Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
History of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico by century
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The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
18th-19th centuries
- 1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos.[1]
- 1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area.[2]
- 1770 - Population: 1,800.[3]
- 1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.[3]
- 1836
- Mayaguez becomes a villa (chartered town).[3]
- Public warehouse and dock constructed.[2]
- 1841
- 1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built.[2]
- 1848 - El Imparcial and El Propagador newspapers begins publication.[5][6]
- 1849 - Jail built.[2]
- 1850 - El Semanario Mayaguezano begins publication.[5]
- 1852 - Fire.[2]
- 1860
- 1863 - Avisador del Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1870 - Cemetery established.[2]
- 1873 - Mayagüez attains city status.[1][4]
- 1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library)[7] and Circulo de Amigos[8] founded.
- 1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province).[9]
- 1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date).[3]
- 1894
- Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded.[citation needed]
- City coat of arms granted.[3]
- 1896 - Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the Plaza Colón.
- 1898 - Theodore Schwan, a brigadier general of the U.S. enters Mayagüez with the American Cavalry after winning the Battle of Silva Heights.
- 1899
- Hormigueros becomes part of Mayagüez.
- Population: 15,187.[4]
20th century
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- 1901
- 1909 - Teatro Yagüez built.
- 1910 - Population: 16,591.[4]
- 1911
- College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens.[3] The US Department of Agriculture sends a field agent to the area of Mayagüez and Hormigueros to document everything he sees.[11]
- Diario del Oeste newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1912 - Masonic Logia Adelphia built.
- 1913
- 1918 - October 11: 1918 San Fermín earthquake.[1]
- 1919 - June 19: Teatro Yagüez burns down.
- 1920 - Population: 19,069.[13]
- 1926 - Tram service ends.[3]
- 1930 - Population: 37,060.[14]
- 1937
- WPRA radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico in business.
- 1938 - Indios de Mayagüez baseball team formed.
- 1940 - Population: 50,376.[14]
- 1946 - WKJB radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1955 - WORA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[16]
- 1966 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez active.
- 1969 - Benjamin Cole becomes mayor.[17]
- 1970 - Population: 68,872.[18]
- 1976 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez established.[19]
- 1983 - First newspaper originating in Mayagüez begins publication.[17]
- 1993 - José Guillermo Rodríguez becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Population: 78,647.[20]
21st century
- 2010
- Isidoro García Stadium and Mayagüez Athletics Stadium open.
- Parque del Litoral (park) built.
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games sport event held in Mayagüez.
- Population: 89,080.[21]
