Timeline of Seville

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

Prior to 18th century[edit]

491 – Cathedral of Seville is built
600 – Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
630 – Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
713 – Musa bin Nusayr in power.^[1]^[2]
829 – Mosque built.^[1]
844 – City raided by Vikings
1023 – Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
1147 - Almohades take power.^[2]
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]
1505 - University of Seville founded as "Colegio Santa María de Jesús".^[2]
1507 - Seville Cathedral consecrated.^[2]
1519 - Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
1521 – Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
1543 – Consulado de Cargadores a Indias [es] 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 (a chivalric order) established.
1682 – University of Navigators building construction begins.
1683 – Flood.^[7]

18th–19th centuries[edit]

1717 – Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.^[7]
1729
- Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.^[9]
- Treaty of Seville signed in Seville.^[6]^[2]
1758 – Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
1785 – General Archive of the Indies established.^[7]
1800 - Outbreak of yellow fever kills 30,000.^[2]
1810 – February: French occupation begins.^[6]^[2]
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 [es].
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) [es] built at the Prado de San Sebastián.
- 28 October: Cyclone.^[6]
1897 – Population: 146,205.^[10]
1900 – Population: 148,315.^[2]

20th century[edit]

1901 – Estación de Plaza de Armas [es] (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) [es] built.
1907
- Real Betis football club formed.
- Ship canal completed from the Punta de los Remedios to the Punta del Verde.^[2]
1915 – Aeródromo de Tablada [es] (airport) built.
1920 – Population: 205,529.^[10]
1926 – Puente de Alfonso XIII [es] (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 [es] (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.^{[citation needed]}
- Population: 653,833.^[10]
1983
- 21 December: Last and decisive qualifier match for UEFA Euro 1984 held: Spain 12–1 Malta.
- Manuel del Valle becomes mayor.
1987 – UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville established.
1990
- Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra formed.
- Puente de las Delicias [es] (bridge) built.
1991
- Teatro de la Maestranza (opera house) opens.
- Auditorio Rocío Jurado [es] opens
- Estación de Sevilla-Santa Justa [es] (railway station) opens.
- San Bernardo railway station opens.
- Seville Airport new terminal opens.
- Puente Reina Sofía [es] (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) [es] 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 [es] festival held.
- Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo [es] 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[edit]

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 [es] held.
- 2004 Davis Cup finals held at the Estadio de La Cartuja.
2007
- Avenida de la Constitución (Sevilla) [es] pedestrianized.
- Sevici bicycle service begins operating.
- MetroCentro tram line begins operating.
2009 – Seville Metro begins operating.
2010 – Jardín Americano [es] 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) [es] reopens as a museum.
- Muelle de Nueva York (Sevilla) [es] 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.

References[edit]

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

Published in 19th century

David Brewster, ed. (1832). "Seville". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Philadelphia: Joseph and Edward Parker. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t82j6q872.
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 [es] (in Spanish). Madrid: Jose Repullés. 1856.
William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Híspalis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
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, vol. 11, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435029752847{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
"Seville", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
"Seville (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 731–733.
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, hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t06x01n78
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. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081585832.
"Seville, More Spanish Than Spain", National Geographic Magazine, vol. 55, Washington DC, 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. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 639. ISBN 9781134259588. 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+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
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[edit]

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

[FOOTNOTEBosworth2007-1] Bosworth 2007.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Britannica 1910.

[Norton2010-3] F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.

[FalolaWarnock2007-4] 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

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Haydn 1910.

[Tarver2016-7] H. Micheal Tarver, ed. (2016). Spanish Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781610694223.

[MMA-eusi09-8] "Iberian Peninsula, 1600–1800 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

[FOOTNOTERing1996-9] Ring 1996.

[ine-10] "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Sevilla". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.

[Salvadó2013-11] 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.

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