Timeline of Quito
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Quito, Ecuador.
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- 1487 - Incas in power.[1]
- 1527 - "Inka ruler Huayna Capac dies in Quito along with an estimated 200,000 of his subjects" (approximate date).[2]
- 1533 - Quito "burnt by Ruminahui."[3]
- 1534 - "Spanish soldiers, led by Sebastián de Belalcázar, defeat the Inka in Quito. They name the town Villa de San Francisco de Quito."[2][3]
- 1535
- Art school founded.[2]
- Construction of Monastery of St. Francis begins (approximate date).[2]
- 1541 - Quito attains Spanish colonial city status.[4]
- 1545 - Catholic Diocese of Quito established.[3]
- 1548 - Quito becomes part of the Viceroyalty of Peru.[1]
- 1551 - Colegio de San Juan Evangelista established (approximate date).[2]
- 1563 - Spanish colonial Audiencia of Quito established.[5][6]
- 1592-1593 - Economic unrest.[6]
- 1613 - Church of the Society of Jesus building opens.[7]
- 1718 - Quito becomes part of Viceroyalty of New Granada.[3]
- 1735 - Earthquake.[3]
- 1765
- Social unrest.[8]
- Church of the Society of Jesus building completed.[7]
- 1797 - Earthquake.[4]
- 1810 - Carondelet Palace built.
- 1822 - May 24: Battle of Pichincha.[6]
- 1829 - Quito becomes capital of Ecuador.[3]
- 1859 - Earthquake.[4]
- 1865 - Guayaquil-Quito railway built (approximate date).[1]
- 1875 - August 6: Assassination of president Garcia Moreno.
- 1880 - Teatro Nacional Sucre opens.[9]
20th century
- 1906
- El Comercio newspaper begins publication.[10]
- Chamber of Commerce established.[10]
- Population: 50,840.[4]
- 1914 - Teatro Variedades (Quito) opens.
- 1930 - LDU Quito football club formed.
- 1932 - Estadio El Ejido (stadium) opens.
- 1933 - Teatro Bolivar opens.[11]
- 1937 - Teatro Capitol built.[11]
- 1938 - Últimas Noticias (Ecuador) newspaper begins publication.[10]
- 1951 - Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa (stadium) opens.
- 1955 - Deportivo Quito football club formed.
- 1960 - Mariscal Sucre Airport begins operating.
- 1978 - Historic Center of Quito designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1982 - Hoy[10] and La Hora newspapers begin publication.
- 1990 - May: Indigenous rights demonstration.[1]
- 1992
- September: Economic unrest.[1]
- Botanical Garden of Quito established.
- Jamil Mahuad becomes mayor.
- Coliseo General Rumiñahui (arena) built.
- 1994 - Estadio Chillogallo (stadium) opens.
- 1995 - January: Economic protest.[1]
- 1996 - March: Labor strike.[1]
- 1997
- February: Anti-Bucaram demonstration.[1]
- September: Indigenous rights rally.[1]
- Casa Blanca stadium opens.
- 1999 - February 17: Assassination of politician Jaime Hurtado.[1]
21st century
- 2000
- January: Indigenous rights demonstration.[1]
- Paco Moncayo becomes mayor.
- 2001 - January: Indigenous rights demonstration.[1]
- 2006 - Quito TV begins broadcasting.
- 2008 - Teatro México opens.
- 2009 - Andrés Vallejo becomes mayor, succeeded by Augusto Barrera.
- 2011 - Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve established near city.[12]
- 2013 - New Mariscal Sucre International Airport opens.
- 2014 - Mauricio Rodas becomes mayor.
- 2015 - September: Forest fire.[13]
See also
- Quito history
- Urban evolution of colonial Quito
- History of Quito
- List of mayors of Quito
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Ecuador". Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. 2003. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Northern Andes, 1400–1600 A.D.: Key Events". Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved September 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Catholic Encyclopedia 1911.
- 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Marley 2005.
- 1 2 3 James Stuart Olson, ed. (1991). "Ecuador". Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-26257-9.
- 1 2 Cushner 1982.
- ↑ Allan J. Kuethe; Kenneth J. Andrien (2014). The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century: War and the Bourbon Reforms, 1713–1796. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-04357-2.
- ↑ Eladio Cortés and Mirta Barrea-Marlys, ed. (2003). Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-29041-1.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ecuador: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- 1 2 "Movie Theaters in Quito, Ecuador". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved December 2014.
- ↑ "Send in the Clouds", New York Times, November 18, 2011
- ↑ "Ecuador forest fires envelope Quito in smoke", BBC News, 16 September 2015
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- W. B. Stevenson (1825). "Quito". Historical and Descriptive Narrative of 20 Years' Residence in South America. London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
- "Quito", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- A.A. MacErlean (1911). "Quito". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- Nicholas P. Cushner (1982). Farm and Factory: The Jesuits and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism in Colonial Quito. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-570-6.
- Kris E. Lane (2002). Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-2357-6.
- "Quito". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
- David Marley (2005). "Quito". Historic Cities of the Americas: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-027-7.
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