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Timeline of Guatemala City

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The following is a timeline of the history of Guatemala City, Republic of Guatemala.

Contents

  • 1776 - Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion founded, following destruction by earthquake of former Spanish colonial capital Antigua.
  • 1778 - Population: 10,841.
  • 1779 - City becomes capital of Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Guatemala.
  • 1789 - Plaza Mayor fountain erected.
  • 1793 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.
  • 1813 - Cathedral of Guatemala City inaugurated.
  • 1823 - City becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America.
  • 1831 - Sociedad Economica museum established.
  • 1835 - Capital relocated from Guatemala city to San Salvador.
  • 1858 - Theatre founded.
  • 1879 - Gas street lighting installed.
  • 1880 - Population: 58,000.
  • 1882 - Horse streetcar begins operating.
  • 1885 - Electric street lighting installed.
  • 1893 - Population: 72,000.
  • 1898 - National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology established.

    • 20th century

  • 1917 - December 17: Earthquake.
  • 1918 - January 4: Earthquake.
  • 1921
  • Airport built.
  • Population: 121,000.
  • 1924 - Zoo founded.
  • 1934 - Museo Nacional de Historia y Bellas Artes (museum) opens.
  • 1935 - Torre del Reformador (tower) and Obelisco (monument) erected.
  • 1940
  • Guatemala Post Office Building constructed.
  • Population: 186,000.
  • 1943 - National Palace rebuilt.
  • 1949 - Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones (football club) formed.
  • 1950
  • Estadio Mateo Flores and Estadio del Ejército (stadiums) open.
  • City hosts 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  • 1957 - National Library of Guatemala new building opens.
  • 1971 - Francisco Marroquin University founded.
  • 1975 - Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" established.
  • 1976 - February 4: 1976 Guatemala earthquake.
  • 1978 - National Theatre opens.
  • 1984 - El Mezquital occupied.
  • 1991
  • Estadio Cementos Progreso (stadium) opens.
  • Óscar Berger becomes mayor.
  • 1996 - Álvaro Arzú becomes mayor.
  • 1997 - Tikal Futura shopping mall built.
  • 1999 - Club Premier hi-rise built.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Fritz García Gallont becomes mayor.
  • Galileo University founded.
  • Domo (arena) built.
  • 2001
  • City hosts 2001 Central American Games.
  • Population: 1,022,001.
  • 2002 - Museo Miraflores (archaeological museum) founded.
  • 2004
  • Guatemala City Railway Museum inaugurated.
  • Álvaro Arzú becomes mayor again.
  • 2005 - March: Protest against Central American Free Trade Agreement.
  • 2007
  • February 19: Salvadoran congressmen killings discovered near city.
  • February 23: Sinkhole collapse.
  • 2009 - Guatemala National Police Archives headquartered in city.
  • 2010 - May 30: Sinkhole collapse.
  • 2012 - July: Teacher unrest.
  • 2013 - Air pollution in Guatemala City reaches annual mean of 41 PM2.5 and 56 PM10, more than recommended.

    • References

    Timeline of Guatemala City Wikipedia
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