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Timeline of Valencia

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

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 137 BCE - Foundation of Valentia Edetanorum es by the Romans.
  • 1010 CE - City becomes capital of the Taifa of Valencia.
  • 1064 CE - Al-Mamun of Toledo in power.
  • 1094 - Castilian Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in power.
  • 1109 - Almoravid Masdali in power.
  • 1238 - City becomes capital of the Aragonese Kingdom of Valencia.
  • 1261 - Furs of Valencia (law) promulgated.
  • 1262 - Valencia Cathedral construction begins.
  • 1283 - Consulate of the Sea established.
  • 1349 - Torres de Serranos (gate) built.
  • 1380 - Public clock installed (approximate date).
  • 1444 - Torres de Cuarto es (gate) built.
  • 1473 - Printing press in use.
  • 1474 - "Poetical contest" held.
  • 1483 - Llotja de la Seda construction begins.
  • 1568 - Juan de Ribera becomes Archbishop of Valencia.
  • 1707 - Bourbons in power.
  • 1776 - Real Sociedad Económica Valenciana de Amigos del País established.
  • 1812 - 9 January: City taken by French forces es.
  • 1840 - Domingo Mascarós es becomes mayor.
  • 1858 - Plaza de Toros de Valencia opens.
  • 1887 - Population: 170,763.
  • 1897 - Population: 204,768.

    • 20th century

  • 1913 - Museu de Belles Arts de València established.
  • 1915 - Teatro Olympia es opens.
  • 1917 - Estació del Nord (railway station) opens.
  • 1930 - Population: 320,195.
  • 1933
  • December: "Anarchist uprising es."
  • Valencia Airport built.
  • 1937 - The city becomes the capital of the Republican controlled Spain.
  • 1940 - Population: 450,756.
  • 1946 - Cine Majestic (cinema) opens.
  • 1957 - October: 1957 Valencia flood.
  • 1958 - Adolfo Rincón de Arellano Garcia becomes mayor.
  • 1970 - Population: 653,690.
  • 1984 - Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant commissioned in region of city of Valencia.
  • 1988 - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (railway) begins operating.
  • 1989 - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern opens.
  • 1991 - Rita Barberá Nolla becomes mayor.
  • 1995
  • Metrovalencia in operation.
  • Eduardo Zaplana becomes president of the regional Generalitat Valenciana government.

    • 21st century

  • 2006 - 3 July: Valencia Metro derailment.
  • 2010 - Valenbisi bikeshare begins operating.
  • 2013 - Population: 792,303.
  • 2015 - Valencia City Council election, 2015 held; Joan Ribó elected mayor.

    • References

    Timeline of Valencia Wikipedia
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