Timeline of Managua

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Managua, Nicaragua.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1846 – Villa de Managua attains city status.[1]
• 1852 – Managua becomes capital of Nicaragua.[1]
• 1874 – Huellas de Acahualinca (fossils) discovered.[2]
• 1875 – Managua Department (administrative division) established.
• 1876 – Flood.[3]
• 1885 – Earthquake.[3]
• 1899 – Parque Central (Managua) (park) established.

20th century

1900s–1960s

• 1901 – José Dolores Estrada Morales becomes mayor.
• 1913 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Managua established.[4]
• 1915 – Xolotlan Airport built.
• 1926 – La Prensa newspaper begins publication.[5]
• 1931 – March 31: 1931 Nicaragua earthquake.[3]
• 1934
  • February 21: Assassination of Augusto César Sandino.[6]
  • Cinema Gonzalez opens.[7]
• 1938 – Cathedral of Managua built.
• 1948 – National Stadium built.
• 1950 – Population: 109,352.[8]
• 1951 – Alianza Francesa de Managua founded.
• 1952 – Banco de América Central founded.
• 1960 – Jesuit Central American University founded.
• 1961 – Teatro Experimental de Managua active.[9]
• 1968
  • Earthquake.
  • Las Mercedes Airport expanded.
• 1969 – Rubén Darío National Theatre opens.[10]

1970s–1990s

• 1970 – Banco de América building built.
• 1971 – Population: 398,514.[11]
• 1972 – December 23: 1972 Nicaragua earthquake.[12]
• 1974
  • December: Sandinistas raid residence of government official in Los Robles.
  • Metrocentro Managua shopping centre in business.
• 1975 – Centro Comercial Plaza España (shopping mall) built in Bolonia.
• 1978 – January 10: Assassination of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal; protest ensues.[6]
• 1979
  • July 19–20: Sandinistas in power.[6][13]
  • Masaya Volcano National Park established near city.
  • Population: 608,020 (estimate).[14]
• 1983 – National University of Engineering established.
• 1987 – Deportivo Walter Ferretti (football team) headquartered in Managua.
• 1990
  • Peace Park inaugurated.[2]
  • Arnoldo Alemán becomes mayor.[15]
• 1991
  • November: Sandinista unrest.[16]
  • Tiscapa Lagoon Natural Reserve established.
• 1992 – Hotel Crowne Plaza Managua in business.
• 1993 – Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.
• 1995 – El Malecon park established.[17]
• 1996 – La Jornada magazine begins publication.
• 1997 – Institute of History of Nicaragua and Central America headquartered in city.
• 1998 – Plaza Inter shopping center in business.
• 1999 – April: FSLN demonstration.[6]
• 2000
  • "FSLN wins municipal elections in Managua."[18]
  • Parmalat Futbol Clube formed.
  • Herty Lewites becomes mayor.[19]

21st century

• 2005
  • Parque Japón Nicaragua (Japanese park) established.
  • Galerías Santo Domingo shopping mall in business on Carretera a Masaya.
• 2009
  • Alexis Argüello becomes mayor; dies in office.[19]
  • Hotel Barceló Managua in business.
  • Population: 985,143 metro.[20]
• 2011 – Nicaragua National Football Stadium opens.
• 2014
  • April 10: 2014 Nicaragua earthquake.
  • September 6: Managua event (explosion).
• 2018 - April: Economic protest begins.[21]

See also

• List of universities in Managua
• Managua history
• List of years in Nicaragua

References

1. E. Bradford Burns (1991). "Chronology". Patriarch and Folk: The Emergence of Nicaragua, 1798–1858. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-65796-0.
2. "Nicaragua: Managua". Lonely Planet. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
3. Seltzer 1952.
4. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Nicaragua". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved December 30, 2014.
5. "Nicaragua: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
6. "Nicaragua". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
7. "Movie Theaters in Managua, Nicaragua". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
8. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
9. Eladio Cortés and Mirta Barrea-Marlys, ed. (2003). "Nicaragua". Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-29041-1.
10. Martin Banham (1995). "Nicaragua". Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43437-9.
11. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
12. "Nicaragua Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
13. Harry E. Vanden; Gary Prevost (1996). "Chronology of the FSLN". Democracy and Socialism in Sandinista Nicaragua. Lynne Rienner. ISBN 978-1-55587-682-1.
14. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
15. New York Times 1992.
16. New York Times 1991.
17. New York Times 1995.
18. "Nicaragua timeline", Financial Times, November 3, 2006
19. "Nicaragua boxing legend Alexis Arguello and the mayoral curse", Los Angeles Times, August 6, 2009
20. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2016. United Nations Statistics Division. 2017.
21. "Nicaragua protesters stage national strike as clashes persist", BBC News, June 15, 2018

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Managua", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1134, OL 6112221M
• "In Managua, Angry Reminder of Sandinista Power", New York Times, November 11, 1991
• "Managua Journal; Mayor Cleans Up City, but Some Don't Like Him", New York Times, May 16, 1992
• "Managua Journal; A Mayor Hopes a Fountain Turns Into a Landslide", New York Times, August 18, 1995

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Managua, various dates