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

Prior to 20th century

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• 123 BCE – Roman and Spanish settlers arrive on island organised by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus.
• 450 CE – Vandals in power (approximate date).
• 8th century CE – Arabs in power.
• 800s – Second wall [es] built around Palma.
• 902 – Moorish Emirate of Córdoba in power; city called "Medina Mayurka".
• 12th century – Third wall built around city.
• 1114 – City taken by Catalan and Pisan forces.
• 1116 – Almoravide Moors in power.
• 1229 – Conquest of Majorca by Christian forces; Catalans in power.
• 1230
  • Carto de Poblacio (city constitution) created.
  • Palma Cathedral construction begins.
• 1281 – Convento de San Francisco (Palma de Mallorca) [es] construction begins.
• 1295 – James II of Aragon in power per Treaty of Anagni.
• 1302 – "Weekly market" begins.
• 1311 – Bellver Castle built.
• 1331 – Synagogue built.
• 1343 – Consulate of the Sea established.
• 1349 – Peter IV of Aragon in power.
• 1390 – Public clock installed (approximate date).
• 1391 – Majorcan revolt of 1391 [ca] against Jews.
• 1403 – Flood.
• 1456 – Lonja de Palma de Mallorca [es] (market-exchange) built.
• 1488 – Spanish Inquisition begins.
• 1503 – University founded.
• 1521-1523 – Peasant uprising ("Brotherhoods of Mallorca").
• 1541 – King Charles I of Spain visits Majorca.
• 1601 – Palma Cathedral construction completed.
• 1616 – Palacio Episcopal built.
• 1700 – Seminary established.
• 1836 – Nautical school and Institute founded.
• 1839 – Diario constitucional de Palma newspaper in publication.
• 1840 – Casino Palmesano established.
• 1842 – Population: 40,892.
• 1851
  • Círculo Mallorquín established.
  • Arxiu Històric de les Balears [ca] (archives) active.
• 1852 – Diario de Palma newspaper in publication.
• 1857 – Teatro Principal [es] (theatre) opens.
• 1860 – Queen Isabel II of Spain visits Majorca.
• 1872
  • Banc de Crèdit Balear [ca] (bank) established.
  • City walls dismantled.
• 1875 – Inca-Palma railway begins operating.
• 1880 – Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana [ca] founded.
• 1881 – Banc Mallorquí [ca] (bank) established.
• 1893 – Última Hora newspaper begins publication.
• 1900 – Population: 63,937.

20th century

• 1902 – Teatro Lirico (theatre) opens.
• 1903 – Gran Hotel built.
• 1904 – King Alfonso XIII of Spain visits Majorca.
• 1910 – Fomento de turismo de Mallorca (government tourism office) created.
• 1916 – RCD Mallorca football club formed.
• 1925 – Palace of Marivent built.
• 1936 – City bombed in the Battle of Majorca during Spanish Civil War.
• 1939 – Diari de Balears [es] newspaper begins publication.
• 1940 – Population: 114,405.
• 1945 – Es Fortí stadium opens.
• 1953 – Diario de Mallorca [es] newspaper begins publication.
• 1960 – Palma de Mallorca Airport terminal built.
• 1965 – Teatre Municipal (Palma) [ca] (theatre) built.
• 1967 – Auditòrium de Palma [ca] opens.
• 1970 – Population: 234,098.
• 1979 – Ramón Aguiló becomes mayor.
• 1981 – El Mundo newspaper begins publication.
• 1991
  • Joan Fageda becomes mayor.
  • Population: 308,616.
• 1999
  • July: 1999 Summer Universiade athletic event held in Palma.
  • Son Moix stadium opens.

21st century

• 2004 – Biblioteca de Can Sales [ca] (public library) opens.
• 2015 – José Hila becomes mayor.

See also

• Palma, Majorca history
• List of mayors of Palma, Majorca [es]
• History of Majorca [ca] island

References

1. ^ Britannica 1910.
2. ^ Klobuchar 1995.
3. ^ Maria Rosa Terés i Tomàs. "Palma de Mallorca". Oxford Art Online. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 14 October 2016
4. Kayserling 1905.
5. Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) , "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
6. Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (1996). History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-15510-4.
7. ^ "Tertulias, casinos y el nacimiento del Círculo Mallorquín", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 3 May 2009
8. Baedeker 1913.
9. "(Baleares)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
10. ^ "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Palma". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
11. "Archivo del Reino de Mallorca". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
12. Joan Mas i Vives (1986). El teatre a Mallorca a l'època romàntica (in Spanish). L'Abadia de Montserrat. ISBN 978-84-7202-783-1.
13. Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Majorca", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
14. "Historia" (in Catalan). Palma: Sociedad Arqueológica Luliana. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
15. ^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
16. "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
17. "El lírico, sacrificado por s'hort del rei", Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish), 26 October 2012
18. "Historia" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Pública de Palma Can Sales. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

This article incorporates information from the Catalan Misplaced Pages and Spanish Misplaced Pages.

Bibliography

• Guia de Palma (in Spanish). Gelabert. 1872.
• Richard Ford (1890), "Majorca: Palma", Handbook for Travellers in Spain, vol. 2 (7th ed.), London: J. Murray, hdl:2027/uva.x001198108
• Meyer Kayserling (1905), "Palma", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282474{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• "Palma (Balearic Islands)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 643.
• "Palma", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
• Lisa Klobuchar (1995). "Palma". In Trudy Ring (ed.). Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 523–527. ISBN 1884964028.

External links

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