Timeline of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
18th-19th centuries[edit]
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- 1760 - Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Our Lady of Candlemas) settlement established by Spanish colonist Faustino Martínez de Matos.[1]
- 1763 - Settlement of Mayaguez formally separated from the larger San Germán area.[2]
- 1770 - Population: 1,800.[3]
- 1823 - José María Ramírez de Arellano becomes mayor.[3]
- 1836
- Mayaguez becomes a villa (chartered town).[3]
- Public warehouse and dock constructed.[2]
- 1841
- 1845 - Mayagüez City Hall built.[2]
- 1848 - El Imparcial and El Propagador newspapers begins publication.[5][6]
- 1849 - Jail built.[2]
- 1850 - El Semanario Mayaguezano begins publication.[5]
- 1852 - Fire.[2]
- 1860
- 1863 - Avisador del Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1870 - Cemetery established.[2]
- 1873 - Mayagüez attains city status.[1][4]
- 1874 - Biblioteca Popular de Mayagüez (public library)[7] and Circulo de Amigos[8] founded.
- 1883 - Population: 26,705 in ayuntamiento (city); 123,583 in departamento (province).[9]
- 1893 - Sociedad Anónima Tranvía de Mayagüez (transit entity) active (approximate date).[3]
- 1894
- Escuela Libre de Música (music school) founded.[citation needed]
- City coat of arms granted.[3]
- 1896 - Statue of Christopher Columbus erected in the Plaza Colón.
- 1898 - Theodore Schwan, a brigadier general of the U.S. enters Mayagüez with the American Cavalry after winning the Battle of Silva Heights.
- 1899
- Hormigueros becomes part of Mayagüez.
- Population: 15,187.[4]
20th century[edit]
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- 1901
- 1909 - Teatro Yagüez built.
- 1910 - Population: 16,591.[4]
- 1911
- College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts opens.[3] The US Department of Agriculture sends a field agent to the area of Mayagüez and Hormigueros to document everything he sees.[11]
- Diario del Oeste newspaper begins publication.[12]
- 1912 - Masonic Logia Adelphia built.
- 1913
- 1918 - October 11: 1918 San Fermín earthquake.[1]
- 1919 - June 19: Teatro Yagüez burns down.
- 1920 - Population: 19,069.[13]
- 1926 - Tram service ends.[3]
- 1930 - Population: 37,060.[14]
- 1937
- WPRA radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- Compañía Cervecera de Puerto Rico in business.
- 1938 - Indios de Mayagüez baseball team formed.
- 1940 - Population: 50,376.[14]
- 1946 - WKJB radio begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1955 - WORA-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[16]
- 1966 - University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez active.
- 1969 - Benjamin Cole becomes mayor.[17]
- 1970 - Population: 68,872.[18]
- 1976 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Mayagüez established.[19]
- 1983 - First newspaper originating in Mayagüez begins publication.[17]
- 1993 - José Guillermo Rodríguez becomes mayor.
- 2000 - Population: 78,647.[20]
21st century[edit]
- 2010
- Isidoro García Stadium and Mayagüez Athletics Stadium open.
- Parque del Litoral (park) built.
- 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games sport event held in Mayagüez.
- Population: 89,080.[21]
See also[edit]
- History of Mayagüez
- List of mayors of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mayagüez
- Timeline of Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Ponce, San Juan
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hartzell 1903.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Municipalities: Mayagüez". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b "Media and Communication". Encyclopedia of Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish). San Juan: Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. OCLC 234072526. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19.
- ^ a b c "(Mayagüez, Puerto Rico)". Chronicling America: U.S. Newspaper Directory. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ "Puerto Rico". World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. 1993. pp. 692+. ISBN 978-0-8389-0609-5.
- ^ a b Adolfo de Hostos; Oficina del Historiador Oficial, eds. (1949). Tesauro de datos historicos (in Spanish). San Juan: Imprenta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico.
- ^ José Gimeno Agius (1885). "Poblacion y comercio de la isla de Puerto Rico". Revista de España (in Spanish). 102. Madrid: 546+.
- ^ "Garden Search: Puerto Rico". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Porto Rico, 1911 - 1912, field diaries, 13 December 1911 - 15 September 1912 : Volume 2, February 16, 1912 - April 27, 1912". 1912.
- ^ "Diario del Oeste". Boletín Mercantil de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). San Juan. August 3, 1911. p. 2.
- ^ "United States of America: Outlying Territories: Porto Rico". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ a b U.S. Bureau of the Census (1943), Leon E. Truesdell (ed.), "Puerto Rico: Housing, General Characteristics", Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940 (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: Government Printing Office, hdl:2027/umn.31951p00820205t
- ^ a b "United States AM Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
- ^ "United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
- ^ a b Heine 1993.
- ^ "General Population Characteristics: Puerto Rico", 1970 Census of Population, Características generales de la poblacíon, Puerto Rico (in English and Spanish), Washington DC: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1971, hdl:2027/txu.059173012521967
- ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Puerto Rico". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "United States Commonwealth Territories: Puerto Rico". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
- ^ "Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Bibliography[edit]
in English[edit]
- M. de Magalhães (1898). "Mayaguez". Colonial Business Directory of the Island of Puerto Rico. New York. OCLC 39940968.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (Also description of town) - Robert Thomas Hill (1899), "Cities of Porto Rico: (Mayaguez)", Cuba and Porto Rico (2nd ed.), New York: Century Company
- Frederick A. Ober (1899), "Cities and Towns of the Coast: Mayaguez", Puerto Rico and its Resources, New York: D. Appleton and Co.
- "Porto Rico: Mayaguez". Official Commercial Directory of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Entire West Indies, with Bermuda. New York: Spanish-American Directories Company. 1901. pp. 423+.
- Charles Hartzell, ed. (1903), "Sketches of Cities, Towns, and Villages: Mayaguez", Register of Porto Rico, San Juan: Louis E. Tuzo and Co., pp. 191–192
- "Mayaguez". Commercial Guide and Business Directory of Porto Rico. New York: F.E. Platt. 1910. pp. 103–118.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 931.
- Ernst B. Filsinger (1922), "Mayaguez", Commercial Travelers' Guide to Latin America, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office
- Federal Writers' Project (1940), "Mayaguez", Puerto Rico: a Guide to the Island of Boriquén, American Guide Series, New York: University Society, pp. 252+, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030579083, OCLC 245805 – via HathiTrust
- Jorge Heine (1993). The Last Cacique: Leadership and Politics in a Puerto Rican City. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-7691-2. (About Bejamín Cole era)
in Spanish[edit]
- Manuel Ubeda y Delgado (1878). "Mayaguez". Isla de Puerto Rico: estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico de la misma (in Spanish). Puerto Rico.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (reprint 1998) - "Mayaguez". Diccionario enciclopédico hispano-americano de literatura, ciencias y artes (in Spanish). Vol. 12. Barcelona: Montaner y Simon. 1893. hdl:2027/mdp.35112203969706.
- Subcomité de la Historia de Mayagüez (1960). Historia de Mayagüez, 1760-1960 (in Spanish). OCLC 38531160.
- Pedro Luis Perea Roselló (1962), Los periódicos y los periodistas de Mayagüez (in Spanish), Ponce: Ediciones Aldecoa, OCLC 912547459
- Silvia Aguiló Ramos (1986). Mayagüez: notas para su historia (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). San Juan: Comité Historia de los Pueblos. OCLC 16636824.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- Nancy Abreu Báez; et al. (eds.). "Indice de Temas: (Mayagüez (P.R.))" [Topic Index]. Conuco: Indice de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). OCLC 772645549. (Includes bibliographic information on Mayagüez history)
- Items related to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, various dates (via University of Puerto Rico's Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña)
- Items related to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Digitized materials related to Mayagüez in the Archivo Histórico Nacional of Spain, records of the Ministerio de Ultramar; via Portal de Archivos Españoles
