Timeline of Bilbao

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bilbao in the Biscay province of Spain.

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Prior to 19th century

• 1300 – Bilbao founded.^[1]
• 1397 – Santiago Cathedral built (approximate date).
• 1510 – Church of San Antón built.
• 1511 – Basilica of Begoña construction begins.
• 1795 – July: Town occupied by French forces.^[1]

19th century

• 1804 – Zamacolada conflict.^[2]
• 1808 – French occupation begins.^[3]
• 1813 – French occupation ends.^[3]
• 1833 – Biscay Province established.
• 1836 – December: Battle of Luchana.
• 1845 – Arenal Bridge constructed.
• 1846 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (steel mill) in business near town.^[2]
• 1855 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen in business.^[2]
• 1857 – Bank established.^[3]
• 1859 – British Protestant Cemetery established.^[4]
• 1863 – Tudela-Bilbao railway begins operating.^[3]
• 1870 – Population: 17,649.^[3]
• 1874 – February–May: Town besieged by Carlist forces.^[5]
• 1877 – San Antón Bridge built.
• 1882 – Bilbao-Atxuri Station built.
• 1886 – Orfeón Bilbaíno (choir) founded.
• 1887 – Population: 50,772.^[6]
• 1890
  • Stock Exchange founded.
  • Teatro Arriaga built.
  • May: Ironworkers strike.^[5]
• 1892 – Bilbao City Hall built.
• 1893 – Vizcaya Bridge built.
• 1894 – Chavarri Palace built.
• 1895 – Gaceta del Norte newspaper begins publication.^[7]
• 1896 – Dry dock built.^[3]
• 1898 – Athletic Club (football club) formed.

20th century

• 1900
  • Biscay Foral Delegation Palace built.
  • Population: 83,306.^[3]
• 1906 – August: General strike.^[5]
• 1907 – Doña Casilda Iturrizar park created.
• 1913
  • San Mamés Stadium opens.
  • Euzkadi newspaper begins publication.
• 1914 – Bilbao Fine Arts Museum established.
• 1922 – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa founded.
• 1924 – Museum of Modern Art established.
• 1937 - 19 June: "Nationalists capture Bilbao."^[8]
• 1940 - Population: 195,186.^[6]
• 1950 – Bilbao Airport in operation.
• 1960 - Population: 297,942.^[6]
• 1968 – University of Bilbao established.
• 1970 - Population: 410,490.^[6]
• 1978 – Great Week of Bilbao begins.
• 1979 – City becomes part of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain.
• 1980 – University of the Basque Country established.
• 1991 - Population: 372,054.^[6]
• 1995 – Metro Bilbao begins operating.
• 1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao^[9] and Zubizuri footbridge open.
• 1999
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria established.
  • Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall opens.
  • Iñaki Azkuna becomes mayor.^[10]

21st century

• 2004 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre opens in Barakaldo.
• 2006 – Bilbao Live Festival begins.
• 2010 – Alhóndiga Bilbao opens.
• 2011 – Iberdrola Tower built.
• 2013 – Population: 351,629.
• 2014 – 11 January: Pro-ETA demonstration.^[11]

See also

• History of Bilbao
• List of mayors of Bilbao
• History of Bilbao

References

1. Townsend 1867.
2. Mark Kurlansky (1999). Basque History of the World. Walker & Company. ISBN 9780802713490.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Ford 1890.
5. Haydn 1910.
6. "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Bilbao". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved November 2014.
7. "Bilbao (Spain) Newspapers". WorldCat. USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
8. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
9. "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian (UK), 2015
10. "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
11. "Huge march in Spain after ban on Eta prisoner rally", BBC News, 11 January 2014

This article incorporates information from the Basque Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Bilbao". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
• George Henry Townsend (1867), "Bilbao", A Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Bilbao", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
• Richard Ford (1890), "Bilbao", Handbook for Travellers in Spain (7th ed.), London: J. Murray
• "Bilbao", Spain and Portugal: Handbook for Travellers (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
• "Bilbao", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Bilbao", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
• "Bilbao". Satchel Guide to Spain and Portugal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1930.

External links

• Map of Bilbao, 1943
• Europeana. Items related to Bilbao, various dates.