6]
• 1814 – City burnt per order of Morelos.[7]

20th century

• 1907 – April: Earthquake.
• 1909 – 30 July: Brecha de Guerrero earthquake.[8]
• 1919 – Workers Party of Acapulco founded.[9]
• 1930 – Population: 6,529.[10]
• 1934 – Salón Rojo cinema opens on Plaza Álvarez.[11]
• 1949 – Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (street) opens.
• 1950s – Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Acapulco built.
• 1954 – Cine Tropical opens (approximate date).[12]
• 1955 – Mexican Air Force 7th Military Air Base established.
• 1958 – Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.[13]
• 1959 – Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.[14]
• 1960 – Population: 49,149.[10]
• 1967 – Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.
• 1969
  • Mercado Central de Acapulco built.
  • Novedades Acapulco newspaper in publication.[15]
  • Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines.[16]
• 1970 – Population: 174,378.[10]
• 1971 – Capilla Ecuménica La Paz (chapel) opens.
• 1973
  • Acapulco Convention Center opens.
  • Internacional de Acapulco Fútbol Club formed.
• 1975
  • Unidad Deportiva Acapulco (athletic facility) and Condominio Torres Gemelas built.
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco established.
• 1978
  • Miss Universe 1978 Pageant is held at the Teotihuacan Forum of the Acapulco Convention Center
• 1980 – Population: 301,902.[10]
• 1981
  • Parque Papagayo (park) opens.
  • Crowne Plaza Acapulco built.
• 1985 – Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast (set in Acapulco).
• 1986 – Museo Histórico de Acapulco (museum) established.[17]
• 1987 – Rio Group meets in city.
• 1988 – Torre Coral built.
• 1991 – Festival Acapulco begins.
• 1992 – Universidad Loyola del Pacífico established.
• 1993 – Carretera Federal 95D (Mexico City-Acapulco highway) begins operating.
• 1995 – Population: 592,528.[10]
• 1997
  • June: Acapulco Black Film Festival begins.
  • October: Hurricane Pauline.[2]
• 1999 – Casa de la Máscara (museum) opens.
• 2000 – Population: 620,656.[18]

21st century

• 2005 – June: Guerrero police chief killed.[19]
• 2008
  • 5 October: Guerrero state election, 2008 held.
  • Mundo Imperial tourist resort and its Forum de Mundo Imperial (stadium) open.
  • La Isla Acapulco Shopping Village in business.[20]
• 2010 – Population: 673,479 in city; 863,431 in Acapulco metropolitan area.[21]
• 2011 – 30 January: Guerrero state election, 2011 held.
• 2012
  • 24 March: Verónica Escobar Romo becomes mayor.
  • 1 July: Acapulco municipal election, 2012 held; Luis Walton wins.
  • Acabús (public transit) construction and Acapulco Imperial Mega Fair begin.
• 2013 – September: Hurricane Manuel.
• 2015 – Luis Uruñuela Fey becomes mayor.
• 2018 - 7 May: Anti-crime clown protest.[22]

See also

• Acapulco history
• History of Guerrero
  • History of Guerrero state (in Spanish)
• List of mayors of Acapulco (municipality)

References

1. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 7, OL 6112221M
2. Marley 2005.
3. Schurz 1918.
4. Artemio R. Guillermo (2012). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7246-2.
5. Sluiter 1949.
6. "Mature Colonies: Chronology (1559–1850)". A History of Latin America to 1825. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 276+. ISBN 978-1-4443-5753-0.
7. "Acapulco de Juárez: Historia". Municipios (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
8. Britannica 1910.
9. Armando Bartra (1996). Guerrero bronco: campesinos, ciudadanos y guerrilleros en la Costa Grande [Guerrero bronco: farmers, citizens and guerrillas in the Costa Grande] (in Spanish). Mexico DF: Ediciones Era. ISBN 978-968-411-487-6.
10. "Acapulco de Juárez". Localidades Geoestadísticas – archivo histórico (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
11. "La plaza Álvarez". El Sur (in Spanish). Guerrero. August 2004.
12. "Movie Theaters in Acapulco, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
13. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
14. "Inicio Enciclopedia: La Enciclopedia Guerrerense" (in Spanish). Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
15. "Quienes somos". Novedades Acapulco (in Spanish). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
16. "Revivirá Añorve hermandad cultural y comercial con 10 ciudades del mundo", La Jornada Guerrero (in Spanish), 2 April 2009, archived from the original on 7 March 2016
17. Red de museos del INAH: Guerrero (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, retrieved August 30, 2015
18. "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
19. "Resort Area Becomes Dangerous Territory for Its Police", New York Times, 18 October 2005
20. "Reinventing Acapulco", Wall Street Journal, December 2009
21. "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division.
22. "Clowns protest over Acapulco murder rate", BBC News, 8 May 2018

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

Published in 18th–19th centuries

• Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
• Josiah Conder (1830), "Acapulco", Mexico and Guatimala, The Modern Traveller, 25, London: J.Duncan
• Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Acapulco". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064786.
• John Ramsay McCulloch (1875), "Acapulco", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green, hdl:2027/njp.32101079877088
• Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Acapulco", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265

Published in the 20th century

• Reau Campbell (1909), "Acapulco", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
• "Acapulco", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• William Lytle Schurz (1918). "Acapulco and the Manila Galleon". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 22. hdl:2027/njp.32101077272498.
• Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Acapulco", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
• Engel Sluiter (1949). "Fortification of Acapulco, 1615–1616". Hispanic American Historical Review. 29 (1): 69–80. doi:10.1215/00182168-29.1.69. JSTOR 2508294.
• Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 123+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
• John Fisher (1999), "Acapulco", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 376+, OL 24935876M

Published in the 21st century

• Stephen R. Niblo and Diane M. Niblo (2008). "Acapulco in Dreams and Reality". Mexican Studies. 24 (1): 31–51. doi:10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31.
• David Marley (2005), "Acapulco", Historic Cities of the Americas, 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 209–218, ISBN 1576070271

in Spanish

• Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Acapulco". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924020385047.
• "Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2012–2015", Gobierno Municipal de Acapulco (in Spanish), Ayuntamiento de Acapulco

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Acapulco, Mexico, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Acapulco, Mexico, various dates