Timeline of Valencia
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Prior to 20th century
- 137 BCE – Foundation of Valentia Edetanorum es by the Romans.[1]
- 413 – Taken by the Visigoths.[2]
- 714 – Taken by Moors.[2]
- 1010 CE – City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
- 1021 – Independent Moorish kingdom of Valencia was established[2]
- 1064 CE – Al-Mamun of Toledo in power.[3]
- 1094 – Castilian Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in power.[4]
- 1109 – Almoravid Masdali in power.[4]
- 1147 – Ibn Mardanish re-establishes Taifa of Valencia, uniting it with Murcia
- 1172 – Almohad Caliphate takes control
- 1229 – Taifa re-established by Zayyan Ibn Mardanish
- 1238 – City conquered by the Christians and becomes capital of the Aragonese Kingdom of Valencia.[5]
- 1261 – Furs of Valencia (law) promulgated.
- 1262 – Valencia Cathedral construction begins.[6][2]
- 1283 – Consulate of the Sea established.[7]
- 1349 – Torres de Serranos (gate) built.[6]
- 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).[8]
- 1391 – Massacre of 1391 against the Jews of Valencia
- 1444 – Torres de Quart (gate) built.[6]
- 1459 – Valencia Cathedral lengthened in its original Gothic style.[2]
- 1473 – Printing press in use.[9]
- 1474 – "Poetical contest" held.[10]
- 1483 – Llotja de la Seda construction begins.[1]
- 1499 – University of Valencia founded.[2]
- 1568 – Juan de Ribera becomes Archbishop of Valencia.[4]
- 1707 – Bourbons in power.[5]
- 1776 – Real Sociedad Económica Valenciana de Amigos del País established.[11]
- 1812 – 9 January: City taken by French forces es and the library robbed of its 60,000 volumes.[5][2]
- 1840 – Domingo Mascarós es becomes mayor.
- 1858 – Plaza de Toros de Valencia opens.
- 1868 — Plaza de la Reina begins with a small triangular plaza.
- 1887 – Population: 170,763.[5]
- 1897 – Population: 204,768.[5]
20th century
- 1913 – Museu de Belles Arts de València established.
- 1915 – Teatro Olympia es opens.[12]
- 1917 – Estació del Nord (railway station) opens.
- 1930 – Population: 320,195.[13]
- 1933
- December: "Anarchist uprising es."[14]
- Valencia Airport built.
- 1937 – The city becomes the capital of the Republican controlled Spain.
- 1940 – Population: 450,756.[13]
- 1946 – Cine Majestic (cinema) opens.[12]
- 1957 – October: 1957 Valencia flood.
- 1958 – Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia becomes mayor.
- 1970 – Population: 653,690.[13]
- 1970 - Plaza de la Reina completed.
- 1984 – Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Valencia.
- 1988 – Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (railway) begins operating.
- 1989 – Institut Valencià d'Art Modern opens.
- 1991 – Rita Barberá Nolla becomes mayor.[15]
- 1995
- Metrovalencia in operation.
- Eduardo Zaplana becomes president of the regional Generalitat Valenciana government.[15]
21st century
- 2006 – 3 July: Valencia Metro derailment (43 dead)
- 2013 – Population: 792,303.
- 2015 – Valencia City Council election, 2015 held; Joan Ribó elected mayor.
- 2022 - Plaza de la Reina renovation completed.
See also
- Valencia history
- History of Valencia
- List of mayors of Valencia
Other cities in the autonomous Valencian Community:(es)
