Timeline of Montevideo
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.
18th century
- 1724 – Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo (Historic City Centre) founded.
- 1726 – Settlement established by Spaniard Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.
- 1778 – Free port status acquired.[1]
- 1797 – 31 August: British ship Lady Shore arrives in harbour.
19th century
- 1804 – Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.[2]
- 1807
- 3 February: City besieged by British forces; British take city.
- Printing press in operation.
- Southern Star newspaper in publication.[3]
- September: British occupation ends.
- 1811 – Siege of Montevideo by forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate.
- 1812
- Montevideo Cabildo built.
- Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814) begins.
- 1814 – Siege ends; Spanish loyalists surrender.
- 1817 – 20 January: city occupied by Luso-Brazilian forces.
- 1821 – City becomes part of Brazilian province Cisplatina.
- 1823 – Siege of Montevideo (1823)
- 1825 – Hospital de Caridad founded.[2]
- 1828
- City becomes capital of independent Oriental Republic of Uruguay.[1]
- British Cemetery established.
- 1829 – City wall dismantled.[citation needed]
- ca.1830 - Plaza Independencia established
- 1830 – National museum founded.[1]
- 1833 – Public library founded.[1]
- 1840 - Plaza de Cagancha named.
- 1843 – Great Siege of Montevideo begins.[1]
- 1847 – Anglican church built.[1]
- 1849 – University of the Republic founded.
- 1851 – Great Siege of Montevideo ends.
- 1856
- Solís Theatre built.[4]
- Salesas convent founded.[2]
- Epidemic.[2]
- 1857 – British hospital founded.[1]
Montevideo in the 19th century - 1858 – Church of the Immaculate Conception built.[2]
- 1862 – Hotel Oriental built.[2]
- 1863 – Bolsa (exchange) built.[2]
- 1866 – Post office built.[2]
- 1868 – Mercado del Puerto built.
- 1871 – Teatro Cibils inaugurated.[4]
- 1874 – Estévez Palace built.
- 1876 – Punta Brava Lighthouse erected.
- 1879 – Population: 91,167.[5]
- 1880 – Nuevo Teatro San Felipe opens.[4]
- 1885 – Escuela Brasil (school) established.
- 1889 – Teatro Nuevo Politeama inaugurated.[4]
- 1895 – Teatro Stella d'Italia founded.[4]
- 1900 – Estadio Gran Parque Central opens.
20th century
- 1905 – Teatro Urquiza inaugurated.[6]
- 1906 – Electric streetcar begins operating.[7]
- 1908
- Municipality of Montevideo created.
- Daniel Muñoz becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
- Immigrants' Hotel opens.[6]
- Edificio London París completed.
- Population: 312,946.(estimate).[1]
- 1909 – Urbano hotel in business.[6]
- 1910 – Teatro 18 de Julio opens.[4]
- 1911
- National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) inaugurated.
- May: General strike.[8]
- 1913 – Villa del Cerro and La Teja become part of city.
- 1924 - Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cordón, Montevideo current church built.
- 1925 – Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay) built.
- 1928 - Palacio Salvo finished.
- 1930
- Estadio Centenario opens.
- July: 1930 FIFA World Cup held.[9]
- Juan Manuel Blanes Museum established.
- Obelisk of Montevideo built.
- Port of Montevideo major engineering works completed.
- 1933
- 1935 – Asociación de Arte Constructivo founded.[10]
- 1941 – City Hall of Montevideo built.
- 1945 – Cine Trocadero opens (approximate date).[11]
- 1947 – Airport terminal inaugurated.[citation needed]
- 1952 – Cinemateca Uruguaya (film archive) founded.[12]
- 1953 – Museo Torres García opens.[13]
- 1956 – Cilindro Municipal (arena) opens.
- 1958 – Museum and Municipal Archives inaugurated in the Cabildo.[14]
- 1963 – Population: 1,154,465.[15]
- 1964 – Edificio Panamericano (residential building) constructed.
- 1973 – 27 June: 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état.
- 1975 – Population: 1,229,748.[16]
- 1983 – September: Labor demonstration.[17]
- 1985 – Liberty Building (Montevideo) built.
- 1988 – May: Pope John Paul II visits city.
- 1990
- Tabaré Vázquez elected mayor.[18]
- City administration partially decentralized.
- 1991 – Population: 1,360,258.[19]
- 1992 – Sarandi street pedestrianized.[citation needed]
- 1995 – 23 July: 1995 Copa América Final football tournament held.
21st century
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- 2007 – Mercosur headquartered in city.[20]
- 2008 – Executive Tower, Montevideo built.
- 2009 – Carrasco International Airport expands.
- 2010 – Ana Olivera becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
- 2011 – Population: 1,319,108.
- 2015 – Daniel Martínez becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
- 2016 – Population: 1,380,432.[21]
- 2019 – Christian Di Candia becomes Intendant of Montevideo.
