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

Prior to 20th century

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• 243 BCE - Carthago Nova [es] founded by Carthaginian Hasdrubal the Fair (approximate date).
• 209 BCE - Battle of Cartagena (209 BC).
• 100-200 CE - Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena established.
• 425 CE - City sacked by the Goths.
• 1243 - Sacked again by Ferdinand III of Castile.
• 1276 - James I of Aragon in power.
• 1289 - Catholic see relocated from Cartagena to Murcia.
• 1585 - Sacked again by an English fleet under Sir Francis Drake.
• 1643 - 3 September Battle of Cartagena (1643).
• 1691 - Cofradía del Socorro (Cartagena) [es] founded.
• 1706 - 21 September: Battle of El Albujón in El Albujón [es] during the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1758 - 28 February: Battle of Cartagena (1758).
• 1762 - Hospital de Marina de Cartagena [es] built.
• 1779 - Iglesia de Santa María de Gracia (Cartagena) [es] (church) built.
• 1782 - Arsenal de Cartagena [es] built.
• 1786
  • Semanario Literario y Curioso de Cartagena [es] begins publication.
  • Parque de Artillería de Cartagena [es] built.
• 1810 - Academia de Caballeros Guardias Marinas built.
• 1823 - Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Cartagena established.
• 1842 - Population: 33,593.
• 1844 - Scene of warfare again.
• 1854 - Plaza de toros de Cartagena [es] (bullring) opens.
• 1860 - Population: 54,315.
• 1861
  • Eco de Cartagena newspaper begins publication.
  • Casino Círculo Cartagenero [es] active.
• 1863 - Railway begins operating.
• 1870 - Population: 26,000. (approximate figure)
• 1873 - July: Canton of Cartagena declared.
• 1874 - (12th Jan) Cartagena was occupied by government troops.
• 1887 - El Mediterráneo newspaper begins publication.
• 1898 - Cartagena suffered from the maritime disasters of the Spanish-American War.
• 1900
  • Fábrica de Fluido Eléctrico Hispania [es] built.
  • Population: 99,871.

20th century

• 1905 - Real Club de Regatas de Cartagena [es] founded.
• 1907
  • 16 May: International Pact of Cartagena takes place in city.
  • Palacio consistorial de Cartagena [es] (city hall) and Estación de Cartagena [es] (railway station) built.
• 1908 - Post Office built on the Plaza de Valarino Togores.
• 1910 - Casa Zapata [es] built on Alameda de San Antón [es].
• 1912 - Club de Regatas [es] built.
• 1916 - Gran Hotel de Cartagena [es] built on Calle de la Jara (Cartagena) [es].
• 1919 - Cartagena Club de Fútbol formed.
• 1925 - Estadio de El Almarjal [es] (stadium) opens.
• 1935 - Noticiero de Cartagena [es] newspaper begins publication.
• 1939 - March: Cartagena Uprising of nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.
• 1940 - UD Cartagenera (football club) formed.
• 1943 - Museo Arqueológico Municipal de Cartagena [es] (museum) established.
• 1970
  • Nuevo Teatro Circo [es] (theatre) opens.
  • Population: 146,904.
• 1972 - Festival de Cine de Cartagena [es] begins.
• 1980 - Festival de Jazz de Cartagena [es] begins.
• 1981 - Population: 172,751.
• 1982 - Cartagena becomes part of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia per the Murcian Statute of Autonomy [es].
• 1986 - Museo Naval de Cartagena [es] (museum) opens.
• 1987 - Tele Cartagena [es] (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1988 - Estadio Cartagonova (stadium) opens.
• 1995
  • Estación de autobuses de Cartagena [es] (bus depot) built.
  • FC Cartagena (football team) formed.
• 1997 - Museo Histórico Militar de Cartagena [es] (museum) opens.
• 1998 - Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena established.

21st century

• 2005 - Escombreras power plant [es] built in the Port of Cartagena.
• 2007 - Museo Nacional de Arqueología Subacuática [es] (museum) built.
• 2008 - Museo del Teatro Romano de Cartagena [es] (museum) opens.
• 2011
  • Auditorio y palacio de congresos El Batel [es] (convention centre) opens.
  • Population: 215,757.
• 2015 - 24 May: Murcian municipal election, 2015 [es] and Murcian parliamentary election, 2015 held; José López Martínez [es] elected mayor.

See also

• Cartagena history
• History of Cartagena, Spain [es]
• List of mayors of Cartagena, Spain [es]
• History of Region of Murcia [es]

Other cities in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia:

• Timeline of Murcia
• List of municipalities in Murcia province

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Spain". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
3. ^ Cremades Griñán 1996.
4. Braulio Antón Ramírez, ed. (1865). "Sociedades economicas del reino". Diccionario de bibliografía agronómica (in Spanish). Madrid: Manuel Rivadeneyra. pp. 390–409. hdl:2027/ucm.5309027638 – via HathiTrust.
5. ^ "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Cartagena". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 23 October 2016.
6. ^ Juan González Castaño, ed. (1996). La prensa local en la región de Murcia (1706-1939) (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 84-7684-755-6.
7. "La real inauguración del ferrocarril Cartagena-Murcia", La Verdad (in Spanish), Murcia, 24 October 2012
8. Angel Smith (2009). Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6267-8.
9. Pérez Rojas 1986.
10. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
11. Palazón 1997.
12. Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

in English

• Josiah Conder (1830), "Carthagena", The Modern Traveller, London: J.Duncan
• William Smith, ed. (1872) . "Carthago Nova". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cuq.
• John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Cartagena", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
• Richard Ford (1890), Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, p. 456
• Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), "Cartagena", Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
• "Cartagena (Spain)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 412–413.
• "Cartagena", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, p. 318, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust

in Spanish

• Gregorio Vicent y Portillo (1889). Biblioteca historica de Cartagena (in Spanish). Madrid.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Isidoro Martínez Rizo (1894). Fechos y fechas de Cartagena (in Spanish) – via Ministerio de Cultura y las Comunidades Autónomas, Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico.
• Federico Casal Martínez (1930). Historia de las Calles de Cartagena (in Spanish).
• Historia de Cartagena (in Spanish). Murcia: Ediciones Mediterráneo. 1986. ISBN 8485856449. (2 vols.)
• Francisco Javier Pérez Rojas (1986). Cartagena, 1874-1936 (transformación urbana y arquitectura) (in Spanish). Editorial Regional de Murcia. ISBN 978-84-7564-038-9.
• Carmen María Cremades Griñán (1996). "Cartagena". Urbanismo en la edad moderna: la región de Murcia (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. pp. 97–106. ISBN 978-84-7684-704-6.
• Juan Manuel Abascal Palazón; Sebastián F. Ramallo Asensio (1997). La ciudad de Carthago Nova: la documentación epigráfica (in Spanish). Universidad de Murcia. ISBN 9788483710036.
• "Cartagena Histórica", Cartagena Histórica Cuaderno Monográfico (in Spanish), ISSN 1696-991X 2002-

External links

• "Archivo Municipal de Cartagena" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Cartagena. (city archives)
• Items related to Cartagena, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Cartagena, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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