Timeline of Montevideo

Prior to 19th century

1726 – Settlement established by Spaniard Bruno Mauricio de Zabala.

1778 – Free port status acquired.

1797 – 31 August: British ship Lady Shore arrives in harbour.

19th century

1804 – Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral consecrated.

1807

3 February: City besieged by British forces; British take city.

Southern Star newspaper in publication.

September: British occupation ends.

1811 – Siege of Montevideo by forces of the United Provinces of the River Plate.

1812

Montevideo Cabildo built.

Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814) begins.

1814 – Siege of Montevideo (1812-1814) ends; Spanish loyalists surrender.

1817 – 20 January: City occupied by Luso-Brazilian forces.

1821 - City becomes part of Brazilian province Cisplatina.

1823 – Siege of Montevideo (1823)

1825 – Hospital de Caridad founded.

1828

City becomes capital of independent Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

British Cemetery established.

1829 – City wall dismantled.

1830 – National museum founded.

1833 – Public library founded.

1843 – Great Siege of Montevideo begins.

1847 – Anglican church built.

1849 – University of the Republic founded.

1851 – Great Siege of Montevideo ends.

1856

Solís Theatre built.

Salesas convent founded.

Epidemic.

1857 – British hospital founded.

1858 – Church of the Immaculate Conception built.

1862 – Hotel Oriental built.

1863 – Bolsa (exchange) built.

1866 – Post office built.

1868 – Mercado del Puerto built.

1871 – Teatro Cibils inaugurated.

1874 – Estévez Palace built.

1876 – Punta Brava Lighthouse erected.

1879 – Population: 91,167.

1880 – Nuevo Teatro San Felipe opens.

1885 – Escuela Brasil (school) established.

1889 – Teatro Nuevo Politeama inaugurated.

1895 – Teatro Stella d'Italia founded.

1900 – Estadio Gran Parque Central opens.

20th century

1905 – Teatro Urquiza inaugurated.

1906 – Electric streetcar begins operating.

1908

Municipality of Montevideo created.

Daniel Muñoz becomes Intendant of Montevideo.

Immigrants' Hotel opens.

1909 – Urbano hotel in business.

1910 – Teatro 18 de Julio opens.

1911

National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) inaugurated.

May: General strike.

1913 – Villa del Cerro and La Teja become part of city.

1925 – Palacio Legislativo (Uruguay) built.

1930

Estadio Centenario opens.

July: 1930 FIFA World Cup held.

Juan Manuel Blanes Museum established.

1933 – International Conference of American States held; Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States signed.

1935 - Asociación de Arte Constructivo founded.

1941 – Palacio Municipal (Montevideo) built.

1945 – Cine Trocadero opens (approximate date).

1947 – Airport terminal inaugurated.

1952 – Cinemateca Uruguaya (film archive) founded.

1953 – Museo Torres García opens.

1956 – Cilindro Municipal (arena) opens.

1958 – Museum and Municipal Archives inaugurated in the Cabildo.

1964 – Edificio Panamericano (residential building) constructed.

1973 – 27 June: 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état.

1983 – September: Labor demonstration.

1985 – Liberty Building (Montevideo) built.

1988 – May: Pope John Paul II visits city.

1990

Tabaré Vázquez elected mayor.

City administration partially decentralized.

1992 – Sarandi street pedestrianized.

1995 - 23 July: 1995 Copa América Final football tournament held.

21st century

2007 – Mercosur headquartered in city.

2008 – Executive Tower, Montevideo built.

2009 – Carrasco International Airport expands.

2010 – Ana Olivera becomes Intendant of Montevideo.

2011 – Population: 1,319,108.