Timeline of San Sebastián

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

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Prior to 20th century

• 1682 - Consulate of the Sea established.[1]
• 1813
  • Siege of San Sebastián.[2]
  • 31 August: Fire destroys large part of city.[2]
• 1817 - Konstituzio plaza constructed.
• 1832 - Udaletxe Zaharra (Donostia) (town hall) built.
• 1842 - Population: 10,036.[3]
• 1843 - Teatro Principal (San Sebastián) (theatre) opens.
• 1863 - City walls dismantled.[2]
• 1872 - Diario de San Sebastián newspaper begins publication.[4]
• 1874 - San Sebastián public library established.[5]
• 1879 - Academia Municipal de Música founded.
• 1880
  • Escuela de Artes y Oficios de San Sebastián (school) opens.[6]
  • Euskal-Erria magazine begins publication.[7]
  • Parque Alderdi Eder (garden) established.
• 1886
  • Compañía del Tranvía de San Sebastián established.
  • Spanish royal court begins summering at San Sebastian.[2]
• 1887 - Gran Casino de San Sebastián built.
• 1893 - Miramar Palace built.[8]
• 1897
  • Cathedral of the Good Shepherd consecrated.
  • Orfeón Donostiarra (musical group) formed.
  • La Constancia newspaper begins publication.[4]
  • Iglesia de San Ignacio de Loyola (San Sebastián) (church) built in the Gros (San Sebastián) barrio.
• 1900 - Population: 37,812.[9]

20th century

• 1902 - San Telmo Museoa (museum) established.
• 1903 - El Pueblo Vasco newspaper begins publication.[4]
• 1905 - María Cristina Bridge built.
• 1909 - Real Sociedad football club formed.
• 1912
  • Teatro Victoria Eugenia (theatre) opens.[10]
  • Hotel María Cristina built.
  • Igueldo funicular begins operating.
  • La Perla beach resort established.
• 1913 - Atotxa Stadium opens.
• 1916 - Hipódromo Municipal de San Sebastián (racecourse) built.
• 1920
  • Los Justicieros anarchist group active.[11]
  • Population: 61,774.[3]
• 1926 - Cristina Enea Park established.[12]
• 1929 - San Sebastián Yacht Club building constructed.
• 1930 - 17 August: Pact of San Sebastián signed.[13]
• 1934 - El Diario Vasco newspaper begins publication.[14]
• 1936 - July: Siege of Cuartel de Loyola at start of the Spanish Civil War.[11]
• 1938 - Gros fronton (sport venue) opens.
• 1940 - Population: 103,979.[3]
• 1949 - Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastián established.[15]
• 1953 - San Sebastián International Film Festival begins.
• 1960 - Population: 135,149.[3]
• 1965 - Velódromo de Anoeta opens.
• 1970 - Population: 165,829.[3]
• 1990 - Donostia Kultura established.
• 1993 - Anoeta Stadium opens.
• 1999 - Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium opens.

21st century

• 2001 - Musikene music school founded.
• 2003 - City divided into 17 barrios.^(es)
• 2008 - Population: 183,308 city; 405,099 metro.
• 2011
  • Iglesia de Iesu (church) built in Riberas de Loyola barrio.
  • Basque Culinary Center campus opens.
  • Population: 185,512.[3]
• 2015 - Eneko Goia elected mayor.^(es)
• 2018 - 10 June: Pro-independence, 202 kilometer human chain formed between cities of San Sebastián, Bilbao, and Vitoria-Gasteiz.[16]

See also

• San Sebastián history
• History of San Sebastián

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Basque Country:^(es)

• Timeline of Bilbao

References

1. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
2. Britannica 1910.
3. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Donostia - San Sebastián". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 25 October 2016.
4. Udal Liburutegi Nagusia / Biblioteca Municipal Central. "Prentsa-katalogoa: Argitalpen-aurkibidea" [Newspaper catalog: publications index]. Liburutegi digitala (Digital library) (in Spanish and Basque). Donostia Kultura. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
5. Biblioteca Municipal Central. "Biblioteca Municipal: Historia" (in Spanish and Basque). Donostia Kultura. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
6. "Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia" (in Basque, Spanish, and French). Usurbil: Euskomedia Fundazioa. Missing or empty |url= (help)
7. Euskal-Erria (in Basque), San Sebastian 1880-1919
8. Baedeker 1913.
9. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
10. Artola 2001.
11. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
12. "Guía de Parques y Jardines de Donostia - San Sebastián" (in Spanish and Basque). Ayuntamiento de Donostia / San Sebastián. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
13. Angel Smith (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
14. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
15. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
16. "Spain's Basques form human chain calling for independence vote", BBC News, 10 June 2018

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Basque Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Richard Ford (1890), "San Sebastian", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 1 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 6
• "San Sebastian", Encyclopædia Britannica, 24 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 155, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "San Sebastian", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 9 – via HathiTrust
• Miguel Artola, ed. (2001). Historia de Donostia-San Sebastián (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Ayuntamiento de San Sebastian. ISBN 84-89569-49-5.
• David Gilmour (2012). "San Sebastian". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

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