Timeline of Oviedo

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

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  • 762 - Oviedo founded.[1](es)
  • 790s - Alfonso II of Asturias relocates his capital to Oviedo.
  • 811 - Roman Catholic diocese of Oviedo established.[2]
  • 848 - San Miguel de Lillo church built on nearby Mount Naranco.
  • 850 - Santa María del Naranco church built on Mount Naranco.[1]
  • 924 - Asturian capital relocated to León from Oviedo.[1]
  • 1145 - Fuero de Oviedo (law) created.[3]
  • 1258 - New city wall construction begins.
  • 1388 - Oviedo Cathedral construction begins.[1]
  • 1521 - Fire.[4]
  • 1528 - Oviedo Cathedral tower built.
  • 1574 - University of Oviedo established; classes begin in 1608.
  • 1587
  • 1670 - Teatro del Fontán (theatre) opens.
  • 1671 - Casa consistorial de Oviedo (town hall) built on the Plaza Mayor.
  • 1809 - Oviedo "plundered by the French" during the Peninsular War.[1]
  • 1810 - Oviedo "plundered by the French" again.[1]
  • 1842 - Population: 19,610.[5]
  • 1854 - Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (art school) active.[6](es)
  • 1874 - Oviedo railway station opens.
  • 1892 - Teatro Campoamor (theatre) opens.
  • 1900
    • University's Extension Universitaria established "to educate the local working classes."[7]
    • Population: 48,103.[8]

20th century
  • 1907 - Sociedad Filarmónica de Oviedo (musical group) founded.
  • 1923 - Astur CF (football club) formed.
  • 1926 - Real Oviedo (football club) formed.
  • 1932 - Estadio de Buenavista (stadium) opens.
  • 1936 - Siege of Oviedo.
  • 1937 - La Nueva España newspaper begins publication.[9]
  • 1940 - Population: 82,548.[5]
  • 1942 - Biblioteca Pública del Estado (Oviedo) (library) established.[10]
  • 1944
  • 1950 - Population: 106,002.[5]
  • 1956 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias (archives) established.[11]
  • 1975 - Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo (arena) opens.
  • 1982 - Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Oviedo.
  • 1991 - Population: 204,276.[5]
  • 2000 - New Estadio Carlos Tartiere (stadium) opens.

21st century
  • 2003 - Estación de autobuses de Oviedo (bus depot) opens.
  • 2011 - Population: 225,005.[5]
  • 2015 - Wenceslao López Martínez becomes mayor.
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See also

Other cities in the autonomous community of Asturias:(es)

References
  1. Britannica 1910.
  2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. Quadrado 1855.
  4. "La Ciudad: Historia" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Oviedo.
  5. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Oviedo". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. Acta de la sesión pública que celebró la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Salvador de Oviedo (in Spanish), 1854 – via Biblioteca Virtual del Principado de Asturias
  7. Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
  8. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
  9. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  10. "La biblioteca: Información general" (in Spanish). Oviedo: Biblioteca de Asturias "Ramón Pérez de Ayala". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  11. "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Asturias". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Madrid: Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in Spanish

  • José María Quadrado (1855). Asturias y León. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). hdl:2027/ucm.5325880353.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (includes information about Oviedo)
  • F. Cañellas Secades: El libro de Oviedo: Guía de la ciudad y su concejo (Oviedo, 1887)
  • Francisco Quirós Linares (2005) [1978], "El crecimiento espacial de Oviedo (The spatial growth of Oviedo)", Estudios de geografía histórica e historia de la geografía: obra escogida (in Spanish), Ediciones de la Universidad de Oviedo, ISBN 9788483175200

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