Timeline of Seville

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

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Prior to 18th century

• 600 CE - Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
• 491 - Cathedral of Seville is built
• 630 - Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
• 713 - Musa bin Nusayr in power.[1]
• 829 - Mosque built.[1]
• 844 - City raided by Vikings
• 1023 - Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
• 1181 - Alcázar (fort) construction begins.[2]
• 1198 - Minaret built.
• 1247 - Siege of Seville begins.
• 1248 - Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
• 1252 - Seville Shipyard built.
• 1477 - Printing press in use.[3]
• 1503 - Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.[4]
• 1519
  • Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
  • Seville Cathedral built.[2]
• 1521 - Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
• 1543 - Consulado de Cargadores a Indias established.[5]
• 1563 - Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.[6]
• 1598 - Merchants exchange built.
• 1627 - Flood.[7]
• 1630 - Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.[8]
• 1647 - Great Plague of Seville begins.[7]
• 1670 - Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (guild) established.
• 1682 - University of Navigators building construction begins.
• 1683 - Flood.[7]

18th-19th centuries

• 1717 - Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.[7]
• 1729
  • Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.[9]
  • Peace treaty signed in Seville.[6]
• 1758 - Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
• 1785 - General Archive of the Indies established.[7]
• 1810 - February: French occupation begins.[6]
• 1812 - French occupation ends.[9]
• 1842 - Population: 100,498.
• 1843 - City besieged by forces of Espartero.[6]
• 1847 - First Seville Fair held at the Prado de San Sebastián.
• 1852 - Triana Bridge built.
• 1869 - City wall dismantled.[1]
• 1881 - Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (bullring) built.
• 1890 - Sevilla Football Club formed.
• 1893 - María Luisa Park established.
• 1896
  • La Pasarela (Sevilla) built at the Prado de San Sebastián.
  • 28 October: Cyclone.[6]
• 1897 - Population: 146,205.[10]
• 1900 - Population: 148,315.[2]

20th century

• 1901 - Estación de Plaza de Armas (railway station) opens.
• 1902 - Burial site of Christopher Columbus relocated to Seville from Cuba.[6]
• 1905
  • Sevilla FC officially registered with the local government.
  • Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) built.
• 1907 - Real Betis football club formed.
• 1915 - Aeródromo de Tablada (airport) built.
• 1920 - Population: 205,529.[10]
• 1926 - Puente de Alfonso XIII (bridge) built.
• 1928 - Plaza de España built.
• 1929
  • Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 held.
  • Estadio Municipal Heliópolis, later known as Estadio Benito Villamarín, opens.
  • Lope de Vega Theatre opens.
• 1931 - Puente de San Telmo (bridge) built.
• 1933 - Seville Airport (Aeropuerto de San Pablo) opens.
• 1936 - July 1936 military uprising in Seville.[11]
• 1950 - Population: 376,627.[10]
• 1959 - Seville Public Library established.
• 1979 - Luis Uruñuela becomes mayor.
• 1981
  • Regional Government of Andalusia headquartered in Seville.
  • Population: 653,833.[10]
• 1983
  • 21 December: Last and decisive qualifier match for UEFA Euro 1984 held: Spain 12–1 Malta.
  • Manuel del Valle Arévalo becomes mayor.
• 1987 - UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville established.
• 1990
  • Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • Puente de las Delicias (bridge) built.
• 1991
  • Teatro de la Maestranza (opera house) opens.
  • Auditorio Rocío Jurado opens
  • Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa (railway station) opens.
  • San Bernardo railway station opens.
  • Seville Airport new terminal opens.
  • Puente Reina Sofía (bridge) built.
  • Alejandro Rojas-Marcos becomes mayor.
  • Guitar Legends festival held.
  • Puente del Centenario (bridge) built.
• 1992
  • Madrid–Seville high-speed rail line begins operating.
  • Alamillo Bridge and Puente de la Barqueta (bridge) built.
  • Teatro Central (Sevilla) opens.
  • Seville Expo '92 held.
  • Institución Colombina established.
  • Torre de la Plata restored.
• 1993 - Alamillo Park opens.
• 1994 - I Encuentro entre el Son Cubano y el Flamenco (festival) held.
• 1995 - Soledad Becerril becomes mayor.
• 1998
  • First Territorios Sevilla festival held.
  • Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo opens.
  • Nervión Plaza mall and cinema open.
• 1999
  • Plaza de Armas reopens as a mall and cinema.
  • Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín becomes mayor.
  • Estadio de La Cartuja built.
  • 7th World Championships in Athletics held.

21st century

• 2003 - 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Celtic and Porto held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
• 2004
  • Starbucks opens its first establishment in the city.
  • First Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla held.
  • 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
• 2007
  • Avenida de la Constitución (Sevilla) pedestrianized.
  • Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
  • MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
• 2009 - Seville Metro begins operating.
• 2010 - Jardín Americano reopens.
• 2011
  • Metropol Parasol erected.
  • Juan Ignacio Zoido becomes mayor.[12]
  • 2011 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
  • Population: 703,021.
• 2012
  • Pabellón de la Navegación (Sevilla) reopens as a museum.
  • Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) reopens as a public space.
• 2014 - Alamillo Park expanded.
• 2015
  • Torre Sevilla skyscraper erected.
  • Juan Espadas becomes mayor.
• 2016 - Hard Rock Cafe opens its first restaurant in the city.
• 2018 - Torre Sevilla shopping mall opens.

See also

• History of Seville
• List of mayors of Seville
• Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

References

1. Bosworth 2007.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
4. Toyin Falola and Amanda Warnock, ed. (2007). "Chronology". Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-33480-1.
5. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
6. Haydn 1910.
7. H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610694223.
8. "Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
9. Ring 1996.
10. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Sevilla". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
11. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
12. "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

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

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

• David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Seville". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker.
• Richard Ford (1855), "Seville", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
• Sevilla y Cádiz. Recuerdos y bellezas de España (in Spanish). Madrid: Jose Repullés. 1856.
• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Híspalis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Seville", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black

Published in 20th century

• "Seville". Guide to the Western Mediterranean. London: Macmillan and Co. 1906.
• "Seville", Jewish Encyclopedia, 11, New York, 1907
• "Seville", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
• "Seville", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: New York : Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Seville", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• Nathaniel Newnham Davis (1911), "Seville", The Gourmet's Guide to Europe (3rd ed.), London: Grant Richards
• Ramon Ruiz Amado (1913). "Seville". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: New York, The Encyclopedia Press.
• Somerset Maugham (1920). "Seville". Land of the Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia. New York: A.A. Knopf.
• "Seville, More Spanish Than Spain", National Geographic Magazine, Washington DC, 55, 1929
• R. Valencia (1992). "Islamic Seville - its political, social and cultural history". In Salma Khadra Jayyusi (ed.). The Legacy of Muslim Spain. EJ Brill. ISBN 90-04-09599-3.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Seville". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 639. OCLC 31045650.

Published in 21st century

• Josef W. Meri, ed. (2006). "Seville". Medieval Islamic Civilization. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-96691-7.
• C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Seville". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 472+.
• Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Seville". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.
• David Gilmour (2012). "Seville". Cities of Spain. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-3833-3.

External links

• Map of Seville, 1943
• "Spain: Seville". Archnet. Archived from the original on 5 May 2008.
• Europeana. Items related to Seville, various dates.
• Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Seville, various dates