Timeline of Palma de Mallorca
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Prior to 20th century
- 123 BCE – Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island organised by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus.[1]
- 450 CE – Vandals in power (approximate date).[2]
- 8th century CE – Arabs in power.[3]
- 800s – Second wall built around Palma.[2]
- 902 – Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".[2]
- 12th century – Third wall built around city.[2]
- 1114 – City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.[2]
- 1116 – Almoravide Moors in power.[2]
- 1229 – Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.[2](ca)
- 1230
- Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.[2]
- Palma Cathedral construction begins.[2]
- 1281 – Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) construction begins.
- 1295 – James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.[2]
- 1302 – "Weekly market" begins.[2]
- 1311 – Bellver Castle built.[3]
- 1331 – Synagogue built.[4]
- 1343 – Consulate of the Sea established.[5]
- 1349 – Peter IV of Aragon in power.[2]
- 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[6]
- 1391 – Majorcan revolt of 1391 against Jews.[2]
- 1403 – Flood.[2]
- 1456 – Lonja de Palma de Mallorca (market-exchange) built.[2]
- 1488 – Spanish Inquisition begins.[2]
- 1503 – University founded.[1]
- 1521-1523 – Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").[2]
- 1541 – King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1601 – Palma Cathedral construction completed.[1]
- 1616 – Palacio Episcopal built.[8]
- 1700 – Seminary established.[1]
- 1836 – Nautical school and Institute founded.[1]
- 1839 – Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.[9]
- 1840 – Casino Palmesano established.[7]
- 1842 – Population: 40,892.[10]
- 1851
- 1852 – Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
- 1857 – Teatro Principal (theatre) opens.[12]
- 1860 – Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1872
- Banc de Crèdit Balear (bank) established.
- City walls dismantled.[1]
- 1875 – Inca-Palma railway begins operating.[13]
- 1880 – Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana founded.[14]
- 1881 – Banc Mallorquí (bank) established.
- 1893 – Última Hora newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1900 – Population: 63,937.[16]
20th century
- 1902 – Teatro Lirico (theatre) opens.[17]
- 1903 – Gran Hotel built.
- 1904 – King Alfonso XIII of Spain visits Majorca.[7]
- 1910 – Fomento de turismo de Mallorca (government tourism office) created.[2]
- 1916 – RCD Mallorca football club formed.
- 1925 – Palace of Marivent built.
- 1936 – City bombed in the Battle of Majorca during Spanish Civil War.
- 1939 – Diari de Balears newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1940 – Population: 114,405.[10]
- 1945 – Es Fortí stadium opens.
- 1953 – Diario de Mallorca newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1960 – Palma de Mallorca Airport terminal built.
- 1965 – Teatre Municipal (Palma) (theatre) built.
- 1967 – Auditòrium de Palma opens.
- 1970 – Population: 234,098.[10]
- 1979 – Ramón Aguiló becomes mayor.
- 1981 – El Mundo newspaper begins publication.[15]
- 1991
- Joan Fageda becomes mayor.
- Population: 308,616.[10]
- 1999
- July: 1999 Summer Universiade athletic event held in Palma.
- Son Moix stadium opens.
21st century
See also
- Palma, Majorca history
- List of mayors of Palma, Majorca
- History of Majorca island
