Timeline of Camagüey
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Prior to 20th century
- 1528 - Santa María del Puerto Príncipe established by settlers relocating from Caonao, and previously from Punta del Guincho.[1][2]
- 1599 - Convento de San Francisco founded.[3]
- 1616 - Fire.[4]
- 1617 - Cathedral first built.[2]
- 1668 - City raided by Welsh pirate Henry Morgan.[2]
- 1720 - San Francisco de Paula monastery rebuilt.[1]
- 1723 - Santo Cristo del Buen Viaje church built.[1]
- 1728 - Hospital de Caridad de San Juan de Dios established.[5][1]
- 1730 - Hospital de Nuestra Senora del Carmen founded.[5]
- 1733 - City Hall construction begins.[2]
- 1737 - San Lázaro hospital built.[1]
- 1741 - Epidemic outbreak.[6]
- 1779 - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (church) built.[7]
- 1800 - Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial supreme court) relocated to Puerto Principe from Santo Domingo.[2]
- 1814 - Future poet Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda born in Puerto Principe.[8]
- 1817 - Town becomes a city.[1]
- 1842 - Filarmónica (music society) founded.[9]
- 1850 - El Principal theatre opens.[4]
- 1851 - Puerto Principe and Nuevitas Railroad begins operating.[10]
- 1864
- Benemérita Popular Santa Cecilia (music society) formed.[9]
- Our Lady of Candelaria Cathedral rebuilt.
- 1872 - Casino Español (music society) formed.[9]
- 1874 - March: Battle of Las Guasimas (1874) fought; Cuban rebels win.
- 1886 - El Arrebol newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1898 -
- Lope Recio Loynaz leading the third cavalry regiment makes a triumphal entry in the city, marking the end of the Cuban War of Independence for Camagūey,[12]
- Pedro Mendoza Guerra becomes governor of province.[13]
- 1899
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1902 - El Camagüeyano newspaper begins publication.[citation needed]
- 1903
- Porto Principe renamed "Camagüey."[1]
- City becomes seat of Camagüey Province.[1]
- 1907 - Population: 29,616 city; 66,460 municipality; 118,269 province.[16][2]
- 1912
- Roman Catholic diocese of Camagüey established.[17]
- Ignacio Agramonte monument erected in Agramonte Park.[18]
- 1913
- 1919
- 1932 - Hurricane.[21]
- 1935 - Hurricane.[21]
- 1938 - Biblioteca Municipal (library) established.[22]
- 1948 - Cine Casablanca opens.[19]
1950s–1990s
- 1956 - El Cubano Libre student newspaper begins publication.[23]
- 1959 - Huber Matos becomes governor of province.[24]
- 1961 - Coro de Camagüey (musical group) formed.[9]
- 1963 - Biblioteca provincial de Camagüey Julio Antonio Mella (library) established.[25]
- 1964 - Population: 153,100.[26]
- 1965 - Estadio Cándido González (stadium) built.[citation needed]
- 1966 - Population: 171,000.[27]
- 1967
- 1968 - Archivo Histórico provincial de Camagüey (archives) established.[25]
- 1970 - Population: 197,720.[30]
- 1976
- 1981 - Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey established.[31]
- 1983 - Festival de Teatro de Camagüey (theatre festival) begins.[32]
- 1988 - Sister city relationship established with Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- 1994 - Creole Choir of Cuba established.[9]
- 1998
- 1999 - Population: 306,049 city; 785,800 province.[34]
21st century
- 2008
- September: Hurricane Ike occurs.[35][36]
- Old town designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Museo de San Juan de Dios (museum) opens.
- 2014 - Population: 304,027.[37]
See also
- Camagüey history
- Timelines of other cities in Cuba: Cienfuegos, Guantánamo, Havana, Holguín, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba
