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Timeline of Seville

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

Contents

Prior to 18th century

  • 600 CE - Isidore of Seville becomes bishop.
  • 630 - Isidore of Seville compiles encyclopedia Etymologiae (approximate date).
  • 713 - Musa bin Nusayr in power.
  • 829 - Mosque built.
  • 1023 - Abbadid Taifa of Seville established.
  • 1181 - Alcázar (fort) construction begins.
  • 1198 - Minaret built.
  • 1247 - Siege of Seville begins.
  • 1248 - Seville incorporated into the Christian Kingdom of Castile under Ferdinand III.
  • 1477 - Printing press in use.
  • 1503 - Casa de Contratación (trade agency) established.
  • 1519
  • Magellan embarks on circumnavigation expedition.
  • Seville Cathedral built.
  • 1521 - Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo laid out.
  • 1543 - Consulado de Cargadores a Indias established.
  • 1563 - Court of Philip II relocated from Seville to Madrid.
  • 1598 - Merchants exchange built.
  • 1627 - Flood.
  • 1630 - Artist Zurbarán settles in Seville.
  • 1647 - Great Plague of Seville begins.
  • 1670 - Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (guild) established.
  • 1682 - University of Navigators building construction begins.
  • 1683 - Flood.

    • 18th-19th centuries

  • 1717 - Casa de Contratación relocated from Seville to Cádiz.
  • 1729
  • Court of Philip V relocated to Seville.
  • Peace treaty signed in Seville.
  • 1758 - Royal Tobacco Factory begins operating.
  • 1785 - General Archive of the Indies established.
  • 1810 - February: French occupation begins.
  • 1812 - French occupation ends.
  • 1842 - Population: 100,498.
  • 1843 - City besieged by forces of Espartero.
  • 1847 - Seville Fair begins.
  • 1852 - Triana Bridge built.
  • 1869 - City wall dismantled.
  • 1881 - Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla (bullring) built.
  • 1890 - Sevilla FC (football club) formed.
  • 1893 - Maria Luisa Park established.
  • 1896 - 28 October: Cyclone.
  • 1897 - Population: 146,205.
  • 1900 - Population: 148,315.

    • 20th century

  • 1902 - Burial site of Christopher Columbus relocated to Seville from Cuba.
  • 1907 - Real Betis football club formed.
  • 1920 - Population: 205,529.
  • 1926 - Puente de Alfonso XIII (bridge) built.
  • 1928 - Plaza de España built.
  • 1929
  • Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 held.
  • Estadio Benito Villamarín (stadium) and Lope de Vega Theatre open.
  • 1931 - Puente de San Telmo (bridge) built.
  • 1936 - July 1936 military uprising in Seville.
  • 1950 - Population: 376,627.
  • 1959 - Seville Public Library established.
  • 1979 - Luis Uruñuela becomes mayor.
  • 1981
  • Regional Government of Andalusia headquartered in Seville.
  • Population: 653,833.
  • 1983
  • 21 December: Football match (Spain 12–1 Malta) held in Seville.
  • Manuel del Valle Arévalo becomes mayor.
  • 1987 - UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville established.
  • 1990
  • Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • Puente de las Delicias (bridge) built.
  • 1991
  • Teatro de la Maestranza (opera house) opens.
  • Puente Reina Sofía (bridge) built.
  • Alejandro Rojas-Marcos becomes mayor.
  • 1992
  • Alamillo Bridge and Puente de la Barqueta (bridge) built.
  • Seville Expo '92 held.
  • Institución Colombina established.
  • 1995 - Soledad Becerril becomes mayor.
  • 1999 - Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín becomes mayor.

    • 21st century

  • 2009 - Seville Metro begins operating.
  • 2011
  • Metropol Parasol erected.
  • Juan Ignacio Zoido becomes mayor.
  • Population: 703,021.

    • References

    Timeline of Seville Wikipedia
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