The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Matanzas, Cuba.

Prior to 20th century

  • 1693 - City laid out.[1]
  • 1694 - Ayuntamiento (town council) established.[1]
  • 1813 - Francisco Camero sets up first publishing business in Matanzas.[2][3]
  • 1815 - Mantanzas becomes capital of its department.[1]
  • 1818 - Custom house built.[4]
  • 1835 - Public library established.[5]
  • 1844
    • Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés executed.[1]
    • Hurricane occurs.[1]
  • 1846 - Hurricane occurs.[1]
  • 1853 - William R. King takes the oath for Vice President of the United States in Matanzas.
  • 1863 - Sauto Theater opens.[2]
  • 1870 - Hermitage of Monteserrate established on hill near city.[1]
  • 1873 - Matanzas Baseball Club formed.[6]
  • 1880 - November: International exhibition held in Matanzas.[7]
  • 1884 - El Correo de Matanzas newspaper begins publication.[8]
  • 1892 - Population: 27,000.[9]
  • 1894 - El Club de Ciclistas de Matanzas active (bicycle club) (approximate date).[6]
  • 1899 - Population: 36,374.[10][1]
  • 1900 - El Heraldo Espanol newspaper begins publication.[8]

20th century

  • 1907 - Population: 36,009 city.[11][1]
  • 1912 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Matanzas established.[12]
  • 1916 - Teatro Velasco opens.[13]
  • 1919 - Population: 62,638.[14]
  • 1952 - Los Muñequitos de Matanzas rumba group formed.[15]
  • 1966 - Population: 81,000.[16]
  • 1968 - Archivo Historico Provincial de Matanzas (archives) established.[17]
  • 1976 - Centro Universitario de Matanzas and Instituto Superior Pedagogico de Matanzas established.[18]
  • 1978 - Jardín botánico de Matanzas (garden) established.
  • 1984 - Population: 104,583 (estimate).[19]
  • 1999 - Population: 124,754.[20]

21st century

  • 2014 - Population: 136,486.[21]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Britannica 1910.
  2. 1 2 Bonavía 2003.
  3. ↑ Francisco Calcagno (1878). Diccionario biográfico cubano (in Spanish). New York: N. Ponce de Leon.
  4. ↑ Santana García 2011.
  5. ↑ Miguel Viciedo Valdés (2005), "Breve reseña sobre la biblioteca pública en Cuba antes de 1959", Acimed (in Spanish), Havana: Centro Nacional de Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, vol. 14, no. 1, ISSN 1024-9435
  6. 1 2 Louis A. Pérez Jr. (2008) [1999]. On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-0141-0.
  7. ↑ Figarola y Caneda 1881.
  8. 1 2 "Cuba: Matanzas", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1902
  9. ↑ "Spain: Colonies: Cuba and Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368325.
  10. ↑ War Department (1900). Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington DC: Government Printing Office.
  11. ↑ Victor H. Olmsted; Henry Gannett, eds. (1909). Cuba: Population, History and Resources 1907. Washington DC: United States Bureau of the Census.
  12. ↑ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Cuba". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Movie Theaters in Matanzos, Cuba". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles, USA: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Cuba". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
  15. ↑ Rebecca M. Bodenheimer (2015). Geographies of Cubanidad: Place, Race, and Musical Performance in Contemporary Cuba. USA: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-62674-684-8.
  16. ↑ Alfonso González (1971). "Population of Cuba". Caribbean Studies. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. 11 (2): 74–84. JSTOR 25612382.
  17. ↑ "Atenas: el Portal de la Cultura Matancera" (in Spanish). Dirección Provincial Matanzas. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
  18. ↑ International Association of Universities (1992). "Cuba". World List of Universities (19th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–152. ISBN 978-1-349-12037-6.
  19. ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ↑ South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2001. ISBN 978-1-85743-121-6.
  21. ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2014. United Nations Statistics Division.

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