The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Gijón, Spain.
Prior to 20th century
edit- 844 – Gijón successfully resisted a Norman raid.[1]
- 1395 – Gijón was burned down.[1]
- 1560 – Gijón city archives active (approximate date).[2][3]
- 1721 – Palacio de Revillagigedo built.
- 1797 – Real Instituto Jovellanos founded.[1]
- 1842 – Population: 16,558.[4]
- 1865 – Casa consistorial de Gijón built.[5]
- 1878 – El Comercio newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1888 – El Bibio bullring opens.
- 1884 – Establishment of railway communications.[1]
- 1892 – El Musel port opens.[7]
- 1900 – Population: 47,544.[8]
20th century
edit- 1905 – Sporting de Gijón is founded.
- 1930 – Population: 78,239.[4]
- 1940 – Population: 101,341.[4]
- 1955 – The construction of the Universidad Laboral finished.[9]
- 1979 - José Manuel Palacio becomes the first mayor of Gijón elected after the restoration of democracy in Spain. [10]
- 1981 – Population: 255,969.[4]
- 1982 – Part of 1982 FIFA World Cup football contest held in Gijón, including the controversial match between West Germany and Austria.
- 1987 – Vicente Álvarez Areces becomes mayor.
- 1990 – Elogio del Horizonte, monument by Eduardo Chillida and symbol of the city, is inaugurated.[11]
- 1992 – Palacio de Deportes opens.
- 1999 – Paz Fernández Felgueroso becomes mayor.
21st century
edit- 2003 – Jardín Botánico Atlántico (botanical garden) founded.[12]
- 2011
- Carmen Moriyón becomes mayor.
- Population: 276,969.[4]
- 2019 – Ana González becomes mayor.[13]
- 2023 – Carmen Moriyón becomes mayor again.[14]
Evolution of the Gijón map
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1870
20th century
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1999 (East)
21st century
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2011 (West) -
2011 (East)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Britannica 1910.
- ^ Archivo Municipal de Gijón. "Carta de servicios" (in Spanish). Ayuntamiento de Gijón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Archivo Municipal de Gijón". Censo-Guía de Archivos (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Gijón". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "La casa consistorial cumple 150 años", El Comercio (in Spanish), 15 August 2015
- ^ "Spain". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
- ^ "La ciudá: Historia" (in Asturian). Ayuntamientu de Xixón. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Spain". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1910. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368408 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "55 años como vigía de Gijón" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Villar, Iván (2021-04-10). "La avenida de Juan Carlos I de Gijón pasará a llamarse José Manuel Palacio". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "Web Municipal del Ayuntamiento de Gijón". Ayuntamiento de Gijón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ^ "Garden Search: Spain". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Villar, Iván (2019-06-15). "Ana González, alcaldesa de Gijón: «Vamos a reinventar el Gijón que queremos para mejorar el presente y ganar el futuro»". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ Paneque, Eduardo (2023-06-17). "Moriyón regresa a la Alcaldía con un gobierno tripartito de Foro, PP y Vox". El Comercio: Diario de Asturias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-17.
This article incorporates information from the Asturian Wikipedia and Spanish Wikipedia.
Bibliography
edit- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 6.
- "Gijon", Spain and Portugal (4th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1913, hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t5q81nw29 – via HathiTrust
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1995). "Gijon". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 1884964028.
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