Timeline of Oviedo

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

Prior to 20th century

  • 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.

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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