Granada chronology
The following is a chronology of the history of the city of Granada, Andalusia, Spain.
Before 16th century[edit]
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- 64 CE – Diocese of Granada established (approximate date).[1]
- 8th century – City wall construction begins.
- 713 CE – Muslims in power.[2]
- 1066 – Massacred the Jewish population of the city 1066 Granada massacre
- 1090 – Almoravids in power.[2]
- 1166 – Almohads in power.[2]
- 1238 – City becomes capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada, Al-Andalus;[2] Muhammad ibn Nasr in power.[3]
- 1248 – Alhambra construction begins.[4]
- 1309 – Generalife built.[5]
- 1319 – Alcázar Genil built.[2]
- 1330s – Corral del Carbón built.[6]
- 1349 – Yusufiyya Madrasa established.[3]
- 1367 – Maristan (hospital) built.[2]
- 1370 – Alhambra's Palace of the Myrtles built.[5]
- 1391 – Alhambra's Palace of the Lions built.[5]
- 1410s – Antequeruela settlement developed.[3]
- 1492
- City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile).
- Edict of Expulsion of Jews issued.[1]
- 1493 – Hernando de Talavera becomes archbishop.
- 1496 – Printing press in use.[7]
- 1499 – Muslim rebellions in Granada province.[8]
16th-19th centuries[edit]
- 1501 – City divided into 23 parishes.[2]
- 1504 – Hospital Real de Granada founded.[2]
- 1505 – Real Chancillería de Granada established.[2]
- 1516 – Carthusian monastery built outside city.[9]
- 1521 – Capilla Real built.[2]
- 1525 – Burial of monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in the Capilla Real.[10]
- 1531 – University of Granada founded.[9]
- 1587 – Chancillería (tribunal building) constructed.[2]
- 1593 – Theatre built.[11]
- 1600 – Population: 55,000
- 1614 – Expulsion of the Moriscos.[12]
- 1624 – April: Philip IV visits city.[13]
- 1703 – Granada Cathedral built.[9]
- 1764 – Gacetilla Curiosa begins publication.[11]
- 1810 – Occupation of city by French forces begins.[10]
- 1812 – Occupation of city by French forces ends.[10]
- 1833 – Province of Granada established.[10]
- 1839 – Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada established.[14]
- 1843 – Alcaiceria (bazaar) burns down.[15]
- 1879 – Provincial Archaeological Museum of Granada established.[14]
- 1892 – Caja General de Ahorros de Granada (bank) founded.
- 1900 – Population: 75,900.[9]
20th century[edit]
- 1910 – Cafe Futbol in business.[16]
- 1920 – Population: 103,368.[17]
- 1929 – Casa de los Tiros Museum established.[14]
- 1931 – Granada Club de Fútbol formed.
- 1936
- 1940 – Population: 155,405.[17]
- 1961 – Cine Madrigal (cinema) opens.[19]
- 1972 – Airport opens.[20]
- 1981 – Population: 262,182.[17]
- 1984 – Alhambra declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- 1986 – Huerta de San Vicente Museum (of Lorca) active (approximate date).[citation needed]
- 1991
- Jesús Quero Molina becomes mayor.
- Population: 287,864.[17]
- 1995
- Parque de las Ciencias (science museum)[21] and Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes (stadium) open.
- Gabriel Díaz Berbel becomes mayor.[22]
- 1999 – José Enrique Moratalla becomes mayor.
21st century[edit]
- 2003
- Mosque built.[23][24]
- José Torres Hurtado becomes mayor.
- 2004
- Granada Atlético Club de Fútbol formed.
- Kinepolis Granada (cinema) opens near city.[19]
- 2007 – Granada metro construction begins.[25]
- 2008 – Hay Festival of literature held.[26]
- 2014 – CajaGranada Fundación established.
See also[edit]
- Granada history
- Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE
- Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Málaga, Seville
- List of municipalities in Andalusia
References[edit]
- ^ a b F. Fita (1913). "Granada". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Colum Hourihane (2012). "Granada". Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5.
- ^ a b c L. Patrick Harvey (2013). "Granada". In E. Michael Gerli (ed.). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-136-77161-3.
- ^ John Tavenor Perry (1893). Chronology of Mediæval and Renaissance Architecture. J. Murray.
- ^ a b c "Archnet".
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Granada's Top 10 Moorish Secrets", The Guardian, 3 April 2008
- ^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
- ^ M. Ali Kattani (1997). "Muslims in Spain after the Fall of Granada". Islamic Studies. 36 (4): 613–631. JSTOR 23076032.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 335–336.
- ^ a b c d Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Granada". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 296+. ISBN 9781884964022. OCLC 31045650.
- ^ a b James Casey (2007). Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-46237-2.
- ^ Abraham Rees (1819), "Granada", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
- ^ A. Katie Harris (2010). From Muslim to Christian Granada: Inventing a City's Past in Early Modern Spain. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9192-2.
- ^ a b c "Our Museums: Granada". Portal de Museos de Andalucia. Regional Government of Andalusia. Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ C.F. Seybold (1927). "Granada". Encyclopedia of Islam. Leiden: Brill. pp. 175+. ISBN 9004082654.
- ^ "Spain: Granada". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Granada". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Roberto Villa García (2009). "The Failure of Electoral Modernization: The Elections of May 1936 in Granada". Journal of Contemporary History. 44 (3): 401–429. doi:10.1177/0022009409104116. JSTOR 40543041. S2CID 220878908.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Granada". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "48 Hours In: Granada, Spain", The Independent, UK, 1 October 2005, archived from the original on 28 April 2008
- ^ Domingo Ródenas de Moya, ed. (2009). Más es más: sociedad y cultura en la España democrática, 1986-2008 (in Spanish). Iberoamericana Editorial. ISBN 978-84-8489-461-2.
- ^ "Necrologica: Gabriel Díaz Berbel, el más singular alcalde de Granada", El País (in Spanish), Madrid, 18 June 2011
- ^ "Granada Journal; Where the Moors Held Sway, Allah Is Praised Again", New York Times, 21 October 2003
- ^ "Spanish mosque calms extremism fears", BBC News, 9 March 2004
- ^ "Spain's town hall meltdown", The Independent, UK, 30 October 2011
- ^ "Hay puts focus on Arabic literature as festival is exported to Granada", The Independent, UK, 12 March 2008
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography[edit]
- Published in the 19th century
- Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Granada", New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Granada". Edinburgh Encyclopædia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
- Arthur de Capell Brooke (1831), "(Granada)", Sketches in Spain and Morocco, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, OCLC 13783280
- Richard Ford (1855), "Granada", A Handbook for Travellers in Spain (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, OCLC 2145740
- John Lomas, ed. (1889), "Granada", O'Shea's Guide to Spain and Portugal (8th ed.), Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- Manuel Gómez-Moreno (1892). Guía de Granada [Guide to Granada] (in Spanish). Indalecio Ventura.
- Ángel Ganivet (1896). Granada la bella [Granada the Beautiful] (in Spanish). 1905 ed.
- Published in the 20th century
- "Granada", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6, New York, 1907, hdl:2027/osu.32435078660974
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Granada", Spain and Portugal (3rd ed.), Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1908, OCLC 1581249
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Granada", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 335–336.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 334–335.
- J. Bosque Maurel (1962), Geografía urbana de Granada (in Spanish)
- Gallego Burin (1982). Granada: Guia artistica e historica de la ciudad (in Spanish).
- "Granada", Spain, Portugal, & Morocco, Let's Go, St. Martin's Press, 1990, pp. 194+, OL 10384941M
- J Dickie. Granada: A case study of Arab urbanism in Muslim Spain. 1992.
- "Andalucia: Granada", Spain (8th ed.), Rough Guides, 1999, pp. 291+, OL 9003565M
- Published in the 21st century
- Juan Carlos Rodriguez (2001). "(Granada)". In Joan Ramon Resina (ed.). Iberian Cities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-53463-8. (discusses Ganivet's writing about Granada)
- Teodoro Luque-Martínez and Francisco Muñoz-Leiva. "City benchmarking: a methodological proposal referring specifically to Granada." Cities 22.6 (2005): 411–423.
- Athena C. Syrakoy (2007). "Maristan and its role in Nasrid Granada". In Amira K. Bennison and Alison L. Gascoigne (ed.). Cities in the Pre-Modern Islamic World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-09650-3.
- D Coleman. Creating Christian Granada: Society and Religious Culture in an Old-World Frontier City, 1492–1600. 2013
External links[edit]
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