Timeline of Santander, Spain

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

Prior to 20th century

13th C. CE – Santander Cathedral construction begins.
1552 – Charles V. landed here to take possession of the Spanish crown.^[1]
1754 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander established.
1755 – Made a city.^[1]
1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.^[2]
1808 – Town sacked by French forces.^[3]^[1]
1839 – Faro de Cabo Mayor [es] (lighthouse) commissioned.
1842 – Mercado del Este [es] (market) built.
1857
- Banco Santander (bank) established.
- Population: 28,907.^[4]
1868 – Juan Pombo Conejo [es]'s recreational "bathing establishment" created.^[5]
1872 – La Voz Montañesa (Santander) [es] newspaper begins publication.
1875 – Tram begins operating.^[5]
1893 – 3 November: Cabo Machichaco (ship) [es] explodes in harbour.^[1]
1895 – El Cantábrico [es] newspaper begins publication.
1900 – Population: 54,564.^[1]

1902 – El Diario Montañés newspaper begins publication.
1908 – Biblioteca Municipal de Santander (library) and Museo de Bellas Artes (Santander) [es] open.^[6]
1910 – Population: 65,046.^[4]
1912 – Palacio de la Magdalena built.
1913
- Racing de Santander football club formed.
- Estadio El Sardinero (stadium) opens.
1916 – Gran Casino del Sardinero opens.
1926 – Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueología de Cantabria [es] (museum) established.
1929 – Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital founded.
1937 – August: Nationalists in power.^[7]
1940 – Population: 101,793.^[4]
1941 – Fire.^[3]
1946 – Manuel González-Mesones [es] becomes mayor.
1952 – Festival Internacional de Santander active.
1970 – Population: 149,704.^[4]
1972 – University of Santander established.
1975 – CB Cantabria handball team formed.
1981 – Museo Marítimo del Cantábrico [es] (museum) opens.
1987 – Manuel Huerta [es] becomes mayor.
1988 – Campos de Sport de El Sardinero (stadium) opens.
1991
- Palacio de Festivales built.
- Population: 196,218.^[4]
1995 – Gonzalo Piñeiro [es] becomes mayor.
1997 – Hospital Virtual Valdecilla founded^[8]

2007
- Íñigo de la Serna becomes mayor.
- Las Llamas Atlantic Park opens.^{[citation needed]}

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Britannica 1910.
^ Ralph Lee Woodward Jr. (2013) [2005], "Merchant Guilds", in Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), Encyclopedia of World Trade, Routledge, ISBN 9780765682680
^ ^a ^b Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Santander", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1691, OL 6112221M
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842: Santander". Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b J. Walton (1994). "The first Spanish seaside resorts". History Today. 44. ISSN 0018-2753 – via General OneFile.
^ Suárez Cortina 2000.
^ Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (2013). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5784-1.
^ "Tecnología y salud: así es el Hospital Virtual de Valdecilla, el campo de entrenamiento en el que se forma al médico 4.0". El Español (in Spanish). 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2023-02-04.

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

"Santander (town)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 189–190.
Patrick O'Flanagan (2008). "Santander". Port Cities of Atlantic Iberia, c.1500-1900. Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6109-2.

D. Antonio M. Coll (1891). Guia Consultor e Indicador de Santander y su Provincia (in Spanish).
D. Rodrigo Amador de los Ríos (1891). Santander (in Spanish). Barcelona: Estab. tip. "Arte y letras". hdl:2027/gri.ark:/13960/t0tq7xv7w.
Manuel Suárez Cortina [in Spanish] (2000). Santander, hace un siglo [Santander a century ago] (in Spanish). Ed. Universidad de Cantabria. ISBN 978-84-8102-258-2.