Timeline of Salamanca

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 222 BCE - Forces of Carthaginian Hannibal take Salamanca from the Vettones.[1]
• 89 CE - Roman bridge of Salamanca rebuilt (approximate date).[2]
• 500-589 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca established.[3]
• 712 - Muslims in power.[2]
• 1102 - Christian Alfonso VI of León and Castile in power.[2]
• 12th century - Walls of Salamanca expanded.[2]
• 1208 - Fuero of Salmanaca (civil law) created (approximate date).[1][2]
• 1253 - University of Salamanca active.[2]
• 1401 - University's Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé established.[2]
• 1415 - University's Escuelas Mayores built.[2]
• 1481 - Printing press in use.[4]
• 1485 - Casa de doña María la Brava built on the Plaza de los Bandos (Salamanca) (approximate date).
• 1509 - New Cathedral of Salamanca construction begins.[1]
• 1538
  • Palacio de la Salina built on the Plaza de Colón (Salamanca).
  • University's Palacio de Monterrey construction begins.[2]
• 1600 - University's Hospital del Estudio built.[2]
• 1610 - Moriscos expelled.[1]
• 1667 - Iglesia de San Pablo (Salamanca) (church) built.
• 1734 - New Cathedral construction completed.[1]
• 1739 - Iglesia de San Sebastián (Salamanca) (church) rebuilt.
• 1755 - 1 November: 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
• 1756 - Plaza Mayor, Salamanca (square) constructed.
• 1812
  • 22 July: Battle of Salamanca fought near city; French defeated.
  • Mirat factory in business.
• 1842 - Population: 13,786.[5]
• 1887 - Population: 22,199.[5]

20th century

• 1905 - Café Novelty in business.
• 1913 - Puente de Enrique Estevan (bridge) built.
• 1923 - UD Salamanca (football club) formed.
• 1930 - Population: 46,867.[5]
• 1931 - Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca (archives) established.[6]
• 1946 - Salamanca Airport begins operating civilian flights.
• 1970
  • Helmántico Stadium opens.
  • Population: 125,220.[5]
• 1973 - Puente de Sánchez Fabrés (bridge) built.
• 1983 - City becomes part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
• 1988 - Old City of Salamanca declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• 1991 - Population: 186,322.[5]

21st century

• 2011
  • Alfonso Fernández Mañueco becomes mayor.
  • Population: 151,658.[5]
• 2013 - Unionistas de Salamanca CF and Salamanca AC (football clubs) formed.

See also

• Salamanca history
• List of mayors of Salamanca (in Spanish)
• List of municipalities in Salamanca province
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Castile and León: Burgos, Valladolid

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Salamanca". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 20 October 2016
3. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
4. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
5. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Salamanca". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 19 October 2016.
6. "Archivo Histórico Provincial de Salamanca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Josiah Conder (1830), "Salamanca", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• Richard Ford (1890), "Salamanca", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 257
• Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Salamanca", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
• "Salamanca", Encyclopædia Britannica, 24 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, pp. 56–58, OCLC 14782424
• "Salamanca", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 157 – via HathiTrust
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Salamanca". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 596–598. ISBN 1884964028.
• David Gilmour (2012). "Salamanca". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

in Spanish

• G. G. de Ávila (1606). Historia de las antigüedades de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.
• Bernardo Dorado (1861) [1763]. Ramón Girón (ed.). Historia de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Salamanca, Ávila y Segovia. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Madrid. 1865.
  • 1884 ed.
• Modesto Falcón (1868). Guia de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Telesforo Oliva.
• Fernando Araújo (1884). La reina del Tórmes: guía histórico-descriptiva de la ciudad de Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca: Jacinto Hidalgo.
• Manuel Villar y Macías (1887). Historia de Salamanca (in Spanish).CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• E. G. Zarza (1976). Salamanca: Evolución, estructura, forma de pobliamiento, y otros aspectos demográficos, 1900– 1970 (in Spanish). Salamanca.
• F. Miranda (1985). Desarrollo urbanístico de posguerra en Salamanca (in Spanish). Salamanca.
• Salamanca: Geografía, historia, arte, cultura (in Spanish). Salamanca. 1986.

External links

• Items related to Salamanca, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Salamanca, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)