Timeline of Acapulco
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Acapulco de Juárez, Guerrero, Mexico.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1550
- 1565 - October: Spanish galleon San Pedro of Andrés de Urdaneta arrives from the Philippines in the first ever eastward voyage across the Pacific.[2]
- 1570s - Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación built (approximate date).[2]
- 1576 - Epidemic outbreak.[2]
- 1597 - Spanish colonial bureau of accounts established.[3]
- 1614 - January: Japanese ship Mutsu Maru arrives; passengers include Hasekura Tsunenaga.[2]
- 1615
- Acapulco-Manila galleon trade begins.[4]
- October: Dutch Joris van Spilbergen expedition passes through.[5]
- 1616 - Fort of San Diego built.[5]
- 1617 - Fortín Álvarez built.
- 1624 - October: Fuerte de San Diego taken briefly by Dutch.[2]
- 1627 - Customs building constructed.[2]
- 1776 - 21 April: Earthquake.[2]
- 1783 - Fort of San Diego rebuilt.
- 1799 - Town becomes a city: "Ciudad de los Reyes de Acapulco."[2]
- 1803 - March: German scientist Alexander von Humboldt visits Acapulco.[2]
- 1810-1811 - City besieged by forces of José María Morelos during the Mexican War of Independence.[2]
- 1813 - April: Siege of Acapulco (1813); Morelos in power.[6]
- 1814 - City burnt per order of Morelos.[7]
20th century
- 1907 - April: Earthquake.
- 1909 - 30 July: Brecha de Guerrero earthquake.[8]
- 1919 - Workers Party of Acapulco founded.[9]
- 1930 - Population: 6,529.[10]
- 1934 - Salón Rojo cinema opens on Plaza Álvarez.[11]
- 1949 - Avenida Costera Miguel Alemán (street) opens.
- 1950s - Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad de Acapulco built.
- 1954 - Cine Tropical opens (approximate date).[12]
- 1955 - Mexican Air Force 7th Military Air Base established.
- 1958 - Roman Catholic diocese of Acapulco established.[13]
- 1959 - Jorge Joseph Piedra becomes mayor.[14]
- 1960 - Population: 49,149.[10]
- 1967 - Aéroport international général Juan N. Álvarez in operation.
- 1969
- Mercado Central de Acapulco built.
- Novedades Acapulco newspaper in publication.[15]
- Sister city relationship established with Manila, Philippines.[16]
- 1970 - Population: 174,378.[10]
- 1971 - Capilla Ecuménica La Paz (chapel) opens.
- 1973
- Acapulco Convention Center opens.
- Internacional de Acapulco Fútbol Club formed.
- 1975
- Unidad Deportiva Acapulco (athletic facility) and Condominio Torres Gemelas built.
- Instituto Tecnológico de Acapulco established.
- 1980 - Population: 301,902.[10]
- 1981
- Parque Papagayo (park) opens.
- Crowne Plaza Acapulco built.
- 1985 - Fictional telenovela Tú o nadie broadcast (set in Acapulco).
- 1986 - Museo Histórico de Acapulco (museum) established.[17]
- 1987 - Rio Group meets in city.
- 1988 - Torre Coral built.
- 1991 - Festival Acapulco begins.
- 1992 - Universidad Loyola del Pacífico established.
- 1993 - Carretera Federal 95D (Mexico City-Acapulco highway) begins operating.
- 1995 - Population: 592,528.[10]
- 1997
- June: Acapulco Black Film Festival begins.
- October: Hurricane Pauline.[2]
- 1999 - Casa de la Máscara (museum) opens.
21st century
- 2000 - Population: 620,656.[18]
- 2005 - June: Guerrero police chief killed.[19]
- 2008
- 5 October: Guerrero state election, 2008 held.
- Mundo Imperial tourist resort and its Forum de Mundo Imperial (stadium) open.
- La Isla Acapulco Shopping Village in business.[20]
- 2010 - Population: 673,479 in city; 863,431 in Acapulco metropolitan area.[21]
- 2011 - 30 January: Guerrero state election, 2011 held.
- 2012
- 24 March: Verónica Escobar Romo becomes mayor.
- 1 July: Acapulco municipal election, 2012 held; Luis Walton wins.
- Acabús (public transit) construction and Acapulco Imperial Mega Fair begin.
- 2013 - September: Hurricane Manuel.
- 2015 - Luis Uruñuela Fey becomes mayor.
See also
- Acapulco history
- History of Guerrero
- List of mayors of Acapulco
References
- ↑ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 7, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 David Marley (2005), "Acapulco", Historic Cities of the Americas 1, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pp. 209–218, ISBN 1576070271
- ↑ William Lytle Schurz (1918). "Acapulco and the Manila Galleon". Southwestern Historical Quarterly 22 – via Hathi Trust.
- ↑ Artemio R. Guillermo (2012). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Philippines. Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7246-2.
- 1 2 Engel Sluiter (1949). "Fortification of Acapulco, 1615-1616". Hispanic American Historical Review 29. JSTOR 2508294.
- ↑ "Mature Colonies: Chronology (1559-1850)". A History of Latin America to 1825. John Wiley & Sons. 2011. p. 276+. ISBN 978-1-4443-5753-0.
- ↑ "Acapulco de Juárez: Historia". Municipios (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Acapulco", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ Armando Bartra (1996). Guerrero bronco: campesinos, ciudadanos y guerrilleros en la Costa Grande [Guerrero bronco: farmers, citizens and guerrillas in the Costa Grande] (in Spanish). Mexico DF: Ediciones Era. ISBN 978-968-411-487-6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Acapulco de Juárez". Localidades Geoestadísticas - archivo histórico (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "La plaza Álvarez". El Sur (in Spanish). Guerrero. August 2004.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Acapulco, Mexico". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Mexico". www.katolsk.no. Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme (Oslo Catholic Diocese). Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Inicio Enciclopedia: La Enciclopedia Guerrerense" (in Spanish). Guerrero Cultural Siglo XXI, A.C. Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Quienes somos". Novedades Acapulco (in Spanish). Retrieved July 2015.
- ↑ "Revivirá Añorve hermandad cultural y comercial con 10 ciudades del mundo", La Jornada Guerrero (in Spanish), 2 April 2009
- ↑ Red de museos del INAH: Guerrero (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, retrieved August 2015
- ↑ "Mexico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ↑ "Resort Area Becomes Dangerous Territory for Its Police", New York Times, 18 October 2005
- ↑ "Reinventing Acapulco", Wall Street Journal, December 2009
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2011. United Nations Statistics Division.
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
- Published in the 18th-19th century
- Jedidiah Morse (1797), "Acapulco", The American Gazetteer, Boston, Massachusetts: At the presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews
- Josiah Conder (1830), "Acapulco", Mexico and Guatimala, The Modern Traveller 25, London: J.Duncan
- Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Acapulco". Geography. English Cyclopaedia 1. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co.
- John Ramsay McCulloch (1875), "Acapulco", A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London: Longmans, Green
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Acapulco", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Acapulco". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish) 1. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas.
- Published in the 20th century
- Reau Campbell (1909), "Acapulco", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Acapulco", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 123+ (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- John Fisher (1999), "Acapulco", Mexico, Rough Guides (4th ed.), London, p. 376+, OL 24935876M
- Published in the 21st century
- Stephen R. Niblo and Diane M. Niblo (2008). "Acapulco in Dreams and Reality". Mexican Studies 24. JSTOR 10.1525/msem.2008.24.1.31.
- "Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2012-2015", Gobierno Municipal de Acapulco (in Spanish) (Ayuntamiento de Acapulco)
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