Timeline of Málaga

Prior to 19th century

770 BCE - Malaka founded by Phoenicians from Tyre.

205 BCE - Romans in power in Malaca (Hispania).

571 CE - Visigoth Leovigild in power.

711 CE - Muslims in power.

756 CE - Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power in al-Andalus.

907 - Malaga besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.

1035 - Palace of the Alcazaba built.

1079 - "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."

1232 - Malaga becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada.

1350 - Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.

1487 - Siege of Málaga; city taken by forces of Ferdinand and Isabella of Castille and Aragon.

1490 - Santiago el Mayor church built.

1494 - Earthquake.

1505 - Hospital of Santo Tomas founded.

1522 - Málaga Cathedral construction begins.

1540 - Buenavista Palace built.

1680 - 1680 Malaga earthquake.

1719 - Málaga Cathedral construction completed.

1741 - Yellow fever epidemic.

1757 - Ermita de Zamarrilla (church) built.

1785 - Consulado (merchant guild) established.

1790 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Málaga active.

19th century

1804 - Epidemic.

1810 - City "sacked by the French."

1830 - Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established.

1831 - 11 December: Execution of rebel José María de Torrijos y Uriarte.

1834 - Heredia's La Constancia (forge) iron finery forge begins operating.

1851 - Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens.

1857 - Population: 94,293.

1854 - Bank of Málaga founded.

1862 - Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating.

1870 - Teatro Cervantes de Malaga (theatre) opens.

1876 - Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built.

1877 - Population: 115,882.

1879 - Mercado de Atarazanas (market) built.

1881 - Pablo Picasso born in Malaga.

1885 - Socialista Malagueña founded.

1891

Calle Marqués de Larios (street) inaugurated.

English Church built on Avenida de Pries.

1897 - Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established.

1899 - Monumento al Marqués de Larios (monument) erected.

1900 - Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.

20th century

1904

Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed.

Villa Suecia built in El Limonar area.

1907 - September: Flood.

1908 - Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating.

1913 - Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded.

1918 - Antigua casa de socorro de La Trinidad built.

1925 - Alameda Principal opens to traffic.

1937

February: "Nationalists capture Malaga."

Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication.

1940

La Tarde newspaper begins publication.

Population: 238,085.

1941 - La Rosaleda Stadium opens.

1945 - Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens.

1947 - Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded.

1949 - Carranque (Málaga) housing construction begins.

1966 - Cine Astoria (cinema) opens.

1970 - Population: 374,452.

1972 - University of Málaga established.

1973 - Museo de Málaga established.

1976 - Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares (Málaga) (museum) opens.

1979 - Pedro Aparicio Sánchez becomes mayor.

1981 - Population: 503,251.

1982 - 13 September: Spantax airplane crash.

1988

Fundación Picasso established.

Basílica de la Esperanza (Málaga) (church) built.

1991 - Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active.

1992

Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens.

Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed.

1995 - Celia Villalobos becomes mayor.

1998 - Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins.

1999

La Opinión de Málaga begins publication.

Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens.

2000

July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated.

Francisco de la Torre Prados becomes mayor.

21st century

2003

Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established.

Museo Picasso Málaga opens.

2004 - Málaga Hoy magazine begins publication.

2006 - 2006 European Cup (athletics) held.

2010

29 September: 2010 Spain general strike.

Population: 568,507.

2011 - Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.