Timeline of Palma de Mallorca

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

Prior to 20th century

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  • 123 BCE – Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island organised by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus.[1]
  • 450 CE – Vandals in power (approximate date).[2]
  • 8th century CE – Arabs in power.[3]
  • 800s – Second wall built around Palma.[2]
  • 902 – Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".[2]
  • 12th century – Third wall built around city.[2]
  • 1114 – City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.[2]
  • 1116 – Almoravide Moors in power.[2]
  • 1229 – Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.[2](ca)
  • 1230
  • 1281 – Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) construction begins.
  • 1295 – James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.[2]
  • 1302 – "Weekly market" begins.[2]
  • 1311 – Bellver Castle built.[3]
  • 1331 – Synagogue built.[4]
  • 1343 – Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
  • 1349 – Peter IV of Aragon in power.[2]
  • 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
  • 1391 – Majorcan revolt of 1391 against Jews.[2]
  • 1403 – Flood.[2]
  • 1456 – Lonja de Palma de Mallorca (market-exchange) built.[2]
  • 1488 – Spanish Inquisition begins.[2]
  • 1503 – University founded.[1]
  • 1521-1523 – Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").[2]
  • 1541 – King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
  • 1601 – Palma Cathedral construction completed.[1]
  • 1616 – Palacio Episcopal built.[8]
  • 1700 – Seminary established.[1]
  • 1836 – Nautical school and Institute founded.[1]
  • 1839 – Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
  • 1840 – Casino Palmesano established.[7]
  • 1842 – Population: 40,892.[10]
  • 1851
    • Círculo Mallorquín established.[7]
    • Arxiu Històric de les Balears (archives) active.[11]
  • 1852 – Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
  • 1857 – Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.[12]
  • 1860 – Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
  • 1872
    • Banc de Crèdit Balear (bank) established.
    • City walls dismantled.[1]
  • 1875 – Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
  • 1880 – Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana founded.[14]
  • 1881 – Banc Mallorquí (bank) established.
  • 1893 – Última Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
  • 1900 – Population: 63,937.[16]

20th century

21st century

  • 2004 – Biblioteca de Can Sales (public library) opens.[18]
  • 2015 – José Hila becomes mayor.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Britannica 1910.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Klobuchar 1995.
  3. ^ a b Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 14 October 2016
  4. ^ Kayserling 1905.
  5. ^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
  6. ^ Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum [in German] (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
  8. ^ Baedeker 1913.
  9. ^ "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  12. ^ Joan Mas i Vives [in Catalan] (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.
  13. ^ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
  14. ^ "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  15. ^ a b c d "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
  16. ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
  17. ^ "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
  18. ^ "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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