Timeline of Aguascalientes City
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The following is a timeline of the history of Aguascalientes City, Mexico.
Prior to 20th century
- 1575 – Aguascalientes founded.[1]
- 1604 – San Marcos Fair begins.[2]
- 1857 – Town becomes capital of Aguascalientes state.[2]
- 1867 – School of Agriculture established.[3]
- 1870 – El Despertador newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1883 – León-Aguascalientes railway established.[5]
- 1885 – Teatro Morelos opens.[5]
- 1899 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes established.[6]
20th century
- 1903 – State Teaching School built.
- 1911 – Population: 44,800.[7]
- 1964 – Museo de la Insurgencia opens.[8]
- 1972 – Posada Museum opens.
- 1973 – Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.[3]
- 1975 – Rieleros de Aguascalientes baseball team formed.
- 1982 – Aguascalientes State Historical Archive established.
- 1987 – El Heraldo de Aguascalientes newspaper begins publication.[9]
- 1988 – Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes established.[8]
- 1989 – Jardín Botánico Rey Netzahualcoyotl (garden) active.[10]
- 1991 – Teatro Aguascalientes opens.
- 2000 – Population: 594,092.[11]
21st century
- 2003
- Estadio Victoria (stadium) opens.
- Club Necaxa football team active.
- 2010 – Population: 722,250; metro 932,369.[12][13]
- 2011
- Lorena Martínez Rodríguez becomes mayor.[14]
- Línea Verde project begins.[15]
- Nuestra Belleza Aguascalientes 2011 (beauty pageant) held in city.
- 2013 – New Nissan Motor Company manufactory begins operating.[16]
