Timeline of Jerez de la Frontera

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

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Prior to 20th century

• 1261 - Siege of Jerez by forces of Christian Alfonso X of Castile.
• 1264 - Alfonso X in power.[1]
• 1457 - Church of San Dionisio built (approximate date).
• 1484 - Church of San Miguel construction begins.
• 1575 - Town Hall construction begins on the Plaza de la Asunción.
• 1733 - Gremio de Vinatería de Jerez (guild of vintners) active.[2][3]
• 1786 - Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Jerez de la Frontera (learned society) established.[4][5]
• 1842 - Population: 33,104.[6]
• 1869 - Acueducto de Tempul (aqueduct) begins operating.[1]
• 1873 - Biblioteca Municipal de Jerez de la Frontera (library) opens.[7]
• 1892 - 8 January: "Peasant uprising."[8]
• 1900 - Population: 63,473.[9]

20th century

• 1907 - Xerez FC (football club) formed.
• 1928 - Teatro Villamarta (theatre) opens.[10]
• 1932 - Estadio Domecq (stadium) opens.
• 1939 - Sociedad de Estudios Históricos Jerezanos (historical society) incorporated.[11]
• 1945 - Cementerio Nuestra Señora de La Merced (Jerez de la Frontera) (cemetery) established.
• 1947 - Xerez CD (football club) formed.
• 1948 - Cine Jerezano (cinema) established[10] on the Plaza de San Andrés (Jerez de la Frontera).
• 1950 - Population: 107,770.[6]
• 1957 - Cine Lealas (cinema) established.[10]
• 1964 - Cine Delicias (cinema) established.[10]
• 1970 - Population: 149,867.[6]
• 1976 - Asociación Cultural Cine-Club Jerez formed.
• 1980 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera established.[12]
• 1984 - Diario de Jerez newspaper begins publication.[13]
• 1985 - Circuito de Jerez motorsport circuit opens.
• 1988 - Estadio Municipal de Chapín (stadium) opens.
• 1989 - Onda Jerez TV begins broadcasting.

21st century

• 2001 - Population: 183,273.[6]
• 2003 - María José García-Pelayo Jurado becomes mayor.
• 2011 - Population: 211,784.[6]
• 2015 - Mamen Sánchez Díaz becomes mayor.

See also

• Jerez de la Frontera history
• Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Málaga, Seville
• List of municipalities in Andalusia

References

1. Britannica 1910.
2. "Tesoros del Archivo Municipal de Jerez", Diario de Jerez (in Spanish), 5 April 2011
3. Portillo 1839.
4. Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409 – via HathiTrust.
5. "Inventario del Archivo de la Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Jerez de la Frontera (1786-1867)". Revista de Historia de Jerez (in Spanish) (10). 2004.
6. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Jerez de la Frontera". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
7. "Historia de la Biblioteca Municipal de Jerez" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Jerez de la Frontera. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
8. Angel Smith (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
9. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910 – via HathiTrust.
10. "Jerez, una ciudad de cines", Diario de Jerez (in Spanish), 19 January 2014
11. "Intrahistoria" (in Spanish). Centro de Estudios Históricos Jerezanos. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
12. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
13. "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Richard Ford (1890), "Jerez", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 401
• "Jerez de la Frontera", Encyclopædia Britannica, 15 (11th ed.), New York, 1910, p. 325, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• "Jerez", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 426 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

• Joaquín Portillo (1839). Noches jerezanas, o sea la historia y descripción de la M. N. y M. L. ciudad de Jerez de la Frontera (in Spanish). Jerez: J. Mallen.
• Pascual Madoz, ed. (1850). "Jerez de la Frontera". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). Madrid.
• Agustín Muñoz y Gómez (1903). Noticia Historica de Las Calles y Plazas de Xerez de la Frontera: sus nombres y origenes (in Spanish).

External links

• "Archivo Municipal" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Jerez. (city archives)