Timeline of León, Mexico
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1576 - León founded by Spaniards.[1]
- 1582 - Cárcel Municipal de León (Guanajuato) (jail) built.
- 1767 - Iglesia de La Compañia Nueva (León) (church) built.
- 1792 - Population: 23,711 town; 54,952 parish.[2]
- 1836 - León attains city status.[3]
- 1856 - León Municipal Palace built.
- 1863 - Catholic Diocese of León established.[4]
- 1866 - Catedral Basílica de León consecrated.
- 1880 - Teatro Doblado (theatre) opens.[5]
- 1882 - Population: 70,022 city; 172,432 parish.[2]
- 1888 - Flood.[1]
- 1896 - Heroes' Causeway Arch erected.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 62,623.[3]
- 1901 - Teatro del Círculo Leonés Mutualista (theatre) founded.[5]
- 1915 - León becomes capital of Guanajuato state.[6]
- 1921 - Templo Expiatorio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (León) (church) construction begins.
- 1926 - June: Flood.[7]
- 1928 - Partido Socialista Leones (labor group)[8] and Unión de Curtidores football club formed.
- 1943 - Club León football club formed.
- 1945 - Union Civica Leonesa (political group) founded.[9]
- 1946
- 1948 - Archivo Histórico Municipal de León (city archive) inaugurated.[11]
- 1965 - Boletín del Archivo Municipal de León (history journal) begins publication.
- 1967 - Estadio León (stadium) opens.
- 1969 - Sister city relationship established with San Diego, USA.[12]
- 1972 - Instituto Tecnológico de León established.
- 1978 - Convention Center established.
- 1979 - León Zoological Park opens.
- 1988 - Carlos Medina Plascencia becomes mayor.
- 1990 - Del Bajío International Airport opens near city.
- 1991 - Eliseo Pérez Martínez becomes mayor.[13]
21st century
- 2000 - Cultural Institute of Leon[5] and Teatro María Grever (theatre)[11] established.
- 2002 - León Hot Air Balloon Festival begins.
- 2003
- Optibus transit system begins operating.
- Ricardo Alaníz Posada becomes mayor.
- 2004 - Lechugueros de León basketball team formed.
- 2005 - Population: 1,278,087 municipality.[14]
- 2006
- 6 July: Guanajuato state election, 2006 held.
- Vicente Guerrero Reynoso becomes mayor.
- 2008 - Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato (museum) opens.
- 2009 - Francisco Ricardo Sheffield Padilla becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Teatro del Bicentenario (theatre) opens.
- Population: 1,436,480 municipality.[14]
- 2012 - 23 March: Catholic pope visits city.[15]
See also
- History of León
- History of León (in Spanish)
- List of mayors of León (in Spanish)
- History of Guanajuato (state)
References
- 1 2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1041, OL 6112221M
- 1 2 D. A. Brading and Celia Wu (1973). "Population Growth and Crisis: Leon, 1720-1860". Journal of Latin American Studies 5. JSTOR 156000.
- 1 2 "Leon", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- ↑ "Leon". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York. 1910.
- 1 2 3 "Instituto Cultural de León" (in Spanish). Retrieved December 2014.
- 1 2 "León de los Aldama: Cronología de Hechos Históricos". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Huge Wall of Water Hits Leon, Mexico", New York Times, 25 June 1926
- ↑ Daniel Newcomer (2004). Reconciling Modernity: Urban State Formation in 1940s Leon, Mexico. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3349-3.
- ↑ Guadalupe Valencia García (1998). Guanajuato: sociedad, economía, política y cultura (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. ISBN 978-968-36-5982-8.
- ↑ "Many Reported Dead in Riot in Mexico", New York Times, 3 January 1946
- 1 2 "Guanajuato: Leon". Sistema de Información Cultural (in Spanish). Mexico: Secretariat of Public Education. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "Sister Cities". USA: City of San Diego. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "En León, competencia cerrada del PAN con el ex panista Eliseo Martínez". La Jornada (in Spanish). 3 July 2003. Retrieved December 2014.
- 1 2 "Municipio de León". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "An Endorsement That’s a Blessing", New York Times, 29 May 2013
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Further reading
Published in the 19th century
- Alfred Ronald Conkling (1893), "Leon", Appletons' Guide to Mexico, New York: D. Appleton & Company
- Henry Moore (1894), "Commercial Directory: Leon", Railway Guide of the Republic of Mexico, Springfield, Ohio: Huben & Moore, OCLC 22498265
- Spanish-language
- Luis Manrique, Brevisima relacion historica . .. de la ciudad de Leon (Leon, 1854)
- Antonio García Cubas (1896). "Leon". Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish) 3. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas – via Hathi Trust. + via Google Books
Published in the 20th century
- Reau Campbell (1909), "Leon", Campbell's New Revised Complete Guide and Descriptive Book of Mexico, Chicago: Rogers & Smith Co., OCLC 1667015
- W.H. Koebel, ed. (1921), "Mexico: Chief Towns: Leon", Anglo-South American Handbook 1, New York: Macmillan
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mexico: Leon", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Baedeker's Mexico, 1994, p. 269 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- "North Central Highlands: Leon", Mexico, Lonely Planet, 1998 (fulltext via OpenLibrary)
- Spanish-language
- Wigberto Jiménez Moreno, “Ciudad de León,” Enciclopedia de México (Mexico, 1974)
Published in the 21st century
- Daniel Newcomer (2002). "Symbolic Battleground: The Culture of Modernization in 1940s León, Guanajuato". Mexican Studies 18.
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