Timeline of Zaragoza

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

Prior to 20th century[edit]

25 BCE – Town becomes a Roman colony, named Caesaraugusta.^[1]
452 CE – Suebi in power.^[1]
476 CE – Visigoths in power.^[1]
712 – Moors in power.^[1] Beginning of Islamic period in the town.
778 – Forces of Charlemagne attempt to take Saragossa; inspires French poem The Song of Roland.^[2]
11th century – Aljafería palace built.
1018 – Taifa of Zaragoza established.
1118 – Alfonso I of Aragon in power.^[3] End of Islamic period in the town.
1318 – Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza established.
1343 – Santa Fe Abbey founded (approximate date).
1376 – La Seo Cathedral built.
1447 – Puente de Piedra (bridge) built.^[1]
1469 – Royal court relocated from Saragossa to Castile.^[1]
1474 – University founded.^[1]
1475 – Printing press in use.^[4]
1512 – Torre Nueva (clocktower) built.^[1]
1514 – Church of Santa Engracia de Zaragoza built.^{[citation needed]}
1754 – Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar built.
1808 – June–August: Siege of Saragossa by French forces.^[3]
1809 – Siege of Saragossa by French forces.^[3]
1857 – Population: 63,399.^[5]
1892 – Leaning Tower of Zaragoza demolished.
1897 – Population: 98,188.^[5]

1901 – Catholic bishop Juan Soldevilla y Romero assassinated.
1902 – Electric tram begins operating.
1910 – Banco Zaragozano [es] founded.^[6]
1916 – Iberia SC (football club) formed.
1917 – February: Labor strike.^[7]
1920 – Population: 141,350.^[5]
1923 – Estadio Torrero (stadium) opens.
1925 – Zaragoza CD (football club) formed.
1927 – General Military Academy reestablished.
1932 – Real Zaragoza football team formed.
1936 – Diario de Aragón newspaper begins publication.
1940 – Population: 238,601.^[5]
1947 – Balay in business.
1954 – Zaragoza Air Station built near city.^{[citation needed]}
1957 – La Romareda stadium opens.
1960 – Population: 326,316.^[5]
1970 – Population: 479,845.^[5]
1979 – 12 July: Hotel Corona de Aragón fire.
1981 – CB Zaragoza basketball team formed.
1987 – 11 December: Zaragoza barracks bombing.
1990
- December: Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident.
- El Periódico de Aragón newspaper begins publication.
1991 – Population: 622,371.^[5]

2003
- Zaragoza-Delicias railway station opens; Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line begins operating.^[8]
- Juan Alberto Belloch becomes mayor.^[9]
2008 – Expo 2008 held; Water Tower built.
2011
- Zaragoza tram Line 1 begins operating.
- Arredol news site begins publication.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Britannica 1910.
^ Smithsonian Timelines of History. DK Publishing. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7566-8945-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Knight 1867.
^ F. J. Norton (1966). Printing in Spain 1501-1520. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-13118-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Zaragoza". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Spain: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857432533.
^ Francisco J. Romero Salvado (2012). Spain 1914-1918: Between War and Revolution. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61449-3.
^ José M. de Ureña, ed. (2012). Territorial Implications of High Speed Rail: A Spanish Perspective. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-5651-3.
^ "Spanish mayors". City Mayors.com. London: City Mayors Foundation. Retrieved 30 November 2014.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

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"Spain: Saragossa", Cities and Principal Towns of the World, Cabinet Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830, OCLC 2665202
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