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Timeline of Bilbao

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bilbao in the Biscay province of Spain.

Contents

Prior to 19th century

  • 1300 – Bilbao founded.
  • 1397 – Santiago Cathedral built (approximate date).
  • 1510 – Church of San Antón built.
  • 1511
  • Consulado established.
  • Basilica of Begoña construction begins.
  • 1795 – July: Town occupied by French forces.

    • 19th century

  • 1804 – Zamacolada conflict.
  • 1808 – French occupation begins.
  • 1813 – French occupation ends.
  • 1833 – Biscay Province established.
  • 1836 – December: Battle of Luchana.
  • 1845 – Arenal Bridge constructed.
  • 1846 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced (steel mill) in business near town.
  • 1855 – Fabrica de Nuestra Senora del Carmen in business.
  • 1857 – Bank established.
  • 1859 – British Protestant Cemetery established.
  • 1863 – Tudela-Bilbao railway begins operating.
  • 1870 – Population: 17,649.
  • 1874 – February–May: Town besieged by Carlist forces.
  • 1877 – San Antón Bridge built.
  • 1882 – Bilbao-Atxuri Station built.
  • 1886 – Orfeón Bilbaíno (choir) founded.
  • 1887 – Population: 50,772.
  • 1890
  • Stock Exchange founded.
  • Teatro Arriaga built.
  • May: Ironworkers strike.
  • 1892 – Bilbao City Hall built.
  • 1893 – Vizcaya Bridge built.
  • 1894 – Chavarri Palace built.
  • 1895 – Gaceta del Norte newspaper begins publication.
  • 1896 – Dry dock built.
  • 1898 – Athletic Club (football club) formed.

    • 20th century

  • 1900
  • Biscay Foral Delegation Palace built.
  • Population: 83,306.
  • 1906 – August: General strike.
  • 1907 – Doña Casilda Iturrizar park created.
  • 1913
  • San Mamés Stadium opens.
  • Euzkadi newspaper begins publication.
  • 1914 – Bilbao Fine Arts Museum established.
  • 1922 – Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa founded.
  • 1924 – Museum of Modern Art established.
  • 1937 - 19 June: "Nationalists capture Bilbao."
  • 1940 - Population: 195,186.
  • 1950 – Bilbao Airport in operation.
  • 1960 - Population: 297,942.
  • 1968 – University of Bilbao established.
  • 1970 - Population: 410,490.
  • 1978 – Great Week of Bilbao begins.
  • 1979 – City becomes part of the Basque Country (autonomous community) of Spain.
  • 1980 – University of the Basque Country established.
  • 1983 - In region near Bilbao, construction of Lemoniz Nuclear Power Plant ceases.
  • 1991 - Population: 372,054.
  • 1995 – Metro Bilbao begins operating.
  • 1997 – Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Zubizuri footbridge open.
  • 1999
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria established.
  • Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall opens.
  • Iñaki Azkuna becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2004 – Bilbao Exhibition Centre opens in Barakaldo.
  • 2006 – Bilbao Live Festival begins.
  • 2010 – Alhóndiga Bilbao opens.
  • 2011 – Iberdrola Tower built.
  • 2013 – Population: 351,629.
  • 2014 – 11 January: Pro-ETA demonstration.

    • References

    Timeline of Bilbao Wikipedia
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